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Electric Lady Studios, A Jimi Hendrix Vision

Jimi Hendrix
Electric Lady Studios, A Jimi Hendrix Vision

[Compilation Boxed Set]
4 October 2024
Classic Rock

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Purchased Media CD+Blu-Ray | Purchase Date: 2024-10-21

'Electric Lady Studios, A Jimi Hendrix Vision' is boxed set by Jimi Hendrix. It features recordings made at his Electric Lady Studios is the months before his death, whilst working on his next album.

TheBigBlack Review
(19 October 2024)

Rating - 4 Stars

The chance of getting a new Jimi Hendrix album and having it full of anything actually magical is very unlikely these days, as the vaults have been raided for so many years that very little of substance is left to listen to. The last three 'studio' albums have been a poor attempt to package alternate (inferior) takes and lefts over from the sessions of other artists into 'lost' studio albums, and although they sometimes have a moment or two of magnificence - they feel like they are the sort of cash grab albums the family took over Hendrix's legacy back in 1996 to stop. Even the recent live releases leave a lot to be desired. This collection, which is finally being marketed for what it is - a collection of work-in-progress outtakes and mixes from the months leading up to Hendrix's death - is actually a welcome surprise. The box set is focused as much on the actual studio as the songs being worked on, celebrating more than just Hendrix's music vison. An alternate mix of 'Ezy Ryder' launches the album, but there is little here that makes the listener jump to attention, as this track has been heard so many times before. From there though a mellow version of 'Valleys Of Neptune' makes it clear that just when you think you have heard it all, there is still more to hear. Would vocals have worked on such a mellow rendition? No one will ever know. One take of 'Astro Man' has a big fat bass sound, the raw sound of 'Beginnings' is great to listen to - every note played live in the studio without overdub. An early slow take of 'Tune X' (later to become 'In From The Storm') is a great look behind the curtain, and the guitar-only demo 'Heaven Has No Sorrow' reveals a song that was potentially another masterpiece waiting to be discovered. There are off-the-cuff moments like the spirited stab at 'Further On Up The Road' (which falls in a heap after only a minute and a half), and the run through of a number of songs in rehearsal (labelled here as 'The Long Medley') is great to listen to, as everyone is loose and sound like they are enjoying the songs. Many of the mixes here are 'work in progress' mixes made by Hendrix himself (with Eddie Kramer by his side), which although revealing, also show where a lot of work was still to be done to complete the album. The great thing about hearing tracks like 'Freedom' presented here is that you get to hear the inner workings of the songs that were later covered in a blanket of overdubs and production when released officially. Surprisingly, some songs are a necessary addition to the Hendrix library, while others feel like they have not much new to offer. If the market hadn't been flooded with 50+ years of these sort of outtakes, this feels like a collection that may have made a bigger impact - but for all but the diehard fan, so much of what is presented here can be heard elsewhere else with only the slightest differences. Putting that aside though, and just looking at this in terms of what it is and the music on offer on it, it is an amazing journey through the 'never to be album' Hendrix was building in his final days.
Tracks:  
(1/3) 1.
Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Ryder [Takes ?, 18 December 1969, 20 January 1970, 15 June 1970, 18 June 1970 / Alternate Mix, 18 June 1970] (03:46)
(1/3) 2.
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune [Take ?, 15 June 1970] (03:46)
(1/3) 3.
Jimi Hendrix - Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2, 17 June 1970] (06:13)
(1/3) 4.
Jimi Hendrix - Drifter's Escape [Takes 1 & 2, 17 June 1970] (03:19)
(1/3) 5.
Jimi Hendrix - Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10, 24 June 1970] (02:52)
(1/3) 6.
Jimi Hendrix - Astro Man [Take 14, 24 June 1970] (08:35)
(1/3) 7.
Jimi Hendrix - Drifting [Takes 1 & 2, 25 June 1970] (04:21)
(1/3) 8.
Jimi Hendrix - Night Bird Flying [Take 25, 16 June 1970] (02:36)
(1/3) 9.
Jimi Hendrix - Farther Up The Road [Jam, 24 June 1970] (01:46)
(1/3) 10.
Jimi Hendrix - The Long Medley: Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin') / Freedom [Rehearsal, 25 June 1970] (26:23)
(2/3) 11.
Jimi Hendrix - Earth Blues [Takes ?, 19 December 1969, 20 January 1970, 24 March 1970 / New Mix, May 2021] (04:22)
(2/3) 12.
Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18, 1 July 1970] (03:26)
(2/3) 13.
Jimi Hendrix - Angel [Take 7, 23 July 1970] (04:28)
(2/3) 14.
Jimi Hendrix - Beginnings [Take 5, 1 July 1970] (05:27)
(2/3) 15.
Jimi Hendrix - Lover Man [Take 15 (Overdubbed), 20 July 1970] (02:59)
(2/3) 16.
Jimi Hendrix - Tune X / Just Came In [Take 6, 22 July 1970] (04:27)
(2/3) 17.
Jimi Hendrix - Heaven Has No Sorrow [Demo, 26 July 1970] (04:47)
(2/3) 18.
Jimi Hendrix - Freedom [Take 4, 25 June 1970] (04:00)
(2/3) 19.
Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune [Demo, 26 June 1970] (04:45)
(2/3) 20.
Jimi Hendrix - Come Down Hard On Me [Take 15, 15 July 1970] (03:44)
(2/3) 21.
Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger [Takes ?, 19 July 1970 / Alternate Mix, 19 July 1970] (04:02)
(2/3) 22.
Jimi Hendrix - Messing Around [Take 17, 16 June 1970] (01:37)
(2/3) 23.
Jimi Hendrix - Tune X / Just Came In [Take 8, 22 July 1970] (07:49)
(2/3) 24.
Jimi Hendrix - Drifting [Takes ?, 29 June 1970 / Alternate Mix, 20 August 1970] (03:59)
(2/3) 25.
Jimi Hendrix - Freedom [Takes ?, 19 July 1970 / Alternate Mix, 19 July 1970] (03:53)
(2/3) 26.
Jimi Hendrix - Belly Button Window [Take 1, 23 July 1970] (05:09)
(3/3) 27.
Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger [Takes ?, 1, 15, 19, 20 July 1970, 14, 18, 20 August 1970 / Mix 2, 20 August 1970] (04:20)
(3/3) 28.
Jimi Hendrix - Night Bird Flying [Takes ?, 20 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 20 August 1970] (03:54)
(3/3) 29.
Jimi Hendrix - Freedom [Takes ?, 25, 26 June 1970, 19, 20 July 1970, 14, 20 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 20 August 1970] (03:27)
(3/3) 30.
Jimi Hendrix - Midnight Lightning / Beginnings [Rehearsal, 1 July 1970] (09:30)
(3/3) 31.
Jimi Hendrix - Straight Ahead [Takes ?, 20 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 22 August 1970] (04:38)
(3/3) 32.
Jimi Hendrix - In From The Storm [Take 11 (Overdubbed), 21, 22 July 1970, 20, 22, 24 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 24 August 1970] (03:29)
(3/3) 33.
Jimi Hendrix - Bolero / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Take 2, 1 July 1970 / Alternate Mix, 22 August 1970] (11:58)
(3/3) 34.
Jimi Hendrix - Drifter's Escape [Takes ?, 17, 30 June 1970, 16 July 1970, 20, 22 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 22 August 1970] (03:09)
(3/3) 35.
Jimi Hendrix - Astro Man [Takes ?, 24, 25 June 1970, 19 July 1970, 14, 22 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 22 August 1970] (03:48)
(3/3) 36.
Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart [Take 4 (Overdubbed), 24 March 1970, 26 June 1970 / Alternate Mix, 22 August 1970] (03:08)
(3/3) 37.
Jimi Hendrix - Drifting [Takes ?, 25, 29 June 1970, 23 July 1970, 20, 22 August 1970 / Alternate Mix, 20 November 1970] (02:40)
(3/3) 38.
Jimi Hendrix - Room Full Of Mirrors [Takes ?, 17 November 1969, 25 June 1970, 23 July 1970 / Alternate Mix, 19 October 1970] (03:01)
(3/3) 39.
Jimi Hendrix - Angel [Takes ?, 25 June 1970, 20, 23 July 1970 / Alternative Mix, 19 October 1970] (04:29)

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