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Are You Experienced is the sonic blast, but Electric Ladyland is the art. I personally think 1983 is the greatest "song" written by a rock/pop artist. It has it all, the first few minutes are a catchy but haunting tune, then there is the soundscape part, and then a rousing finale. It also has evocative, poetic lyrics. It lacks accessibility for the average listener though and Jimi's playing is mostly restrained and tasteful, so it's not a typically Hendrix sound.
The greatest MUSIC ever written would likely be somewhere in the works of JS Bach, Beethoven or other top composers but 1983 for me is an unbeatable *song*.
😊 I agree my fav jimi song.
Me too, the whole album was ahead of it’s time.Goosebumps all the way.
Glad you mentioned at the end that he was 'directly connected'. If you watch the footage of him playing the acoustic 12 string, he has two tries at a blues. The first is unconnected and meandering and self conscious, the second is connected an sublime. I think he could just connect at will and let it flow and that's when the magic happened.
Great vid, Andy. Been a big Hendrix fan for a long time. Loved this vid. You could do a Hendrix live album review too. Great stuff, really informative.
I put Electric Ladyland #1. But yes, AYE was like a bomb bursting. Cry of Love stood almost as tall for me as the first three. I may be old, but I did see the original Experience with Mitch and Noel. And Cream. So there. I give you a lot of credit for recognizing how monumentally important Jimi is. But, you're still wrong about Astral Weeks.
Love your shirt Andy🤩
The tracks on Crash Landing and most of Midnight Lightning are available in their original form with the original musicians spread across the official releases such as the purple box set, the 'West Coast Seattle Boy' box set, 'Valleys of Neptune', 'South Saturn Delta' and others.
I saw Jimi with Billy and Mitch in 1970. He literally glowed from the inside. Pretty good guitar player.
The doctor on duty when Jimi was brought into hospital was Bob Brown, future leader of the Australian Greens political party.
Outstanding video, Andy. Thank you for putting the work in and sharing it.
There are some bootlegs that have some of the Crash Landing and Midnight Lighting with the original sidemen-usually Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell! 😃
A few corrections: Alan Douglas wasn't involved with Cry of Love through War Heroes. He took over after Mike Jeffrey died in 1973. Cry of Love came out months after Jimi's death, not a few weeks. Jimi made a ton of recordings throughout 1969. There was a load of stuff recorded in February at Oylmpic studios while the Experience were rehearsing for the Royal Albert Hall show. Then there's a smattering of tracks recorded in the spring (Midnight, Trashman, several versions of Hear My Train A Comin); then there were numerous Record Plant sessions with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles along with the Larry Young jam recorded in the spring and summer before the band that played Woodstock was formed. Then there were another string of Record Plant sessions in late 69 and early 70 with the Band of Gypsys. Seek out the CD titles 'Burning Desire' and 'Hear My Music' to start with. A lot of the 1969 material is on those along with the release titled 'Valleys of Neptune'. Then there's the box sets....
I really enjoy the posthumous studio albums that Experience Hendrix put out such as South Saturn, Valleys, People Hell Angels, Both Sides of Sky and also the Dagger Studio albums. I agree with you despite the controversy Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning albums are excellent
Hi Andy, I enjoy your top 10 lists. I used to collect everything to do with Jimi and have a vast collection of live gigs etc. Like you I also have a large collection of music covering most genres. For example I have about 20 hours of live Mahavishnu Orchestra, the original 5 piece. Unbelievable music, nothing like it! I don't know where you live but if you're interested in a day of listening to great music - I know I have stuff that will blow your mind - then you have an invite to come over for the day. I live in Retford, North Nottinghamshire - land of Robin Hood!. You can see me bringing Jimi's dad out on to the stage at my Jimi Hendrix Convention on UA-cam. Just type that into UA-cam and I also have a Facebook group called the same. Anyway let me know what you think.
One of my favourite artists and a huge influence into my music too. 🎶
Andy. Many of those posthumous trace back to 1967 (Look Over Yonder; original Angel), 1968 (My Friend, Somewhere, Peace in Mississippi) and 1969 (Gypsy Boy, Trash Man, Midnight, Room Full Of Mirrors, Crash Landing), etc
cheers - my favorite so far.
I especially like the way you contrast the British scene with the American scene.
Being your age, I also had to find out via books that Hendrix, an American, found commercial success in Britain and Europe before he found it in The U.S.A.
Which brings me to a question: was The Monterey Pop Festival not a big deal in The U.K.? Because I believe The Hendrix Experience Monterey Pop Festival performance is what broke Hendrix in his native country. I believe " Are You Experienced " was released in The U.S. in January of 1967. I dont know how well it or the first singles were selling in The States before Hendrixs' Monterey Pop performance.
You mentioned that most of the film footage of Hendrix is from 1969. The 1967 footage of Hendrix at Monterey may very well be the best recorded performance of anyone ever.
Also, " A Film About Jimi Hendrix " and its soundtrack were very popular amongst my friends.
Thanks Andy, very ambitious effort, very clarifying
Fantastic video - I love all kinds of musical genres, but no other artist gives me the deep feels like Jimi Hendrix - both on a gutteral and also spiritual level. He's taking up all these musical elements, and all his imagination, all his heart and soul and just like an inspired impressionist visual artist feverishly moving paint round a canvas, splattering paint going off the edge or a surfer riding on top of all of his influences and experiences, living in the pure moment of elemental creation, beyond and between the "correct" notes, jimi was a total one off - His live version of "Villanova Junction" at Woodstock is for me untouchable ❤🎸
Great job on this tribute to Jimi's genius.
10:35 - I'd say the Beatles' output from 1965 - 1969 rivals Hendrix's output from 1966 - 1970.
It was Electric Ladyland for me which unfortunately was my first introduction to electric guitar and learning it. How do you appreciate other guitarists after 1968? They all fell short. I love that album start to finish.
- Did Jimi have a vision for his music when he arrived in London? Seemingly not. The plan was for him to front a soul review, complete with horns. But with no money, Chas Chandler reduced the band to a four-piece with keys. However after seeing what Cream were doing as a three-piece the keys were eliminated. 'Stone Free' was supposedly the first tune Jimi composed, doing so in response to the need for a B-side for the 'Hey Joe' single.
- As for his sound, I believe that two things shaped that. First, jamming with Cream at the London Regent Street Polytechnic (now Westminster University). That was likely the first time he'd played through a Marshall rig. Second, when he got his own Marshall setup and could generate howling feedback and surrealistic soundscapes. Initially he and Noel were using small Watkins amp for rehearsals. Prior to arriving in London Jimi likely used the equivalent of a Fender combo like, say, a Twin or smaller.
- Was he a great guitarist? Mitch Mitchell commented on this, noting that he didn't notice that so much as Jimi's ability to play a wide range of styles with proficiency and ease. "He could play anything," was his synopsis. I always thought that, as you suggest, Jimi's vision was the determining factor. He could play, yes, though Jeff Beck had the advantage there...though not the vision.
- The idea that the Beatles were so far ahead of everyone else overlooks the reality that the Who and the Beck-era Yardbirds were on par, even ahead in some senses. 'Over Under Sideways Down' and 'Shapes of Things' were SO far ahead of everyone else. Ditto 'Happenings 10 Years Time Ago'. The Beatles were certainly staying on top of matters, though it would be unfair and incorrect to suggest that they were the only progressively-minded group on the British scene.
- Though Mitch was a jazzer, his early career saw him playing pop and r&b. For the year prior to the Experience he was with Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames, a top London jazz / r&b combo. A key strength with his playing was his ability to get funky, as with the boogaloo beats in the likes of Little Miss Lover', 'Purple Haze' and 'Crosstown Traffic'. (BTW, Jon Hiseman followed Mitch in the Blue Flames. He also followed Ginger in the Graham Bond Organisation.)
- Noel originally showed up to audition for a guitar spot with the Animals. Chandler, who had just left that band, loaned him his big Gibson bass and offered him a gig. For an unemployed Welsh guitarist it was an offer he couldn't refuse. At the time Noel did have hair, though the 'big' came with perms as he, Mitch and Jimi went for the Dylan look. So no, Noel didn't get the gig because of his hair.
- Worth noting that the Experience's first few dates were opening for Johnny Hallyday in France. Mitch said that opening night was when he and Noel witnessed Jimi's showmanship for the first time. They had no idea, as in rehearsals he did nothing and there was never any talk of him going wild. (Worth noting that guitarist Mick Jones, later with Spooky Tooth and Foreigner was in Hallyday's band at that time.
- Chas Chandler was to Hendrix what Brian Epstein was to the Beatles. Once he quit things started to unravel. Even today the Hendrix estate suffers from abuse.
Cheers!
Great history…if you see Mitch in his earliest picture with Jimi (early Fall 1966), Mitch looks very much the R&B Mod. He has relatively short hair and a sharp suit that was probably from his times with Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames. Music, fashion and culture was moving fast in 1966 London. Mod, Blues Rave Up, Pop Art, early Psychedelia…all in one year.
@@drummer78 Yes, there was a dramatic culture shift between'63 and '65, then '65 to '67. Not only in music but in society, as the younger generation rejected their parents values, most notably their sartorial heritage. This was evident as bands shifted from suits (a very British look), to hipsters and mod patterned shirts before going all psychedelic for the summer of '67, a look driven by Cream and Hendrix, albeit inspired by the American West Coast music scene.
IMO, the Who and the Small Faves, the two 'mod' bands, were the trend motivators, musicially and fashion-wise. The Who in particular, what with Union Jack jackets and target t-shirts. It was an exciting time, for sure.
Good stuff. Jimi is the man.
I recently ranked my 20 Jimi Hendrix albums. My ranking Included an unboxing of the 8 album boxed set with the velvet cover that was produced in 2020 that had never had the shrink wrapped removed. (celebrating my reaching 1000 Subscribers) To my OG of Are you Experienced. I've always ranked Jimi Hendrix as my #1 Rock God. The Hendrix family continues to release live recordings and recordings from the studio often alternate versions of songs on other albums. I haven't kept up with all the releases but will keep at it.
My all-star band would be Hendrix, Parker, Paganini, Mozart, Mingus and Cobham.
(Drums is the toughest pick. Seeing Billy with Mahavishnu just resonates.)
Proper music fan.
Excellent.
I remember when I first heard Voodo Chile I couldn't believe a guitar could sound like that.
Still hard to believe brother. Oh, and what sounds better than that !? ❤
He was extraordinary and unprecedented. So much material in 4 years with no co writer, no arranger, no George Martin, and producer from Electric Ladyland. Stevie Wonder's golden run is the only comparison, although he had many great musicians play on his albums and doesn't approach Jimi's innovation.
Most of the musicians that played on Stevie's albums were guitarists, horn players and backing vocalists, though and there really aren't all that many tracks on his run from Music of My Mind to Songs in the Key of Life that feature those instruments. Some tracks have other drummers and actual bassists, but Stevie really did A LOT on his albums and I would say that if you married him with Jimi, you'd birth Prince.
Andy, if you had to accidentally drop 5 LPs, rendering one side of each scratched and unplayable, which albums from your collection would you sacrifice a side from and which side would you save (and why)?
eg Before You Tube was a thing, I dropped my copy of Meddle and side 2 was mercifully spared. I realised I was relieved about that, despite having to do without One of These Days.
That kind of thing.
Wonderful video, Andy. Sadly I have to agree with you, that Jimi's legacy is fading. I wish there could be a resurgence of his legacy
His estate caused much of the obscurity until recent times. Glad they woke up...
Loved the video, Andy. Jimi incorporates a very important place in the shrine of 20th century music gods. Huge service you've done here to the JH legacy. Super informative and I'm not embarrased to say that I do have albums I need to listen to after watching this. The Patreon chat got very busy around this subject. A lot of Hendrix was heard around the world thanks to you!
Great video Andy. As I said on your previous Hendrix video I used to have a few of these but unfortunately had a lot of vinyl nicked and only have the Radio One album on vinyl now. I originally had the first two albums as a double and was initially confused when you said Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary were on the first one. Those two were on the American version of the album not originally on the British release, they were eventually added to the cd of Are You Experienced. I've also got a 6 singles pack that collects his original singles and B sides. Rainbow Bridge has two of my favourite Hendrix tunes, the brilliant instrumental Pali Gap and Hey Baby. Totally agree about the film though, it's an awful mess but the dvd allows you to skip to the gig thakfully. I was so glad when RB was released on cd so I could replace the vinyl that was nicked. Alan Douglas as you say really squeezed every last drop from Jimi's legacy although there's some great stuff on Crash Landing especially Somewhere Over The Rainbow and Peace In Mississippi. I'm not sure though about his legacy fading amongst people nowadays though. I've met loads of kids who love Hendrix especially those into Rock music. He's almost a rite of passage for them and they're as astonished by his music as I was when I first heard him in the 70's.
Andy. HOLA .This was awesome . Beautiful deep dive into THE seminal figure of progressive Rock & truly jazz / Rock fusion.. Bravo!
Andy...awesome work. Now you need to look at and listen to the mountain of stuff that John McDermott and Eddie Kramer have collected and remastered from actual desk recordings including so many live shows. Eddie has told me that they are finding tapes once or twice a year still that are in attics, garages, etc of his work. Amazing.
Love the Astral Weeks Dylan bit at the end.
I don’t know what you got, but it gots me.
by Little Richard is the most famous Song Jimi Hendrix played on.
One of the best Songs of Little Richard.
The other important Gig Jimi held was with the Isley Brothers. That‘s when he influenced Teenage Ernie Isley, one of the Major Guitarplayer in the Footsteps of Jimi.
Spectacular effort Andy
Jimi has always been my favorite rock star. To me he embodies the sixties. Btw Astral weeks isn't so much a pile of crap as it is a mound of crap.
Agree with you that Mitch Mitchell was better than Ginger Baker. He could be jazzy (e.g. Tax Free and 1983) but he could also be funky (e.g. Little Miss Lover) and he could be heavy (e.g. the drum introduction to the live version of I don't Live Today featured on the Jimi Hendrix Concerts album). Plus you can actually hear him in a live setting (he's not all muffled like Ginger Baker). However, the best power trio of all time was obviously Tony Williams Lifetime! P.S. I hope you are going to do a top 10 of Hendrix's live albums next.
Went to double-check that I'm Too Sexy topped the U.S. pop charts (it did; the dance charts, too) only to discover that the song was stuck at number 2 in the U.K. for six weeks, never reaching the top thanks to Bryan Adams.
Jimi was so insecure about his voice he used to send everybody out of the studio and he would hide behind the baffles when he sang. When he heard the vocal playback on the song Electric Ladyland (have, you ever been) he heard himself singing beautifully and was surprised.
Mrs. Doubtfire?
Another great video Andy. However, I don't think nearly enough loathing was heaped upon Voodoo Soup and Alan Douglas. Though advertised as "his last album as Jimi intended", Voodoo Soup's ultimate track listing was decided upon by Douglas' then teenage daughter, to get a "younger point of view". Also, the drummer for The Knack replaced some of Mitch Mitchell's original drum tracks. That this was still happening in the '80's was outrageous! When fans complained, Douglas said in an interview something to the effect that Jimi's fans would buy Jimi farting on tape, and he'd rather burn the masters than release some of the things fans were asking for. That's the kind of thing we were dealing with.
Fortunately, Jimi's father successfully sued Douglas for breach of (a financially dubious) contract, and the family got the rights to Jimi's catalog back. Then Eddie Kramer reassembled First Rays of a New Rising Sun from a working song order Jimi had written down, so that stands as the closest thing to the way Jimi wanted his next album to be. Tracks that didn't make that list were compiled on South Saturn Delta.
Anyway, thanks for all the knowledge.
By Electric Ladyland Hendrix had out grown his backing band. They could not keep up with him. He needed better backing musicians.......one of the things that makes me saddest.
Tearing up there a bit, Professor. Everytime I hear Machine Gun I cry like a baby.
Without art we are truly dead, there’s nothing left 😢
If you don't count the posthumous ones, I think there's only 3. Oops, 4 with Band of Gypsys.
I go deeply into this, its a long video
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I'll prepare my meal ahead of time like it's sabbath.
I was fortunate enough to acquire that Aid album box set add an an estate sale it had never been opened and I picked it up for 20 bucks one of my great finds and I believe it's the only authorized collection of Hendrix songs by the family
i can agree to a point , but the beatles will always reign supreme , with jimi second
I've thought of this many times...if Hendrix was around up until now...he would have faded a lot...exactly like Clapton.
BTW the 80s Clapton is absolutely awesome....and Steve Ferrone on drums on 24 Nights - is just absolute perfection ❤
A recurring theme is the parasitic nature of music management and labels.
They even managed to end the career of XTC, one of the most prolific and creative bands, in its tracks.
Coronation street
Electric Ladyland at no 1 for me.
I think Jimi would have gone from strength to strength had he lived. He died just prior to progressive rock and jazz fusion taking off. I can see him taking influence from and simultaneously influencing both of those classifications. Later in the 80s he would have been heralded as the godfather of shredders and heavy metal, as well as more blues oriented guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan. I really can see him working with Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai. He was probably the biggest loss ever in rock due to what he had left in the tank, which was unlimited.
Jimi's gram was Cherokee.
jimi wrote the sublime "cherokee mist" for his grandmother.
@@donkeyshot8472 - I will check it out, thank you.
Machine Gun.
On vinyl or original CDs unless otherwise (Grundman remasters of originals are good) -
The 3 studio albums (English version of Are You Experienced)
Smash Hits compilation
Band of Gypsys
Woodstock Soundtrack
Cry of Love (Grundman remaster)
Rainbow Bridge (Grundman remaster)
War Heroes
Nine to the Universe
Blues
South Saturn Delta
First rays of the New Rising Sun (Grundman remaster)
Hendrix in the West
The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (a tad too much reverb added)
Live at Winterland
Radio One
Live Monterey
Live Berkley
Expanded Winterland
Expanded Band of Gypsys
Live Albert Hall
Can do without the rest of the studio dredge and a lot of the released live stuff - Isle of White is terrible, Atlanta poor, Woodstock is generally poor and annoying although the last few tracks are worth a listen. Something off about Maui that I don't like. Some other released live stuff is OK but kinda wont listen again.
There are bootlegs of other live performances throughout his career where you can tell they on fire, dunno if AI will be able to make any of them listenable in the future...
The first time I heard " Ziggy Stardust ", I thought Bowie had written a tribute to Hendrix;
" now Jimi played guitar /
jamming good with Weird and Gilly / and The Spiders From Mars / he played it left hand / but he made it too far / he took it all too far / but, man, could he play guitar! "
I have always thought Hendrix was the “coolest” person of at least the 20th century. And an absolute genius in his music and guitar playing. But, I’ve found few who lived through his arrival and short career don’t really get it. I was young but old enough to have been directly influenced by him. He was a big jump forward but also fit in to his times.
So...2 apocraphyl stories and I can't vouch for either:
1) Jimi was first and foremost an artist. I read a book where kids who were in elementary school with him recalled his love for 50's science fiction movies. To give him a creative outlet his teacher let him paint a science fiction mural around the entire classroom. This is years before he picked up a guitar.
2) The final mix of Axis was done in one marathon session due to the fact that Jimi left the ORIGINAL master tape in the back seat of a cab after they had spent days mixing the first one. That one may have been tossed in the bin by the cabbie at the end of his shift(?). Oh to hear that one!!!
Andy you did a wonderful job on this ranking. As a long-time Hendrix fan (bought Are You experienced when I was fifteen when it first came out). Such a good tribute him.....many thanks.
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I love Jimi ! This so good Andy. Jimi is still very underrepresented and I applaud this deep dive into a genius. Calling this an album ranking is really an insufficient description.
Band of Gypsy's is my favorite too! So funky and the crying/singing of his guitar on Machine Gun? The wild shapes and sounds of Who Knows? Killer!!!
Jimi is THE BIG BANG of modern music.
Great story about Jimi and Joni Mitchell were both playing in Ottawa and after Jimi's show he went to Joni's show and recorded her and they partied till dawn .
Was lucky enough to see him live at the Fillmore East here in NYC New Years Eve with his Band of Gypsies. Unfortunately I saw the early show which was somewhat disjoined and lacked spark, I remember Bill Graham actually coming out on stage at one point and saying something like Come on guys, get it together! Anyone out there to corroborate this? The late show was much better
Remember the day he died like it was yesterday. I walked over to Washington Square Park, sat on a bench, and cried.
For the record, as of today, my all time favorite track of his is Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) off the CD First Rays of the New Rising Sun, a CD issued posthumously. There are many versions of this song on UA-cam--it's the one lasting 6:06 with his asking "Is the microphone on?")
Jimi remains one of my 3 all time favorite musicians, along with Thelonious Monk and Bob Marley.
Bill literally told Jimi to "stop clowning around and just play", which he did. Bill Graham could not be b.s.'d. Jimi was murdered by Mike Jeffrey, his manager, for the 2 million in insurance (18 mil today) - on my 16th birthday.
@@dennismason3740 Thank you! You're the first one to corroborate this, I thought I might have been hallucinating all these years.
@@dennismason3740 from what I had heard and read (if I recall correctly kathy etchingham and others) the actual insurance sum was a fairly meagre $100`000 (one hundred thousand); or $1 million in today`s money. also, german groupie monika dannemann acted as a decoy to get hendrix to the hotel where he was to be executed. only weeks before having to appear as a witness in the 1996 retrial, dannemann conveniently killed herself. at the time, she was married to former scorpions guitarist uli jon roth: if anybody wants to know what really happened on that fateful night in september 1970, you`d have to ask him...
@@dennismason3740 I read in one of the biographies(which?) that someone surreptitiously slipped hendrix acid before the first show. jimi however preferred highs "of his own choosing" and so proceeded to fool around; until bill graham intervened. the acid itself had worn off by the late show.
@@donkeyshot8472 - you deserve to see Jimi, live. Please take your Mike Jeffery (sp?) data to Belly Button Window (YT channel). They deserve all of the corroboration on this for their impeccable work. I have been doing my damndest to get the real story out. Apparently we use different sources - most of mine were from decades ago. That "choked on vomit" b.s. has got to go. For a few months there was a British documentary in YT, made in the 90s?, that actually showed the coroner's report (coroner had died by then) with the phrase "red wine in lungs" was not-so-clearly written but legible. The doc makers interviewed the folk (not the roadie who wrote the book) who wouldn't lie about Jimi's death as they had zero stake in it (like the ambulance emt's).
You always fail to mention the influence of the hard blues guys from Chicago and their influence on rock. Muddy, Wolf etc, and their guitarists. Much more so than Louis Jordans. Have you ever really listened to Muddy’s guys or Sumlin? I sure as hell Chuck did. What studio did Berry record in? Why Chess yep you are correct! Man, don’t strain to see the obvious when it is right there in front of you. Unless of course. Granted Charles was from St Louis.
Hendrix seemed to be heading toward more traditional blues in this latest recording.
I think he would have become more conventional.
Jeff Beck is one of the ONLY major rock/blues musicians who continued to explore new avenues in his playing and music over the years.
"The one man Beatles"...Brilliant assessment. Love it. 👍
Mitch Mitchell has always been my favorite drummer. Only Kieth Moon in my mind had similar imagination and innovation.
Brilliant analysis and spot on with the order of merit. Electric Ladyland is a more “complete” album but Are You Experienced was cutting edge like Court of the Crimson King and Freak Out. I was at the Hendrix concert at the Albert Hall circa 1969 and you are right - Clapton Bruce and Baker were all in the audience (in a box). What a concert with Soft Machine and Traffic. One small correction - it’s Louis Armstrong not Lewis Armstrong. Oh…..and Astral Weeks is one of the best albums of all time!
My older sister handed 15 year old me the Are You Experienced album in 1969 and I said WTF is this??? Then I listened to it and was blown away
Hendrix fans are still waiting for the official release of Jimi's legendary 1969 Royal Albert hall concert although it is available as a low quality bootleg. His Copenhagen 9/ 3 / 70 is another stellar show but was never properly professionally or officially recorded. Hendrix added two additional guitar effects somewhere in 1969 that he didn't have in 67, 68 . He was a more accomplished guitar innovator by 1970 but drugs and the stress of contractual obligations were negatively affecting his guitar craftsmanship. The Experience played a remarkable Paris concert in 1967 that makes the hair on my neck stand up which I feel was a little 3:48 better than the Monterey concert . Miami pop concert is also a crazy 1968 concert . One last note . Miles Davis attended both Louis Armstrong's and Jimi Hendrix's funeral . Miles favourite Hendrix song was Machine Gun.
I believe Hendrix wanted Redding out anyway. Redding had said so much in an interview, and Hendrix referred to him as "old Jellyfish" in at least one song, and "Bob Dylan's grandma" once live. Redding was a very good songwriter and solid guitar player, but I much prefer Cox's bass playing.
I think Redding in the end didn't really fit in musically. If you take the two songs of his that made it to the studio albums they are just horrible hippy pop tunes. I always skip them as fast as possible. That said, there are some live recordings and jams where his playing is very good. His chord playing on the classic Red House recording I also really like (or was it someone else?).
I respect all of your opinions.... But I just can't listen to Hendrix. The Late Sixties music is just too noisy and messy for my ears. '69 ITCOTCK and Abbey Road. Yes. I go for '70-'75-and '76 to '82 after that. After that. No Go at all except for Country Music until about'95.
That was an excellent show, Andy. I listened to Are You Experienced right after and it is an astonishing album.
I love his tune “ Hear my Train Coming.” It’s almost equivalent to Redding’s Sittin on the Top of the Bay. I gotta say with exception to the Miles Davis estate, Hendrix posthumous catalogue has done well for his legacy. I wish Jaco Pastorius estate could produce half as much as the Hendrix estate. I’m going with the Band of Gypsys. Mainly because you got the greatest guitarist on earth (at that time) fusing R&B with Rock n Roll. They would release the other shows from the Fillmore posthumously of course.
Loved your top ten Jimi from a week or so ago. The list was pretty much identical to my brain’s unpublished list! I might have stuck Manic Depression on there. And Little Wing, which started my obsession with Curtis Mayfield. Or was it Wind Cries Mary? Etc. etc. I could keep going, obviously. Thanks man
ANDY. THE JAM ON 9 TO THE UNIVERSE WITH LARRY YOUNG WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO EMERGENCY!!!
When I was about 13, I had gotten into Jimi Hendrix when I heard All Along the Watchtower played over and over at my cousin's house. So on my 14th birthday, I asked my mom to pick me up a Jimi Hendrix tape from the store, and I told her to make sure it had Watchtower on it. She happily obliged, and she brought me Band of Gypsy's on cassette. I was so initially bummed when I looked at it and it didn't have Watchtower on it, and it was live. But after listening to this album a few times, I realized it was the most brilliant improv live performance EVER, and I was listening to pure heaven in my ears. To this day, I have no idea if my Mom did it intentionally. I know she really knows classic rock really well. But after listening to that album, you reallize that it puts anything his first band did completely to shame.
We all have our own taste, but I have a hard time thinking ANYTHING puts his first 3 albums to shame. All three are absolutely brilliant.
you may know that " Band Of Gypsies II " was released, an album of material from the same concert that didn't make it to part one.
And now, all the concerts from the New Years 1969 - 70 shows that gave us " Band Of Gypsies " is available in a multitude cd set, titled something like " The Rainbow Children ".
Allegedly, Hendrix didn't want Reprise Records to release the Band Of Gypsies album.
I loved this Andy. Thank you so much. I attempted to post a comment with a link in it but UA-cam doesn't seem to like that. I wanted to point you to a programme on BBC R4 called Everything But The Guitar. It explores all the other ways in which Jimi was groundbreaking other than as a guitarist. Check it out. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. Big love.
good video. however, being english as yourself Andy. I would have thought that discussing Are You Experienced using the tracklisting of the original Uk release would have been better. the US release you quoted from{and showed the cover of} had removed the songs Red House and Remember. replacing them with Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary and adding Purple Haze. all of which were stand alone singles in the uk. this is not a dig just an observation.
Good and important observation.
@@snowfiresunwind thank you
Jimi was my man. I was a huge fan. I saw him in concert in 1968. I think Electric Ladyland is his best album.
Cozy Powell's Dance with the Devil had the melody from Third Stone From The Sun in it too.
indeed, there it is!
Third Stone From The Sun was inspired by the Coronation Street theme!!
Exactly....Mitch was the best rock drummer of the 60s 😊
Of the live stuff, Hendrix in the West is my favourite. Love the 14 min version of Red House which is just sublime.
by far the best version of red house, ever.
Band Of Gypsys was made to fulfill a legal obligation(settle a lawsuit). The album Hendrix In The West was supposed to be a Jimi Hendrix Experience live album.
Good job on your ranking. I just want say growing up listening to each one of these albums as they come out. there’s six essential albums, Are You Experienced.Axis, Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, Cry of love, Rainbow, Bridge, and Band of Gypsies. if I advise a listener, you have to get all six of these records these are the essential Hendrix albums First Raise is an attempt to make a combination of Rainbow and Cry of Love and I don’t think it does very good job. It has other songs like Beginnings are just more of abrupt sound not essential .
Don't like your shirt much -- it is rather disturbing, actually -- but love the video and gave you a "like." Hope others will, too.
Will you consider bringing your talents in musical appreciation to assessing Tom Waits?
I have probably have owned 40 Hendrix albums and compact discs. A few bootlegs also. 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Great deep dive. Please consider ranking his live performances released. I have most on DVD. Love Jimi! In The West was my first Hendrix album and I still love that as well. Best versions of Lover Man and Red House, plus other cool stuff.
When you did Jimi Hendrix Ten Greatest Tunes and confessed you had never given the albums a proper listen, I was aghast. So now you've ALMOST done it, and with proper haste. Thank you. This is how I first heard them all (plus a 1969 concert from the 12th row). BUT, you still haven't given 'First Rays…' a proper listen? Fifth place is good and it probably shouldn't be different, but for your sake don't you really *need* to listen to what may be the closest thing to Jimi's final album?
Great catch on Nine to the Universe; it's an essential mess of an album that drove me to great lengths to get my hands on a good copy.
23.05 Agree. In some ways that’s why the ‘mainstream’ didn’t like him. He couldn’t be categorised easily. So they kind of gave up on him. He was like an exotic flower who played other worldly sounds. But I’ve enjoyed finding out his influences as an older fan. Like his signalling to anti war using guitar sounds like a machine. He was 3 dimensional in a 2 dimensional age. Moving colour in a society crawling slowly into our black white and grey working class lives.
The music is the most important thing. Less importantly, we forget that Prince and Lenny Kravitz only became hugely successful when they started imitating Mister James Marshall Hendrix.
The 'First Rays' comp is probably not what Jimi would have put out. It's simply compiled from those first 3 1970s lps, same mixes and all
Why do you think Mitch Mitchell's brand of "jazz drumming in rock" kind of seemed to be a evolutionary dead end?
You don't really hear Elvin Jones influence in "rock" after him.
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No one REALLY LIKES Astral Weeks Andy! Not even Van’s mother liked that album. The critics crossed their fingers when they wrote their reviews.
Chas Chandler discovered Jimi Hendrix in New York's Greenwich Village.
Ritchie Blackmore playing Renaissance Fair music is another example like Clapton and Collins
Not how my ranking of the Excellent Hendrix albums, would pan out, but thanks very much anyway.