I have recently received a bunch of CD's consisting of mostly Jimi Hendrix and a few Deep Purple. They are all copied from Silvers. I have copied them into wave files, and converted them to Flac. Please let me know if I did anything wrong, or am missing anything.
Thanks Kevin for the discs. Accountant.
Jimi Hendrix -
Studio '69
15 CD Set
Label: ITL WIlljamz Production.
Catalog#: ITL WJ 101/115.
Venue/City: Records Plant, The Hit Factory, Olmstead Studios, etc.
Recording: Soundboard & Studio Recordings. Awesome SQ.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
February 11, 1969 – Record Plant, New York, 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 (S771) – Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 8:10
02. It's Too Bad (S772) (1) – Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 11:08
More Complete, some vocals removed
Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 11:08
03. It's Too Bad (S772) (2) – Incomplete wide stereo mix with heavy delay.
Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:42
04. It's Too Bad (S772) (3) – Alternate mix with incomplete end.
Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:51
05. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Hitchings Jam (S1125)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 13:40
February 14, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
06. Midnight Lightning (S765) – Instrumental solo run through by Jimi on electric
guitar. Sound quality: Very Good. Time: 4:20
February 16, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
07. Cryin' Blue Rain (S928) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:36
08. Lover Man (S929) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:31
09. Room Full Of Mirrors (S931) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:25
10. Shame, Shame, Shame (S934) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 1:50
11. Sunshine Of Your Love (S933) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1547) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:48
02. Hear My Train A Comin' (S1548) – Sound Quality: Excellent. 6:56
February 26, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England.
03. Noel's Tune (Take 1) (S?) - Features Jimi on guitar for a track from a Noel
Redding solo session. Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:19
March 16, 1969 – Mercury Studios, New York, 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) (S1036) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good
Time: 19:33
05. Blue Window Jam (Take 2) (S1036) (3) – Sound Quality: Excellent
Time: 12:51. Incomplete edited official version.
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York
06. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:05
The official mix.
07. The Star Spangled Banner (S1058) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:13
Slightly different mix of the official mix with no fade out.
08. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:08
The official mix slowed to half speed giving an excellent view of overdubded
effects. Currently circulating on tape only.
Track mimmicked with Audacity 1.2.1 using
automatic pitch and tempo control.
09. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:08
The official mix slowed to half speed but reversed to show more backward
effects. Trader's track and is not a true known recording.
Track mimmicked with Audacity 1.2.1 using
automatic pitch and tempo control. Reversed by WJ.
10.Gypsy Boy (Take 8) (S985) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:51
Early version of Hey Baby that is the unaltered take 8.
Disc 3
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued
01. Gypsy Boy (S165) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:44
This is the Alan Douglas composite that removes the original bass and studio session players are added in. Circa: 1974 / 75.
March 19, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York – Records with Lonnie
Youngblood
02. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother (S1590) – Sound Quality: Excellent.
Time: 7:58. This mix has sax and some vocals removed.
03. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother (S1592) – Sound Quality: Excellent.
Time: 7:57. This mix includes sax and more vocals.
March 25, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, 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 (S1006) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 29:56
The complete take of this jam.
05. Jimi/Jimmy Jam (S789) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 16:17
The more complete edit.
06. Jimi/Jimmy Jam (S172) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:42
This is the edited offical mix.
Disc 4
April 1, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York – The Jimi Hendrix
Experience together with Eddie Kramer begin a series of recording sessions to try
and recapture their momentum.
01. Midnight (S132) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:19
The most complete and longest version.
02. Midnight (S132) (1) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:32
The first official altered edit.
03. Midnight (S132) (2) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 6:02
The second longer official altered edit
04. Bleeding Heart (S?) (14,15,16) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:12
3 short instrumental takes that favor the War Heroes version with Devon
Wilson on tamborine
April 2, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York
05. Hear My Train A Comin' (S164) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York
06. Trash Man (S162) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S726)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 1:21
April 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
08. Ezy Rider Jam (S973) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:15
09. Stone Free Again (S725) (5) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:42
The unaltered original mix
10. Stone Free Again (S?) (29) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:47
The slightly longer alternate mono mix. Also contains more vocal chat.
11. Stone Free Again (S160) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 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, New York.
12. Ships Passing In The Night (S898) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:27
Considered to be an early version of Night Bird Flying
April 17, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
13. Keep On Groovin' (S1023) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 12 :09
The complete take.
14. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (26) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 0:38
First alternate mix with echo.
15. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (24) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:12
Second alternate mix with echo.
16. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (27) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:53
Third alternate mix with echo.
Disc 5
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. – The Mannish Boy Session
01 – 14. Mannish Boy (Part 1) (1-15) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 27:26
15 – 31. Mannish Boy (Part 2) (16-34) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 30:25
32 – 38. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (35-42) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 15:37. All above tracks are marked (S1339).
Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.
Disc 6
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01 – 06. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (43-44, 48-52 ) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 18:07. All above tracks are marked (S1339).
Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.
07. Mannish Boy (S1048) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:21
The official composite. This is a cut-and-paste track. The first 0:30 alone
contains 4 different portions from this session!
08. Mannish Boy (S?) (53) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:51
The more complete composite. 0:05 intro missing, but restores two edits in
official version: 0:09 at 2:50, and 0:26 at 5:02.
April 24, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
09. Crash Landing (S1241) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:28
Alternate instrumental mix with guitar and bass only
10. Crash Landing (S717) – Sound Quality: Good Time: 4:49
With 2nd vocal track only. Guitars and bass only with no drums or organ.
11. Crash Landing (S986) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:21
With 1st vocal track only.
12. Crash Landing (S820) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:34
This mix has 2 overlaid vocal tracks
13. Crash Landing (S?) (7) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:34
Alternate less-altered mono mix with more chat.
14. Crash landing (S156) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:20
The official altered mix. Another track Alan Douglas mixed with session
players.
15. Drone Blues (S781) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:35
This is the complete edit.
16. Drone Blues (S175) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:59
This is the official mix
17. Ships Passing In The Night (S981) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:30
Another Early version of Nightbird flying. This is Jimi solo on electric guitar.
Disc 7
May 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Johnny Winter, playing slide
guitar, joins Jimi for a day of jamming
01. Johnny Winter Jam #1 In E (JS 20) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:07
A fairly uncirculated track instrumental track. After some tape recorder
starts ans stops, this track continues into Track 02.
02. Earth Blues Jam (S883) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 12: 29
The most complete version of this jam. Appears to continue into Track 03.
03. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 1:19. First instrumental take.
04. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 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 (S761) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 0:37 The complete false start leading into (S1002) (3)
06. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 6:56 The complete raw take with no added effects.
07. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 6:54 The complete raw take. Includes 6 seconds of false start (S761) at the beginning of the track. This track apparently has reverb and echo added.
08. The Things I Used To Do (S242) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:47
This is a longer version of the official mix as found on Lifelines
09. Johnny Winter Jam (S?) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good Time: 1:49
Newly surfaced track from the TTIUTD sessions. Incomplete.
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
10. Fuzzy Guitar Jam (S1359) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 20.05
Improvisional jam with Larry Young.
11. Jam H290 (S936) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 1:31
Incomplete with fade out at end of track
Source: The Kees Tapes
12. Jam 292 A.K.A. Jelly 292 (S149) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1057) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:25
The second and longer official edit.
01. Jelly 292 (S1057) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:40
Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this version but continues to the end.
Disc 8
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Jelly 292 (S1057) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:40
Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this
version but continues to the end.
02. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (1) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:36
More complete mono mix.
03. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (2) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:23
Slightly shorter stereo mix.
04. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:22 This version has guitar mixed high with piano and trumpet mixed low.
05. Young/Hendrix (S174) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 14:28
The slightly incomplete raw take.
06. Young/Hendrix (S174) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 10:06
The shorter official edit
May 21, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
07. Bleeding Heart (S1050) (20) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 3:31
A slightly different mix with a bit of guitar riffing at the end.
08. Bleeding Heart (S1050) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 3:25
The official edit
09. Hear My Train A Comin' (S1366) (52) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:14 Believed to be part of a mixing session with takes from Olmstead Studios on April 2nd. Edited from two sources.
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
10. Nine To The Universe (S790) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 19:06
The complete raw take.
Disc 9
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Nine To The Universe (S171) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:48 The official edit.
August 28, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – Jimi returned to the recording studio for the first time in nearly three months. Accompanied by his expanded ensemble Gypsy Suns & Rainbows, and engineer Eddie Kramer, Jimi had readied a slate of promising new material and looked to make progress on his next studio album.
02. Easy Blues (S848) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 10:00
The complete version.
03. Easy Blues (S848) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:41
A shorter edit of the complete version and a slightly different mix.
04. Easy Blues (S174) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:35
The official edit but slightly longer than found on Nine To The Universe.
05. Izabella/Machine Gun Session - I (S788) (1-6) / MG (S974) (1)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S1355) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:33
Vocals more upfront on this runthrough.
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th.
07. Machine Gun (S1509) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 12:38
An alternate take of S974 (1).
Disc 10
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th. Continued.
01. Machine Gun (S719) (3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 8:11
Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in narrow stereo.
02. Machine Gun (S?) (38) – Sound Quality: Good. Time:11:02
Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in wider stereo.
03. Machine Gun (S167) (4) – Sound Quality. Excellent. Time: 7:35
The official composite. Another track Alan Douglas mixes with session
players.
04. Izabella (S1374) (25) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3: 49
Original working master, reel 4, take 2 in mono.
September 4, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
05. Jungle Jam (S1115) (?) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S723) (4) – Time: 4:17
Sound Quality – Very Good. This is the short edit but incomplete.
07. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (1) – Time: 10:41
Sound Quality: Very Good. - Long edit number 1
08. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (2) – Time: 9:49
Sound Quality: Good - Long edit number 2 instrumental
09. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (3) – Time: 9:06
Sound Quality: Good – Long edit number 3 instrumental
10. Lover Man (S753) (4) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:33
Immediately follows LISTBFMAY (S968) (3). 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 (S968) (5) – Time: 9:45
Sound Quality: Very Good. Long edit number 4 instrumental.
02. Lover Man (S1025) (45) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:12
Incomplete stereo mix with Jimi chatting the introduction. Fades at end.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam (S988) (?) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 9:24
An instrumental jam that is slightly incomplete due to late tape start at the beginning of the track
04. Valleys Of Neptune (S770) (22) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:56
Instrumental. Incomplete start with about 0:11 of messing around at the end.
05. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (17) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:52
Complete with vocals but no bass with chat at end.
06. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (19) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:52
Complete, nearly mono mix again with no bass. More chat at end.
07. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (18) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:46
Complete without bass with backing track mixed low.
08. Valleys Of Neptune (S257) (20) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:49 The incomplete official edit with bass. Incomplete start.
September 15, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
09. I'm A Man (S971) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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, 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 (S1421) (48,49) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:38 Part 1 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
11. Power Of Soul (S1421) (2) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:49
Part 2 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
12. Power Of Soul (S1421) (3,4) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S?) (?) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:06
Part 4 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only. This
section of the jam finds Jimi moving away from Power Of Soul for a few
moments and basical just messing around.
02. Power Of Soul (S1421) (5) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 1:31
Part 5 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
Jimi takes one more shot at Power Of Soul before moving on to Message To Love.
03. Message To Love (S?) (54-56) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:02
Part 6 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
September 25, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, 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 (S1527) (25) – Stepping Stone (S975) (2) . Time: 13:02
Sound Quality: Excellent (RFOM) and Very Good (SS). This session also
contains a 30 second portion of Message To Love (S1527) (52) at the conclusion
of RFOM and about 10 seconds of Machine Gun (S1527) (36) which is actually the beginning of SS. This is the first time that this session is known to be presented in it's full length.
05. Stepping Stone (S?) (16) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 1:09
Incomplete start.
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Jimi And Buddy continue with another day of jamming by themselves. Again, Billy Cox is not in these sessions.
06. Jungle (S1233) (JS24) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 6:22
A loose jam containing progressions from I'm A Man (Trying To Be) (S975).
Appears to be narrow stereo.
07. Untitled Guitar Improve (S764) (JS21) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:13
This is actually an edited version, with drum tracks wiped, taken from the stereo Untitled Instrumental Jam (S1239) found later on this set. It is composed of three separate pieces edited together.
08. Untitled Instrumental Jam (S1341) (JS23) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S1239) (JS21) (4)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 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. This is the mono edit.
Disc 13
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (S1239) (JS22) (3) Time: 8:51
Sound Quality: Very Good. This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction,
Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta. This is the mono edit.
02. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving (S1239) (JS21) (1)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 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. This is
the first stero edit. An alternate stereo mix can be found on Morning Symphony Ideas.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (S1239) (JS22) (1) Time: 8:51
Sound Quality: Very Good. This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction,
Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta. This is the first stereo edit. An alternate stereo mix can be found on Morning Symphony Ideas.
November 17, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Apparently this is a mixing session with Eddie Kramer with tracks recorded in the previous days.
04. Room Full Of Mirrors (S114) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:16
The first official edit.
05. Room Full Of Mirrors (S254) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:57
First alternate official mix with different guitar.
06. Room Full Of Mirrors (S947) (4) - Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:12
An alternate mix apparently in mono with different guitar and percussion.
07. Room Full Of Mirrors (S114) (5) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1342) (6-17) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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". This section includes Takes 1 through 12
Disc 14
November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Power Of Soul (S1342) (18 -29) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S159) (37) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1046) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1046) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York.
05. Ezy Rider (S946) (7) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:12
This is an outake of the official mix.
06. Ezy Rider (S944) (10) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:37
A diferent mix with different vocals.
07. Ezy Rider (S?) (34) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:55
This edit has a different mix with low vocals.
08. Ezy Rider (S084) (8) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:06
This is the first official edit.
09. Ezy Rider (S084) (9) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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, New York.
10. Earth Blues (S112) (4) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York.
11. Honeybed Takes 1-4 (S1351) (1-4) – Night Bird Flying (S?) (8)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:59
Jimi tries vocals on the first two takes but this reverts to an instrumental.
After Take 4 falls apart, Jimi attempts a take at Night Bird Flying which
ends abruptly due to equipment failure.
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 (S776) (Dance 2) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:52
This instrumental early take was recorded at either The Record Plant or
Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
02. Ezy Rider (S993) (Dance 3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S994) (JS4)
Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:06
This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or
Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
04. Bleeding Heart Jam (S1102) (JS1) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S459) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S468) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S?) (1-3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 11:30
Recorded with Stephen Stills at the Record Plant on September 30, 1969.
Jimi is supposedly playing bass on these three takes but there is some doubt.
08. Doriella Du Fontaine (S469) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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.
Recorded at the Record Plant sometime in November, 1969.
09. Doriella Du Fontaine (S470) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:58
This composite incorporates the 5 second intro from Track 7 into Track 8 from Disc 6. First Time presented in this form.
11. Jelly 292 - Composite 2004 – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 6:39
This composite incorporates the first 1.5 seconds of the start from Track 11 into track 12 from Disc 7. First time presented in this form.
12. Born Under A Bad Sign - Composite 2004 - Time: 8:31
Sound Quality: Excellent. This composite incorporates the 11 second bass intro from Track 4 back into Track 3 on Disc 14. First time presented in this form.
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Jimi Hendrix -
Studio '69
15 CD Set
Label: ITL WIlljamz Production.
Catalog#: ITL WJ 101/115.
Venue/City: Records Plant, The Hit Factory, Olmstead Studios, etc.
Recording: Soundboard & Studio Recordings. Awesome SQ.
Tracklisting:
Disc 1
February 11, 1969 – Record Plant, New York, 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 (S771) – Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 8:10
02. It's Too Bad (S772) (1) – Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 11:08
More Complete, some vocals removed
Sound quality: Excellent. Time: 11:08
03. It's Too Bad (S772) (2) – Incomplete wide stereo mix with heavy delay.
Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:42
04. It's Too Bad (S772) (3) – Alternate mix with incomplete end.
Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:51
05. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Hitchings Jam (S1125)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 13:40
February 14, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
06. Midnight Lightning (S765) – Instrumental solo run through by Jimi on electric
guitar. Sound quality: Very Good. Time: 4:20
February 16, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England
07. Cryin' Blue Rain (S928) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:36
08. Lover Man (S929) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:31
09. Room Full Of Mirrors (S931) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:25
10. Shame, Shame, Shame (S934) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 1:50
11. Sunshine Of Your Love (S933) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1547) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:48
02. Hear My Train A Comin' (S1548) – Sound Quality: Excellent. 6:56
February 26, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England.
03. Noel's Tune (Take 1) (S?) - Features Jimi on guitar for a track from a Noel
Redding solo session. Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:19
March 16, 1969 – Mercury Studios, New York, 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) (S1036) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good
Time: 19:33
05. Blue Window Jam (Take 2) (S1036) (3) – Sound Quality: Excellent
Time: 12:51. Incomplete edited official version.
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York
06. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:05
The official mix.
07. The Star Spangled Banner (S1058) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:13
Slightly different mix of the official mix with no fade out.
08. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:08
The official mix slowed to half speed giving an excellent view of overdubded
effects. Currently circulating on tape only.
Track mimmicked with Audacity 1.2.1 using
automatic pitch and tempo control.
09. The Star Spangled Banner (S115) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:08
The official mix slowed to half speed but reversed to show more backward
effects. Trader's track and is not a true known recording.
Track mimmicked with Audacity 1.2.1 using
automatic pitch and tempo control. Reversed by WJ.
10.Gypsy Boy (Take 8) (S985) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:51
Early version of Hey Baby that is the unaltered take 8.
Disc 3
March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued
01. Gypsy Boy (S165) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:44
This is the Alan Douglas composite that removes the original bass and studio session players are added in. Circa: 1974 / 75.
March 19, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York – Records with Lonnie
Youngblood
02. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother (S1590) – Sound Quality: Excellent.
Time: 7:58. This mix has sax and some vocals removed.
03. Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother (S1592) – Sound Quality: Excellent.
Time: 7:57. This mix includes sax and more vocals.
March 25, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, 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 (S1006) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 29:56
The complete take of this jam.
05. Jimi/Jimmy Jam (S789) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 16:17
The more complete edit.
06. Jimi/Jimmy Jam (S172) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:42
This is the edited offical mix.
Disc 4
April 1, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York – The Jimi Hendrix
Experience together with Eddie Kramer begin a series of recording sessions to try
and recapture their momentum.
01. Midnight (S132) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:19
The most complete and longest version.
02. Midnight (S132) (1) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:32
The first official altered edit.
03. Midnight (S132) (2) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 6:02
The second longer official altered edit
04. Bleeding Heart (S?) (14,15,16) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:12
3 short instrumental takes that favor the War Heroes version with Devon
Wilson on tamborine
April 2, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York
05. Hear My Train A Comin' (S164) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York
06. Trash Man (S162) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S726)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 1:21
April 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
08. Ezy Rider Jam (S973) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:15
09. Stone Free Again (S725) (5) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:42
The unaltered original mix
10. Stone Free Again (S?) (29) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:47
The slightly longer alternate mono mix. Also contains more vocal chat.
11. Stone Free Again (S160) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 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, New York.
12. Ships Passing In The Night (S898) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:27
Considered to be an early version of Night Bird Flying
April 17, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
13. Keep On Groovin' (S1023) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 12 :09
The complete take.
14. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (26) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 0:38
First alternate mix with echo.
15. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (24) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:12
Second alternate mix with echo.
16. Keep On Groovin' (S?) (27) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:53
Third alternate mix with echo.
Disc 5
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. – The Mannish Boy Session
01 – 14. Mannish Boy (Part 1) (1-15) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 27:26
15 – 31. Mannish Boy (Part 2) (16-34) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 30:25
32 – 38. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (35-42) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 15:37. All above tracks are marked (S1339).
Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.
Disc 6
April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01 – 06. Mannish Boy (Part 3) (43-44, 48-52 ) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 18:07. All above tracks are marked (S1339).
Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.
07. Mannish Boy (S1048) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:21
The official composite. This is a cut-and-paste track. The first 0:30 alone
contains 4 different portions from this session!
08. Mannish Boy (S?) (53) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:51
The more complete composite. 0:05 intro missing, but restores two edits in
official version: 0:09 at 2:50, and 0:26 at 5:02.
April 24, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
09. Crash Landing (S1241) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:28
Alternate instrumental mix with guitar and bass only
10. Crash Landing (S717) – Sound Quality: Good Time: 4:49
With 2nd vocal track only. Guitars and bass only with no drums or organ.
11. Crash Landing (S986) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:21
With 1st vocal track only.
12. Crash Landing (S820) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:34
This mix has 2 overlaid vocal tracks
13. Crash Landing (S?) (7) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:34
Alternate less-altered mono mix with more chat.
14. Crash landing (S156) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:20
The official altered mix. Another track Alan Douglas mixed with session
players.
15. Drone Blues (S781) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:35
This is the complete edit.
16. Drone Blues (S175) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:59
This is the official mix
17. Ships Passing In The Night (S981) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:30
Another Early version of Nightbird flying. This is Jimi solo on electric guitar.
Disc 7
May 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Johnny Winter, playing slide
guitar, joins Jimi for a day of jamming
01. Johnny Winter Jam #1 In E (JS 20) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:07
A fairly uncirculated track instrumental track. After some tape recorder
starts ans stops, this track continues into Track 02.
02. Earth Blues Jam (S883) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 12: 29
The most complete version of this jam. Appears to continue into Track 03.
03. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 1:19. First instrumental take.
04. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 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 (S761) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 0:37 The complete false start leading into (S1002) (3)
06. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good.
Time: 6:56 The complete raw take with no added effects.
07. The Things I Used To Do (S1002) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 6:54 The complete raw take. Includes 6 seconds of false start (S761) at the beginning of the track. This track apparently has reverb and echo added.
08. The Things I Used To Do (S242) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:47
This is a longer version of the official mix as found on Lifelines
09. Johnny Winter Jam (S?) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good Time: 1:49
Newly surfaced track from the TTIUTD sessions. Incomplete.
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
10. Fuzzy Guitar Jam (S1359) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 20.05
Improvisional jam with Larry Young.
11. Jam H290 (S936) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 1:31
Incomplete with fade out at end of track
Source: The Kees Tapes
12. Jam 292 A.K.A. Jelly 292 (S149) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1057) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:25
The second and longer official edit.
01. Jelly 292 (S1057) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:40
Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this version but continues to the end.
Disc 8
May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Jelly 292 (S1057) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time:6:40
Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this
version but continues to the end.
02. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (1) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:36
More complete mono mix.
03. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (2) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:23
Slightly shorter stereo mix.
04. Jam With Horns And Piano (S754) (3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:22 This version has guitar mixed high with piano and trumpet mixed low.
05. Young/Hendrix (S174) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 14:28
The slightly incomplete raw take.
06. Young/Hendrix (S174) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 10:06
The shorter official edit
May 21, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
07. Bleeding Heart (S1050) (20) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 3:31
A slightly different mix with a bit of guitar riffing at the end.
08. Bleeding Heart (S1050) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time 3:25
The official edit
09. Hear My Train A Comin' (S1366) (52) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 8:14 Believed to be part of a mixing session with takes from Olmstead Studios on April 2nd. Edited from two sources.
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.
10. Nine To The Universe (S790) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 19:06
The complete raw take.
Disc 9
May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Nine To The Universe (S171) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:48 The official edit.
August 28, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – Jimi returned to the recording studio for the first time in nearly three months. Accompanied by his expanded ensemble Gypsy Suns & Rainbows, and engineer Eddie Kramer, Jimi had readied a slate of promising new material and looked to make progress on his next studio album.
02. Easy Blues (S848) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 10:00
The complete version.
03. Easy Blues (S848) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 7:41
A shorter edit of the complete version and a slightly different mix.
04. Easy Blues (S174) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:35
The official edit but slightly longer than found on Nine To The Universe.
05. Izabella/Machine Gun Session - I (S788) (1-6) / MG (S974) (1)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S1355) (3) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:33
Vocals more upfront on this runthrough.
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th.
07. Machine Gun (S1509) (2) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 12:38
An alternate take of S974 (1).
Disc 10
August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. – A mixing session with
Eddie Kramer on material recorded on the 28th. Continued.
01. Machine Gun (S719) (3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 8:11
Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in narrow stereo.
02. Machine Gun (S?) (38) – Sound Quality: Good. Time:11:02
Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in wider stereo.
03. Machine Gun (S167) (4) – Sound Quality. Excellent. Time: 7:35
The official composite. Another track Alan Douglas mixes with session
players.
04. Izabella (S1374) (25) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3: 49
Original working master, reel 4, take 2 in mono.
September 4, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
05. Jungle Jam (S1115) (?) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S723) (4) – Time: 4:17
Sound Quality – Very Good. This is the short edit but incomplete.
07. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (1) – Time: 10:41
Sound Quality: Very Good. - Long edit number 1
08. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (2) – Time: 9:49
Sound Quality: Good - Long edit number 2 instrumental
09. Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (S968) (3) – Time: 9:06
Sound Quality: Good – Long edit number 3 instrumental
10. Lover Man (S753) (4) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:33
Immediately follows LISTBFMAY (S968) (3). 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 (S968) (5) – Time: 9:45
Sound Quality: Very Good. Long edit number 4 instrumental.
02. Lover Man (S1025) (45) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:12
Incomplete stereo mix with Jimi chatting the introduction. Fades at end.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam (S988) (?) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 9:24
An instrumental jam that is slightly incomplete due to late tape start at the beginning of the track
04. Valleys Of Neptune (S770) (22) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:56
Instrumental. Incomplete start with about 0:11 of messing around at the end.
05. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (17) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:52
Complete with vocals but no bass with chat at end.
06. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (19) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 5:52
Complete, nearly mono mix again with no bass. More chat at end.
07. Valleys Of Neptune (S897) (18) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:46
Complete without bass with backing track mixed low.
08. Valleys Of Neptune (S257) (20) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:49 The incomplete official edit with bass. Incomplete start.
September 15, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
09. I'm A Man (S971) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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, 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 (S1421) (48,49) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:38 Part 1 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
11. Power Of Soul (S1421) (2) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 3:49
Part 2 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
12. Power Of Soul (S1421) (3,4) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S?) (?) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 4:06
Part 4 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only. This
section of the jam finds Jimi moving away from Power Of Soul for a few
moments and basical just messing around.
02. Power Of Soul (S1421) (5) - Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 1:31
Part 5 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
Jimi takes one more shot at Power Of Soul before moving on to Message To Love.
03. Message To Love (S?) (54-56) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:02
Part 6 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
September 25, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, 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 (S1527) (25) – Stepping Stone (S975) (2) . Time: 13:02
Sound Quality: Excellent (RFOM) and Very Good (SS). This session also
contains a 30 second portion of Message To Love (S1527) (52) at the conclusion
of RFOM and about 10 seconds of Machine Gun (S1527) (36) which is actually the beginning of SS. This is the first time that this session is known to be presented in it's full length.
05. Stepping Stone (S?) (16) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 1:09
Incomplete start.
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Jimi And Buddy continue with another day of jamming by themselves. Again, Billy Cox is not in these sessions.
06. Jungle (S1233) (JS24) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 6:22
A loose jam containing progressions from I'm A Man (Trying To Be) (S975).
Appears to be narrow stereo.
07. Untitled Guitar Improve (S764) (JS21) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 5:13
This is actually an edited version, with drum tracks wiped, taken from the stereo Untitled Instrumental Jam (S1239) found later on this set. It is composed of three separate pieces edited together.
08. Untitled Instrumental Jam (S1341) (JS23) (1) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S1239) (JS21) (4)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 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. This is the mono edit.
Disc 13
November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (S1239) (JS22) (3) Time: 8:51
Sound Quality: Very Good. This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction,
Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta. This is the mono edit.
02. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving (S1239) (JS21) (1)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time 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. This is
the first stero edit. An alternate stereo mix can be found on Morning Symphony Ideas.
03. Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (S1239) (JS22) (1) Time: 8:51
Sound Quality: Very Good. This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction,
Ezy Rifer, and South Saturn Delta. This is the first stereo edit. An alternate stereo mix can be found on Morning Symphony Ideas.
November 17, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Apparently this is a mixing session with Eddie Kramer with tracks recorded in the previous days.
04. Room Full Of Mirrors (S114) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 3:16
The first official edit.
05. Room Full Of Mirrors (S254) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 2:57
First alternate official mix with different guitar.
06. Room Full Of Mirrors (S947) (4) - Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:12
An alternate mix apparently in mono with different guitar and percussion.
07. Room Full Of Mirrors (S114) (5) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1342) (6-17) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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". This section includes Takes 1 through 12
Disc 14
November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York. Continued.
01. Power Of Soul (S1342) (18 -29) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S159) (37) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1046) (2) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S1046) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York.
05. Ezy Rider (S946) (7) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 4:12
This is an outake of the official mix.
06. Ezy Rider (S944) (10) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:37
A diferent mix with different vocals.
07. Ezy Rider (S?) (34) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 2:55
This edit has a different mix with low vocals.
08. Ezy Rider (S084) (8) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 4:06
This is the first official edit.
09. Ezy Rider (S084) (9) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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, New York.
10. Earth Blues (S112) (4) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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, New York.
11. Honeybed Takes 1-4 (S1351) (1-4) – Night Bird Flying (S?) (8)
Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 8:59
Jimi tries vocals on the first two takes but this reverts to an instrumental.
After Take 4 falls apart, Jimi attempts a take at Night Bird Flying which
ends abruptly due to equipment failure.
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 (S776) (Dance 2) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:52
This instrumental early take was recorded at either The Record Plant or
Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
02. Ezy Rider (S993) (Dance 3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S994) (JS4)
Sound Quality: Good. Time: 3:06
This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or
Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
04. Bleeding Heart Jam (S1102) (JS1) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 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 (S459) – Sound Quality: Very Good. Time: 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 (S468) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 (S?) (1-3) – Sound Quality: Good. Time: 11:30
Recorded with Stephen Stills at the Record Plant on September 30, 1969.
Jimi is supposedly playing bass on these three takes but there is some doubt.
08. Doriella Du Fontaine (S469) (1) – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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.
Recorded at the Record Plant sometime in November, 1969.
09. Doriella Du Fontaine (S470) (3) - Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 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 – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 5:58
This composite incorporates the 5 second intro from Track 7 into Track 8 from Disc 6. First Time presented in this form.
11. Jelly 292 - Composite 2004 – Sound Quality: Excellent. Time: 6:39
This composite incorporates the first 1.5 seconds of the start from Track 11 into track 12 from Disc 7. First time presented in this form.
12. Born Under A Bad Sign - Composite 2004 - Time: 8:31
Sound Quality: Excellent. This composite incorporates the 11 second bass intro from Track 4 back into Track 3 on Disc 14. First time presented in this form.
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