Experience - Jimi Hendrix [Vol.2]

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Experience: Jimi Hendrix [Vol.2] (Experience EXP 019 / 1996 / Hol / 1CD)
(Scene Club, New York City, NY 18.03.68 [Jam with Jim Morrison a.o.] plus Lonnie Youngblood material, Abtone Studios, New York City, NY 1966 [incl. Fake tracks with No Hendrix involvement] / Royal Albert Hall, London 24.02.69)
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3. "One channel" songs
- Nightlife
- Edda Mae
- Be My Baby
- Find Someone
- Everything You Get

These might be Lonnie Youngblood recordings, two tracks by him on the compilation CD "All Platinum Funk" released by Charly in 1995 sound very similar to "Nightlife". One of the tracks is called "You Got It", but it bears no resemblance to the fake track in the next category. But there's definitely no Hendrix, and "Nightlife" is one of the most obvious fakes in the whole repertoire as you can clearly hear that it was recorded in the 70s...

4. Miscalleneous songs
- Jimmy Norman: Gangster Of Love
- Billy LaMont: Young Generation
- Unknown: You Got It
- Gloria Barnes?: It's Gonna Take A Lot To Bring Me Back Baby [Gonna Take A Lot]

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Unknown: You got it (?)
Sounds like late 70s, definately no Hendrix involment on this.
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Released in USA
Titles: Soul food (That's a What I Like) / Goodbye, Bessie Mae - 7" single
Composers:
Soul food (That's a What I Like) - (Lonnie Youngblood, Hank Anderson)
Goodbye, Bessie Mae - (Lonnie Youngblood)
Producer: Lonnie Youngblood
Release date: 1967?
Label: Fairmount Records
Catalog number: F-1022
Matrix A: fairmount 1022-A J.A. (all hand written)
Matrix B: fairmount 1022-B J.A. (all hand written)

The versions with the striped label design were probably the first pressing of the single since there are less matrix markings (although the stripes-design seems to have been a replacement for the black & blue design). The stock & promo version are pressed with exactly the same plates, only the label design is different.
- Stock copy (blue & white stripes label)
- "D.J. Copy Not For Sale" (grey & white stripes label)

Stock copy side A

Stock copy side B

D.J. copy side A

D.J. copy side B



Released in USA
Titles: Soul food (That's a What I Like) / Goodbye, Bessie Mae - 7" single
Composers:
Soul food (That's a What I Like) - (Lonnie Youngblood, Hank Anderson)
Goodbye, Bessie Mae - (Lonnie Youngblood)
Producer: Lonnie Youngblood
Release date: 1967?
Label: Fairmount Records
Catalog number: F-1022
Matrix A: (triangle) 65768 fairmount 1022-A J.A. (circle)
Matrix B: (triangle) 65768 X fairmount 1022-B J.A. (circle with letters "MR" inside)

This release has identical matrix markings to the striped label releases, but with additions before and after the original matrix markings: a stamped circle, the numbers "65768" and a stamped circle with the letters "MR" on side B.

- Stock copy (blue & black label)
- "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" (blue & black label)

Side A

Side B

A side

B side
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"Go go shoes / Go go place" Fairmount F-1002 - 1966
"The grass (will always sing for you) / Wooly Bully" Fairmount F-1016 - 1966
"Soul food (That's a What I Like) / Goodbye, Bessie Mae" Fairmount F-1022 - 1967

Exactly when these tracks were recorded is unknown, but they are probably from around the same time as the other existing Brantley sessions tracks ie from sometime early 1966.

The label of the Billy LaMont "Sweet thang" -single gives J.Brantley as the Producer, so that is correct.It doesn't mention Lee Moses. I suspect he participated in the "post-production" of these tracks, that is the wiping and overdubbing part when they were prepared for release in the 70s on lps such as "Moods".

It's also been thought that the tracks were recorded in Philadelphia, the Fairmount label being based in that city. Lonnie Youngblood said in an interview published in Univibes issue #24, asked about whether these tracks were recorded in Philadelphia, that they were recorded in New York on 8-track at Abtone recording studios, Broadway between 55th and 56th [street] on the second floor.

It is likely that the songs weren't recorded with a contract for release already in hand, but instead completed first and then circulated around record companies to find someone interested in releasing them. The fact that Brantley produced songs appear at least on such labels as Maple, 20th Century Fox, Samar, Bran-T and Trip supports this theory, plus the fact that "Sweet thang" was only released some 2 years after it was recorded.

The engineers name seems correct too, as Abtone probably is a play on the engineers name "Abe", if this was a small studio the owner might well have been working as an engineer without much or any other staff employed.

But t hese same recording credits are also given for "fake", Billy LaMont, The Icemen & Jimmy Norman tracks, and songs that appeared on the Fairmount singles, which makes taking them seriously a bit hard. Obviously Brantley wouldn't have been too keen on giving accurate info about these recordings as he was trying to pass them along as something which they weren't, so the accuracy of any of the information given by him remains suspect. It's definately hard to believe that all these different songs would have been recorded during one day, but since there is no other information available there is no other option but to belive that at least some ofthem were recorded on the date & location given.

personnel
Musicians appearing on the tracks are usually given as:

Jimi Hendrix: guitar and vocals
Lonnie Youngblood: saxophone and vocals
Herman Hitson: guitar
Lee Moses: guitar

I find it very doubtful that Lee Moses or Herman Hitson play on any of these tracks. All confirmed information suggest that they are strongly connected to the fake songs instead, see that section for more information. Why they got credited on so many releases is a complete mystery. The actual musicians on these recordings that I know of consist of:

Jimi Hendrix: guitar and vocals
Lonnie Youngblood: saxophone and vocals
May Thomas: background vocals
Ace Hall: possibly bass on some tracks
Napoleon Anderson (aka Hank anderson): possibly bass on some tracks
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Goodbye, Bessie Mae
Composer: Lonnie Thomas (aka Lonnie Youngblood)
Recorded at: ?
Engineer: ?
Producer: Lonnie Youngblood
Date: 1966
Vocals: Lonnie Youngblood
Backing vocals: ?
Drums: ?
Bass: ?
Tambourine: ?
Piano: ?
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Horns: Lonnie Youngblood

Mix 1 (2.31)
Original single mix, in mono.
Available on: 7" Lonnie Youngblood: Soul food (That's a What I Like) / Goodbye, Bessie Mae (Fairmount Records F-1022).

Mix 2 (2.24)
Mono mix. Tambourine mixed up, backing vocals mixed out, shorter than the single version as it fades out c. 6 seconds earlier just as Youngblood starts to says "go ahead jimmy play the blues baby" and Hendrix goes into a solo.
Available on: Cd "The Early Years" (Classic Rock CDCD 1189)
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Lonnie Youngblood
"Go Go Shoes" / "Go Go Place" (Fairmont 1966)
"Soul Food (That's What I Like" / "Goodbye Bessie Mae" (Fairmont 1966)

This mid-tempo Lonnie Youngblood song features a funky stabbing rhythm from Jimmy. There's no solo but the initial flourish from Jimmy reminds me of a passage that he later used in "3 Little Bears" ! On the flip-side however, which is "Go Go Place", Lonnie asks the guitar player to do his thing and Jimmy finally puts in a little solo. Not much happenning for Jimmy on the other single however, apart from a breif solo on "Goodbye Bessie Mae".
The recordings that Hendrix made with his session mate Lonnie Youngblood have been heavily exploited over the years. Some "Hendrix" albums that appeared after Jimi's death featured these tracks (in remixed form) plus many other songs. However a court ruling in 1997 saw some albums withdrawn due to the absence of Hendrix involvement on most of the recordings ! The albums were "Moods", "Rare Hendrix" and "In The Beginning" and "Free Spirit" which also featured The Icemen's "She's A Fox". (see below).

Later in his career, once famous, Jimi met up again with Youngblood to jam and a glimpse of that appeared recently on the album "Martin Scorcese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix" - see Posthumous Studio Albums.
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2. New (Herman Hitson) songs
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Voice in the wind
|vocals, drums, bass, two lead guitars
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These tracks are all Herman Hitson recordings. According to Hitson himself (visit his website at www.atlantanorthernsoul.com) these tracks were recorded for an album that was to be called "Free Spirit". The tracks were produced by Johnny Brantley and Lee Moses, with Moses also sharing lead vocals on "Hey Leroy".

Other than that the guitar & vocals are all by Herman Hitson. He does say that Jimi had a "small part" in "some of the material", but it's unclear what that part was and on which tracks if any as Hitson might have been thinking of other sessions than this particular one. The songs were eventually released by Brantley as Hendrix recordings...

"Let me thrill your soul" is a jam based on "Come on (pt. 1)" released by Earl King. "Hey Leroy" is based on "Hey Leroy Your Mama's Callin'!" released by Jimmy Castor in december 1966 (Smash 2069) 7". "Something you got" is a cover of a song originally recorded by Chris Kenner and later also by Curtis Knight & the Squires.
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Session 2
"Sweet Thang" / "Wipe The Sweat" / "Keep The Faith, Baby" was cut at a different session. There are two different vocal takes with Youngblood singing and a third take with Jimi & Lonnie both on vocals, additionally the backing track was used for the following releases:

by Billy Lamont as "Sweet Thang"
by Lenny Howard as "Keep The Faith, Baby"
by George Scott as "Sweet Thang"

That's a total of 6 different vocals versions discovered (so far). This track also credits Youngblood as the composer.

My theory is that this track was meant to be used as a backing track for someone else right from the start. It's the only occasion pre-Hey Joe that Jimi sings during a studio session and can hardly be called a great debut, very likely the vocals were done by Lonnie & Jimi just as a bit of fun or to act as a guide for other artists and never meant for release.

Another point of interest is the publishing credits on the various 45 labels. They are as follows:

The Icemen on Samar: BOZART & ZIRA MUSIC INC. - BMI
Jimmy Norman on Samar: BOZART MUSIC, INC. BMI
Billy LaMont on 20th Century Fox: Cudda Pane Music, Inc. - BMI
Lenny Howard on Real George: Bozart Music, Inc.

A search in the BMI database for "Bozart" gives two results:
BOZART CUDDA-PANE
BOZART MUSIC INC
Both have the same registration number thus they are one and the same company.

For all the Lonnie Youngblood 45s on Fairmount the publishing company was Cameo-Parkway Pub. - Nujot Music Pub. Co. - BMI

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Wipe The Sweat
Composers: Lonnie Youngblood, Johnny Brantley, Billy LaMont?
Arranged by: T.Staff and Lonnie Youngblood?
Recorded at: Abtone recording studios, New York City, New York, USA ?
Engineer: Abe Steinberg ?
Producer: Johnny Brantley
Date: 10? June? 1966 ?
Vocals: Lonnie Youngblood
2nd vocal on take 3: Jimi Hendrix
Drums: ?
Bass: ?
Piano: ?
Lead guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Rhythm guitar on take 2: ? (later overdub)
Horns: Lonnie Youngblood

Three takes of "Wipe The Sweat" exist. The third one was used as the backing track for "Sweet Thang" and "Keep The Faith , Baby", of course with alternate lyrics.

Take 1 (2.47)
This take has a later rhythm guitar overdub, background horns have been mixed low. Extra sax. Mono and stereo versions.
Available on:
Stereo version - Cd "The Early Years" (Classic Rock CDCD 1189)
Mono version - Lp "For real!" (DJLMD 8011)

Take 2 (3.29)
Background horns have been wiped. Extra sax. Stereo version only.
Available on: Cd "The Early Years" (Classic Rock CDCD 1189)

Take 3 (2.44)
This is the same basic track used for "Keep The Faith , Baby". The mix is very different to the 45 versions, drums are more up, and together with lead guitar have heavy echo. Background horns are up in the mix. Jimi sings second lead. Mono version only.
Available on: Cd "Jimi Hendrix & The Lonnie Youngblood Band - Rare Hendrix" (Play Collection 10027-2)

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Girl So Fine
(John Wesley)
drums, bass, lead gtr (w/ phasing effect), rhythm gtr, 2nd rhythm gtr, organ
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Sweet Thang
Composers: Lonnie Youngblood, Johnny Brantley, Billy LaMont
Arranged by: T.Staff and Lonnie Youngblood
Recorded at: Abtone recording studios, New York City, New York, USA ?
Engineer: Abe Steinberg ?
Producer: Johnny Brantley
Date: 10? June? 1966?
Drums: ?
Bass: ?
Piano: ?
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Horns: Lonnie Youngblood

This track uses Take 3 of "Wipe The Sweat" as the backing track over which Billy laMont's & George C. Scott's vocals were overdubbed.

Mix 1 (2.22)
Vocals: Billy LaMont
In mono. Horns come in at c. 0.48. Fades 1-2 seconds earlier than mix 2, the big difference in time is probably down to the mastering speed.
Available on: 7" Billy LaMont: Sweet Thang (20th Century-Fox Records 45-6707).

Mix 2 (2.32)
Vocals: Billy LaMont
In mono and stereo. Horns come in at c. 0.08 and instrument balance is different.
Available on:
Stereo version - Cd "Before the experience" (Classic Popular CDCD 1172)
Mono version - Lp "For real!" (DJLMD 8011)

Mix 3 (2.32)
Vocals: George Scott
Backing vocals: unknown 1
Backing vocals: unknown 2
In stereo. Horns come in at c. 0.08.The backing track is basically the same as Take 3 of "Wipe The Sweat". The mix is very different but contains all the same instruments, the horns come in right at the start (unlike the Billy LaMont version where they come in much later) and both versions fade out at the same point. This version has the best quality of all the currently available versions, it's a very clear real stereo mix of the complete track. In addition to George C. Scott there are also two backing vocalists on this track.
Available on:
Stereo version - Lp "Find Someone To Love"(Maple 6008)
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You Say You Love Me [aka Freedom And You]
(John Wesley)
drums, bass, lead gtr, rhythm gtr, wiped vocals

John Wesley seems to be a pseudonym (or the real name?) of Johnny Brantley, a search in BMI brings exactly the same results for both names (and Johnny Brantley's name is given as "Brantley Johnny W").

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Herman Hitson
You are too much for the human heart (Lee Moses) / got that will (Herman Hitson) (Atco 6566) - 7"
Produced by Johnny Brantley, arranged by T.Staff

The fake "Human heart" is available in two versions, titled mostly either as "Human heart", "Let me go" or "Louisville". Both of these takes are versions of "You are too much for the human heart" composed by Lee Moses and recorded on 1 march 1968. The single is very rare, and quite popular in soul collecting circles. Originally released in 1968, it was re-issued in 2000 on a Kent -label compilation cd "Sanctified Soul" (CDKEND 180).

Both "fake" takes sound quite different to the single track, but the song is clearly the same, and on one of the takes faint vocals can be heard. The vocals are extremely low, but when you compare them to the single version you are able to match bits of the lyrics. The fake "Human heart" has a much slower tempo compared to the Hitson single, so it's a different take, not the 45 take with overdubs. Also, "From this day on" features congas very similar to "Yes you did" by Hitson.

At least three singles were released by Hitson involving Johnny Brantley and / or Lee Moses:

Herman Hitson
You are too much for the human heart (Lee Moses) /
I got that will (Herman Hitson) (Atco 6566) - 7"
Produced by Johnny Brantley, arranged by T.Staff

Herman Hitson
Yes you did (Marion Farmer, Edward Lewis, James Lewis) /
Better to have loved (Marion Farmer, Edward Lewis, James Lewis) (Minit 32072) - 7"
Produced by Johnny Brantley, arranged by T.Staff

Herman Hitson
Show some sign (Herman Hitson) / She's a bad girl (Bobby Fears, Lee Moses) (Minit 32096) - 7"
Produced by Johnny Brantley, arranged by Lee Moses