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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Purple Haze - (previously unreleased)
2. Killing Floor - (previously unreleased, live)
3. Hey Joe
4. Foxey Lady - (previously unreleased)
5. Highway Chile - (previously unreleased)
6. Hey Joe
7. Title #3 - (previously unreleased)
8. Third Stone From the Sun - (previously unreleased)
9. Taking Care of No Business - (previously unreleased)
10. Here He Comes (Lover Man) - (previously unreleased)
11. Burning of the Midnight Lamp - (previously unreleased)
12. If Six Was Nine - (previously unreleased)
13. Rock Me Baby - (live)
14. Like a Rolling Stone - (live)
DISC 2:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - (live)
2. Burning of the Midnight Lamp - (live)
3. Little Wing - (previously unreleased)
4. Little Miss Lover - (previously unreleased)
5. Wind Cries Mary, The - (live)
6. Catfish Blues - (live)
7. Bold as Love - (previously unreleased)
8. Sweet Angel - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
9. Fire - (live)
10. Somewhere - (previously unreleased)
11. Electric Ladyland, (Have You Ever Been to) - (previously unreleased, in the US)
12. Gypsy Eyes - (previously unreleased)
13. Room Full of Mirrors - (previously unreleased)
14. Gloria - (alternate mix, previously unreleased)
15. It's Too Bad - (previously unreleased, with Buddy Miles/Larry Young)
16. Star Spangled Banner - (previously unreleased, on compact disc)
DISC 3:
1. Stone Free - (previously unreleased)
2. Spanish Castle Magic - (previously unreleased)
3. Hear My Train a Comin' - (previously unreleased)
4. Room Full of Mirrors - (previously unreleased)
5. I Don't Live Today - (original mix, previously unreleased, live)
6. Little Wing - (live)
7. Red House - (live)
8. Purple Haze - (original mix, previously unreleased, live)
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - (live)
10. Izabella - (live)
DISC 4:
1. Message to Love - (alternate mix, previously unreleased)
2. Earth Blues - (previously unreleased)
3. Astro Man - (previously unreleased)
4. Country Blues - (previously unreleased)
5. Freedom - (previously unreleased)
6. Johnny B. Goode - (live)
7. Lover Man - (previously unreleased)
8. Blue Suede Shoes - (live)
9. Cherokee Mist - (previously unreleased)
10. Come Down Hard on Me - (previously unreleased)
11. Hey Baby / In From The Storm - (previously unreleased, live)
12. Ezy Rider - (previously unreleased)
13. Night Bird Flying - (previously unreleased)
14. All Along the Watchtower - (live)
15. In From the Storm - (live)
16. Slow Blues - (previously unreleased)
Album Notes
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE [BOX] consists principally of previously unreleased alternate takes & mixes, studio demos and live tracks, and comes with an 80-page booklet.
Personnel includes: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, guitar, harpsichord, bass); Larry Lee (guitar); Paul Caruso (harmonica); Larry Young (organ); Billy Cox, Noel Redding (bass, background vocals); Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell (drums, percussion, background vocals); Juma Sulton, Jerry Velez (percussion); Graham Nash, Andy Fairweather Low, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, Arthur & Albert Allen, Chas Chandler, Gary Walker, The Ronettes, Roger Chapman (background vocals).
Producers: Jimi Hendrix, Rune Hallberg, Chas Chandler, Lou Adler.
Compilation producers: Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, John McDermott.
Engineers include: Eddie Kramer, RTE, Gary Kellgren.
Includes liner notes by Dave Marsh & John McDermott.
Digitally remastered by Eddie Kramer & George Marino (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
The Jimi Hendrix catalogue has been diced and sliced so many ways over the years that only the most cynical record executives could possibly envision another box set of the same old material. Thankfully, this four-disc box entirely avoids the pre-existing body of work that's been presented to Hendrix fans innumerable times in the past. Instead, JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE consists exclusively of previously unreleased material, alternate takes, demos, live tracks, and the like. Every moment of it is designed to illuminate a different side of the many-faceted artist, and will undoubtedly make any hardcore Hendrixite's mouth water.
It's obviously a kick to hear the alternate takes of classic tracks such as "Foxey Lady" and "Purple Haze," which bear a slightly rawer edge than the versions we're used to. But the real joy of this box comes in the more unexpected selections, particularly the live cuts. We get a look at Hendrix's blues roots, in turbo-charged takes on Muddy Waters ("Catfish Blues") and Howlin' Wolf ("Killing Floor"), but we also learn about where the guitarist's head was at during his late-'60s heyday in covers of the Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper") and Dylan ("Like a Rolling Stone"). Ranging from Hendrix's rootsiest endeavors to his most free-form explorations, this box set offers an alternative-yet-comprehensive view of this complex performer.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...The Rolls Royce of posthumous Hendrix sets....a vivid telling of a remarkable life in motion....with a windfall of stage and studio rarities...
Rolling Stone (09/28/2000)
...For anyone interested in Hendrix and the '60s...it is mandatory....Mutable, fiery, expansive, Hendrix rarely played anything the same way twice...
Mojo (10/01/2000)
...These songs are so durable, and the differences between these and preexistent versions so irresistible...that before long you've fallen under their spell once more... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (12/01/2000)
5 stars out of 5 - ...One is left reeling by the sheer quantity of ground-breaking stuff packed into so brief a time. The best of this music is pure incandescence, and no one wanting to get the measure of Jimi Hendrix should be without it...
Uncut (10/01/2000)
4 stars out of 5 - ...The kind of thing that completists would pawn the wife's jewellery for....much more than just a bunch of out-takes....Out of this world.
Q (11/01/2000)
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