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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - BBC Sessions Audio CD

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Band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Title: BBC Sessions
Rating:

Release Date: 1998-06-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Foxey Lady 2: Alexis Korner Introduction 3: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? 4: Rhythm and Blues World Service 5: Hoochie Coochie Man, (I'm Your) - (Alexis Koerner) 6: Traveling With the Experience 7: Driving South 8: Fire 9: Little Miss Lover 10: Introducing the Experience 11: Burning of the Midnight Lamp 12: Catfish Blues 13: Stone Free 14: Love or Confusion 15: Hey Joe 16: Hound Dog 17: Driving South 18: Hear My Train a Comin' 19: Purple Haze 20: Killing Floor 21: Radio One 22: Wait Until Tomorrow 23: Day Tripper 24: Spanish Castle Magic 25: I Was Made to Love Her 26: Jammin' 27: Foxey Lady 28: Brand New Sound 29: Hey Joe [Alternate Take] 30: Manic Depression 31: Driving South [Alternate Take] 32: Hear My Train a Comin' [Alternate Take] 33: Happening for Lulu 34: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 35: Lulu Introduction 36: Hey Joe 37: Sunshine of Your Love

OFF THE CHARTS
. Quite simply, if you are a Hendrix fan this 2 CD set is off the charts.

MORE OF JIMI'S MUSICAL LEGACY
THEY INCLUDE SONGS FROM THE JHE FIRST FOUR ALBUMS, "THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE", "ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?", "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" AND AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE", AS WELL AS COVER VERSIONS OF SONGS BY MUDDY WATERS, BOB DYLAN, STEVIE WONDER, THE BEATLES, ELVIS PRESELY, A COUPLE OF SHORT JAMS, INTERVIEWS, INTRODUCTIONS AND JINGLES. THESE RECORDINGS WERE MADE LIVE IN THE BBC STUDIOS AND BROADCASTED ON THE AIR IN 1967. GREAT RECORDING QUALITY SOUND, AND SOME BLISTERING GUITAR WORK BY JIMI. THE SECOND CD HAS MORE EXPTENDED GUTIAR SOLOS THAN THE FIRST CD. A NICE ADDITION TO ANYBODY'S COLLECTION OF JIMI HENDRIX MUSIC. I HAVE THE BBC SESSIONS ALBUMS BY THE WHO AND THE BEATLES, AND THOSE ARE GREAT AS WELL. .

(4.5 stars) A remarkable archive release
I'll grant that's not exactly a fair thing to say, because it's a compilation spanning his entire career, but as it turns out that career was quite a diverse one, so that's okay. This is my favorite Hendrix live album for the same reason that Electric Ladyland is my favorite Hendrix studio album: it shows off his range better than any others. This runs the gamut - Hendrix blues ("Catfish Blues", which served for the basis of the "Voodoo Chile" jam; "Hear My Train a Comin'", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Hey Joe", "Hound Dog", featuring a bunch of real dogs, a manic "Killin' Floor"), funk-rock ("Little Miss Lover"; the instrumental "Driving South"), ear busting acid-rock ("Foxey Lady"; a stripped-down "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"; "Purple Haze"; "Fire"; "Love or Confusion"; "Spanish Castle Magic"), and even a few covers of contemporary covers - the famous snippet from "Sunshine of Your Love"; a fine cover of "Day Tripper"; and, best of them all, Dylan's obscure b-side "Can I Please Crawl Out Your Window?". There's even a brief set with Stevie Wonder, who guests on his own hit "I Was Made to Love Her", and jams with Hendrix on the aptly-titled instrumental "Jammin'" I prefer the blues tracks greatly - "Catfish Blues", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Hear My Train a-Comin'" and "Killin' Floor" are probably the album's best four songs, more or less in that order. But just about everything is great - I really like the underproduced "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"; while "Foxey Lady", "Fire" and "Stone Free" are as invigorating as ever. Plus I'll always love Mitch's drumming on "Little Miss Lover". And the Stevie Wonder set is fantastic, merging two of the most fantastic musical talents of the 20th century. So I have little to no complaints about the music itself. Okay, so "Purple Haze" is disappointing. I don't think Jimi ever recorded a truly excellent live version of that song, because part of its greatness is in its trippy production, production he couldn't really recreate live. Instead, my main problem here is with the layout, so to speak. A couple songs are presented in multiple takes, and while I really enjoy "Hey Joe", "Driving South", "Foxey Lady" and "Hear My Train a-Comin'", multiple versions of the same songs that differ only superficially are both redundant and exhausting. Even with that little gripe, this is still an essential addition to the Hendrix catalog. .

The Jimi Genius
This is the complete version and well worth the price of admission. Well I've had the Ryko collection for years but I didn't hesitate too long before deciding to buy this. All great stuff recorded before the Monterey concert, which broke him in America. All the genius is there in spades. A must have!!.

One of my favourite Hendrix albums. Stellar quality. A must have.
S. Jimi Hendrix first became a hit in Europe before he was noticed in the U. The BBC radio in England had a policy of airing a specific amount of live music broadcasts. This gave Jimi, along with Noel Reading and Mitch Mitchell, an opportunity to perform live in the BBC studios. Thus, this recording combines the best of a studio recording and a live recording by having the band perform live in the studio. The result is an amazing recording.

First of all, the quality of the recording is fantastic, especially considering the technology back then. The sound is crisp and clean. Second, the band is having a lot of fun playing and it comes through in the performances. Third, because they performed live to tape, there are no overdubs, studio effects etc. so you get to hear the band in its purest form. I own many Hendrix albums, but this is the one I listen to most often because the performance are so fresh sounding. Highly reccomended!

Before the Hendrix family got the rights to Jimi's recordings, select songs from the BBC studio recordings were previously released on a single CD, called Radio One. However, this recording contains the complete sessions, including all songs and the DJ chatter, and so is a better, more complete recording than Radio One. The BBC Sessions also contains a very informative booklet. Get it, its worth it.

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