I wanna start exploring the music of Hendrix but I dont know where to start..he has a million cds out ..BUT I dont wanna start with his BEST albums..I wanna see his developement as an artist..for instance like with Prince...on "For You" he was crawling..on the "Prince" CD he begin to stand on one knee..on "Dirty Mind" he stood all the way up!! Then on "Controversy" he started to walk..then on "1999" he started speed walking...then from Purple Rain- Lovesexy, Prince was olypic sprinting..LOLOL

I kinda want to first hear the albums where he was finidng his niche and then build to the albums that were just awesome! I love to listen to albums and hear the artists growth and maturity from album to album...my co worker said something about the "Electric Ladyland" album...Please Help!

ps No greatest hits suggestions plz

start with are you experienced
then electric ladyland
then axis Bold as love ( my favorite Jimi album)
for the other stuff check out "the Jimi hendrix experience BBC sessions aka radio one"

there's a million boots out there as well

"high live n dirty" ( i dont recomend this one)
"woke up one morning and found myself dead" ( better version of High Live n dirty)
there was a 7'' called "Gloria" Jimi exclaims "her breath smelled like wet pussy"

there's "first rays of the new rising sun"
"South saturn delta"

i could go on and on but for now click this Http://www.experiencehendrix.com

I have to add ''Band of gypsies'', "The cry of love"" and "'Smash Hits"' (if not only for that fantastic version of Little wing)


DON'T buy ''Crash landing'' (instruments and vocals were added after his death)
or any ''early'' Hendrix (where he's just backing up another singer , tho' it's
got his name on it)
[Edited 10/16/04 12:06pm]

Dewrede said:

the cry of love doesnt even count, its a botched first rays

To me it's much better than ''First rays ..''

"Angel","Drifting","Belly button window" , "In from the storm" , "My friend" and "Straight ahead"are great songs to me , hell the whole album is great (apart from "Astro man" , maybe)
[Edited 10/16/04 12:36pm]

In terms of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, these are my basic essentials following a timeline.


Jimi Plays Monterey - June '67 (performance date)


Are You Experienced? - August '67


Axis: Bold As Love - January '68


Electric Ladyland - October '68


Live At Woodstock - August '69 (performance date)


Band Of Gypsys - December '69 (performance date)


Cry Of Love - '71 ?

Anyone want to fill in holes or add pre/post-Experience, have at it.

tA

Tribal Disorder

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theAudience said:

oh yeah i forgot u liked Cry of love

theAudience said:

Personnally, I would go this route....


...however I will add that "The Jimi Hendrix Expirience" (2000) box set is an excellent primer for the uninitiated...and because it contains alternate versions of songs on the albums,it wont become redundant after buying them...

Start off w/the Band Of Gypsys and work your way back to the hendrix experince

LoveAlive said:

That narrows it down specifically. Start with Are You Experienced, then Axis: Bold As Love, then Electric Ladyland, then his last recording Live At The Fillmore. The rest are odds and ends, concerts and outtakes. Some are obviously better than others, but his he only finished 3 studio albums during his life. The first four I mentioned are the first to be released. I might be mistaken about Live At The Fillmore, but the Band of Gypsys are his new band, and newer musical ground is undertaken.

Supernova said:

Only mistaken in that it wasnt his last...

But that's Ok cause it's always good to see you , Supernova!!

FYI- Both "Band Of Gypsys" and "Live At The Fillmore East" contain different peformances culled from those historic shows...in other words ,you'll need both....

MrTation said:

You're right! I get the Fillmore performance mixed up with Band of Gypsys all the time.

Dewrede said:

how can it be better than "first rays.."? i have both albums and "first rays" is infinitely better as it has all those songs and many other great ones as well!

I know this is slightly off topic, but this collection of outtakes:



contains the best version of " Power Of Soul" that I've ever heard, Much better than the one on"South Saturn Delta"...I don't understand why Kramer and co. did't use this version for official release,....

mrdespues said:

Obviously you don't know what you're talking about !
Check the tracklist !

Dewrede said:

in what sense?!!

it has all of those songs and more!

Sorry , i didn't know that it had a later , different release
The original album tracklist is :

Dolly dagger
Earth blues
Pali gap
Room full of mirrors
Star sprangled banner
Look over yonder
Hear my train a comin'
Hey baby


This is the tracklist for "Rainbow bridge" i mixed those 2 up , sorry again
[Edited 10/17/04 7:24am]

Dewrede said:

YEAH well you just watch yourself!

My take on this list:

Are You Experienced
Live @ Monterey
Axis: Bold As Love
Live @ Winterland
Electric Ladyland
Live @ Woodstock
First Rays of the new Rising Sun
Band Of Gypsys (if you're only going to get this, OR the fillmore show, get this one. i'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but fuck it, get band of gypsys)


anything on dagger records is highly recommended.

you can't easily get cry of love anymore anyway. dead issue.

yes, the box set is extraordinary.

the rainbow bridge album, as well as "hendrix in the west" both have some great stuff on them, i recommend those too.

one more: if you can find it, it's way out of print, but a box set called "stages" is excellent. it has one live show from each year 1967-1970. the studio albums only tell half the story; jimi thrived on stage.

Oops , i mixed up "Rainbow bridge" with "First rays.." , sorry for all the bullshit i posted before in this thread , concerning those albums


[Edited 10/16/04 23:22pm]

paligap said:

That's very interesting...the only other studio version Ive heard is the botched one on "Crash Landing".I thought Kramer had revised it for "South Southern Delta" , and that his was the only other attempt at completing the song...

I think to date my fave is the live one on "Band Of Gypsys"...but Im gonna have to try and track that one you mentioned down...

TheRealFiness said:

Yeah.
It's just that's how I personally "experienced" Hendrix in real time.

tA

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MrTation said:

Hey mates,

There's another decent version of Power Of Soul on The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions.



And even more so, the version of Message To Love.
(Very close to the Band of Gypsys performance...well it was the rehearsal)

A bit of comical commentary goes on between the players too.
Hendrix as comedian.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

im not saying its bad... but its just 1st rays all out of sequence and chopped up n shit.i guess for its time it was cool, yanno i aint gonna front i own it, but 1st rays is definately the one

TheRealFiness said:

I can dig it, he can dig it
She can dig it, we can dig it
They can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let's dig it
Can you dig it, baby

"I knew that you could."



tA

Tribal Disorder

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theAudience said:

why u gon' get all "friends of distinction on me" gonna have me "goin in circles and grazin in the grass

TheRealFiness said:

Well Check It Out 'cause I Really Hope You Do

tA

Tribal Disorder

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theAudience said:

theAudience said:

Oh, Snap! I forgot about that! from Experience Hendrix? Dagger records?

paligap said:

I forgot that one ,too...That one I DO have....Great versions of "Burning Desire" & "Hoochie CoochieMan" too....

It's one of the better sounding Dagger releases...