Hendrix: Classic or Dud?

i wonder if when hendrix became famous, sgt private james mattox would tell everyone at the bar that he saw that guy jerking it.

― tylerw, Friday, November 30, 2012 5:37 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"I knew he was left handed before I ever saw the guy play guitar!"

Are You Experienced (In The Art Of The Hand Shandy)?

"Hey James, Where You Goin' With Yo Cock In Your Hand..."

Hey Jim/Where you goin' with your dick in your hand?

xpost!

Hahahahahaha! Priceless! :D

New album of previously unreleased leftovers called People, Hell & Angels coming in March; Amazon has the following rundown:

Earth Blues: Totally unlike the version first issued as part of Rainbow Bridge in 1971, this December 19, 1969 master take features just Hendrix, Cox and Miles—stripped down funk at its very origin.

Somewhere: This newly discovered gem was recorded in March 1968 and features Buddy Miles on drums and Stephen Stills on bass. Entirely different from any previous version fans have heard.

Hear My Train A Comin’: This superb recording was drawn from Jimi’s first ever recording session with Billy Cox & Buddy Miles—the rhythm section with whom he would later record the groundbreaking album Band Of Gypsys.

Bleeding Heart: This Elmore James masterwork had long been a favorite of Jimi’s. Recorded at the same May 1969 session as “Hear My Train A Coming,” Jimi had a firm understanding of the arrangement and tempo he desired. Before they began, Jimi instructed Cox and Miles that he wanted to establish a totally different beat than the standard arrangement. He then kicked off this amazing rendition unlike any other he had ever attempted.

Let Me Move You: In March 1969, Jimi reached back to another old friend, saxophonist Lonnie Youngblood. Before he was discovered by Chas Chandler in the summer of 1966, Jimi had contributed guitar for Youngblood and such infectious rhythm and blues styled singles such as “Soul Food”.

This March 1969 session features Hendrix and Youngblood trading licks on this never before heard, high velocity rock and soul classic.

Izabella: In the aftermath of the Woodstock festival, Jimi gathered his new ensemble, Gypsy Sun & Rainbows at the Hit Factory in August 1969 with engineer Eddie Kramer. “Izabella” had been one of the new songs the guitarist introduced at the Woodstock festival and Jimi was eager to perfect a studio version. This new version is markedly different from the Band Of Gypsys 45 rpm single master issued by Reprise Records in 1970 and features Larry Lee, Jimi’s old friend on rhythm guitar.

Easy Blues: An edited extract of this gorgeous, free flowing instrumental was briefly issued as part of the long out of print, 1981 album Nine To The Universe. Now nearly twice as long, fans can enjoy the dramatic interplay between Jimi, second guitarist Larry Lee, Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell.

Crash Landing: Perhaps known as the title song for the controversial 1975 album that featured Hendrix master recordings posthumously overdubbed by session musicians, this April 1969 original recording has never been heard before. Jimi is joined here by Billy Cox and drummer Rocky Isaac of the Cherry People to record this thinly veiled warning to his girlfriend Devon Wilson.

Inside Out: Jimi was fascinated by the rhythm pattern which would ultimately take form as “Ezy Ryder”. Joined here by Mitch Mitchell, Jimi recorded all of the bass and guitar parts for this fascinating song--including a dramatic lead guitar part amplified through a Leslie organ speaker.

Hey Gypsy Boy: The roots of Jimi’s majestic “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)” trace themselves to this March 1969 recording. Unlike the posthumously overdubbed version briefly issued as part of Midnight Lightning in 1975, this is original recording that features Jimi joined by Buddy Miles.

Mojo Man: Jimi lends a hand to Albert & Arthur Allen, the vocalists known as the Ghetto Fighters, whom he had befriended in Harlem long before he achieved fame with the Experience. When the two recorded this inspired, previously unreleased master at the legendary Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama they took it back to Hendrix at Electric Lady Studios. Jimi knew just what to do to elevate the recording beyond contemporary R & B to the new hybrid of rock, rhythm and blues he was celebrated for.

Villanova Junction Blues: Long before his famous performance of this song at Woodstock, Jimi recorded this studio version with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles at the same May 1969 session which yielded “Hear My Train A Comin’” and “Bleeding Heart” also featured on this album. Never fully finished, the song stands as an example of the fertile ideas he hoped to harness.

Hmm, this looks pretty good...lotsa stuff I knew existed & wanted to hear for awhile, like the sessions with Larry Lee and the embryonic Band of Gypsys recordings. Not crazy about the album title though - the title's Hendrix's, the song selection sure isn't.

1989 Noel Redding letter about the Experience -- poor guy went broke and stopped playing altogether for a time, barely seeing any royalties from Hendrix records.

Redding's autobiography ('Are you experienced?: the inside story of the Jimi Hendrix Experience') is excellent.

my favourite hendrix song was the result of hendrix sacking redding and doing the bass himself. poor bastard

Ooh, found Redding's autobio to be pretty bitter and whiney imho

Fall, barometric pressure, just don't fall on me. :(

Enjoyed the American Masters episode last night. Hearing Hendrix speak was somewhat new to me. Sure would loved to have seen those first few Monkees shows.

Missed the first hour of it, enjoyed the 2nd hour.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/JHendrix_Lifelines.jpg

This collection of Hendrix from 1990 has to be the only collection of it's type that has a narration that goes along with song choices? There has to be toher classical, folk music or jazz music collections that has an audio narrative that goes along with the audio tracks, but I don't know of any. You will often see interview segments added as bonus tracks discussing the album or selection, but that is a different thing than what this Lifelines box set did.

I seem to recall hearing this documentary on the radio as I think they syndicated it out. It wasn't nearly as ubiquitous as that Beatles history radio show, but I am sure the popularity of that one may be why they tried it with the Hendrix material.

I have the Motown Story box somewhere, where various characters involved in the Motown, um, story, introduce various Motown cornerstones.

"the eternal myth revealed, vol. 1" is a 14-cd sun ra set with the same approach

Also the Library of Congress recordings by Jelly Roll Morton.

Also: postage stamps!

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/912eWg%2BbfFL._SL1500_.jpg

Man those are some far out stamps

Yeah, I always keep those stamps handy, for special friends only.
Amazon description of new collection coming out on March, usual three formats. Re this being in a "trilogy", I enjoyed the first two volumes mentioned here, so looking fwd:

Both Sides Of The Sky presents 13 studio recordings including 10 which have never before been released. All but two of these studio recordings were made during a fertile period between January 1968 and 1970. Jimi's mastery and use of the studio as a proving ground for new songs resulted in a growing collection of extraordinary material. This album completes a trilogy of albums [with Valleys Of Neptune and People, Hell & Angels] presenting the best and most significant unissued studio recordings remaining in the Hendrix archive. The songs include fascinating alternate versions of "Stepping Stone," "Lover Man" and "Hear My Train A Comin'" as well as recordings where Jimi is joined by special guests Johnny Winter and Stephen Stills. Both Sides Of The Sky was mixed by Eddie Kramer, the engineer for all of Hendrix's albums throughout the guitarist's lifetime, and produced by Janie Hendrix, Kramer and John McDermott.

Mannish Boy - The first ever studio session by the group Hendrix would christen as his Band Of Gypsys. Hendrix, Cox & Miles shared a love for the blues as this driving, uptempo reworking of "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters makes clear.

Lover Man - Just two weeks before their triumphant New Year's concerts at the Fillmore East in NYC [yielding both 1970's Band Of Gypsys and 2016's sequel Machine Gun], Hendrix gathered with Cox and Miles to cut this dynamic rendition of what had become a favorite concert staple.

Stepping Stone - A totally unique take on this Hendrix favorite, with Jimi showcasing both blues and country styled licks atop a relentless, galloping beat.

$20 Fine -Stephen Stills joined Jimi, Mitch Mitchell and Buddy Miles Express keyboardist Duane Hitchings at this September 1969 session. With Stephen handling lead vocals and organ, Jimi added multiple guitar parts to this rollicking Stills original.

Power Of Soul - This 1970 studio session came three weeks after the Band Of Gypsys concerts at the Fillmore East. While a live version remains one of the highpoints of Band Of Gypsys, Jimi never released a studio version during his lifetime. For this album, we present the mix that Hendrix and Kramer prepared of the complete song at Electric Lady on August 22, 1970.

Jungle - The influence of Curtis Mayfield can be heard here as Jimi expands on the "Villanova Junction Blues" theme he made famous by its inclusion in the 1970 Woodstock documentary.

Things I Used To Do - Jimi is joined for this rendition of Guitar Slim's blues classic by Johnny Winter. Jimi's trademark guitar work and Winter's deft slide playing weaves in and around the foundation set by bassist Billy Cox and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young drummer Dallas Taylor.

Georgia Blues - Jimi reunited with some old friends from his pre-Experience days. Lonnie Youngblood, with whom Hendrix played in R&B groups like Curtis Knight & The Squires, voiced this superb twelve bar blues neatly underpinned by Hendrix's sublime rhythm and lead guitar work.

Sweet Angel - With Axis: Bold As Love only just released, Jimi immediately turned his focus to recording what would become Electric Ladyland. This gorgeous, instrumental reading of "Angel,", features Jimi on guitar, bass and vibraphone joined by Mitch Mitchell.

Woodstock - Stephen Stills came to this session fresh from having visited Joni Mitchell, who had a new song that Stills was excited to try and record. Long before CSNY's version, Stephen, Jimi and Buddy Miles recorded this amazing rendition.

Send My Love To Linda - A superb new Hendrix original composition recorded with Cox and Miles in the aftermath of their successful Band Of Gypsys performances at the Fillmore East.

Cherokee Mist - Together with drummer Mitch Mitchell, Jimi created this moody, evocative original complete with his playing of a sitar to complement his traditional electric guitar.

Product details

Audio CD (March 9, 2018)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: LEGACY

holy crap

I liked Valleys of Neptune but the tracks on People, Hell & Angels were a little too raw; they basically felt like demos a lot of the time, missing the professional mixes, extra layers of guitar, etc. that finished pieces would have had. Looking forward to this one, though.

i do have to wonder.. what's taken them this long, if the stuff's any good?

i do have to wonder.. what's taken them this long, if the stuff's any good?

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)

first off, there's stuff that's obviously being held back so as not to saturate the market ... hendrix fanatics have been clamoring for the "black gold" tape of acoustic songs for ages, but it's still being held back... second off is that once you quit the alan douglas approach of overdubbing obviously unfinished recordings, your alternate approach is to edit together various takes of unfinished recordings... which takes a hell of a lot of time. also, just finding the best stuff takes time, because hendrix recorded basically everything, much of which was not that great. kind of interested to hear what they're going to come up with for "send my love to linda", which is a song that had a lot of potential that was worked on during a number of sessions but not really completed.

and possibly it is specialist stuff. possibly "valleys of neptune" isn't that great a song, but i like it and i'm glad they finally managed to get the tapes into a shape where a releasable song came out of it.

That Sun Ra box set sounds like an interesting listen.

i once dreamed that i had found a bootleg of a jimi hendrix - roland kirk live session

"That Sun Ra box set sounds like an interesting listen.

― earlnash"

it is!

"i once dreamed that i had found a bootleg of a jimi hendrix - roland kirk live session

― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)"

there should have been one... hendrix was a roland kirk fan.

The only jazz muso I've found him jamming with (if this is indeed the participants claimed, and the guitars sound plausible enough; harder to tell about bass and drums), via recent email to a friend:
Oh yeah, may be old hat to you, but recently came across Jimi and McLaughlin jamming: first number is prob "Drivin' South", second might be "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", third is just Ye Olde British-American Blooze, but a spirited shuffle, not too bad of its kind, with Buddy Miles and Dave Holland mostly providing a metronome throughout this extended coffee break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5AfK0sFrs Overall, pretty cool!

As far as the purported trilogy goes, of course it is and is gonna be odds and sods; in his case, I don't mind hearing it all, whether I ever get around to a Best of The Rest folder or not.

The confusing release/re-release/reconfiguration/deletion etc. at least partially comes down to whichever heir has most recently grabbed the wheel; xgau's site is fairly helpful in sorting out a fair amount of all this stuff; I don't always agree with his (sometimes very brief)takes on the music of course, but he's made a good-faith effort.

the hendrix/mclaughlin jam is crap. his jam with khalid of space is far preferable.

Speaking of jamming with jazz players, yes how the hell could I forget Khalid/Larry Young, who played on Nine To The Universe?

This collection of Hendrix from 1990 has to be the only collection of it's type that has a narration that goes along with song choices?

― earlnash

just today i have been listening to the archival release from the avandaro festival which has armando molina doing the same thing. wild shit, btw.

For as many times as those later Hendrix recordings have been released, I'm kinda thinking the first two still might be the best ones with The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge.

Other than that you got the live shows and there are a few of them that are really worth hearing. Some of the later shows when his band was more of a looser conglomeration probably would benefit being curated down.

Yeah Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge were two of the earliest and best (RB finally on CD a few years ago). Also, Hendrix In The West, released in '72 I think, was a party favorite of my gang. Band of Gypsies was different, really groove-strict here, cutting loose(r) there---both suiting the mood and vibe of wartime---but the much later Band of Gypsies 2 was more fluid overall, without getting too loose. Also liked Live At Winterland, Woodstock, Blues, Radio One, among other concert albums, but some of them were expanded later, maybe too much so, at least for home alone non-stoned listening

(Well Radio One wasn't a "concert album", it was his BBC sessions, along with the sequel, BBC Sessions.)

Dude! You hurt me! You hurt me in my heart!
― Sean Carruthers, Saturday, July 27, 2002 8:00 PM (sixteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

holy shit is this an accidental quotation of the Corgan/Thayil article

KPFA in Berkeley was airing this late night a few weeks ago, what I heard of it was just fantastic:

http://www.openculture.com/2016/12/hear-a-4-hour-radio-documentary-on-jimi-hendrix.html

just today i have been listening to the archival release from the avandaro festival which has armando molina doing the same thing. wild shit, btw.

― bob lefse (rushomancy), Wednesday, January 3, 2018 7:28 PM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this appears to be the only mention of the festival on ilx, and also of the soundtrack 2xCD i'm trying to track down. do you actually have the discs or just files ? it's good ?

Damn, Mitchell was so funky
Love dem triplets on Hey Joe

At last, not dud after all.

our long national nightmare is over

I'm learning now that "parakeet" is not always equivalent to "budgerigar" in UK parlance

so by this point, the majority of the hendrix catalogue is live recordings and i came to the realization recently that i don't really know many of them outside of band of gypsys.

what would be the definitive hendrix live recording?

Jimi Plays Monterey (available under various titles) is essential. I really like Hendrix in the West, which was reissued on CD a few years ago with bonus tracks. There was a 4CD box called Stages that had one full concert each from 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970 that's also pretty good.

The best (concise) live release is Live at Winterland IMHO, or if you want something with more breadth, the box set for Winterland too. The film Jimi Plays Monterey is also essential because it's a great visual document of a great show (albeit short - the setlist is barely over a half-hour long). If you're a really big Hendrix fan, you'll probably get more because he was so often great on stage (and both Stages and Hendrix in the West are excellent too), but I'd definitely start with Winterland and D.A. Pennebaker's Jimi Plays Monterey film.

One slight caveat about Stages is there’s what sounds like added/overdubbed crowd noise on the 1970 set. Fortunately, that got a standalone release as Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival