Esta colección se la dedico a todos blueseros que aprecian a Hendrix y en especial a mi querido amigo Ivan, un gran conocedor del blues a su temprana edad...que lo puedas disfrutar colega!!
James Marshall «Jimi» Hendrix, músico y cantante estadounidense nacido en Seattle, Estados Unidos. Hendrix es considerado uno de los mejores y más influyentes guitarristas eléctricos de la historia de la música popular, y uno de los músicos más importantes del siglo XX.
Musicalmente influido por el rock and roll y blues eléctrico americanos, tras tener un éxito inicial en Europa con su banda The Jimi Hendrix Experience, logró fama en los Estados Unidos tras un concierto en 1967 en el Festival Pop de Monterey. Más tarde, encabezó el Woodstock Festival en 1969, y el Isle of Wight Festival de 1970, antes de fallecer a los 27 años.
Es citado frecuentemente por varios artistas, por diversas revistas especializadas en música, por varios críticos y la prensa en general por la admiración y el cariño de la gente como el más grande guitarrista de la historia del rock and roll, además de ser uno de los mayores innovadores y más influyentes artistas en una gran cantidad de géneros.
Las continuas presiones para mantener a la banda de gira, en agotadores festivales los llevaron al uso de las drogas. Al principio, las usaban sólo para mantener el tipo en sus innumerables conciertos, consumiendo eventualmente por puro placer. Más tarde se convirtió en una mera adicción. Cansados del excesivo protagonismo de Jimi Hendrix en la banda, Mitchell y Redding decidieron abandonar el grupo en 1969. Hendrix fue incluido en el Rock and Roll Hall of Fame en 1992.
En el año 2003, la revista Rolling Stone lo eligió como el mejor guitarrista de todos los tiempos y en 2004 lo incluyó en su lista de los mejores artistas de toda la historia (n.º 6). En 2009, la revista estadounidense Time lo situó como el mejor guitarrista de guitarra eléctrica de la historia, por delante de B. B. King, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards y Eric Clapton, entre otros.
Igualmente, en 2003 la revista especializada británica Total Guitar, con el voto de más de 4000 lectores, eligió a Jimi Hendrix como el mejor guitarrista de la historia del rock. Además posee el mejor riff en la historia de la música por su canción «Voodoo Child» según una encuesta realizada en 2009 por la página especializada británica Music Radar, superando a otras bandas de renombre como The Who, Led Zeppelin y Deep Purple, entre otras.
Disc 1
February 11, 1969 – Record Plant, New York – In addition to working
on the latest Buddy Miles Express release, Jimi, Buddy Miles, Organist Duane
Hitchings, and Guitarist Jim McCarty focus on new material by Hendrix.
01. World Traveler 8:10
02. It's Too Bad 11:08
03. It's Too Bad 5:42
04. It's Too Bad 8:51
05. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Hitchings Jam 13:40
February 14, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
06. Midnight Lightning – Instrumental solo run through by Jimi on electric guitar. 4:20
February 16, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
07. Cryin' Blue Rain 2:36
08. Lover Man 4:31
09. Room Full Of Mirrors 2:25
10. Shame, Shame, Shame 1:50
11. Sunshine Of Your Love 5:34
Disc 2
February 17, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England. Rehearsals for the
upcoming Royal Albert Hall concerts on the 18th and 24th.
01. Spanish Castle Magic 5:48
02. Hear My Train A Comin' 6:56
February 26, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England.
03. Noel's Tune (Take 1) - Features Jimi on guitar for a track from a Noe Redding solo session. 3:19
March 16, 1969 – Mercury Studios, New York. Jimi joins The Buddy
Miles Express during their recording session of Blue Window Jam. Take 1 is not
included as it is unsure he participated in this take even though he is clearly heard
talking from the control booth.
04. Blue Window Jam (Take 2) 19:33
05. Blue Window Jam (Take 2) 12:51. Incomplete edited official version.
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
06. The Star Spangled Banner 4:05 The official mix.
07. The Star Spangled Banner 4:13 Slightly different mix of the official mix with no fade out.
08. The Star Spangled Banner 8:08 The official mix slowed to half speed giving.
09. The Star Spangled Banner 8:08
10.Gypsy Boy (Take 8) 3:51 Early version of Hey Baby that is the unaltered take 8.
Disc 3
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. Continued
01. Gypsy Boy 3:44 This is the Alan Douglas composite that removes the original bass and studio session players are added: 1974 / 75.
March 19, 1969 - Record Plant, New York – Records with Lonnie
Youngblood
02. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother 7:58. This mix has sax and some vocals removed.
03. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother 7:57. This mix includes sax and more vocals.
March 25, 1969 - Record Plant, New York – John McLaughlin, Jim
McCarty, Buddy Miles, and Dave Holland join Jimi for a session of informal
jamming at the Record Plant.
04. McLaughlin Jam 29:56 The complete take of this jam.
05. Jimi/Jimmy Jam 16:17 The more complete edit.
06. Jimi/Jimmy Jam 7:42 This is the edited offical mix.
Disc 4
April 1, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York – The Jimi Hendrix
Experience together with Eddie Kramer begin a series of recording sessions to try
and recapture their momentum.
01. Midnight 8:19 The most complete and longest version.
02. Midnight 5:32 The first official altered edit.
03. Midnight 6:02 The second longer official altered edit
04. Bleeding Heart 3:12 The 3 short instrumental takes that favor the War Heroes version with Devon Wilson on tamborine.
April 2, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York.
05. Hear My Train A Comin' 5:45 The heavily altered official composite edit of that dates takes in which Alan, Douglas removes Noel and Mitch and replaces them with session players.
April 4, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York.
06. Trash Man 3:16 The heavily altered official composite edit of that dates takes in which Alan, Douglas removes Noel and Mitch and replaces them with session players.
07. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Rock And Roll Jam 1:21
April 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
08. Ezy Rider Jam 5:15
09. Stone Free Again 3:42 The unaltered original mix
10. Stone Free Again 3:47 The slightly longer alternate mono mix. Also contains more vocal chat.
11. Stone Free Again 3:29 The heavily altered official edit. Again Alan Douglas strips out the Experience and adds session players.
April 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
12. Ships Passing In The Night 3:27 Considered to be an early version of Night Bird Flying.
April 17, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
13. Keep On Groovin' 12 :09 The complete take.
14. Keep On Groovin' 0:38 First alternate mix with echo.
15. Keep On Groovin' 4:12 Second alternate mix with echo.
16. Keep On Groovin' 7:53 Third alternate mix with echo.
Disc 5
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. – The Mannish Boy Session
01 – 14. Mannish Boy (Part 1) (1-15) 27:26
15 – 31. Mannish Boy (Part 2) (16-34) 30:25
32 – 38. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (35-42) 15:37
Disc 6
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. Continued.
01 – 06. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (43-44, 48-52 ) 18:07.
07. Mannish Boy 5:21 The official composite. The first 0:30 alone contains 4 different portions from this session!
08. Mannish Boy 5:51 The more complete composite.
April 24, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
09. Crash Landing 4:28 Alternate instrumental mix with guitar and bass only
10. Crash Landing 4:49 With 2nd vocal track only. Guitars and bass only with no drums or organ.
11. Crash Landing 4:21 With 1st vocal track only.
12. Crash Landing 4:34 This mix has 2 overlaid vocal tracks
13. Crash Landing 4:34 Alternate less-altered mono mix with more chat.
14. Crash landing 4:20 The official altered mix. Another track Alan Douglas mixed with session players.
15. Drone Blues 8:35 This is the complete edit.
16. Drone Blues 5:59 This is the official mix
17. Ships Passing In The Night 3:30 Another Early version of Nightbird flying. This is Jimi solo on electric guitar.
Disc 7
May 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. Johnny Winter, playing slide
guitar, joins Jimi for a day of jamming.
01. Johnny Winter Jam #1 In E 4:07 A fairly uncirculated track instrumental track.
02. Earth Blues Jam 12: 29 The most complete version of this jam.
03. The Things I Used To Do 1:19. First instrumental take.
04. The Things I Used To Do 4:57. This is mainly an instrumental but Jimi throws in a few lyrics from Ships Passing In The Night.
05. The Things I Used To Do 0:37 The complete false start leading into.
06. The Things I Used To Do 6:56 The complete raw take with no added effects.
07. The Things I Used To Do 6:54 The complete raw take.
08. The Things I Used To Do 5:47 This is a longer version of the official mix as found on Lifelines.
09. Johnny Winter Jam 1:49 Newly surfaced track from the TTIUTD sessions. Incomplete.
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
10. Fuzzy Guitar Jam 20.05 Improvisional jam with Larry Young.
11. Jam H290 1:31 Incomplete with fade out at end of track Source: The Kees Tapes.
12. Jam 292 A.K.A. Jelly 292 3:45 The original official edit that fades in at the start and fades out at the end. This is only about half of the full jam.
13. Jelly 292 6:25 The second and longer official edit.
01. Jelly 292 6:40 Longer version of the second official edit.
Disc 8
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. Continued.
01. Jelly 292 6:40 Longer version of the second official edit.
02. Jam With Horns And Piano 4:36 More complete mono mix.
03. Jam With Horns And Piano 4:23 Slightly shorter stereo mix.
04. Jam With Horns And Piano 4:22 This version has guitar mixed high with piano and trumpet mixed low.
05. Young/Hendrix 14:28 The slightly incomplete raw take.
06. Young/Hendrix 10:06 The shorter official edit
May 21, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
07. Bleeding Heart 3:31 A slightly different mix with a bit of guitar riffing at the end.
08. Bleeding Heart 3:25 The official edit.
09. Hear My Train A Comin' 8:14 Believed to be part of a mixing session with takes from Olmstead Studios on April 2nd.
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York.
10. Nine To The Universe 19:06 The complete raw take.
Disc 9
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York. Continued.
01. Nine To The Universe 8:48 The official edit.
August 28, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York. – Jimi returned to the
recording studio for the first time in nearly three months.
02. Easy Blues 10:00 The complete version.
03. Easy Blues 7:41 A shorter edit of the complete version and a slightly different mix.
04. Easy Blues 4:35 The official edit but slightly longer than found on Nine To The Universe.
05. Izabella/Machine Gun Session - I 30:40. The unaltered session containing 6 takes of Izabella with two false starts and 1 take of Machine gun complete.
06. Message To Love 2:33 Vocals more upfront on this runthrough.
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th.
07. Machine Gun 12:38 An alternate take of S974 (1).
Disc 10
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th. Continued.
01. Machine Gun 8:11 Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in narrow stereo.
02. Machine Gun 11:02 Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in wider stereo.
03. Machine Gun 7:35 The official composite. Another track Alan Douglas mixes with session players.
04. Izabella 3:49 Original working master, reel 4, take 2 in mono.
September 4, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
05. Jungle Jam 6:16 The complete jam follwed by about a minute of Jam Back At The House.
September 6, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
06. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You 4:17 This is the short edit but incomplete.
07. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You 10:41 Long edit number 1
08. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You 9:49 Long edit number 2 instrumental
09. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You 9:06 Long edit number 3 instrumental
10. Lover Man 4:33 Instrumental with false start.
Disc 11
September 6, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You 9:45 Long edit number 4 instrumental.
02. Lover Man 4:12 Incomplete stereo mix with Jimi chatting the introduction.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam 9:24 An instrumental jam that is slightly incomplete due to late tape start at the beginning of the track.
04. Valleys Of Neptune 3:56 Instrumental.
05. Valleys Of Neptune 5:52 Complete with vocals but no bass with chat at end.
06. Valleys Of Neptune 5:52 Complete, nearly mono mix again with no bass.
07. Valleys Of Neptune 5:46 Complete without bass with backing track mixed low.
08. Valleys Of Neptune 2:49 The incomplete official edit with bass.
September 15, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
09. I'm A Man 16:03 A very early version of Stepping Stone followed by about 20 seconds of additional messing around by Jimi.
September 24, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York. Jimi has now
returned to the Record Plant. By this time, Gypsy Suns & Rainbows is a dead issue
as a band. Joining Jimi is Buddy Miles for a session of jamming. With Jimi asking
Billy Cox to stay on from the demise of G,S, & R, the Band Of Gypsys is now born.
10. Power Of Soul 4:38 Part 1 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
11. Power Of Soul 3:49 Part 2 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
12. Power Of Soul 1:58 Part 3 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
Disc 12
September 24, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Untitled Instrumental Jam 4:06 Part 4 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
02. Power Of Soul 1:31 Part 5 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
03. Message To Love 5:02 Part 6 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
September 25, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York. Jimi And Buddy continue with another day of jamming by themselves. Billy Cox is not in these sessions.
04. Room Full Of Mirrors 13:02 This is the first time that this session is known to be presented in it's full length.
05. Stepping Stone 1:09 Incomplete start.
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York. Jimi And Buddy
continue with another day of jamming by themselves. Again, Billy Cox is not in these sessions.
06. Jungle 6:22 A loose jam containing progressions from I'm A Man (Trying To Be).
07. Untitled Guitar Improve 5:13 This is actually an edited version, with drum tracks wiped, taken from the stereo Untitled Instrumental Jam found later on this set. It is composed of three separate pieces edited together.
08. Untitled Instrumental Jam 6:48. This jam contains riffs from Calling All Devil's Children,
Stepping Stone, Ezy Rider, and Villanova Junction.
09. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving 27:33. This is a very long jam with Buddy
containing riffs from numerous songs including Angel, Power Of Soul, Bolero, Burning Desire, Gypsy Boy, Cherokee Mist and Stepping Stone.
Disc 13
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York. Continued.
01. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle 8:51 This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction, Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta.
02. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving 27:36. This is a very long jam with Buddy containing riffs from numerous songs including Angel, Power Of Soul, Bolero,
Burning Desire, Gypsy Boy, Cherokee Mist and Stepping Stone.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle 8:51 This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction,
Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta.
November 17, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York. Apparently this is a
mixing session with Eddie Kramer with tracks recorded in the previous days.
04. Room Full Of Mirrors 3:16 The first official edit.
05. Room Full Of Mirrors 2:57 First alternate official mix with different guitar.
06. Room Full Of Mirrors 3:12 An alternate mix apparently in mono with different guitar and percussion.
07. Room Full Of Mirrors 3:12 This is the third official mix in which Buddy's drum track is wiped and replaced with an overdub by Bruce Gary in 1995.
November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Power Of Soul
Sessions.
08. Power Of Soul 14:23 Part 1 of a 36 minute session of Power Of Soul in which Jimi refers to the working title as "Paper Aeroplanes or Crash Landing".
Disc 14
November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York. Continued.
01. Power Of Soul 20:34 Part 2 of a 36 minute session of Power Of Soul in which Jimi refers to the working title as "Paper Aeroplanes or Crash Landing". This section includes Takes 13 through 23. Incomplete as Take 23 ends abruptly on all sources.
02. Power Of Soul 3:34 Official altered edit by Alan Douglas. Jimi, Billy and Buddy intact but a
percussion overdub by Jimmy Maeulen is added.
December 15, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.
03. Born Under A Bad Sign 8:20 The more complete instrumental take. This version omits the 0:11 bass solo at the start, but restores 0:38 edit at 4:59, and continues 0:13 longer to the end.
04. Born Under A Bad Sign 7:38 This is the official edit with bass solo start. Edited at the 5:10 mark with incomplete end due to fade out. December 18, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York.
05. Ezy Rider 4:12 This is an outake of the official mix.
06. Ezy Rider 3:37 A diferent mix with different vocals.
07. Ezy Rider 2:55 This edit has a different mix with low vocals.
08. Ezy Rider 4:06 This is the first official edit.
09. Ezy Rider 4:03 The second official edit which does not have the fade back in at the end
December 19, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York.
10. Earth Blues 4:14 The official mix. Though not mixed as a final studio edit until January 20, 1970, the basic track was recorded on this date. Not on Studio '70. December 23, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York.
11. Honeybed Takes 1-4 – Night Bird Flying 8:59 Jimi tries vocals on the first two takes but this reverts to an instrumental.
Disc 15
The Questionable Tracks. There seems to be no majority consensus of the actual
recording dates for the following tracks. They range as being recorded as early as
1968 but all have a possible recording date of 1969.
01. Ezy Rider 3:52 This instrumental early take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
02. Ezy Rider 3:57 This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969. This edit has congas mixed in.
03. Untitled Instrumental A.K.A. Last Thursday Morning 3:06 This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
04. Bleeding Heart Jam 4:39 This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
Filler – The Guest Appearances. With the break up of the Experience, Jimi found
himself spending numerous hours jamming with other artists of the period. Though
not all tracks appear on this set, here is a look at some of his "guest" work.
05. Rock 'N' Roll Band 3:21 From Eire Apparent's self titled debut album in which Jimi himself produced. Jimi provided lead guitar for this song along with several other tracks on the LP. Recorded at Polydor Studios in England between January 1 - 7, 1969.
06. Live And Let Live 14:09 From Timothy Leary's You Can Be Anyone This Time Around. Jimi only plays bass on this track with Stephen Stills on guitar. Recorded at the Record Plant on May 19th or 20th, 1969.
07. Woodstock Takes 1-3 11:30 Recorded with Stephen Stills at the Record Plant on September 30, 1969.
08. Doriella Du Fontaine 8:43 One of Jimi's most interesting side projects with one of the Grandfathers of Rap, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin A.K.A. Lightnin' Rod. Jimi handles both guitar and bass parts while Buddy Miles provides drums and organ.
09. Doriella Du Fontaine 4:06 This is the instrumental mix containing just Jimi and Buddy. Recorded at the Record Plant sometime in November, 1969.
Bonus Tracks - Tracks 10-12 are Composites that create the longest versions
possible from the sources available as of September 2004.
10. Mannish Boy - Composite 2004 - 5:58 This composite incorporates the 5 second intro from Track 7 into Track 8 from Disc 6.
11. Jelly 292 - Composite 2004 – 6:39 This composite incorporates the first 1.5 seconds of the start from Track 11 into track 12 from Disc 7.
12. Born Under A Bad Sign - Composite 2004 - 8:31 Sound Quality: Excellent. This composite incorporates the 11 second bass intro from Track 4 back into Track 3 on Disc 14
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