1983 & One Rainy Wish for me Top 10 Hendrix. "One Rainy Wish" definitely underrated by Hendrix pundits but honored by stars like Brian May and Stanley Clarke. "One Rainy Wish" is aptly described by the title of the Mahavishnu song: "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" or, more aptly: "Golden Drops Of Pure Love". A track to be listened to until it is clearly heard & absorbed.
The historical significance of the June 11th, 1967 gig was that it was a record release party for Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would be the final party Beatles manager Brian Epstein would ever put together for the fab four. It was also at this party that The Jimi Hendrix Experience became the first to perform the song 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' live, predating the first time Paul McCartney would perform it live in 1989. Jimi and the band only had 4 days to learn the song.
Right after that Jimi went to play on the Monkees US tour. He left after five gigs. The audience was not interested in Jimi and kept screaming for Davy Jones throughout his set. Not ideal working conditions for the JHE.
This review made me go out and get the 1997 stereo Are You Experienced. Until then I wasn't a fan of Jimi and only knew him due to his legend. I'M NOW HEAVILY INTO JIMI. And now have Axis Bold As Love, Electric LadyLand and Valleys of Neptune. And can't stop playing ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER IN MONO (and the solo gives me chills) and can't stop humming Little Wing. Thanks so much for pointing me in the direction of Jimi. As ever Peace ✌ and Love ❤
in 1967-69 i used to sit around with my school mates at one of their houses "doing our homework" while listening to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cream, John Mayall and of course Jimi Hendrix, i was totally blown away with Hendrix and still play these early albums today, still happy times!
Vinyl Rewind one year later you're at 20,000+ subscribers! Perseverance pays off. I only discovered your channel a month ago and I love it. Keep up the good work!
I first heard Jimi in 1985, 8th grade. We stopped by a shack, I thought was a lawn equipment shed, where my friends uncle lived. He was a Vietnam Vet, had on a green army jacket. Totally looked like a character out of a movie. Alcoholic, totally fucked up. We walked in and he reached into a cooler and tossed us a beer. Not our first. So we popped the top and threw it back. Then he pulled out a joint and fired it up. He passed it over and we hit it. That was our first time. At some point I pointed to this Hendrix album and said I never heard anything he done. So he gets up and puts on the record. He lived in a shack, no fridge, no plumbing used and outhouse. Was pretty much a large bedroom with a broken down couch and chairs. But dude had a kick ass hifi stereo system. Minutes into the album I was hooked!!!
I am glad you're doing this...You seem young..it gives me hope to know the man I worshiped and got me playing guitar and gigging is still attracting the young!
I was 13 years old in '67. In Montreal. Expo '67, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and Hendrix. It was a swooning year. Can you imagine? Every waking (and sometimes sleeping) moment was a new song, a new musical invention (the fuzz, the wah wah pedal) a new drug. My nephew, a drummer, is giving up his dream of being part of a band. He's 33 now. That's what the 60's were like. Every musician could find a job. Music was pouring out of derelict buildings and suburban basements. I was a singer. I got a band together when I got to 16. It didn't last. But everyone then, shared the same dream: rock star. At 69 now, the year beginning the years of nostalgia, I look back and wonder... if only.
Yes! I think you're right on. I heard a lot of radio play from the UK album's release, when I was abroad at the time. Then, when a sibling received Jimi's 1st US album thru a mail-order record club, we were floored by the tracks included, the track order, & the album cover design. We were all simply knocked out, by this highly original, exciting musician/guitarist, who seemingly came out of nowhere, and exploded onto the scene! To each and every one of us, Hendrix was truly in a class of his own!
Hello Mr. Geek and followers...Karl Ferris here, the original photographer/designer of the 1967 US "Are You Experienced" LP Cover...And yes, Jimi told me that he didn't like the UK Cover and asked me to create something Psychedelic that visually matched his music and style, for the US Cover...
If that's really you, Karl.... I appreciated everything about the USA pics compared with the UK version. I'm sure Jimi preferred them to the ones used on the UK version. The USA album changed my life forever. That still didn't stop me from acquiring the UK version, later on. But your pictures are a 'flash-back' to a big change in my life. My mind was completely blown away by Jimi's creativity and abilities and your pictures always take me back to that original experience.
I love the US version and adore the song "Manic Depression". Great video, thanks for the background stories, they really help understanding the music much better
Great video! Some people have a voice where they seem to drag on and have the same tone throughout, but your voice keeps pulling me in with different highs and lows of emotions. You even made me want to start collecting vinyl. I love the style of your clothing and room that you sit in. Classy.
Okay...if you are REALLY into Hendrix, then listen. We all have our favorite running order of the album, probably depending on if you were under the influence of psychedelics at the time. But the REAL "differences" in these albums is, because they were mixed for MONO AND STEREO, you are really listening to DIFFERENT MIXES! And that's what's GREAT about having BOTH of these albums. If you listen real close, you will here the difference in the mix itself. For instance, on Third Stone From The Sun, you can clearly hear Mitch Mitchel doing a DRUM SOLO along with Hendrix Freak Out guitar solo where he blows up the world. There is also I Don't Live Today in which you hear different things in the background at the end. Love or Confusion comes out a little different if memory serves me well. But May This Be Love DOES suffer from the lack of 'playfulness' in the panning throughout the song. The title track of Are You Experienced comes out well, though a little flat compared to the Stereo Version. All in all, if you LOVE Jimi Hendrix, and this album. Bet BOTH! It's not even a gimmick, because each mix reveals a layer of magic in the production of these GREAT songs. So there is no VS when it comes to these albums. If you are a TRUE Hendrix fan, seek them out. They complement each other. And on the UK version you get 3 more Hendrix songs. How can you go wrong? Thanks for the review and opening more young people up to "this Jimi Hendrix guy that everybody says was the best." ;) Enjoy!
I recently started watching your videos and i gotta say i admire what you do. i'm a music head myself and it fascinates me that theres someone like you making videos with a lot of background knowledge.
Thank you so much for reviewing these albums. I have an extensive collection of vinyl (because I'm 61 years old) but I have never seen nor read a good and concise review of albums as you present here. Please! Please keep doing it. Hendrix's USA album was the only one I heard. But I am now going to find the UK version. thanks again.
You are not old enough to understand how much Jimi Hendrix changed guitar playing, guitar sound and volume, guitar recording and production from the ground up. RIP Jimi
stumbling upon this page makes me think of all the times i've found bands/songs/websites/videos before they become big. you will get a lot bigger! mark my words.
The US press was built to be more commercial, that was pretty much it's only purpose. As a consistent example of Jimi's expertise as a musician, the UK press was purpose built to be more of a work of art.
Dude, your channel should be much bigger than this. It's great how much effort you put in to set the classic atmosphere while providing such cool history on these albums, as well as tips on music in general. I love your channel and it soothes my soul. Keep it up man! Like your style by the way.
When you'd mentioned your favorite Hendrix track in this video, it reminded me of an experience I thought you'd enjoy. So, in 1999, Jeff Buckley's mother Mary toured around showing a documentary on Jeff and then holding an hour long Q&A. On that tour, she came to San Francisco and had a screening of the documentary in an old church in Noe Valley. She was asked what her favorite memory of Jeff was and she had mentioned that she'd never seen Jeff play live and decided to sneak into a show and hide in the back where he couldn't see her. So apparently he spots her mid-song and immediately launches into "The Wind Cries Mary" in tribute. Not sure how many musicians could pull that off with no rehearsal, etc. Probably useless information that has little to do with Hendrix himself, but a good story that shows that even if the influence of Hendrix didn't seem apparent in some artists, he was an influence on the best of them.
Probably as a result of growing up with the CD that combined all the tracks, I couldn't imagine any of them being left off. All classics! Hendrix is one of those few artists that has a catalog small enough that all his albums are essential with little to no filler (Beatles, Nirvana, Doors, Pixies, Led Zep, Clash just a few others I can think of off the top of my head imo)
I saw this 8track at the flea market over 5 months ago and told him to hold it for me and when I came right back, he was gone. my 8track player doesn't work anyways so I didn't miss anything.
That album blew my mind. I heard it on on a then classic rock station back in the 90's called CD94.7. They would play full albums of any artist. Any Band known to man.
In Australia we got both the UK & USA versions. Polydor issued the UK version....but the CBS (Australian)Record Club issued the USA version both in 1967.
Did you ever notice that the guitar riff of Foxey Lady is referenced in Sgt. Pepper's Reprise and the chord progression of the choral middle section of A Day in the Life is the same exact progression in the same key as Hey Joe?
Totally disagree. As a group, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, and Wind Cries Mary are *much* stronger songs than Red House, Remember, and Can You See Me. Red House is great, but Remember and Can You See Me are much weaker songs.
I have an original release copy of American pressing. I know it’s original bcuz my mom stood in line when she was 16 to buy it brand new. She died in 2009 and I got most of her record collection. It’s all in there, everyone from that era. The collection has about 40 albums. When I was little we used to (on weekends) get her collection out and play the records. We would dance, she would tell stories about what she was doing when the song came out. We would listen to The Doors and she’d tell me about when she saw them live in 68. I asked “what songs did they play?” Mom being Mom said “heck son, I don’t remember, all I knew was I had my go-go boots on and I was on top of a speaker dancing, I don’t even know how they looked, much less what they played!” We would always end the record sessions with Donavan Greatest Hits. When I listen to “try and catch the wind” it takes me back to all those endless weekends of dancing, laughing, and telling stories. I got the records out about a month ago- when that song came on the memories hit me like a ton of bricks. So I think a review of Donovan’s Greatest Hits should be up next. I think (was told this before google was in every pocket and haven’t checked bcuz I like to think it’s true, that Led Zeppelin played most of the backing music on that album right before they turned into Led Zeppelin.
My purchase was the mid 70's reissue as a Polydor double album with Axis : bold as love.Loved those back to back reissues -two albums for the price of one - Examples include Tyrannosaurus Rex (aA UK Number One),Pink floyd (A Nice pair),Robert Wyatt,The Doors (Two originals),The mothers of Invention (Two originals),Fleetwood Mac (The Original / English rose).I missed out on the Track 99 reissue of Are you experienced - released at a bargain price of 99p!
I have an original American stereo pressing from 1968 of the album but I also have the cd reissue of it that has all of the U.S. album songs and added the UK songs to it and I like that a lot and I listen to it in my car sometimes and it has about 17 tracks on it.
As a Brit, I can honestly say that the North American release is superior in basically every respect to the UK release. The artwork is better (except from maybe the back, IMO), and the fact that Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary and Hey Joe were never on the UK release is crazy to say the least (though, Red House, Can You See Me and Remember are still very good, but I still don't prefer them). I kind of preferred the UK artwork when I first saw it, just because of its simplicity and the fact that the picture of the band was a little clearer, but I'm kind of back on board with the American release - it just speaks a little more for the music. I didn't know that the UK release was mono only, though, and so, in that case, I'll probably just stick with the American release when I finally buy this on LP.
Peter and Micky were so impressed by his Monterey performance they suggested he join them for the Summer Tour that Year,which was a disaster. He left after one month to go on to Woodstock.
Manic Depression has grown on me since I got original US back when it was new. The controlled chaos, the wonderful bass line... what's not to love? Purple Haze: well, that's a given, no dispute one of all time best evers.
The UK version had a different Track List than the US version,and when it was finally issued on CD by Experience Hendrix,all the tracks from both versions,the UK tracks that wasn't on the US as Bonus Later Polydor took over the Track label in the '70's.
Very informative and great review! Also, the 50s vibe is really cool. The ironic thing though is someone back in the 50s dressed like this would be the parents of the youth who listened to these bands and wouldn't listen to them cause of such a culture divide from the 50s to late 60s.
There are two studio versions of Red House. One appeared on Are You Experienced, and a different version on Smash Hits. Both excellent. There are people who say that one has bass and the other doesn't. or other differing theories. Those statements are based upon something they read. When comparing the versions side by side, you will notice that the bass and drums are identical on both and the vocals and guitar parts are different.
I love your enthusiasm. I am from the U.S. but grew up with the UK version, which I found in a used record shop. The UK version of “Red House” is a different take and different mix than the US. The solo is superior.
I agree with you, the Reprise version is better sequenced and has a much cooler cover. I just wish they had 8 or16 track equipment in England to record this album on instead of 4 tracks. That's why some of the stereo mixes on this LP are so primitive and wide.
Erm - 'Café Wah, 1967? No no no. He was on Londom by Autummn '66! This is a crucial oversight! He was there just after Cream released their first single and Revolver was being released. The Experience began recording the album in late '66! Get yer facts straight!
Very interesting. I have it on CD and it has 17 songs. It contains all tracks from US and UK versions plus a and b sides of singles (stone free, 51st anniversary, highway chile). It has the UK cover and was edited in 1997. It's a mono version. FAN TAS TIC !
Can You See Me shouldn't be written off as easily. :) It has a killer 10 second solo in the middle. One of the best I've ever heard. Red House is unbelievable Chicago-style blues playing. Remember I've always found to be a little too busy. The 5th track Love or Confusion is hardly ever mentioned, yet I regard it as one of his best ever. It is truly awesome.
Jimi was in a band with Randy California of Spirit. He gave Randy the last name of "California" because there were two Randy's in the band. This was a way to avoid confusion.
In my opinion, the US stereo version is the better one. Psychedelic music is meant to be in stereo to enhance the "experience" of the trip. Believe me those panning done by Eddie Kramer once gave me a terrible headache making me realize stereo is the way to go. I find it funny that the UK record labels still find pop and rock music of the 60s too teenage fodder and only released this record in mono. The reissued on Sony is a welcome compromise if one cannot find original US pressings in near mint condition. There was no digital processing in these Eddie Kramer reissues. Only problem is due to the age of the tapes - especially this album in question is filled with loud hiss. Still a problem I can live with.
I’m not a Hendrix fan, but I LOVE Hey Joe. The reason is singular: The women’s background vocals. It’s not just the harmonizing or anything like that. It is the way it is laid down over the rest of the song and how it complements the theme of the song. The somewhat distorted sound of the “semi-final” mix is then combined with the VERY clean and hi-fi sounding women’s voices to produce the final mix. I envision angels floating over him as they know what is about to happen and they produce their angelic and ominous background for the event. It is one of the most simple, yet amazing use of vocals in a song I have ever heard. It is the audio equivalent of taking a grainy and high contrast schene out of a 50’s film noir night scene and including clear and colorful characters from a parallel dimension, floating over the event, watching the evil transpire as lives are forever changed.
+Rob Wells What's funny is that before I read up on this album for the review, I never consciously noticed their singing. But yes, you totally hit the nail on the head. Great stuff
It's the greatest debut album in Rock history. I don't know how anyone can dispute that. It changed Rock music sonically more than the Beatles, more than any album of its era.
Wow, You are so awesome ! I love Hendrix,and you and I both love the same songs ! I love your set,love the glass grapes ! You're so knowledgeable for such a young person. I love the U.S. version,love the cover too !
@@eddiewillers1442 when I ready the first comment my first thought was unlike Rubber Soul 😂. Why would I get a version of an album that has 2 less songs on it than the other version, AND 2 got replaced with songs from their last album. 2 of those songs being Rubber Soul staples, Drive My Car and Nowhere Man
"May This Be Love" is criminally underrated.
Dont forget about “1983 (a merman i should turn to be)” and “one rainy wish” too
1983 & One Rainy Wish for me Top 10 Hendrix. "One Rainy Wish" definitely underrated by Hendrix pundits but honored by stars like Brian May and Stanley Clarke. "One Rainy Wish" is aptly described by the title of the Mahavishnu song: "Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love" or, more aptly: "Golden Drops Of Pure Love". A track to be listened to until it is clearly heard & absorbed.
Found his 1st album in a high school lost & found in a month or 2 after he died.
my favorite hendrix song
WORD! My favourite of all time
The historical significance of the June 11th, 1967 gig was that it was a record release party for Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would be the final party Beatles manager Brian Epstein would ever put together for the fab four. It was also at this party that The Jimi Hendrix Experience became the first to perform the song 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' live, predating the first time Paul McCartney would perform it live in 1989. Jimi and the band only had 4 days to learn the song.
+Paulina Angel Crazy backstory, somehow I didn't come across that info, thanks for posting
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Jimi playing Sgt Pepper live
That’s a conspiracy theory!!!
Right after that Jimi went to play on the Monkees US tour. He left after five gigs. The audience was not interested in Jimi and kept screaming for Davy Jones throughout his set. Not ideal working conditions for the JHE.
1989? Geez it took Paul a while before he performed that song live 😂
its so weird that a channel with this kind of quality only has +5.750 subscribers :(
+Melih Vural Thanks for the support, it is what it is. I'll keep doing it regardless
Raccoon it’s crazy how good this channel is. So undrrated at 49k subs. But the cream rises to the crop. In due time
76k and climbing up the charts
Fast forward 3 years, and he’s at 90k and climbing
105K !
The US version is superior in every way. As a desert island disc it makes my top three. Easily one of the greatest albums released in the 1960’s.
This review made me go out and get the 1997 stereo Are You Experienced. Until then I wasn't a fan of Jimi and only knew him due to his legend. I'M NOW HEAVILY INTO JIMI. And now have Axis Bold As Love, Electric LadyLand and Valleys of Neptune. And can't stop playing ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER IN MONO (and the solo gives me chills) and can't stop humming Little Wing. Thanks so much for pointing me in the direction of Jimi. As ever Peace ✌ and Love ❤
Craig Warner Make sure to get band of gypsies.
@@goodpeopleoftheworldunite Absolutely. And on which the song Machine Gun is a masterpiece.
in 1967-69 i used to sit around with my school mates at one of their houses "doing our homework" while listening to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Cream, John Mayall and of course Jimi Hendrix, i was totally blown away with Hendrix and still play these early albums today, still happy times!
“May this be love” That sends you shivers if any of the songs in the list hasn’t already
1966 he moved to NYC
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Did you know that if you speed up "Third Stone From The Sun" to 45 rpm it provides evidence that Jimi Hendrix was an alien?
+Gideon Nightingale What?! Really?
Vinyl Rewind one year later you're at 20,000+ subscribers! Perseverance pays off. I only discovered your channel a month ago and I love it. Keep up the good work!
No, but you hear Chas Chandler and Jimi talking to each other as if they were! The voices are slowed down on the original recording.
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I think it’s fair to say that 1967 was the greatest year in music history
Only superseded by 1968.
1973 was pretty good as well
Now let's not forget 1984
1991?
1969 or 1968
I first heard Jimi in 1985, 8th grade. We stopped by a shack, I thought was a lawn equipment shed, where my friends uncle lived. He was a Vietnam Vet, had on a green army jacket. Totally looked like a character out of a movie. Alcoholic, totally fucked up. We walked in and he reached into a cooler and tossed us a beer. Not our first. So we popped the top and threw it back. Then he pulled out a joint and fired it up. He passed it over and we hit it. That was our first time. At some point I pointed to this Hendrix album and said I never heard anything he done. So he gets up and puts on the record. He lived in a shack, no fridge, no plumbing used and outhouse. Was pretty much a large bedroom with a broken down couch and chairs. But dude had a kick ass hifi stereo system. Minutes into the album I was hooked!!!
I am glad you're doing this...You seem young..it gives me hope to know the man I worshiped and got me playing guitar and gigging is still attracting the young!
I was 13 years old in '67. In Montreal. Expo '67, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and Hendrix. It was a swooning year. Can you imagine? Every waking (and sometimes sleeping) moment was a new song, a new musical invention (the fuzz, the wah wah pedal) a new drug. My nephew, a drummer, is giving up his dream of being part of a band. He's 33 now. That's what the 60's were like. Every musician could find a job. Music was pouring out of derelict buildings and suburban basements. I was a singer. I got a band together when I got to 16. It didn't last. But everyone then, shared the same dream: rock star.
At 69 now, the year beginning the years of nostalgia, I look back and wonder... if only.
Yes! I think you're right on. I heard a lot of radio play from the UK album's release, when I was abroad at the time.
Then, when a sibling received Jimi's 1st US album thru a mail-order record club, we were floored by the tracks included, the track order, & the album cover design. We were all simply knocked out, by this highly original, exciting musician/guitarist, who seemingly came out of nowhere, and exploded onto the scene!
To each and every one of us, Hendrix was truly in a class of his own!
Hello Mr. Geek and followers...Karl Ferris here, the original photographer/designer of the 1967 US "Are You Experienced" LP Cover...And yes, Jimi told me that he didn't like the UK Cover and asked me to create something Psychedelic that visually matched his music and style, for the US Cover...
If that's really you, Karl.... I appreciated everything about the USA pics compared with the UK version. I'm sure Jimi preferred them to the ones used on the UK version. The USA album changed my life forever. That still didn't stop me from acquiring the UK version, later on. But your pictures are a 'flash-back' to a big change in my life. My mind was completely blown away by Jimi's creativity and abilities and your pictures always take me back to that original experience.
Phenomenal video and well done! Our staff were just blown away by some facts that we DIDN’T KNOW.
Thank you! Really? Glad I could pass on some knowledge
I love the US version and adore the song "Manic Depression". Great video, thanks for the background stories, they really help understanding the music much better
Great video! Some people have a voice where they seem to drag on and have the same tone throughout, but your voice keeps pulling me in with different highs and lows of emotions. You even made me want to start collecting vinyl. I love the style of your clothing and room that you sit in. Classy.
oh wow, thank you very much!
Okay...if you are REALLY into Hendrix, then listen. We all have our favorite running order of the album, probably depending on if you were under the influence of psychedelics at the time. But the REAL "differences" in these albums is, because they were mixed for MONO AND STEREO, you are really listening to DIFFERENT MIXES! And that's what's GREAT about having BOTH of these albums. If you listen real close, you will here the difference in the mix itself. For instance, on Third Stone From The Sun, you can clearly hear Mitch Mitchel doing a DRUM SOLO along with Hendrix Freak Out guitar solo where he blows up the world. There is also I Don't Live Today in which you hear different things in the background at the end. Love or Confusion comes out a little different if memory serves me well. But May This Be Love DOES suffer from the lack of 'playfulness' in the panning throughout the song. The title track of Are You Experienced comes out well, though a little flat compared to the Stereo Version. All in all, if you LOVE Jimi Hendrix, and this album. Bet BOTH! It's not even a gimmick, because each mix reveals a layer of magic in the production of these GREAT songs. So there is no VS when it comes to these albums. If you are a TRUE Hendrix fan, seek them out. They complement each other. And on the UK version you get 3 more Hendrix songs. How can you go wrong? Thanks for the review and opening more young people up to "this Jimi Hendrix guy that everybody says was the best." ;) Enjoy!
Fantastic points! I hadn't thought of it that way before, thank you
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I recently started watching your videos and i gotta say i admire what you do. i'm a music head myself and it fascinates me that theres someone like you making videos with a lot of background knowledge.
Thank you so much for reviewing these albums. I have an extensive collection of vinyl (because I'm 61 years old) but I have never seen nor read a good and concise review of albums as you present here. Please! Please keep doing it. Hendrix's USA album was the only one I heard. But I am now going to find the UK version. thanks again.
You are very welcome!
Thanks for the very informative and entertaining talk on JH’s different versions of vinyls.
The vibe on vinyl rewind is so good. It's a crime you're still stuck below a million subs.
Best album/vinyl channel on youtube. Regardless
You are not old enough to understand how much Jimi Hendrix changed guitar playing, guitar sound and volume, guitar recording and production from the ground up. RIP Jimi
stumbling upon this page makes me think of all the times i've found bands/songs/websites/videos before they become big. you will get a lot bigger! mark my words.
Thank you
no, thank you. cheers.
Jimi influenced and continues to influence musicians. Jimi is a God and his technique of playing is revolutionary. He is the God father of metal. ✌️🤘
The US press was built to be more commercial, that was pretty much it's only purpose. As a consistent example of Jimi's expertise as a musician, the UK press was purpose built to be more of a work of art.
Mister, you deserve so much subs... The quality, the content is so fuck*** good!
You censored "Ing" but not "fuck"? Ok.......
+Limongrado ah thanks so much, I appricate it
Dude, your channel should be much bigger than this. It's great how much effort you put in to set the classic atmosphere while providing such cool history on these albums, as well as tips on music in general. I love your channel and it soothes my soul. Keep it up man! Like your style by the way.
+Soul Metal Thank you!! I appreciate your support.
When you'd mentioned your favorite Hendrix track in this video, it reminded me of an experience I thought you'd enjoy. So, in 1999, Jeff Buckley's mother Mary toured around showing a documentary on Jeff and then holding an hour long Q&A. On that tour, she came to San Francisco and had a screening of the documentary in an old church in Noe Valley. She was asked what her favorite memory of Jeff was and she had mentioned that she'd never seen Jeff play live and decided to sneak into a show and hide in the back where he couldn't see her. So apparently he spots her mid-song and immediately launches into "The Wind Cries Mary" in tribute. Not sure how many musicians could pull that off with no rehearsal, etc. Probably useless information that has little to do with Hendrix himself, but a good story that shows that even if the influence of Hendrix didn't seem apparent in some artists, he was an influence on the best of them.
+Steven Cacciaroni Was that a favorite of Buckely's Mom? That's pretty crazy, like you said
+Vinyl Rewind well, her name is Mary.. So the song title was Jeff's way of letting her know he spotted her in the crowd..
+Steven Cacciaroni (Haha, of course, I miss that part), that's awesome Jeff did that, too cool
I had 17 Jimi Hendrix vinyl albums...with Little Richard...Curtis Knight and a German Polka Songs bootleg...and I miss them
So nice to see going into music this deep
Probably as a result of growing up with the CD that combined all the tracks, I couldn't imagine any of them being left off. All classics! Hendrix is one of those few artists that has a catalog small enough that all his albums are essential with little to no filler (Beatles, Nirvana, Doors, Pixies, Led Zep, Clash just a few others I can think of off the top of my head imo)
+Joe Dee I hadn't thought of him in those terms, but you're right
I saw this 8track at the flea market over 5 months ago and told him to hold it for me and when I came right back, he was gone. my 8track player doesn't work anyways so I didn't miss anything.
The recent reissue includes a DVD of the story behind the album with interviews by the members and the Engineer and Chas Chandler the producer.
That album blew my mind. I heard it on on a then classic rock station back in the 90's called CD94.7. They would play full albums of any artist. Any Band known to man.
Great episode. Thank you!
Love your channel but has anyone ever mentioned you look like one of the suburban characters in Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" video?
By far my favorite
In Australia we got both the UK & USA versions. Polydor issued the UK version....but the CBS (Australian)Record Club issued the USA version both in 1967.
Did you ever notice that the guitar riff of Foxey Lady is referenced in Sgt. Pepper's Reprise and the chord progression of the choral middle section of A Day in the Life is the same exact progression in the same key as Hey Joe?
Excellent and extremely thorough. Not only that - I find I agree with the Geek on everything he says - very rare! (Good LP, too;)
This is a fantastic series.
Hi Geek, I love how emotional you get...
Awesome, I enjoyed every minute of it!
+Audio Saurus thank you
Red House alone makes the UK version superior.
Totally agree.
Totally disagree. As a group, Purple Haze, Hey Joe, and Wind Cries Mary are *much* stronger songs than Red House, Remember, and Can You See Me. Red House is great, but Remember and Can You See Me are much weaker songs.
Agreed
Absolutely Joejazz78. It's pure blues playing with great feel and no effects whereas the American version is a little too loose with effects on.
I agree
I have an original release copy of American pressing. I know it’s original bcuz my mom stood in line when she was 16 to buy it brand new. She died in 2009 and I got most of her record collection. It’s all in there, everyone from that era. The collection has about 40 albums. When I was little we used to (on weekends) get her collection out and play the records. We would dance, she would tell stories about what she was doing when the song came out. We would listen to The Doors and she’d tell me about when she saw them live in 68. I asked “what songs did they play?” Mom being Mom said “heck son, I don’t remember, all I knew was I had my go-go boots on and I was on top of a speaker dancing, I don’t even know how they looked, much less what they played!” We would always end the record sessions with Donavan Greatest Hits. When I listen to “try and catch the wind” it takes me back to all those endless weekends of dancing, laughing, and telling stories. I got the records out about a month ago- when that song came on the memories hit me like a ton of bricks.
So I think a review of Donovan’s Greatest Hits should be up next. I think (was told this before google was in every pocket and haven’t checked bcuz I like to think it’s true, that Led Zeppelin played most of the backing music on that album right before they turned into Led Zeppelin.
My purchase was the mid 70's reissue as a Polydor double album with Axis : bold as love.Loved those back to back reissues -two albums for the price of one - Examples include Tyrannosaurus Rex (aA UK Number One),Pink floyd (A Nice pair),Robert Wyatt,The Doors (Two originals),The mothers of Invention (Two originals),Fleetwood Mac (The Original / English rose).I missed out on the Track 99 reissue of Are you experienced - released at a bargain price of 99p!
Love the tie Keep up the good work
Excellent review.
Remember is an amazing song. So underrated
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This fucking album kicks ass I wish I could find the USA version
Great review of both albums Eric!
+gale vincent thank you!
I have an original American stereo pressing from 1968 of the album but I also have the cd reissue of it that has all of the U.S. album songs and added the UK songs to it and I like that a lot and I listen to it in my car sometimes and it has about 17 tracks on it.
Oh nice, I'm happy that they decided to both versions on CD. Get the best of both in one package
Yeah it is pretty good!
Astounding this songs actually go back to '66.....
As a Brit, I can honestly say that the North American release is superior in basically every respect to the UK release. The artwork is better (except from maybe the back, IMO), and the fact that Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary and Hey Joe were never on the UK release is crazy to say the least (though, Red House, Can You See Me and Remember are still very good, but I still don't prefer them). I kind of preferred the UK artwork when I first saw it, just because of its simplicity and the fact that the picture of the band was a little clearer, but I'm kind of back on board with the American release - it just speaks a little more for the music. I didn't know that the UK release was mono only, though, and so, in that case, I'll probably just stick with the American release when I finally buy this on LP.
One record which still escapes me ...have not come across a decent copy ...enjoyed this edition very much thanks for post !! -VK
+zeppearl UK or US?
Both
+zeppearl best of luck, you'll find a copy soon enough
Very cool comparison! Thank you Geek!
+TheVinylCorner Thanks Mikko
How can you not like hey joe..the backing vocals are so cool on that!..I have the 2010 pressing that has all the songs btw!!
I have a recent reissue of the US version and it's a gatefold but sadly the cover is not embossed. Excellent video man!! Keep them coming!
+thevinylcountdown I wish his family would do that, Karl is still around, I'm sure he still remembers what he wanted to do
Astounding these songs actually go back to '66, maybe even earlier as concepts!
Uggggh. The Wind Cries Mary and Castles Made of Sand are SO GOOD!
The psychedelic yellow sleeve is one of the greatest ever. A good choice.
Purple Haze was recorded using a Telecaster.
Matthew Eitzman if true that is a cool thing 🎶✌🏻🎸
Peter and Micky were so impressed by his Monterey performance they suggested he join them for the Summer Tour that Year,which was a disaster. He left after one month to go on to Woodstock.
Manic Depression has grown on me since I got original US back when it was new. The controlled chaos, the wonderful bass line... what's not to love? Purple Haze: well, that's a given, no dispute one of all time best evers.
The UK version had a different Track List than the US version,and when it was finally issued on CD by Experience Hendrix,all the tracks from both versions,the UK tracks that wasn't on the US as Bonus Later Polydor took over the Track label in the '70's.
The spanish '67 vinyl opens with Hey Joe and release in Mono!!!
Very informative and great review! Also, the 50s vibe is really cool. The ironic thing though is someone back in the 50s dressed like this would be the parents of the youth who listened to these bands and wouldn't listen to them cause of such a culture divide from the 50s to late 60s.
The UK pressing in the American sleeve would be my ideal!
There are two studio versions of Red House. One appeared on Are You Experienced, and a different version on Smash Hits. Both excellent. There are people who say that one has bass and the other doesn't. or other differing theories. Those statements are based upon something they read. When comparing the versions side by side, you will notice that the bass and drums are identical on both and the vocals and guitar parts are different.
I love your enthusiasm. I am from the U.S. but grew up with the UK version, which I found in a used record shop. The UK version of “Red House” is a different take and different mix than the US. The solo is superior.
I agree with you, the Reprise version is better sequenced and has a much cooler cover. I just wish they had 8 or16 track equipment in England to record this album on instead of 4 tracks. That's why some of the stereo mixes on this LP are so primitive and wide.
+wildbilltexas ah yes, that makes a lot of sense. I know that was driving Jimi crazy, to be so limited by tracks
Erm - 'Café Wah, 1967? No no no. He was on Londom by Autummn '66! This is a crucial oversight! He was there just after Cream released their first single and Revolver was being released. The Experience began recording the album in
late '66! Get yer facts straight!
Very interesting. I have it on CD and it has 17 songs. It contains all tracks from US and UK versions plus a and b sides of singles (stone free, 51st anniversary, highway chile).
It has the UK cover and was edited in 1997. It's a mono version.
FAN TAS TIC !
Can You See Me shouldn't be written off as easily. :) It has a killer 10 second solo in the middle. One of the best I've ever heard. Red House is unbelievable Chicago-style blues playing. Remember I've always found to be a little too busy. The 5th track Love or Confusion is hardly ever mentioned, yet I regard it as one of his best ever. It is truly awesome.
5 band's in 1967 recorded 'Hey Joe'. Deep Purple did the song on 'Shades of Deep Purple' for one example
He was apparently all set to work with Miles Davis on an album right before his untimely passing.
Alex Borrego Until Miles backed out because he wanted a $50,000 advancement that Jimi's managers said no to.
Jimi was in a band with Randy California of Spirit. He gave Randy the last name of "California" because there were two Randy's in the band.
This was a way to avoid confusion.
In my opinion, the US stereo version is the better one. Psychedelic music is meant to be in stereo to enhance the "experience" of the trip. Believe me those panning done by Eddie Kramer once gave me a terrible headache making me realize stereo is the way to go. I find it funny that the UK record labels still find pop and rock music of the 60s too teenage fodder and only released this record in mono. The reissued on Sony is a welcome compromise if one cannot find original US pressings in near mint condition. There was no digital processing in these Eddie Kramer reissues. Only problem is due to the age of the tapes - especially this album in question is filled with loud hiss. Still a problem I can live with.
I just started getting into Hendrix, and I’m a long time viewer of yours I’d love to see you cover the rest of the catalog! 👍
Nice review! Carry on, retroman!
I’m not a Hendrix fan, but I LOVE Hey Joe. The reason is singular: The women’s background vocals. It’s not just the harmonizing or anything like that. It is the way it is laid down over the rest of the song and how it complements the theme of the song. The somewhat distorted sound of the “semi-final” mix is then combined with the VERY clean and hi-fi sounding women’s voices to produce the final mix. I envision angels floating over him as they know what is about to happen and they produce their angelic and ominous background for the event.
It is one of the most simple, yet amazing use of vocals in a song I have ever heard.
It is the audio equivalent of taking a grainy and high contrast schene out of a 50’s film noir night scene and including clear and colorful characters from a parallel dimension, floating over the event, watching the evil transpire as lives are forever changed.
+Rob Wells What's funny is that before I read up on this album for the review, I never consciously noticed their singing. But yes, you totally hit the nail on the head. Great stuff
It's the greatest debut album in Rock history. I don't know how anyone can dispute that. It changed Rock music sonically more than the Beatles, more than any album of its era.
The flow of songs is better in US version.
Very well done man!
+Giggens thank you
I own the West German pressing. It's got the front cover of the UK one, but the back cover of the US, if I remember right.
I just got the SACD of this album it's awesome!
Wow, You are so awesome ! I love Hendrix,and you and I both love the same songs ! I love your set,love the glass grapes ! You're so knowledgeable for such a young person. I love the U.S. version,love the cover too !
+Cindy Urban Thank you very much! What can I say, I do my research
The first record I ever got was the UK version of the album in the 50 cent bin at my local record shop in utah
stereo is , when not just this on this channel,etc, interesting, but mono gives you the imprssion being at a live performance
Rare that the US version is better, but it is.
+Generation Films here here
Vinyl Rewind the original UK cover which was recalled was much better
Yep the U.S. version is better. Jimi hated the U.K cover and said he "looked like a fairy" in the photo.
Same is true for "Rubber Soul".
@@eddiewillers1442 when I ready the first comment my first thought was unlike Rubber Soul 😂. Why would I get a version of an album that has 2 less songs on it than the other version, AND 2 got replaced with songs from their last album. 2 of those songs being Rubber Soul staples, Drive My Car and Nowhere Man
Nice video. Thank you.
+deadbeatdynamo you're welcome
Jimi went to London in 1966..
You should do another review of this album on the new UHQR pressing! It is Stunning!
ROCK ON
Favorite tracks: "I Don't Live Today", "Third Stone from the Sun", "Manic Depression"