Winterland is a posthumous live

Live album

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 box set by English/American psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

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 band The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience were an English-American psychedelic rock band that formed in London in October 1966. Comprising eponymous singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until June 1969, in which...

. Released on September 12, 2011 by Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings

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, the four-disc collection documents the band's six performances at the Winterland Ballroom

Winterland Ballroom

The Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400-seat music venue in San Francisco, California...

 in San Francisco, California between October 10 and 12, 1968. A single disc "highlights" edition was released the same day. "Like a Rolling Stone

Like a Rolling Stone

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" was released as the lead single

Lead single

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 from the collection on August 23, 2011, backed with "Spanish Castle Magic

Spanish Castle Magic

"Spanish Castle Magic" is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written by Jimi Hendrix and produced by Chas Chandler, it is the third track from their second studio album Axis: Bold as Love...

".

Track listing

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Noel Redding
  Noel Redding
  Noel Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Mitch Mitchell
  Mitch Mitchell
  John Ronald "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Early life and the Jimi Hendrix Experience:...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Jack Casady
  Jack Casady
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  – bass on "Killing Floor"