Jimi Hendrix - 1967 [1988] "Radio One"

Radio One is a posthumous live album by English-American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in November 1988 by Rykodisc. It compiles tracks recorded between February and December 1967 for broadcasts by BBC Radio.^[1] The album peaked at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart, while in the United States, it charted at number 119 on the Billboard 200. After Hendrix's family gained control of his legacy, Radio One was supplanted by the more comprehensive BBC Sessions in 1998.

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said Radio One is as good an introduction to Hendrix's music as his 1967 debut record Are You Experienced because while non-fanatics do not have to listen to different versions of the same songs, "Hendrix's versions do bear scrutiny like no other rock and roll." He was also impressed by the previously unreleased covers of "Hound Dog" and Curtis Knight's "Drivin' South", calling them first-rate. John Milward from the Chicago Tribune called it "one of the season's best new rock records", writing that it "supplements the first public stage of Hendrix`s tragically brief evolution; the hard rock that forged his background in the blues and rhythm and blues into a sturdy platform for his instrumental pyrotechnics". Rolling Stone magazine's David Fricke was even more enthusiastic, deeming it an all-important Hendrix album that documents his artistry as it developed in its earliest stages, with recordings showcasing his blues roots, lyrical ballads, and frenzied guitar playing. He believed it covers a period of "accelerated evolution" for Hendrix in 1967, from his debut album earlier that year to his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival and his second record Axis: Bold as Love later that year:

This is the sound of Hendrix reinventing rock & roll, almost day by day, in his own image. It is also the sound of Hendrix coping with the pressure and pain that were part of his reward. There's no other experience on record like it.

Seventeen songs from 1967 BBC broadcasts, when the Jimi Hendrix Experience had yet to burn out from the wheel of constant touring, management hassles, and internal strife. They're in good, enthusiastic form as they run through early gems like "Hey Joe," "Foxy Lady," "Fire," and "Stone Free," the lack of studio polish giving these versions a loose feel. The Experience studio albums are still considerably superior to this set, but it's certainly worth acquiring by any serious Hendrix fan, not least because it has several covers that didn't make it on to the three proper Experience LPs. Several of these ("Hoochie Koochie Man," "Killing Floor," "Catfish Blues") reveal his sometimes overlooked affinity for Chicago-style electric blues; there are also a couple of surprises ("Hound Dog" and "Day Tripper"). With good sound, it's a solid addition to the Hendrix library, demonstrating his versatility in various rock, soul, and blues styles. 

If you don't have at least one Jimi Hendrix album in your CD collection, you really need to rethink your musical priorities. I don't think I need to explain the revolutionary legacy of Hendrix to anyone, so I'll just get right to the content on this particular CD. The year was 1967, and Hendrix's career had just blasted off in the UK, when The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Hendrix, Noel Redding, and Mitch Mitchell) came together for several recording sessions for BBC Radio. You will find a number of Hendrix's most memorable songs in this collection, but they differ from the versions most fans are familiar with. Alongside these more familiar tracks are a number of very interesting covers and blues-oriented recordings, a few of which could and should be considered true rarities.

Appropriately enough, this collection starts out with an anthem song, Stone Free. With the funk established, it's time to jam. Hendrix standards emerging from these early recordings are Fire, Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, and Hey Joe. Hendrix pulls out all of the heavy guitar stops on the short but enervating Killing Floor. This killer track is then followed by what is still, as far as I am aware, the only live version of the classic Love or Confusion. Hendrix's mastery of the guitar is made most evident in a scintillating performance of Drivin' South. I find the background vocals on Wait Until Tomorrow somewhat questionable, but this track is a real treat indeed, as this was a song Hendrix never performed on stage. You get a somewhat light version of Hear My Train a Comin', infused with a lot of interaction with the small studio audience. Spanish Castle Magic is pretty faithful to the later studio version, but this is probably the earliest recording made of this standout song. Yet another significant recording is Burning of the Midnight Lamp, a much different version from that which appeared on the Electric Ladyland album of the following year.

Radio One Theme is a playful bit of filler, really, a half-joking new theme song for Britain's insurgent Radio One rock station. Hendrix's cover of the Beatles' Day Tripper takes the song to heights never imagined by the team of Lennon and McCartney. The novelty of this cover still pales in comparison to that of Hound Dog, which comes complete with all sorts of barks and howls from band members.

For me, the best this album has to offer are the blues-oriented recordings, in which Hendrix pays tribute to some of the strongest influences of his youth - the legendary Muddy Waters, in particular. Catfish Blues is great, but Hoochie Koochie Man is easily my favorite song on this album.

All told, these 17 early recordings showcase the variety of musical styles that Jimi Hendrix made his own, and the entire album has a fresh and jubilant feel that differs from the heavier sound of Hendrix's later career. I wouldn't necessarily recommend Radio One as someone's first introduction to Jimi Hendrix, but Hendrix fans will definitely love every one of the 59 - plus minutes of this album.

The sound quality on these recordings is really superb. I own the BBC Sessions collection, remastered and released on Experience Hendrix which does not have as good a sound as this Ryko release. The Rykodisc release does not contain any of the tape hiss which is present on the Experience Hendrix material. I am at a complete loss as to how this can be. So much for the advances in mastering and sound technology over the years. If you come across a copy of this disc, now long out of print, grab it as it runs rings around any other available sources of the same material.

Track listing

No.     Title     Writer(s)     Length
1.     "Stone Free"       Jimi Hendrix     3:23
2.     "Radio One"       Hendrix     1:27
3.     "Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover)     Lennon–McCartney     3:18
4.     "Killing Floor"       Chester Arthur Burnett     2:27
5.     "Love or Confusion"       Hendrix     2:52
6.     "Drivin' South"       Hendrix     4:49
7.     "Catfish Blues"       Robert Petway     5:28
8.     "Wait Until Tomorrow"       Hendrix     2:55
9.     "Hear My Train a Comin'"       Hendrix     4:52
10.     "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton, Elvis Presley cover)     Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller     2:44
11.     "Fire"       Hendrix     2:39
12.     "Hoochie Coochie Man"       Willie Dixon     5:30
13.     "Purple Haze"       Hendrix     3:02
14.     "Spanish Castle Magic"       Hendrix     3:06
15.     "Hey Joe"       Billy Roberts     4:01
16.     "Foxy Lady"       Hendrix     2:57
17.     "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"       Hendrix     3:42
Total length:
    50:12

Personnel

    Jimi Hendrix – guitar, lead vocals
    Noel Redding – bass, backing vocals on track 3
    Mitch Mitchell – drums, backing vocals
    Jimmy Leverton – backing vocals on track 11
    Trevor Burton – backing vocals on track 11

Recording details

    Tracks 1, 5, 15 and 16 recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House in London, England on February 13, 1967
    Tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 and 14 recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre in London, England on December 15, 1967
    Tracks 4, 11 and 13 recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House on March 28, 1967
    Tracks 6, 7, 10 and 17 recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre on October 6, 1967
    Track 12 recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre on October 17, 1967 

Jimi Hendrix - 1968 [1987] "Live At Winterland"

Live at Winterland is a live album by English-American rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It compiles performances from the band's three concerts at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, where they played two shows each night on October 10, 11 and 12, 1968. The album was released posthumously by Rykodisc in 1987 and was the first Hendrix release to be specifically conceived for the Compact Disc format.

Live at Winterland was released by Rykodisc in 1987 and became the best-selling album from an independent label that year. With sales of over 200,000 copies, it sold more than any other Jimi Hendrix recording had in years. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau was highly impressed by the performances compiled for the album, which he said is ideal for the emerging CD format and surpasses previous live recordings of Hendrix: "The sound is bigger and better in every way for an artist whose sound was his music". He named Live at Winterland the tenth best album of 1987 in his year-end list for The Village Voice. Christgau remarked on its significance to Hendrix's discography in a retrospective review for Blender magazine:

"It's been eclipsed sonically (Berkeley) and conceptually (Woodstock). But this pioneering digitalization, piecing together songs from three San Francisco nights in October 1968 to simulate one uninterrupted concert, redefined posthumous Hendrix and remains a surpassingly realistic live keepsake."

In 1992, Live at Winterland was re-released with a bonus disc, which contained three additional songs from the same concerts. A 4 disc box set (titled Winterland) drawn from all 6 performances was released on September 12, 2011. A limited edition sold exclusively on Amazon.com includes a 5th bonus disc containing a bootleg soundboard recording of a performance at the Fillmore Auditorium on February 4, 1968.

Jimi Hendrix's sonic assaults and attacks hypnotized, frightened, and amazed audiences in the late '60s. His studio recordings helped him attain his reputation, but his live works validated it. That's the case on the 13 songs from a 1968 Winterland concert that made their way onto CD in 1987. Whether he was doing short, biting songs like "Fire" or stretching out for sprawling blues statements like "Red House" and "Killing Floor," Jimi Hendrix turned the guitar into a battering ram, forcing everyone to notice and making every solo and note a memorable one.

No questions asked, if you like Jimi Hendrix, buy this album. The concerts are from a series of live recorded performances at the Winterland concert hall in San Francisco, just before Jimi went to work in New York City at the sessions destined to produce Electric Ladyland, one of the finest albums of the rock era, and one of the greatest works in music history (up there with Mozart, Beethoven etc.)

I consider many of Jimi versions of the songs here definitive versions, because after a while Jimi became disillusioned with playing "Fire" and "Hey Joe" and other songs that made him a star. If you listen closely with headphones you can hear why.
Before one of the songs, you can hear some [person] yell out, "Burn the guitar!!." Jimi hated the reputation he carried with him since the infamous performance ( and inferior recording) at the Monterey Pop festival (Monterey California 1966).
Jimi started to get weirder in his playing of his so-called famous songs after this time (check out recording Live at the LA Forum 1969, if you dont believe me).

Fortunately, his guitar playing on "Fire," Hey Joe," and "Foxy Lady" is revelatory. Wow, no one can produce the sound that Jimi was able to produce. Listen to his amazing solo on "Hey Joe." "Sunshine of your Love" (insturmental) is terrific ...P>If you want to hear why Jimi Hendrix is remembered fondly by so many people, buy this album as an example of his live performances, you will be very happy. However, I believe any serious rock fan would have this album along with the three albums Jimi produced in his lifetime - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis - Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland. If you want other albums, the other Rykodisc album Radio One is interesting for the things it includes, such as "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"

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Tracks Listing:

1. Prologue - 0:57
2. Fire - 3:12
3. Manic Depression - 4:46
4. Sunshine of Your Love - (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) - 6:25
5. Spanish Castle Magic - 5:32
6. Red House - 10:58
7. Killing Floor (Chester Arthur Burnett) - 8:05
8. Tax Free (Bo Hansson, Janne Karlsson) - 8:00
9. Foxy Lady - 4:50
10. Hey Joe (Billy Roberts) - 6:44
11. Purple Haze - 4:34
12. Wild Thing (Chip Taylor) - 3:05
13. Epilogue - 0:30

Personnel:

* Jimi Hendrix - guitar, vocals
* Mitch Mitchell - drums
* Noel Redding - bass guitar, backing vocals on track 11
* Jack Casady - bass guitar on track 7

Jimi Hendrix - 1970 [2020] "Live in Maui"

 

Live in Maui is an album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience documenting their performance outdoors on Maui, Hawaii, on July 30, 1970. It marks the first official release of Hendrix's two full sets recorded during the filming of Rainbow Bridge (1971). The two-CD and three-LP set was released on November 20, 2020, along with a video documentary titled Music, Money, Madness ... Jimi Hendrix in Maui.

Their performance on Maui was the trio's second-to-last in the U.S. during their final The Cry of Love Tour. During the first set, they played mainly songs from the Experience studio albums and Band of Gypsys. The second set mostly contains new songs Hendrix was in the process of recording for a planned fourth studio album.

The Maui recordings don't find him [Hendrix] exploring much in the way of anything new, but he's in excellent form, playfully relaxed and fully engaged at the same time, and Mitch Mitchell's drumming is, as always, an excellent foil for Jimi's melodies and instrumental attack, while Billy Cox's subtle but solid bass anchors this music better than his predecessor, Noel Redding

By the middle of 1970, Jimi Hendrix was working on a follow up album to Electric Ladyland with his bandmates Mitch Mitchell (drums) and Billy Cox (bass), headlining festivals and arenas across the U.S. and building Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Completing this state-of-the-art recording facility was proving to be a costly endeavor, so his manager Michael Jeffery procured a $500,000 advance from Warner Bros. to fund the remaining construction required to complete the studio. At those same meetings, Jeffery convinced Warner Bros. executives to finance a film called Rainbow Bridge that was to be shot in Maui, in exchange for rights to its soundtrack album consisting of new Jimi Hendrix studio recordings.

Inspired by Easy Rider and directed by Warhol acolyte Chuck Wein, Jeffery’s film centered around the idea of a “rainbow bridge” between the unenlightened and enlightened worlds. It was envisioned to feature everything from surfing and yoga to meditation and Tai-Chi and filmed without the aid of a script or professional actors. It proved to be a rambling assemblage of hippie excess and Jeffery grew concerned that his investment was being squandered. The Experience were already booked to perform a concert in Honolulu at the H.I.C. Arena on August 1, 1970. Chuck Wein, desperate to feature Hendrix in some capacity within the film, devised a plan to film a free ‘color/sound vibratory experiment’ on the lower slope of the dormant Haleakala volcano. Word of mouth about a free Jimi Hendrix concert led a few hundred curious Maui locals to the Baldwin cattle ranch in Olinda where a makeshift stage was constructed and the audience was arranged by their astrological signs. The performance was a success – the trio was at the height of its powers and played two sets flawlessly against a stunning natural backdrop.

In the aftermath of his performance on Maui, Hendrix would return to New York and his work at Electric Lady Studios. He had no further involvement in Rainbow Bridge. He left for Europe at the end of August to headline the massive Isle Of Wight festival and begin a European tour. Tragically, he would die in London on September 18, 1970.

The Cry Of Love, the first album of posthumous Jimi Hendrix recordings, was issued in 1971 to wide commercial and critical acclaim. Jeffery readied Rainbow Bridge and its accompanying soundtrack to be the next release. Despite its Hendrix association, the film was a commercial flop. Rainbow Bridge confused moviegoers, many of whom were under the impression they were going to see a concert film. A scant 17 minutes of haphazardly edited Hendrix concert footage was used in the final cut, and it proved to be the film’s saving grace. Due to technical problems inherent in the original recording of the Maui performances, Mitch Mitchell had to overdub his drum tracks at Electric Lady Studios in 1971 just so those performances could be featured.

Eddie Kramer recalls, “Mitch did a tremendous amount of work on the overdubs. If he didn’t get it in one take, he certainly did in the second one and I was so blown away by his ability to duplicate the parts he had already played! He was determined to fix what suffered on the recordings due to the 50 mile an hour winds because they were playing on the side of a bloody volcano! After Jimi died it took a while before I was able to go back to the closet with all the tapes. Mitch was a trooper with a can do British attitude. It’s all very well to overdub drums, but to do it so you can’t tell, that’s the magic. He knew the material extremely well and it’s a tribute to his sensitivity as a great musician and an equal and willing partner of Jimi’s.”

The posthumously released Rainbow Bridge soundtrack album, prepared by Mitch Mitchell, Eddie Kramer and John Jansen, was first rate and featured classics such as “Dolly Dagger” and “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun).” The album, however, did not include audio from the Maui concert, which may have also added to consumer confusion.

Directed by John McDermott  and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui incorporates never-before-released original footage and new interviews with firsthand participants and key players such as Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Warner Bros. executives and several Rainbow Bridge cast members, as well as its director Chuck Wein. Their fascinating account tells the definitive story about one of the most controversial independent films ever made.

The documentary sets the proverbial stage for Live In Maui – the two full Jimi Hendrix Experience sets, including breathtaking renditions of crowd favorites like “Foxey Lady,” “Purple Haze” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” as well as then-unreleased songs like “Dolly Dagger” and “Freedom” that showcased the new direction Hendrix was moving toward.

“Jimi loved adventure and there was certainly no shortage of it during his time in Hawaii, a place he also loved,” said Janie Hendrix. “The back story of Rainbow Bridge and these recordings paint a picture of Jimi’s uncanny ability to turn the bizarre into something amazing! We’re excited about this release because it gives the world a closer look at Jimi’s genius.”

Track Listing:

Disc 1 - First Show

    1. Chuck Wein Introduction
    2. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
    3. In From The Storm
    4. Foxey Lady
    5. Hear My Train A-Comin’
    6. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
    7. Fire
    8. Purple Haze
    9. Spanish Castle Magic
    10. Lover Man
    11. Message to Love

Disc 2 - Second Show

    1. Dolly Dagger
    2. Villanova Junction
    3. Ezy Ryder
    4. Red House
    5. Freedom
    6. Jam Back at the House
    7. Straight Ahead
    8. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)/Midnight Lightning
    9. Stone Free

Personnel

    Jimi Hendrix – guitar (Gibson Flying V used for 2nd set)
    Mitch Mitchell – drums (original live and overdubs)
    Billy Cox – bass guitar

Jimi Hendrix - 1975 [1989] "Midnight Lightning"

Midnight Lightning is a posthumous ninth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in November 1975. There was the furious media debate that accompanied its release over whether it was appropriate to 'soup up' posthumous Hendrix albums. Producer Alan Douglas brought in many session musicians to overdub parts of songs; the only original recording (apart from those by Hendrix) was Mitch Mitchell's drumming on "Hear My Train A Comin'". Despite this conroversies, this album features one of his best Jimi's ballads ("Gypsy Boy"), instrumentals ("Trashman"), and the stellar studio version of "Midnight Lightning", which otherwise we could only hear live.

Midnight Lightning is a posthumous compilation album by American rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. It was released in November 1975 by Reprise Records in the United States and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom. It was the sixth studio album released after his death and the second to be produced by Alan Douglas and Tony Bongiovi. The songs used on the album consist of post-Jimi Hendrix Experience recordings that originally featured Billy Cox on bass and either Mitch Mitchell or Buddy Miles on drums.

Douglas continued the controversial methods he had adopted on Crash Landing and brought in many of the same session musicians to overdub parts of songs. The only original recording (apart from those by Hendrix) was Mitchell's drumming on "Hear My Train". In response to the previous outcry from fans and critics, Douglas did not claim co-writer credit for any songs on Midnight Lightning. Despite the fact that the album included reworkings of the popular live songs "Hear My Train" and "Machine Gun", the album was not as well received as its predecessor, peaking at number 43 in the US. and number 46 in the UK.

In a 1981 review, music critic Robert Christgau gave Midnight Lightning a "B+" and said that it was an improvement by Douglas over Crash Landing because of highlight instrumentals such as "Trash Man", overdubbed guitar from Jeff Mironov and Lance Quinn, and "the blues playing — as opposed to singing or writing".

The opening riff to "Foxey Lady" provides the foundation for the instrumental "Trash Man," and no amount of bastardization can take away from the genius guitarist his legacy. If you take this work at face value, without the baggage of what "producer" Alan Douglas did to the tapes, this time with Tony Bongiovi along for the ride, it's still Hendrix. Maybe God allowed the series of albums to happen so the world could see Hendrix's work could survive doctoring and musicians jamming with his art after the fact. That this disc goes for big bucks on Internet auction sites says something about the timelessness of the music. The title track, as with seven of the eight performances here, has session player Alan Schwartzberg on drums, a far cry from his work with Carole Bayer Sager.

Mitch Mitchell only appears on Hendrix's blues classic "Hear My Train," Schwartzberg adding shakers. Bob Babbit is the "designated bassist" on the entire project (no doubt what Billy Cox and Noel Redding thought about this), and Jeff Mironov shares guitar duties with Lance Quinn. That's not a misprint. Thankfully, the extra guitarists are somewhat invisible -- you know, what's the point of having co-vocalists add their talents to a Janis Joplin disc? What these recordings effectively do is offer the world a comparison between what the official Hendrix estate is doing, and what Douglas did. The Hendrix estate wins that battle, Eddie Kramer and John McDermott carefully restoring all the master tapes of Jimi Hendrix, and restoring them properly.

Discs like Midnight Lightning are also a statement on how a great artist's legacy can go through various hands and the artistic consequences of tapes traveling as if under their own steam. History is an excellent vantage point from which to view. The title track is great -- and it goes along with the cover painting very nicely. Is it blasphemy to say that this is a highly enjoyable disc? All the post-Cry of Love releases -- War Heroes, Crash Landing, Voodoo Soup, Blues, Hendrix in the West, Rainbow Bridge, the soundtrack to the Jimi Hendrix film, and this -- provide another crucial look at Hendrix. The more the merrier. It is great to have the official Hendrix estate with Janie Hendrix, John McDermott, and Eddie Kramer doing this properly, but this version of "Gypsy Boy (New Rising Sun)," the inclusion of Mitch Mitchell's "Beginnings," another "Machine Gun," and "Blue Suede Shoes" exist, thus they are important additions to the Hendrix archives. It will be interesting to see if the official Hendrix estate eventually re-releases the Alan Douglas masters just to keep these once-legit works from cluttering the market with counterfeits.

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Tracks Listing:

1. Trashman (3:15)
2. Midnight Lightning (3:49)
3. Hear My Train A Comin' (5:43)
4. Gypsy Boy (3:45)
5. Blue Suede Shoes (3:29)
6. Izabella/Machine Gun (7:36)
7. Once I Had a Woman (5:20)
8. Beginnings (3:02)

Total Time 35:58

Personnel:

- Jimi Hendrix / guitars, lead vocals

With:
- Mitch Mitchell - drums (3)

(All other original backing musicians were wiped in 1975 re-recordings)

Added in 1975:
- Jeff Mironov / guitar (1-3,5,8)
- Lance Quinn / guitar (2,4,6,7)
- Buddy Lucas / harmonica (7)
- Bob Babbitt / bass
- Allan Schwartzberg / drums (1,2,4-8), percussion (3,4)
- Jimmy Maelen / percussion (2,8)
- Maeretha Stewart / backing vocals (2,4,7)
- Hilda Harris / backing vocals (2,4,7)
- Vivian Cherry / backing vocals (2,4,7)

Jimi Hendrix - 1969 [2022] "Los Angeles Forum" (April 26, 1969)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 on 2LP vinyl, CD and all digital platforms.

Following the massive success of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967-68 studio album trifecta (Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, and Electric Ladyland), the trio (singer/guitarist Jimi Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell, bassist Noel Redding) had developed into the most popular international touring attraction in rock music. This widescale public interest coincided with the construction of new arenas for sporting events, among them the Forum in Inglewood, CA. Designed by famed architect Charles Luckman (who also designed New York’s rebuilt Madison Square Garden), this multi-purpose venue opened in 1967 as the home of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team and Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, but also began to serve as a music venue. Among the earliest concerts held there was Aretha Franklin in January 1968 and the Cream farewell tour with opening act Deep Purple in October of that year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience were booked to perform on April 26, 1969 with opening acts Chicago Transit Authority (soon-to-be renamed Chicago) and Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys, the latter of whom shared management with the headliners. Floor seats cost $6.50 ($51.20 adjusted for inflation).

By the time The Jimi Hendrix Experience took the stage to blaze through a spirited set, live concert sound had drastically improved from the time of The Beatles baseball stadium tours, but crowd control was still a major concern. Between songs, Jimi pled with audience members to stop rushing the stage. A heavy police presence is felt; lyrics for their hit “Purple Haze” are altered (“’Scuse me while I kiss that policeman!”) and Jimi dedicates “Spanish Castle Magic” to “the plain clothes police out there and other goofballs.”

Hendrix treated each performance as a unique event. He never relied on a standard set list comprised only of his biggest commercial hits. This approach was on full display at the Forum performance, blending more familiar tunes such as “Foxey Lady” with “I Don’t Live Today” from Are You Experienced and his signature blues original “Red House”(“Everybody want to know what America’s soul is; everybody think it’s Motown … America’s soul is something more like this here”) which had still not yet been released in the US at this time.

Furthermore, the group opened their set with a cover of “Tax Free” – an obscure 1967 instrumental by Swedish duo Hansson & Karlsson (consisting of Bo Hansson and Janne Karlsson), with whom The Experience had previously shared bills in Stockholm. Another unique highlight featured within the Forum performance was an early reimagining of “Star Spangled Banner,” which Jimi would canonize four months later at Woodstock. “Here’s a song we was all brainwashed with,” Jimi trenchantly declares, at a time when the nation was in a state of great political unrest. The group closed their performance with a unique, extraordinary medley of “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” and Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.” The song was an Experience favorite and a perfect live vehicle for the trio’s unparalleled improvisational skill.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 was recorded by Wally Heider and Bill Halverson contemporaneously, and recently remixed by longtime Hendrix producer/engineer Eddie Kramer for maximum audio fidelity. The package’s liner notes are by former LA Times staff writer/critic Randy Lewis with a preface by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons who attended the Hendrix Forum show, having toured with the Experience, as part of The Moving Sidewalks, his pre-ZZ Top band.

This pristine recording—available in its entirety for the very first time—newly mixed by Hendrix’s longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, captures the original Jimi Hendrix Experience in their unrivaled, peak form and is sourced directly from the original eight-track master tapes.

The accompanying illustrated booklet (24-pages in the CD release and 12-pages in the 2LP release) features liner notes from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons plus LA Times music critic Randy Lewis who both witnessed the show first-hand. The deluxe 2LP vinyl release is packaged in a lavish gatefold jacket and is pressed on 150 gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings’ (QRP) legendary Salina, Kansas facility.

Track Listing:

    1. Intro
    2. Tax Free
    3. Foxey Lady
    4. Red House
    5. Spanish Castle Magic
    6. Star Spangled Banner
    7. Purple Haze
    8. I Don’t Live Today
    9. Medley: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
    10. Sunshine of Your Love
    11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix: Guitar & Vocals
Mitch Mitchell: Drums
Noel Redding: Bass

Jimi Hendrix - 1968 [2013] "Miami Pop Festival"

Miami Pop Festival is a posthumous live album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, documenting their May 18, 1968 performance at the Pop & Underground Festival in Hallandale, Florida. It features eight songs recorded during their evening performance, along with two extra songs.

The album was released on November 5, 2013, in conjunction with the Jimi Hendrix video documentary, Hear My Train A Comin'. "Fire" and "Foxey Lady", recorded during the afternoon-show, were also released as a stereo 45 rpm single. The album reached number 39 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and number 120 on the Belgian (Walloon) chart.

By the time Jimi Hendrix took the stage at Hallandale, Florida’s Gulfstream Park on May 18, 1968, the 25-year old guitarist, songwriter and visionary’s reputation preceded him.  He had already released two studio albums (1967’s Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love released in 1967 in the U.K. and 1968 in the U.S.) and established himself as an unpredictable performer not to be missed when he set his guitar ablaze amidst the peace and love of the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.  With Jimi Hendrix, there was always fire – if not literally, always musically.

There were actually two Miami Pop Festivals that year.  Hendrix joined Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and others for the May festival promoted by Flipper trainer Ric O’Barry and future Woodstock guru Michael Lang.  In late December, promoters Tom Rounds and Mel Lawrence held another fest at the same venue, enlisting artists including Procol Harum, The Turtles, Jose Feliciano, Country Joe and the Fish, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.  The May event welcomed an estimated 50,000 people, and inspired Hendrix to pen “Rainy Day, Dream Away” (included on Electric Ladyland, released in September 1968) when his planned performance on the second day was cancelled due to inclement weather. Lang, proprietor of a Miami head shop that was one of the first such establishments on the East Coast, dubbed the event as “where the seeds of Woodstock were sown.”

So, you’re probably thinking: “wait, another Hendrix live album – aren’t we scraping the bottom of the barrel”?  The answer is, an emphatic NO.  In fact, Miami Pop Festival may turn out to be one of the finest documents of the cosmically-talented guitarist’s short career.

If it’s that good, why wasn’t it released until now?  Well, these tapes were thought to be long lost, so better late than never, right?

Organized by Michael Lang, who would famously put together Woodstock a year later, the Miami Pop Festival was the first outdoor rock festival on the East coast.  Thrown together in a month, the promoters lucked out when Jimi Hendrix said “yes” to an invitation to play.  He had wowed the audience at Monterey the year before with his flaming guitar, and since then, he was the biggest concert attraction around.

What sets Miami Pop apart from other Hendrix live albums is that this one sounds really good. While even Winterland, for all its greatness is kind of sludgy in the mix of instruments, Miami Pop is really crisp.  A lot of the credit goes to engineer Eddie Kramer, who was asked to record the concert while on hiatus from helming Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland LP.   He was also brought back in to remix these tracks 45 years later.

The disc opens with an introduction which features something unbelievable: Hendrix, one of the greatest guitarists of all time, having to tune his own guitar.  Certainly, you’d think he’d have a guitar tech standing by to do that!  As was tradition, this is followed by a long jam, which encompasses the beginning of “Hey Joe.”  As the actual song begins, marvel at the frenetic kick pedal of drummer Mitch Mitchell.

“Tax Free” gives Hendrix a chance to work out the wah wah pedal, while “Fire” is played at lightning speed.  Things slow down for an intense version of the blues standard “Red House.”

The booklet comes with an excellent essay giving background to the event.  Plus, there’s some fantastic photos, showing Hendrix with his signature hat in place.

There’s excellent video footage from this show in the new Hendrix documentary Hear My Train a Comin (read our review).  Seeing Hendrix and band perched on a makeshift stage made of flatbed trucks, makes you appreciate just how good this material sounds, despite the conditions.  In a long line of Jimi Hendrix live albums, Miami Pop Festival stands as one of the all-time best.  

Track listing:

Introduction (no music) – 1:54

Hey Joe (Billy Roberts) – 6:22

Foxey Lady – 4:33

Tax Free( Bo Hansson, Janne Karlsson) – 8:20

Fire – 2:47

Hear My Train A Comin' – 7:58

I Don't Live Today – 4:50

Red House – 12:07

Purple Haze – 4:19

Fire (afternoon show) – 3:07

Foxey Lady (afternoon show) – 4:56

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix – vocals, guitar

Noel Redding – bass guitar, backing vocals

Mitch Mitchell – drums

Jimi Hendrix - 1993 "The Ultimate Experience"

Great box set released in 1993, includes nicely packaged re-issues of The Experience's first 3 albums, plus the "best of", single CD collection shown on the listing photo. The "best of" CD is a little redundant, since all of those songs are already ON the first 3 albums, except for the last two tracks; the unforgettable "Star Spangled Banner" from the Woodstock concert, and "Wild Thing" from Jimi's American (re-) debut at the Monterey Pop Festival. I don't know that you could ever really make a perfect, single CD collection of Jimi's greatest songs, but this fourth CD comes close. Had I had a say in this box set's original release, I think including something like the "Concerts" CD, produced by Alan Douglas, containing a sort of "best of" concert would have been a better idea, but hey, any Hendrix is good by me!

I purchased this set when it first came out and it is the one box set that I can listen to over and over. Hendrix IS the best rock guitarist, in my humble opinion. This set contains all three of his studio albums that were released prior to his untimely death. But, the big bonus is the fact that they are the British releases of his albums. That means :Are You Experienced" has such gems as "Redhouse" "Stone Free" and others that were left off the American releases of the album. Each disc also contains a nice booklet and the fourth dis, which is a best of, does a better summation of what Jimi was all about than does the album "Smash Hits". I know that it says the set is not available, but if you ever see it, grab it. It will truely show you why Jimi is still considered a big influence among true guitarist.

CD 1 "Are You Experienced":

Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. The album features Jimi Hendrix's innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing which soon established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music.

By mid-1966, Hendrix was struggling to earn a living playing the R&B circuit as a backing guitarist. After being referred to Chas Chandler, who was leaving the Animals and interested in managing and producing artists, Hendrix was signed to a management and production contract with Chandler and ex-Animals manager Michael Jeffery. Chandler brought Hendrix to London and began recruiting members for a band designed to showcase the guitarist's talents, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In late October, after having been rejected by Decca Records, the Experience signed with Track, a new label formed by the Who's managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.

Are You Experienced and its preceding singles were recorded over a five-month period from late October 1966 through early April 1967. The album was completed in sixteen recording sessions at three London locations, including De Lane Lea Studios, CBS, and Olympic. Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, Are You Experienced spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. The album was issued in the US on August 23 by Reprise Records, where it reached number five on the Billboard 200, remaining on the chart for 106 weeks, 27 of those in the Top 40. The album also spent 70 weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart, where it peaked at #10. The US version contained some of Hendrix's best known songs, including the Experience's first three singles, which, though omitted from the British edition of the LP, were top ten hits in the UK: "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", and "The Wind Cries Mary".

In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked Are You Experienced fifteenth on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. They placed four songs from the album on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: "Purple Haze" (17), "Foxy Lady" (153), "Hey Joe" (201), and "The Wind Cries Mary" (379). That same year, the record was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in recognition of its cultural significance to be added to the National Recording Registry. Writer and archivist Reuben Jackson of the Smithsonian Institution wrote: "it's still a landmark recording because it is of the rock, R&B, blues ... musical tradition. It altered the syntax of the music ... in a way I compare to James Joyce's Ulysses."

Track listing:

01 Foxy Lady
02 Manic Depression
03 Red House
04 Can You See Me
05 Love Or Confusion
06 I Don't Live Today
07 May This Be Love
08 Fire
09 3rd Stone From The Sun
10 Remember
11 Are You Experienced

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals
Noel Redding – bass; backing vocals on "Foxy Lady," "Fire," and "Purple Haze"
Mitch Mitchell – drums; backing vocals on "I Don't Live Today" and "Stone Free"

CD 2 "Axis: Bold as Love":

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded to fulfill the Experience's contract, which stated that they had to produce two records in 1967.

Axis: Bold as Love was first released in the United Kingdom by Track Records in December 1967, as the follow-up to the band's successful debut Are You Experienced, which had been released in May. Reprise Records chose not to release it in the United States until 1968, because of fears that it might interfere with the sales of the first album. Axis: Bold as Love charted at number five in the UK and number three in the US. The album also peaked at number six on the Billboard R&B chart.

Track listing:

01 EXP
02 Up From The Skies
03 Spanish Castle Magic
04 Wait Until Tomorrow
05 Ain't No Telling
06 Little Wing
07 If Six Was Nine
08 You've Got Me Floating
09 Castles Made Of Sand
10 She's So Fine
11 One Rainy Wish
12 Little Miss Lover
13 Bold As Love

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix – vocals, electric guitar, piano, recorder, glockenspiel on "Little Wing", voice of "Mr. Paul Caruso" on "EXP"
Mitch Mitchell – drums, backing vocals, "interviewer" on "EXP"
Noel Redding – backing vocals, bass guitars (four and eight-string), foot stomping on "If 6 Was 9", lead vocals on "She's So Fine"
Additional

Gary Leeds – foot stomping on "If 6 Was 9"
Graham Nash – foot stomping on "If 6 Was 9", backing vocals on "You Got Me Floatin'"
Trevor Burton – backing vocals on "You Got Me Floatin'"
Roy Wood – backing vocals on "You Got Me Floatin'"

CD 3 "Electric Ladyland":

Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released by Reprise Records in North America and Track Records in the UK in October 1968, the double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. By mid-November, it had charted at number one in the United States, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. Electric Ladyland was the Experience's most commercially successful release and their only number one album. It peaked at number six in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart.

Electric Ladyland included a cover of the Bob Dylan song, "All Along the Watchtower", which became the Experience's highest-selling single and their only top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 20; the single reached number five in the UK. Although the album confounded critics in 1968, it has since been viewed as Hendrix's best work and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest-album lists, including Q magazine's 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, on which it was ranked 55th.

Track listing:

01 And The Gods Made Love
02 Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
03 Cross Town Traffic
04 Voodoo Chile
05 Little Miss Strange
06 Long Hot Summer Night
07 Come On
08 Gypsy Eyes
09 The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
10 Rainy Day, Dream Away
11 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
12 Moon, Turn The Tides... Gently, Gently Away
13 Still Raining, Still Dreaming
14 House Burning Down
15 All Along The Watchtower
16 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

Personnel:

Credits taken from the 1993 MCA compact disc booklet.

Jimi Hendrix – lead vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, comb and tissue paper kazoo, electric harpsichord, bass on "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)", "Long Hot Summer Night", "Gypsy Eyes", "1983", "House Burning Down", and "All Along the Watchtower"
Noel Redding – backing vocals, bass on "Crosstown Traffic", "Little Miss Strange", "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", acoustic guitar and lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"
Mitch Mitchell – backing vocals, drums (except on "Rainy Day Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming"), percussion, lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"
Jack Casady – bass on "Voodoo Chile"
Brian Jones – percussion on "All Along the Watchtower"
Al Kooper – piano on "Long Hot Summer Night"
Dave Mason – twelve-string guitar on "All Along the Watchtower", backing vocals on "Crosstown Traffic"
The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
Steve Winwood – Hammond organ on "Voodoo Chile"
Chris Wood – flute on "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"
on "Rainy Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming":
Larry Faucette – congas
Mike Finnigan – organ
Buddy Miles – drums
Freddie Smith – tenor saxophone

CD 4 "The Ultimate Experience":

The Ultimate Experience is a 1992 compilation album of songs by songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix. It features 20 of his greatest hits, most of them recorded with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and live renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Wild Thing". It was released in the U.K. in November 1992, and later on April 27, 1993 in the U.S. The album reached No. 25 in the UK Albums Chart and No. 72 in the Billboard 200. An HDCD remastered special edition UK picture disc version limited to 2500 copies was released in 1995. The track listing was compiled from a poll citing his most popular recordings for the European market. All songs were recorded between October 23, 1966 and July 23, 1970.

As a single-disc compilation, The Ultimate Experience is hard to beat. Drawing from all of the original Jimi Hendrix Experience albums, the 20-track collection hits all of the major highpoints -- "Purple Haze," "All Along the Watchtower," "Little Wing," "Red House," "The Wind Cries Mary," "Highway Chile," "Angel" -- and gives an accurate impression of why Hendrix was so revolutionary and influential. All three of Hendrix's completed studio albums are mandatory listening, but The Ultimate Experience is a terrific introduction to the guitarist.

Track listing
All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

01 "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 4:07 (Electric Ladyland, 1968)
02 "Purple Haze" – 2:44 (Are You Experienced, 1967)
03 "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:26 (Are You Experienced)
04 "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:18 (Are You Experienced)
05 "Angel" – 4:17 (The Cry of Love, 1971)
06 "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:13 (Electric Ladyland)
07 "Foxy Lady" – 3:15 (Are You Experienced)
08 "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" – 3:35 (Electric Ladyland)
09 "Highway Chile" – 3:30 (Smash Hits [UK])
10 "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:14 (Electric Ladyland)
11 "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:45 (Axis: Bold as Love, 1967)
12 "Long Hot Summer Night" – 3:27 (Electric Ladyland)
13 "Red House" – 3:54 (Kiss the Sky)
14 "Manic Depression" – 3:37 (Are You Experienced)
15 "Gypsy Eyes" – 3:42 (Electric Ladyland)
16 "Little Wing" – 2:24 (Axis: Bold as Love)
17 "Fire" – 2:38 (Are You Experienced)
18 "Wait Until Tomorrow" – 3:00 (Axis: Bold as Love)
19 "Star Spangled Banner (live)" (John Stafford Smith, arr. Hendrix) – 4:05 (Woodstock, 1970)
20 "Wild Thing (live)" (Chip Taylor) – 6:54 (Monterey Pop, 1970)

Track 19: Recorded live at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, 8.18.69
Track 20: Recorded live at the Monterey Pop Festival, 6.18.67

Noel Redding is credited in the liner notes with bass on track 1, but the notes about the song specifically state Jimi played bass - "All Along The Watchtower is a classic example of Hendrix's bass-playing, on Noel Redding's righthanded bass. "I think Noel got pissed off and was in the pub - but the track didn't suffer," remembers Mitch Mitchell."

Personnel:

Listed above.

Jimi Hendrix - 1970 [2002] "The Rainbow Bridge Concert"

Originally released by Radioactive Records in 2002 as 2 separate LPs, this 2-CD set contains most of both of Jimi's sets as recorded at Haleakala Crater in Hawaii, the 30th of July, 1970; the first set (as only partially heard in the film, but not the LP's soundtrack Rainbow Bridge - Original Movie Soundtrack (Vinyl Record)) and most tracks of the never-released second set. This show, especially the 2nd set, was for years rather a "Holy Grail" amongst collectors. Minimally remastered, although unfortunately edited, this was Hendrix' pentultimate U.S. show; it's far from being an audiophile-grade recording, (especially the 2nd set, when the winds were blowing rather high) but Jimi's performance still shines through. According to Ultimate Hendrix: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Live Concerts & Sessions, three songs, "Midnight Lightning," "Drum Solo," and "Stone Free" finish the 2nd Set, but those tracks are nowhere to be found on this release. In 2008, the Mike Jeffrey estate put out an even more complete version with these tracks as "Complete Rainbow Bridge" on the Rock Of Ages Label.

This is more a release for a completist than a Hendrix novice: highly reccomended for Hendrix cognoscenti, but get the original live LPs/CDs "In the West (1971)," "Band Of Gypsys," and Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight before even thinking about picking this one up!

Unofficial release of the July 30th 1970 concert in Maui. This is the whole show, both sets. Its missing the very first song ( Spanish Castle Magic) and the very last song (Stone Free). But what you do get is:
Lover Man, Hey Baby (New Rising Sun), In From the Storm, Message to Love, Foxy Lady, Hear My Train a Comin', Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Fire, Purple Haze, Dolly Dagger, Villanova Junction, Ezy Rider, Red House, Freedom, Jam Back at the House (a.k.a Beginnings), and an instrumental jam called Land of the New Rising Sun which incorporates parts of Hey Baby and Race With the Devil.
That is an amazing set list. Jimi played great that day. It was an outdoor show and the wind detracts from the quality of the recording, but who cares, its Jimi playing his ass off. Mitchell redid the drums for the songs used in the movie, so those sound much clearer.
Overall its a decent recording of an excellent show. Since its unofficial though, I wouldn't pay $75 collectors prices for it. Its OK to download bootlegs. But its a well made package and any Hendrix fan should own this if found at a reasonable price. There's another version called Complete Rainbow Bridge which has the two missing songs but good luck finding it.

The concert held at Haleakala Crater in Hawaii in July of 1970 was supposed to be part of the film Rainbow Bridge, but very little of the concert footage was used in the film. Stranger still, none of it was used on the soundtrack album Rainbow Bridge. The set has been bootlegged in the past, but this marks the first official release of this material. For the second set, Hendrix played new material exclusively, except for "Red House." He also played a Gibson Flying-V instead of his near-trademark Fender Stratocaster, giving him a thicker guitar tone. Hendrix starts strong on "Dolly Dagger" and goes straight into "Villanova Juction" (here simply titled "Instrumental"). This is followed by one of the better live versions of "Ezy Rider," with Billy Cox lending strong support on bass.

After an excellent version of "Red House," Hendrix loses his way a bit, drifting into "Straight Ahead" during "Jam Back at the House," but finished the tune strong with all his effect pedals working nicely together. The set ends with an up-tempo jam tacked onto the end of "New Rising Sun." This is quite an interesting live set, because the intimate venue and relative lack of commercial pressure allowed Hendrix to relax on-stage with a lot of his newer material. Sound quality is quite good, although the drums are a bit distant. Some critics have said that Hendrix's playing declined after the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but this set shows that Hendrix was always moving forward, incorporating new tones and effects as well as Spanish scales into his playing. There were certainly some lackluster performances during that time period, but the Rainbow Bridge concerts show that Hendrix still had some excellent playing left in him. [Both sets are also available combined onto a two-CD set.]

Show took place in Maui, Hawaii on July 30, 1970. Great to have this live performance (finally) in it's entirety. Sound quality is very good - as some fans might disagree with that - just seems like the crowd is a bit quieter than one might expect. Tracks that I could not get enough of were "Hey Baby (New Sun Rising)", the rocking "Message To Love", "Foxy Lady" - being personally dedicated to someone specifically by Jimi, one of my personal Hendrix favorites "Fire", of course "Purple Haze" and [the always] ass-kicking "Dolly Dagger". Also thoroughly enjoyed the awesome "Red House", "Freedom" and "Land Of The New Rising Sun". Duration: approx. 84 minutes. Comes housed in a nifty / collectable slip-cover to forever preserve this precious audio keepsake. Also includes a twelve-page CD booklet with some exclusive Hendrix artwork and well-written liner notes. Highly recommended.

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Track listing:

CD 1 - The Early Show
1-1 Lover Man 2:33
1-2 Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) 4:36
1-3 In From The Storm 4:59
1-4 Message To Love 4:52
1-5 Foxy Lady 4:45
1-6 Hear My Train A Comin’ 9:08
1-7 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 7:17
1-8 Fire 3:43
1-9 Purple Haze 4:35

CD 2 - The Late Show
2-1 Dolly Dagger 5:09
2-2 Instrumental 5:28
2-3 Ezy Rider 4:54
2-4 Red House 6:47
2-5 Freedom 4:21
2-6 Jam Back At The House 7:00
2-7 Land Of The New Rising Sun 4:47

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix - Guitar
Mitch Mitchell - Drums
Billy Cox - Bass

Gil Evans - 1974 [2002] "Plays the music of Jimi Hendrix"

The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix is an album of Jimi Hendrix's compositions arranged by jazz composer, conductor and pianist Gil Evans recorded in 1974 and performed by Evans with an orchestra featuring David Sanborn, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, and John Abercrombie. The album was re-released with additional tracks on CD in 1988.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's more blues-oriented compositions and create a memorable set that is rock-oriented but retains the improvisation and personality of jazz"

This CD reissue (which adds additional material to the original LP program) is much more successful than one might have expected. Jimi Hendrix was scheduled to record with Gil Evans' Orchestra but died before the session could take place. A few years later, Evans explored ten of Hendrix's compositions with his unique 19-piece unit, an orchestra that included two French horns, the tuba of Howard Johnson, three guitars, two basses, two percussionists and such soloists as altoist David Sanborn, trumpeter Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Billy Harper on tenor, and guitarists Ryo Kawasaki and John Abercrombie. Evans' arrangements uplift many of Hendrix's more blues-oriented compositions and create a memorable set that is rock-oriented but retains the improvisation and personality of jazz. [This album was re-released in 2002 on the Bluebird label with four bonus tracks from the same sessions]

Reissue of Gil Evans' classic, controversial original album from 1974, in which his orchestra, which includes guitarist John Abercrombie, trumpeter Marvin C. Peterson and saxophonists David Sanborn and Billy Harper interpret nine Hendrix compositions. Includes the bonus tracks 'Little Wing' and alternate takes of 'Angel', 'Castles Made Of Sand', Up From The Skies' and 'Gypsy Eyes'.
· Gil Evans was to have recorded with Jimi Hendrix. The idea was to feature the Hendrix solo guitar and voice against the cushion of Evans' orchestrations, much in the manner of the Gil Evans-Miles Davis collaborations of the late 1940's and again in the 1950's. Denied the opportunity when the guitarist died in London a week before the preliminary meetings were set, Gil forged ahead with a whole concert of Hendrix compositions at Carnegie Hall, and, with the same young group, the sessions for this album.
· Evans told Rolling Stone magazine: "Stop and think about Hendrix' guitar work, about how difficult it was, and is, to play a guitar that way – the use, the correct use, of electronics. And yet for him it was the natural way. What I do is try to keep Jimi in mind when arranging his music. A very, very great guitar player."
· Gil Evans and Jimi Hendrix - a fusion of rock and jazz, working properly for once, each style drawing from the other. Gil was fond of saying that he looked for the "living spirit" in any music he heard. That spirit is here, alive and well, within these tracks.

Track listing:

1. ANGEL
2. CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC / LITTLE MISS LOVER
3. MEDLEY: CASTLES MADE OF SAND / FOXY LADY
4. UP FROM THE SKIES
5. 1983 – A MERMAN I SHOULD TURN TO BE
6. VOODOO CHILE
7. GYPSY EYES
8. LITTLE WING
9. ANGEL (ALTERNATE TAKE)
10. CASTLES MADE OF SAND (ALTERNATE TAKE)
11. UP FROM THE SKIES (ALTERNATE TAKE)
12. GYPSY EYES (ALTERNATE TAKE) 

Personnel:

• Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
• Hannibal Marvin Peterson - trumpet, vocals
• Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Peter Gordon - French horn
• Pete Levin - French horn, synthesizer
• Tom Malone - trombone, bass trombone, flute, synthesizer, arranger
• Howard Johnson - tuba, bass clarinet, electric bass, arranger
• David Sanborn - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Billy Harper - tenor saxophone, flute
• Trevor Koehler - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, arranger
• John Abercrombie, Ryo Kawasaki - electric guitar
• Keith Loving - guitar
• Don Pate - bass
• Michael Moore - electric bass, acoustic bass
• Bruce Ditmas - drums
• Warren Smith - vibraphone, marimba, chimes, latin percussion
• Sue Evans - drums, congas, percussion

Jimi Hendrix - 1970 [1995] "Rainbow Bridge" 2 CD

Rainbow Bridge is a compilation album[3] by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. It was the second posthumous album release by his official record company and is mostly composed of recordings Hendrix made in 1969 and 1970 after the breakup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Despite the cover photo and subtitle Original Motion Picture Sound Track, it does not contain any songs recorded during his concert appearance for the 1971 film Rainbow Bridge.

Continuing in the vein of The Cry of Love, the first official posthumous Hendrix album, Rainbow Bridge explores new guitar styles and textures. All the songs, except for a solo studio version of "The Star Spangled Banner", are written by Hendrix and mostly performed with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on bass.

The songs on Rainbow Bridge represent material in various stages of development and were never finalized or approved for release by Hendrix. Four of the songs on the album, along with the ten songs from The Cry of Love and three from War Heroes, were planned for Hendrix's follow-up album to the live Band of Gypsys, released in March 1970. These songs were later included on Voodoo Soup in 1995 and First Rays of the New Rising Sun in 1997, which were attempts at completing the double album Hendrix was working on at the time of his death.

 Back when Rainbow Bridge was originally released, it was actually among the best of the posthumous Hendrix releases. Billed as "the original motion picture soundtrack" (it wasn't, really), it was a mix of excellent, finished studio tracks and a couple of live tracks. Despite this, it's understandable why it didn't appeared in the digital realm until 2014 (officially, at least).
Once the estate went back to the Hendrix family in the '90s, three of the tracks from Rainbow Bridge were used on the album First Rays of the New Rising Sun, which had previously only existed as Jimi's hand-written track listing. The remaining tracks were orphaned out on various box sets and compilations. So while all the tracks on Rainbow Bridge have been made available elsewhere, it's nice to finally have it assembled the way the original LP was, with excellent remastered sound (not just for the old-timers who had the LP the first time around, but for others who don't necessarily want to shell out for the box set needed to gather these tracks). Highlights include overlooked gems like "Pali Gap" and Jimi's rarely heard studio version of "The Star Spangled Banner," which is made of multi-tracked guitars and basses.

 Since The Jimi Hendrix Experience split up, Jimi had been working on many songs and recorded a lot of demos. However, without wanting to give another studio album to the producer Ed Chaplin, he decided to make a live album of new material with a few new songs so that he could fulfill his contract. But, unfortunately, Jimi died 9/11/1970, leaving all those demos unfinished , still with a great number of amazing songs. With him dead, a race to release posthumous albums of that material started. The first one to do it, and the most honest, was Eddie Kramer. Together with Mitch Mitchel, Hendrix's drummer, he produced a trilogy of posthumous albums with the most complete demos and some jams too. "Rainbow Bridge" was the second one of these albums and has a good number of Hendrix classics, including songs that he planned to release in his next studio album. The album starts with "Dolly Dagger", a track that feels finished and complete; this hard rocking piece shows that Hendrix had already changed a bit his style since his Experience days. The lyrics seem to be talking about a witch and rituals, a thematic that Hendrix had talked about before. Other highlights include a 11 min long live version of "Hear My Train a Comin'" which shows Hendrix's incredible live performances, and Hey Baby (New Rising Sun), which by the long intro and the fact that he asks "Is the microphone on?" make it feels like it's a early demo, it feels like it could turn out to be the best songs of the ones in this album.

Recording information: Berkeley Community Center (01/20/1970); Electric Lady Studios (01/20/1970); Record Plant (01/20/1970); TTG Studios (01/20/1970); Berkeley Community Center (03/18/1969); Electric Lady Studios (03/18/1969); Record Plant (03/18/1969); TTG Studios (03/18/1969); Berkeley Community Center (05/30/1970); Electric Lady Studios (05/30/1970); Record Plant (05/30/1970); TTG Studios (05/30/1970); Berkeley Community Center (07/01/1970); Electric Lady Studios (07/01/1970); Record Plant (07/01/1970); TTG Studios (07/01/1970); Berkeley Community Center (10/22/1968); Electric Lady Studios (10/22/1968); Record Plant (10/22/1968); TTG Studios (10/22/1968); Berkeley Community Center (11/17/1969); Electric Lady Studios (11/17/1969); Record Plant (11/17/1969); TTG Studios (11/17/1969).

Tracklisting:
CD 1
01 - Rainbow Band - It's a Beautiful Day
02 - Chuck Wein - Introduction
03 - Spanish Castle Magic
04 - Lover Man
05 - Hey Baby
06 - In From The Storm
07 - Message To Love
08 - Foxy Lady
09 - Hear My Train A Comin'
10 - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
11 - Fire
12 - Purple Haze
13 - Dolly Dagger
14 - Villanova Junction Blues
15 - Ezy Rider

CD 2
01 - Red House
02 - Freedom
03 - Jam Back at the House
04 - Land Of The New Rising Sun
05 - Dolly Dagger (Wight 70)
06 - Hey Baby (Wight 70)
07 - Hear My Train Comin (Berkeley 70)
08 - Message Of Love (Fillmore 69)
09 - Easy Rider (Fillmore 69)
10 - Room Full Of Mirros (B.O.G. 69)
11 - Stepping Stone (B.O.G. 69)
12 - Earth Blues (B.O.G. 69)
13 - Hey Baby (C.O.L.B. 70)

Personnel

    Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 1, 2)
    Mitch Mitchell – drums (all tracks except 4, 5)
    Billy Cox – bass guitar (all tracks except 5, 6)
    Juma Sultan – congas, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 6)
    Buddy Miles – drums (track 4), backing vocals (track 2)
    Noel Redding – bass guitar (track 6)
    The Ghetto Fighters (Albert Allen and Arthur Allen) – backing vocals (track 1)
    The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley) – backing vocals (track 2)

Jimi Hendrix - 1990 "Lifelines" [4 CD Box]

Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story is a posthumous box set by Jimi Hendrix. The four compact disc set was released by Reprise Records on November 27, 1990, and produced by Bruce Gary. The first three discs comprise Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, a narrated radio presentation of Hendrix's career. The fourth, titled The L. A. Forum Concert, contains live recordings from the Jimi Hendrix Experience's performance at the Forum in Los Angeles on April 26, 1969. The complete Forum performance was released in 2022 as Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969.

Lifelines is another debacle foisted on the public by Alan Douglas, redeemed only by the inclusion of a 1969 performance at the L.A. Forum. The other three discs are nothing but a radio show featuring interviews and commentary. Sure, among well-known performances there are some surprising and revelatory alternates and rarities, but these are either incomplete performances, faded in or out poorly, or worse yet, they serve as background while some talks over them. A frustrating and annoying listen for fans, and much too esoteric for casual listeners, the out of print Lifelines can only be recommended for absolute completists, and only marginally at that.

A very interesting combination of known songs, rarities and unknown takes mixed with alternates, interviews and commentaries. All in all, a very cool combination. Not just for completists but for everyone interested in Hendrix' work.

Track listing:

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Disc one

    "Introduction"
    "Testify" (Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley)
        Performed by The Isley Brothers; Hendrix on guitar
    "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (Lloyd Price)
        Performed by Little Richard; Hendrix had no involvement with this track
    "I'm a Man" (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley)
        Performed by Curtis Knight and the Squires; Hendrix on guitar and lead vocals
    "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan)
    "Red House"
    "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)
    "Hoocie Koochie Man" (Willie Dixon)
    "Purple Haze"
    "The Wind Cries Mary"
    "Foxey Lady"

Disc two

    "Third Stone from the Sun"
    "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King)
    "Look Over Yonder/Mister Bad Luck"
    "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
    "Spanish Castle Magic"
    "Bold as Love"
    "One Rainy Wish"
    "Little Wing"
    "Drivin' South"
    "The Things I Used to Do" (Eddie Jones a.k.a. Guitar Slim)
        Jam with Johnny Winter, Stephen Stills, and Dallas Taylor
    "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan)
    "Drifter's Escape" (Dylan)
    "Cherokee Mist"
    "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
    "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"

Disc three

    "Voodoo Chile"
    "Come On (Part 1)" (Earl King)
    "Manic Depression"
    "Machine Gun"
    "Room Full of Mirrors"
    "Angel"
    "Rainy Day Shuffle"
    "Valleys of Neptune"
    "Send My Love to Linda"
    "South Saturn Delta"
    "Dolly Dagger"
    "Night Bird Flying"

Disc four

    The L. A. Forum Concert

    "Tax Free" (Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson) – 13:57[a]
    "Red House" – 11:07
    "Spanish Castle Magic" – 11:43
    "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, adapted by Hendrix) – 2:30
    "Purple Haze" – 6:57
    "I Don't Live Today" – 7:06
    "Voodoo Chile / Sunshine of Your Love" (Hendrix / Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 17:15

Note

"Foxey Lady" was played in between "Tax Free" and "Red House" and can be found as a CD bonus track on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts.

Jimi Hendrix - 1975 "Crash Landing"

Jimi Hendrix - 1975 Crash Landing:

Crash Landing is a posthumous compilation album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix.^[3] It was released in March and August 1975 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. It was the first Hendrix album to be produced by Alan Douglas.

Before Hendrix died in 1970, he was in the final stages of preparing what he intended to be a double studio LP, which was given various titles such as 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun', 'People, Hell & Angels, and 'Strate Ahead' [sic]. Most of the tracks intended for this LP were spread out over three posthumous single LP releases: The Cry of Love (1971), Rainbow Bridge (1971), and War Heroes (1972). In the case of the last two of these LPs, a demo track, a live track, and unreleased studio tracks were used to fill out the releases. In late 1973, his International label prepared to issue an LP titled Loose Ends which contained eight tracks, six of which were generally regarded as incomplete or substandard (the only two "finished" tracks on this release were "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice", a heavily re-mixed stereo version of the B-side which had been released in the original mono mix on the 1968 European and Japanese versions of the Smash Hits, and a cover of Bob Dylan's "The Drifter's Escape", both of which would ultimately be re-released on the South Saturn Delta CD in 1997). Loose Ends was not released in the USA by Reprise because they considered the quality of the tracks to be subpar.
Hendrix had amassed a lot of time in the studio in 1969 and 1970, resulting in a substantial amount of songs, some close to completion, that were available for potential release. After the death of Hendrix' manager in 1973, Alan Douglas was hired to evaluate hundreds of hours of remaining material that was not used on earlier posthumous albums. "Peace In Mississippi," "Somewhere," and "Stone Free" were recorded with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience line up, while the rest of the material used on Crash Landing consisted of recordings Hendrix originally made with Billy Cox on bass and either Mitch Mitchell or Buddy Miles on drums and on one occasion by Rocky Isaacs.


Tracklist

1 Message To Love - Drums, Voice – Buddy Miles 3:14
2 Somewhere Over The Rainbow     3:30
3 Crash Landing - Voice – Barbara Massey, Linda November, Vivian Cherry 4:14
4 Come Down Hard On Me     3:16
5 Peace In Mississippi     4:21
6 With The Power - Drums, Voice – Buddy Miles 3:28
7 Stone Free Again     3:25
8 Captain Coconut     4:06

Credits

    Bass – Billy Cox (tracks: 1, 6, 8), Bob Babbitt (tracks: 2 to 5, 6)
    Drums – Alan Schwartzberg* (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 8)
    Guitar – Jeff Mironov (tracks: 2 to 5, 7), Jimi Hendrix
    Percussion – Jimmy Maeulen* (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 8)
    Producer – Alan Douglas, Tony Bongiovi
    Vocals – Jimi Hendrix (tracks: All except 5, 8.)