Tuesday, March 19, 1968
"Superconcert", Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2nd show
1 Killing Floor
2 Tax Free
3 Fire
4 Red House
5 Foxy Lady
6 Hey Joe
7 Spanish Castle Magic
8 Purple Haze
9 Wild Thing#
AUDIO:
 soundboard recording; 60 minutes, excellent quality (1-9)

   There are ten tracks to this CD, the extra one being an intro period before Spanish Castle Magic.

   This show is widely available on bootleg, but this is sourced from a superior trader's CD, made from the master tape at the correct speed and including the in-between-song chatter which most bootleg releases omit.
 

  From Chris Dixon's 30th Anniversary Series

  March 19, 1998 marks 30 years since the Ottawa
  Capitol Theatre show.

  Not only is this a good show, but one of the few
  soundboard tapes from this tour. Apparently taped
  by Jimi himself, it sounds excellent. It's the first
  complete North American show on soundboard
  since Monterey, I believe, at least until this
  rumored Feb. Winterland tape appears (except for
  3 songs from Worcester, Mass, March 15, 1968).
  There isn't another soundboard until Miami (and it's
  only 4 songs), except of course for the infamous
  Scene Club and Cafe Au Go Go (March 17, 1968)
  jams. After that, Woburn (insert Twilight Zone
  theme...).Couple of highpoints of Ottawa:

      Tax Free growing longer each time out- now
      around 10 minutes (almost half again as long
      as DC Hilton a week before)... 

      Red House much longer now (almost 10 min).
      Jazzier middle section now developing, and I
      believe it's the first outing for the interlude
      where Jimi 'slaps'(a drumstick?) the chords
      rather than strums them. The recording quality
      really shines on the guitar sound on this one-
      it's like sitting in front of the Marshalls and you
      can hear every detail and nuance of his blues
      technique and clean tones... 

      Spanish Castle Magic, on the other hand, has
      yet to become the jamming vehicle it would be
      in the 69 shows. Less than 4 minutes, this is
      only the 5th documented performance of
      SCM. Jimi's voice sounds great on this-
      maybe he can hear himself for once because
      he doesn't seem to be straining and the crisp
      recording reveals all kinds of little inflections
      and joking asides that would be lost in most
      audience tapes... 

      Purple Haze stretched to almost 7 minutes
      with free form guitar intro and extended
      outro... 

  This show's a must have and is available on a
  number of boots (Gone But Not Forgotten,
  Canadian Club, Thanks Ottawa For The
  Memories., Superconcert 68, others) and of
  course on tape! 

          


