THE '60s LIVE

Jimi Hendrix - Radio Station, Hamburg 1967 [no label 1CD] live in Studio 1, NDR Radiohouse, Hamburg, Germany, Mar 18 1967. 5 songs short. Ex FM stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - The VPRO Archive 1967 [no label 1CD] live Vitus Studio, Bussum, Holland, Nov 10 1967. Ex SBD. From TV source.

Jimi Hendrix - Black Devil [Great Dane] - Live Olympia, Paris Jan 29 1968

Jimi Hendrix - Woke Up This Morning & Found Myself Dead [no label 1CD] jam with Jim Morrison Mar 7 1968, New York. Ex SBD

Jimi Hendrix - It's Only A Paper Moon [Luna] - Live Fillmore East, NY, Mar 10 1968 [8] + Col Ballroom Aug 11 1968 [1] + San Jose Pop Fest May 25 1969 [1]

Jimi Hendrix - Cafe Au Go-Go [no label 2CD] live Mar 17 1968, New York. With Paul Butterfield, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Brooks, Herbie Rich and Buddy Miles. Gd SBD.

Jimi Hendrix & BB King - Generation Club 1968 [no label 2CD] live at Generation Club, New York, Apr 15 1968. Hendrix plays on 5 of 7 tracks. Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix & BB King - Generation Club 1968 [no label 1CD version] live at Generation Club, New York, Apr 15 1968. Hendrix plays on 5 of 7 tracks. Ex SBD. This version has been remastered and edited slightly to fit an 80min CD.

Jimi Hendrix - Miami Pop Festival 1968 [no label 1CD] live at Gulfstream Racetrack, Florida, May 18 1968. Two sources of the same show. Ex SBD stereo.

Jimi Hendrix & Dusty Springfield - It Must Be Dusty! 1968 [no label 1CD] three tracks from the Dusty TV show, June 5 1968 at Elstree Studio, England. Dusty and Jimi duet on Mockingbird. VG SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - The First Rays of The New Rising Sun [Living Legend] - Apartment demos 1968 [3] + Live in New York Nov '68 [3] + live in USA '67 [3] + live in USA '68 [4]

Jimi Hendrix - The Lost Winterland Tracks 1968 [no label 2CD] CD 1 live at Winterland, San Francisco, Oct 10 1968 [2nd show]. Ex SBD. CD 2 Winterland, Nov 10, 1968 [2nd show]. Ex SBD. Both discs are taken from the 4-CD set The Ultimate Live Collection.

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Complete Wimterland Collection [WKP 6CDs] CD1+2 live at Winterland, San Francisco, Oct 10 1968 [1st and 2nd show]. CD3+4 Oct 11 1968 1st and 2nd show plus extras live at Civic Opera House, Chicago, Feb 25 1968. CD5+6 Oct 12 1968 1st and 2nd show. Ex SBD stereo

On The Killing Floor - Jimi Hendrix [Swingin' Pig 2CD] - Live Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Jan 9 1969

Jimi Hendrix - Rockin' Rehearsals: Albert Hall 1969 [no label 1CD] fan bootleg of rare rehearsals at Royal Albert Hall, Feb 24 1969. Ex SBD. I believe this is newly discovered recordings.

Jimi Hendrix - Rockin' Rehearsals Bonus [no label 1CD] Tracks 1-4 are from Royal Albert Hall, Feb 24 1969. + bonus tracks. Ex SBD

Jimi Hendrix - He Was A Friend Of Ours [JP10 1CD] Live at Royal Albert Hall, Feb 24 1969. These are the rehearsals before the show. Ex SBD stereo

Listen To This Eric - Jimi Hendrix Experience [JH 2CD] - Live Royal Albert Hall. Feb 24 1969

Jimi Hendrix - Newport 1969 Pop Festival [Watchtower 3CD NO COVER ART only setlist] live at San Fernando Valley State College, Devonshire Downs, Northridge California. CD 1 live on June 20 1969 with the Experience. CD 2 & 3 live on June 22 1969 with Eric Burdon [inaudible], Tracy Nelson, Buddy Miles, Cornelius "Snooky" Flowers, Terry Clements, Brad Campbell [bs for Janis Joplin] and Lee Oskar. CD 2 & 3 are live jams. VG-EX SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - Denver Pop Festival [no label 1CD] Mile High Stadium, June 29 1969, last Experience show with Noel Redding. Ex audience.

Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Sun And The Rainbows Sessions [no label 1CD] sessions at Hit Factory, New York, Aug 20-26 1969. Some sources place these recordings at Jimi house in Shokan, New York. Mainly it's Jimi and Mitch Mitchell exploring "Villanova Junction"? Recorded on 4-track. The flute on the tape is actually unrelated to this session. Whoever recorded this forgot to erase the tape completely hence the presence of a flutist in a Hendrix session! Ex- SBD stereo but there's plenty of hiss.

Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Sun & Rainbows: Shokan - UPGRADE [no label 3CD Torrent: 75215] Shokan was the house Jimi Hendrix stayed in New York City. These sessions recorded there was in August 1969. This is an upgraded version of the 3 disc Jimi Hendrix "Shokan" set. What has been UPGRADED - the earlier torrent omitted the alt mixes included in the original set, those are present here.
- 3 tracks have been upgraded, they now come from a lower gen source
- this upgraded version is "authorized" (for lack of a better word), ie the upgrade was done by the original compiler of the set, and the ape-files are the ones originally circulated, no conversions from one file format to another have been done.
The following tracks have been upgraded:
Disc 1
Track 10 Sundance
Disc 3
Track 5 Instrumental Jam (JA3)
Track 6 Jams / Villanova Junction (JA4-5)

Lineage is not known but the tapes are of low generation, perhaps circa 2nd or 3rd gen. None of this material has ever been released officially. Ex SBD stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys Rehearsals [no labels 2CD Torrent: 64192] live in New York, December 18-19, 1969. "This is a collection of the remaining Baggy Sessions not commercially released. The sound quality is good, although the vocals are low in the mix." Ex SBD stereo with vocals from left speaker.

Jimi Hendrix - Fillmore East Dec 31 1969, 2nd Show [no label 2CD] 3 source merge tape made in 2004. Pt SBD, Pt audience. Live in New York. With Band of Gypsys.

THE '70s LIVE

Atlanta Special - Jimi Hendrix [Genuine Pig] - Live Atlanta Pop Festival, Apr 7 1970

Jimi Hendrix - Does Everybody Feel Alright:IMPROVED VERSION [JPIO 028/ Mar 17 2003 1CD Torrent #67879] live at St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 3, 1970. Master or 1st Gen - Digitally Restored * & Pitch corrected (-4,1% ) [* Right Channel discarded, songs EQ'd (some bass added), normalized (5% gain) & In-between-song Chats amplified]. GD AUD mono? Univibes review of tape and show: http://www.univibes.com/JimiPlaysStPaul.html

Jimi Hendrix - Oklahoma, 1970 [no label 1CD] live at University of Oklahoma, Norman, second show, May 8 1970 with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell. This show took place 4 days after the shootings at Ohio University that inspired Neil Young to write Ohio. Hendrix and band are on fire. GD+ AUD mono. Taped on reel to reel deck.

Jimi Hendrix - Protest Songs From Berkeley [Rattlesnake 3CDs] Two shows at Berkeley Community Centre May 30 1970 + 1CD of soundcheck. The Cry Of Love Tour. Excellent SBD.

Jimi Hendrix (w/ Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell) - New York Pop 1970 [no label 1CD Torrent: 68291] live at Randall's Island, New York Pop Festival, July 17, 1970. Ex- SBD stereo. Tk 6 is audience sourced. Tk 3 removed as it appears on official release Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection. This appears to be a direct copy of the same show from an earlier Bootcity torrent.

Jimi Hendrix - Randall's Island 1970 [no label 1CD Zomb 2932] live at Randall's Island, NYC, July 17, 1970. This is a thir13en Remaster. The master tape has been Eqed and hiss removed. Some prefer this clean version. Ex SBD stereo.

Last American Concert Vol 1 + 2 - Jimi Hendrix [Swingin' Pig] - Live Haleakala Crater, Maui Hawaii July 30, 1970 early + late show.

Rare Masters Series Vol 3 - Jimi Hendrix [Genuine Pig] - Live Haleakala Crater, Maui Hawaii July 30, 1970. Less three tracks from Swingin' Pig version

Jimi Hendrix - Last Visit To Sweden Vol 1 [WatchTower 2CD] live at Stora Scenen Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden, Aug 31, 1970. VG+ AUD? stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - Jimi's Last Visit To Sweden: Vol 2 [Watchtower 2CD] Live at Stora Scenen Liseberg, Liseberg Nojespark, Gotenburg, Sweden on Sept 1 1970. Ex AUD mono with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox.

Jimi Hendrix - Away From This Rainy Cloud [no label 1CD] live at Fehmarn, Germany Sept 6 1970. Jimi’s last show. Sourced, merged and compiled from three audience tapes of the show.

THE '60s STUDIO

Jimi Hendrix - Out of The Studio Vol 1 [no label 1CD] various demos from 1967 includes cover of Michel Polnareff's Ma Pouppee Qui Fait No. Ex SBD.

Out Of The Studio Vol 2 - Jimi Hendrix [Delane] - Sessions from Nov 2, Nov 24 1966, Feb 7, Feb 23 + Mar 29 1967 for first two albums.

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? Outtakes [no label 2CD] Mostly the same source as Out Of The Studio Vol 2.

The Sotheby Auction Tapes - Jimi Hendrix [Midnight Beat] - Studio sessions, acetates and two tracks live for BBC 1969.

Jimi Hendrix - The Sotheby Auction Tapes [no label 1CD] this is the Kathy Etchingham tapes auctioned at Sotheby Dec 22, 1981. Contains mostly Axi-Bold As Love mixes.

Jimi Hendrix - Sotheby Plus Masters [*no label 2CD] The famous Sotheby Tapes 1968 taken from the master reels. Ex SBD

Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love: The Sessions [no label 3CD] Fan compilation of the mono, stereo and alternate versions of all songs on this classic 1968 album. The mono tracks were taken from a vinyl LP, Reprise R-6281. The stereo tracks were taken from a CD, Reprise 6281-2. The alternate versions were sourced from the following CD sources - Lifelines, Loose Ends, The Jimi Hendrix Experience vinyl Box Set, Calling Long Distance, The Singles Album, South Saturn Delta vinyl and Studio Haze. Tape sources were also used. Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix/ Stephen Stills - Stills Basement May 21 1968 [1CD] jam session. Excellent sound.

Jimi Hendrix - The Alternate Electric Ladyland [Polyboy 1CD] 1968 demos, outtakes and rough mixes.

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Sessions: June-August 1968 (ATM 224-225 2CDR) ATM is a fan label that compiles and archives Hendrix's music. This is the first of more sets to come collecting all the sessions for Hendrix's 1968 album, Electric Ladyland. CD1 sessions on June 10 1968. CD2 sessions on June 14, June 29, Aug 12 and Aug 27 1968. Ex SBD stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - The Rumours Are True [no label 1CD] session with Richie Havens 1968 [2 tracks] + 3 studio sessions 68-70.

A Session - Jimi Hendrix & Traffic [Oh Boy] - Studio session from late '60s. No details

Jimi Hendrix - 34 Outtakes: Reel 4 [*no label 1CD] various outtakes from 1968-1970 taken from master reels. Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - 34 Outtakes: Reel 5 [*no label 2CD] these are outtakes and jams. CD 1 and 2 includes jam with Chris Wood of Traffic and one session from July 4, 1970 in Atlanta. All taken from master reels. Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - With Traffic [no label 1CD] fan compiled Traffic sessions [4tracks] + 2 Richie Havens jams. The Traffic sessions is listed as June 15, 1970 at Electric Lady Studios. Sourced from 1^st generation master tapes.

Jimi Hendrix - Sunrise / Sunset [no label 1CD] from 2^nd generation tapes of Gypsy Sun and Rainbows rehearsals Aug 20-26 1969 [4 jams]. + Dec 19 1969 record plant sessions [2 tracks]

Jimi Hendrix & Jack Bruce - Sunshine of Your Love [no label 1CD] Sessions with 9 jams including on Sunshine of Your Love Oct 16/17 1968.

Jimi Hendrix - Acoustic Demos & Poetry Recital: Home Recordings [no label 1CD Torrent: 65466] incomplete demos all previously unreleased. From 1968 to 1970 includes Drake Hotel April 1968; Jimi's apartment, NY, 1968 and Jimi's London flat in 1969 and Faye's Tape 1970. VG to Ex- home recordings.

Jimi Hendrix - The Things I Used To Do
One of the rarest Bootleg of Jimi, released in 1989 by Golden Memories. The sound-qualitiy is top. To hear are rehearsals in a Greenwich Village loft with jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. The Izabella Tracks recorded at the Record Plant. All tracks recorded in 1969. Engineering by Eddie Kramer. Recorded by Wally Heider, with the Mobile Unit. 1CD

Jimi Hendrix & John McLaughlin - Record Plant jams 1969 [no label 1CD] five untitled jams with Dave Holland and Buddy Miles on Mar 25 1969. McLaughlin is likely to be in only the first jam [almost half and hour long]. Ex SBD

Jimi Hendrix & Larry Young - Record Plant jams 1969 [no label 1CD] 6 untitled jams and four tracks with Hendrix, Young, Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell. The untitled jams are from a record exec. Mostly Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - Strate Ahead [fake Track Records 2CD] Recorded at Electric Ladyland, New York, Nov 1969 to Aug 1970. Said to be for a new album called Strate Ahead [aka First Rays Of The New Rising Sun]. These are alternate takes of what has been officially released. These recordings have been the source of Nine To The Universe, Cry Of Love, Crash Landing etc. Ex SBD stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - Unsurpassed Masters (Studio Reels) [no label 5 CDs Torrent: 69003] 5 Hours 34 Minutes of studio sessions 1969-1970 taken from 1st or 2nd gen studio reels. "This particular set was put together by a Hendrix preservation group about 5 or 6 years ago." Ex SBD stereo.

The ‘70s STUDIO

Jimi Hendrix - A Sea of Forgotten Teardrops [1CD] sessions at Electric Ladyland June 25 and July 23 1970.

Jimi Hendrix - Here Comes The Sun 1970 [no label 1CD] Electric Lady Studios, New York, July 14 1970 + Record Plant sessions, New York, Aug 27 1968 with Fat Mattress. Ex SBD

Jimi Hendrix - Message From Nine To The Universe [no label 2CD] This is bootleg version of the official Nine To The Universe [37 m] but the tracks are complete and unedited [68.25 mins]. CD 2 is more studio outtakes. Ex SBD.

Jimi Hendrix - Talent & Feeling Vol 1&2 [EXR 2CD bootcity 20326, 3878] CD1 "Talent & Feeling Vol.1" is a nice collection of studio outtakes and demos. Some "Band Of Gypsys" material, "Cry Of Love songs" plus jams. A couple would end up in butchered form on Crash Landing. One of the highlights is blues jam "The Things I Used To Do", featuring Johnny Winter on slide guitar, Steven Stills on bass, and Dallas Taylor on drums. Another is "Peace In Mississippi". Some fierce and angry guitar playing there. "You And Me Blues" has appeared under the "Lord I Sing The Blues" title before, but here it is in more complete form. Jam With Piano And Trumpet is another circa 1970. "Little Drummer Boy" has appeared on many CDs too. It's the BOG rehearsal version with choir added after 1970." CD 2 is the raw studio sessions that later became the Crash Landing album. Mostly Ex SBD stereo.

Jimi Hendrix - Freak Out Blues [no label 1CD bootcity Torrent 20366] "Freak Out Blues features jams mostly with the Band Of Gypsys lineup, though there are a couple of Electric Ladyland demos, and solo stuff as well. Starting with an small sound byte by Jimi, explaining what his new album (Axis:Bold As Love) is all about, it then goes into a solo version of Midnight Lightning that is similiar to the one on South Saturn Delta. Voodoo Chile, an outtake from Electric Ladyland, is the version found on the Blues CD; Rainy Day Try Out is an early version of another Electric Ladyland tune; Red House, another track from the Blues and the Variations On A Theme CDs, is here in its complete form; Bleeding Heart is Jimi solo, no vocals, on what sounds like some of the backing guitar that would end up on the War Heroes track of the same name. After that, the CD goes into a number of jams featuring the Band Of Gypsys lineup, including the full (minus Jimi explaining to Buddy how he wants the song to start) Blue Suede Shoes jam (originally found on Loose Ends,including the spoken comments by Jimi), and here called Police Blues." Ex SBD stereo.

COMPILATIONS

The Jimmy James Singles Collection (ATM 185-186 / 2001 / 2CDR) (Vinyl to CD-transfer of all Pre-Experience 45 rpm Singles recorded 1964-1966: Jimi Hendrix featured with Rosa Lee Brooks, The Isley Brothers, Don Covay & The Goodtimers, Little Richard, Curtis Knight, Curtis Knight & The Squires, Jayne Mansfield, Ray Sharpe with The King Curtis Orchestra, The Atlantic Sounds, The Icemen, Jimmy Norman, Lonnie Youngblood, Billy Lamont / Also includes related material with no Hendrix involvement) Compiled from Original 45 rpm Singles - Digitally Restored

Jimi Hendrix - European Scrapbook [no label 2CD] fan compilation of various radio and TV performances from 1966-67 in England, France, Sweden. Quality varies widely from poor to Ex.

Jimi Hendrix - Dante’s Inferno [Pink Poodle Music 1CD] - the Major Charles Washington Collection Vol 2. Various studio and live recordings 67-69.

Rainbow Bridge - Jimi Hendrix [no label] - official soundtrack, deleted. Collects studio sessions from '68 - '70

Jimi Hendrix - The Official Bootleg Album [Yellow Dog] 16 studio tracks in excellent quality.

Jimi Hendrix - Unsurpassed Studio Takes [Yellow Dog] 12 unreleased takes in excellent quality.

Jimi Hendrix - Black Gold [Midnight Beat 5CDs] Collection of studio rarities. A good primer. VG-EX.

Jimi Hendrix - The KPFA Tapes [no label 1CD] This is an Alan Douglas compilation that he gave to KPFA radio when he was compiling the Hendrix Blues album. There is a final track - Hendrix/Young jam which is not from the Alan Douglas compilation.

Jimi Hendrix - The Blues Project Outtakes [no label 1CD] sourced from Alan Douglas’ outtakes for the official Hendrix Blues CD.

Jimi Hendrix -Blues Outtakes [no label 2CD] stuff left out of the official Hendrix Blues CD. Ex studio

Jimi Hendrix - Soulful Sessions [no label 2CD] this collects the Message To Love, Valleys Of Neptune, Gypsy Sun & Rainbow, Machine Gun sessions from 1969-1970 from master tapes!

Jimi Hendrix - Lonely Avenue [no label 2CD] various Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys sessions from 69-70. Includes 7 takes of Who Knows.

Jimi Hendrix - Morning Symphony Ideas [Dagger 1CD] Official release on Experience Hendrix's sub label. NOT FOR TRADE

Jimi Hendrix - The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions [Dagger 1CD] official release on Experience Hendrix's sub label. NOT FOR TRADE

Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Music [Dagger 1CD] an official bootleg on the Dagger label which belongs to the Hendrix estate. These are studio recordings. Ex SBD stereo. NOT FOR TRADE.

BOX SETS

Mixdown Master Tapes - Jimi Hendrix [Dandelion 3CD] - Studio sessions from '67-'70

Jimi Hendrix - Box of Gypsys 6CD

Various - Tribute To Hendrix: Rehearsals & Concert [2CD]. Taken from a tree, this recent Hendrix tribute show took place Sept 7, 2002 in San Diego, California. The guitarists included Kenny Wayne Shepard, Tommy Shannon, Dave Navarro, Slash, Eric Gales, Mick Taylor and the bands Los Lobos and Living Color. An excellent audience recording.

1 Tori Amos

2 Beach Boys

3 Beatles + solo Beatles

4 David Bowie

5 Jackson Browne

6 CCR + John Fogerty

7 Eric Clapton

8 Elvis Costello

9 The Doors

10 Bob Dylan

11 The Eagles

12 Guns N' Roses

13 Jimi Hendrix

14 Elton John

15 Janis Joplin

16 Led Zeppelin

17 Van Morrison

18 Nirvana/ Foo Fighters/ Hole

19 Oasis

20 Pink Floyd

21 Iggy Pop

22 Elvis Presley

23 Queen

24 R.E.M.

25 The Replacements

26 The Rolling Stones

27 Smashing Pumpkins

28 Patti Smith

29 Bruce Springsteen

30 U2

31 Various Artists

32 Velvet Underground/ Lou Reed

33 The Who

34 Neil Young

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Jazzlist

John Coltrane

Miles Davis

DVDs