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I want dis little pussy
Baby wants some o' dis
And some o' dat
Don't treat me, baby, like your
Any old Alley Cat
Alley Cat, Alley Cat

Jimmie D Fan

I adore Hendrix and have around 35 - 40 discs and all the old Experience LPs and Cry of Love. I wouldn't buy any Jimi product for years in honor of the family, who finally got rights to him music in the early '90s.

Then i subscribed to Hendrix magazine and have purchased many of the Hendrix Official releases.

First Rays of the New Rising Sun is my favorite of the posthumous releases, because that was what he wanted to put out before he died.

I feel that Electric Ladyland was one of the top 10 releases of the '60s. It was the realization of what Jimi could do with Redding and Mitchell.

I also believe that his is one of the worst tales of exploitation of talent by greedy hangers-on. I always supported Frank's fights with his record companies, he may have been wrong on the details, but on the substance of how they are leeches, he was on the money -

They say that Michael Jeffreys, Jimi's manager, used to take satchels of cash to the Bahamas...so sad.

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If we're dumb . . .
Then God is dumb . . .
(An' maybe even a little bit ugly on the side)

In addition to the main releases, I got a posthumous CD called Voodoo Soup. As I understand it it is one of many releases that has some overlap with First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Not bad stuff (Belly Button Window is a real charmer), but it's unfortunate that his legacy has been muddied somewhat by all these cash-in releases. Makes it hard to figure out where Jimi's head was really at. I also have one called South Saturn Delta which is a real mixed bag, with some later stuff like Midnight Lightning mixed with early B-sides like Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice. Confusing, but Jimi was always an inspired guy, so it's still entertaining.

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Let's hear it again for the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

If you like Nine To The Universe, you'll love this release.



Hear My Music is the newest entry in the Dagger Records series of bootleg styled recordings. This collection of instrumental recordings reveal just a few of the creative explorations Jimi Hendrix was undertaking throughout the first half of 1969.

Never intended for release in their present state, this collection shines further light on his creative development and unending quest for new musical challenges. The diversity of these recordings-from solo demos to group efforts with The Experience to free form jam sessions-make clear Hendrix's sheer love of playing music and interacting with fellow musicians in any setting whatsoever.

TRACK LISTINGS:

1 Slow Version (4:56)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 14, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Noel Redding
Drums: Mitch Mitchell

2. Drone Blues (8:29)
Recorded: Record Plant, New York, April 24, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Billy Cox
Drums: Rocky Isaac
Percussion: Al Marks

3. Ezy Ryder/Star Spangled Banner (10:17)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 14, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Noel Redding
Drums: Mitch Mitchell

4. Jimi/Jimmy Jam (16:59)
Recorded: Record Plant, New York, March 25, 1969
G uitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Roland Robinson
Drums: Mitch Mitchell
Guitar: Jim McCarty

5. Jam 292 (5:22)
Recorded: Record Plant, New York, May 14, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Billy Cox
Drums: Mitch Mitchell
Piano: Sharon Layne
Trumpet: Unknown

6. Trash Man (7:23)
Recorded: Olmstead Studios, New York, April 3, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Eight String Bass: Noel Redding
Drums: Mitch Mitchell

7. Message To Love (2:36)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 22, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

8. Gypsy Blood (1:24)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 22, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

9. Valleys Of Neptune [Guitar] (3:59)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 22, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix

10. Blues Jam At Olympic (5:10)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 14, 1969
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: Noel Redding
Drums: Mitch Mitchell

11. Valleys Of Neptune [Piano] (3:05)
Recorded: Olympic Studios, London, February 22, 1969
Piano: Jimi Hendrix

visit http://www.jimihendrix.com/index.php - that is the official website and links to a catalogue, you can sort out the official releases, posthumous and during his lifetime.

The Dagger Records stuff is great, releases of concerts and studio jams, I have a few. South Saturn Delta is an official hendrix posthumous release, and it is studio stuf, you may or may not want to delve that deep.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set they offer is a real goldmine. There are things on there that are better than what was released, and tracks that will show the development of eventual released tracks, like a tremendous work-up of "Third Stone From the Sun".

I would also recommend "Blue Wild Angel" and "Woodstock" both on CD and DVD, great Hendrix performances in their entirety.

And for those, like me who think "Band Of Gypsys" is one of the truly great live concert LPs, they sell an expanded version, called the "Fillmore Concrts" with a lot of unreleased tracks.

I could go on forever, I can listen to Jimi almost anytime and find something revelatory in his playing....he wrote the rule book on electric guitar experimentation. Les Paul may have invented it, but Jimi made it talk.

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If we're dumb . . .
Then God is dumb . . .
(An' maybe even a little bit ugly on the side)

one more classic hendrix tune

wait until tomorrow

this one really shows his r&b roots
and sense of humor

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Little Wing

FC

Watchtower is the best.

The intro/theme to Highway Chile is killer... too bad it doesn't fit the rest of the song.

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Some folks got it
Some folks don't
Some so yoogly
They never won't

Rainy Day, Dream Away>Still Raining, Still Dreaming

It's impossible to pick one favorite so here are a few of mine:

Izabella
Gypsy Eyes
Bleeding Heart
Stepping Stone

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I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play
my bongos in the dirt.
Yes, I'm goin' to the love-in to sit & play
my bongos in the dirt.

Angel.

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GuacamoleQueenGuacamoleQueenGuacamoleQueen

yes. really good song.

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

If 6 were 9

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Out of the Electric Ladyland album and a few songs I heard on youtube, which is all I know, I have to pick Isabella

Thanks, I will.

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The fun hasn't beginned yet, uh, later on apparently The Mothers are gonna hand out the bingo cards and everything, you know

Electric Ladyland (title track)

[size=0]Isaac[/size]

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I want dis little pussy
Baby wants some o' dis
And some o' dat
Don't treat me, baby, like your
Any old Alley Cat
Alley Cat, Alley Cat

Jimmie D Fan

Machine Gun.

Followed by Merman

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Wanna Buy A Grunt With A Third Party Check

The solo on that song has got to be one of the greatest he ever did. It may be one of the greatest anyone ever did.

I just watched the Band Of Gypsys video, and realized for the first time that he did most of that solo just standing there in front of a bank of amps with his feet together, his eyes closed, and his first finger barred over the twelfth fret. He did everything with the other three fingers, with a pick and the whammy bar in his other hand.

BTW: Buddy Miles died a couple days ago. He was the last surviving member of that band.

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RIP BUddy Cox ..

i liked the merMAN song, but also the concept of not being able to throw cigarette butts out of d'window

truely Faar out ..

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UMMM Don't you mean Buddy Miles?

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Ain't It Funky Now...

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I'm not sure what Jimmy's favorite was.

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Confusion will be my epitaph

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LDY3S3inEoM

Jimi Hendrix - Drivin' South.

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Arf you out of your fucking mind.

Purple Haze

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That was the first Hendrix album I ever owned so it's always been special to me. RIP Buddy.

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