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Source: http://rockonvinyl.blogspot.com/search/label/Jimi%20Hendrix
Original archive name: Jimi Hendrix with Love & Stephen Stills - The Blue Thumb Acetate (1969-70).rar
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Jimi Hendrix with Love & Stephen Stills - The Blue Thumb Acetate (1969-70)
(US 1969-1970)
An acetate of Jimi at a 1970 session with Love, surfaced recently on Ebay (July 2009. Ending price: US $2,025) and is now in circulation among collectors.
The session took place at Olympic Studios in London (March 17th, 1970). The first track is an early mix of the track that opened the Love album "False Start". Jimi puts in some vocals on the two brief and raggedy takes of "Ezy Ryder". Finally there is a nice ten minute jam with all concerned where Jimi exchanges solos and riffs with Gary Rowles.
Invited by Love's Arthur Lee to contribute to his band's album, Hendrix returned to Olympic Studios, the recording facility where he had recorded Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love. Hendrix and percussionist Remi Kabaka joined Love in recording "The Everlasting First", which came out in December of 1970 as part of Love's False Start. The three musicians recorded sixteen takes of before a basic track met Lee's approval. Two clean, complete takes of Hendrix's own "Ezy Rider" followed next. Hendrix then took part in an extended instrumental jam session before departing.
Engineers: Keith Harwood, Jeremy Gee
Love is:
Arthur Lee - lead vocals / rhythm guitar
Gary Rowles - lead guitar
Frank Fayad - bass
George Suranovich - drums
with:
Jimi Hendrix - vocals / guitar
Remi Kabaka - percussion, drums on Loon
Lasisi Amao - percussionist and conga player on Loon
* There's some conflicting info regarding who played drums on which of these tracks; According to Gary Rowles, George Suranovich played drums on all tracks except "Loon", but according to Remi Kabaka, Suranovich only played drums on the 2 takes of "Ezy Rider", while he himself played drums on the other tracks, including the officially released version of "The Everlasting First".
There were 16 takes recorded of The Everlasting First, 2 takes recorded of Easy Rider and 1 take of Loon (an instrumental jam)
1 The Everlasting First - take 16
2 Easy Rider - take 1
3 Easy Rider - take 2
4 Loon
The Everlasting First written by Arthur Lee
The Everlasting First arranged by Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Lee
Easy Rider written by Jimi Hendrix.
For more details about these recordings, visit love.torbenskott.dk
Also included on this Bootleg are recordings that Jimi Hendrix made with Stephen Stills.
When Hendrix was forming his trio The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, his manager Chas Chandler reputedly contacted Stills’ manager to invite Stills to become the group’s bass player. But Stills’ manager was concerned that Stills’ friendship with Hendrix, and his admiration for Hendrix’s genius, might prompt him to take the job rather than continue with Buffalo Springfield. So he didn’t pass the message on. Within a year, though, both Stills and Hendrix were superstars in their own right. They continued to socialise and jam together informally until Hendrix’s untimely death in 1970.
A truly historic recording, "Old Times, Good Times" brought together the talents of both Stephen Stills and Jimi Hendrix, both at the height of their careers. Loosely based on the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man," the modified, minor-ninth chord melody works well in contrast to the spiraling chorus turnaround, which allows Hendrix and Stills to trade leads on guitar and organ, respectively. The lyrics are a pure and effective autobiographical statement, where Stills traces his musical progression from his childhood in the South to New York and finally California.
John McDermott, one of the archivists and overseers of Jimi Hendrix's recordings, has confirmed that an album of tracks featuring Stephen Stills and Hendrix is being readied for release.
McDermott confirmed to MusicRadar: "Stephen has been working with Experience Hendrix to compile an album's worth of sessions recorded with Jimi Hendrix during 1969 and 1970." McDermott says he is acting as a co-producer on the collection, but no further details are being released yet.
Previous sessions involving the two guitarists have emerged before – notably the Stills' Basement bootlegs - but the authenticity of some of those tracks has been questioned. One track featuring Hendrix on guitar, from 1970 - Old Times, Good Times – appeared on Stills' self-titled debut album of the same year, but it seems there is much more.
The most controversial track the two recorded together is called White Nigger (included here as a Bonus Track) – many versions of this song (originally recorded with Stills singing and Hendrix on guitar) have surfaced before, but there is dispute as to whether these existing bootlegs actually feature Hendrix or are later versions recorded by Stills in 1973 with a different guitarist.
A source close to the project told MusicRadar: "We have tapes in our archive - Jimi on guitar and bass - plus Stephen had some from his 1970 solo album that he wanted to finish, fix and mix. From a musical point of view, it's definitely Stephen with Jimi helping - as opposed to a joint collaboration. But it is still a very nice project."
Jimi jams on bass on the 18 minute "Live And Let Live" (in fact a jam around Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", with Steve Stills and John Sebastien on guitar and Buddy Miles on drums)
This jam session was organised and produced by Alan Douglas.
"Live And Let Live" Sessions, Record Plant, New York City, NY 30.09.69:
"Jam 1"; 4:37
"Jam 2"; 5:32 "
"Jam 3"; 8:04
"Woodstock" (1) [Instrumental rehearsal]; 3:42
"Woodstock" (2) [vocal rehearsal]; 2:53
"Woodstock" (3) [Take 1]; 5:26
- "Live And Let Live" Sessions; Tracks 7-9: Buddy Miles: drums / Duane
Hitchings: organ (mixed out) / John B.Sebastian?: guitar / Jimi Hendrix?:
bass (track 9) / Stephen Stills: guitar
- "Live And Let Live" Sessions; Tracks 10-12: Buddy Miles: drums / Jimi
Hendrix: bass / Stephen Stills: vocals & organ
I particular like this Bootleg as it contains some of the best Jam sessions that Hendrix put together with other artists and the sound quality is excellent. The rip provided here was taken from Vinyl at 160kps but don't be put off - the quality is still excellent. Full album artwork is provide - for both the original Blue Thumb Release with Love and a the later release with additional tracks featuring Stephen Stills included.
Track Listing
01 The Everlasting First
02 Ezy Ryder - take 1
03 Ezy Ryder - take 2
04 Loon
05 The Everlasting First (final version)
06 Old Times Good Times
07 Jam 1
08 Jam 2
09 Jam 3
10 Woodstock 1
11 Woodstock 2
12 Woodstock 3
13 White Nigger (Bonus track)
Blue Thumb Acetate Link (65Mb)
Original archive name: Jimi Hendrix with Love & Stephen Stills - The Blue Thumb Acetate (1969-70).rar
mp3
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Jimi Hendrix with Love & Stephen Stills - The Blue Thumb Acetate (1969-70)
(US 1969-1970)
An acetate of Jimi at a 1970 session with Love, surfaced recently on Ebay (July 2009. Ending price: US $2,025) and is now in circulation among collectors.
The session took place at Olympic Studios in London (March 17th, 1970). The first track is an early mix of the track that opened the Love album "False Start". Jimi puts in some vocals on the two brief and raggedy takes of "Ezy Ryder". Finally there is a nice ten minute jam with all concerned where Jimi exchanges solos and riffs with Gary Rowles.
Invited by Love's Arthur Lee to contribute to his band's album, Hendrix returned to Olympic Studios, the recording facility where he had recorded Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love. Hendrix and percussionist Remi Kabaka joined Love in recording "The Everlasting First", which came out in December of 1970 as part of Love's False Start. The three musicians recorded sixteen takes of before a basic track met Lee's approval. Two clean, complete takes of Hendrix's own "Ezy Rider" followed next. Hendrix then took part in an extended instrumental jam session before departing.
Engineers: Keith Harwood, Jeremy Gee
Love is:
Arthur Lee - lead vocals / rhythm guitar
Gary Rowles - lead guitar
Frank Fayad - bass
George Suranovich - drums
with:
Jimi Hendrix - vocals / guitar
Remi Kabaka - percussion, drums on Loon
Lasisi Amao - percussionist and conga player on Loon
* There's some conflicting info regarding who played drums on which of these tracks; According to Gary Rowles, George Suranovich played drums on all tracks except "Loon", but according to Remi Kabaka, Suranovich only played drums on the 2 takes of "Ezy Rider", while he himself played drums on the other tracks, including the officially released version of "The Everlasting First".
There were 16 takes recorded of The Everlasting First, 2 takes recorded of Easy Rider and 1 take of Loon (an instrumental jam)
1 The Everlasting First - take 16
2 Easy Rider - take 1
3 Easy Rider - take 2
4 Loon
The Everlasting First written by Arthur Lee
The Everlasting First arranged by Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Lee
Easy Rider written by Jimi Hendrix.
For more details about these recordings, visit love.torbenskott.dk
Also included on this Bootleg are recordings that Jimi Hendrix made with Stephen Stills.
When Hendrix was forming his trio The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, his manager Chas Chandler reputedly contacted Stills’ manager to invite Stills to become the group’s bass player. But Stills’ manager was concerned that Stills’ friendship with Hendrix, and his admiration for Hendrix’s genius, might prompt him to take the job rather than continue with Buffalo Springfield. So he didn’t pass the message on. Within a year, though, both Stills and Hendrix were superstars in their own right. They continued to socialise and jam together informally until Hendrix’s untimely death in 1970.
A truly historic recording, "Old Times, Good Times" brought together the talents of both Stephen Stills and Jimi Hendrix, both at the height of their careers. Loosely based on the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man," the modified, minor-ninth chord melody works well in contrast to the spiraling chorus turnaround, which allows Hendrix and Stills to trade leads on guitar and organ, respectively. The lyrics are a pure and effective autobiographical statement, where Stills traces his musical progression from his childhood in the South to New York and finally California.
John McDermott, one of the archivists and overseers of Jimi Hendrix's recordings, has confirmed that an album of tracks featuring Stephen Stills and Hendrix is being readied for release.
McDermott confirmed to MusicRadar: "Stephen has been working with Experience Hendrix to compile an album's worth of sessions recorded with Jimi Hendrix during 1969 and 1970." McDermott says he is acting as a co-producer on the collection, but no further details are being released yet.
Previous sessions involving the two guitarists have emerged before – notably the Stills' Basement bootlegs - but the authenticity of some of those tracks has been questioned. One track featuring Hendrix on guitar, from 1970 - Old Times, Good Times – appeared on Stills' self-titled debut album of the same year, but it seems there is much more.
The most controversial track the two recorded together is called White Nigger (included here as a Bonus Track) – many versions of this song (originally recorded with Stills singing and Hendrix on guitar) have surfaced before, but there is dispute as to whether these existing bootlegs actually feature Hendrix or are later versions recorded by Stills in 1973 with a different guitarist.
A source close to the project told MusicRadar: "We have tapes in our archive - Jimi on guitar and bass - plus Stephen had some from his 1970 solo album that he wanted to finish, fix and mix. From a musical point of view, it's definitely Stephen with Jimi helping - as opposed to a joint collaboration. But it is still a very nice project."
Jimi jams on bass on the 18 minute "Live And Let Live" (in fact a jam around Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock", with Steve Stills and John Sebastien on guitar and Buddy Miles on drums)
This jam session was organised and produced by Alan Douglas.
"Live And Let Live" Sessions, Record Plant, New York City, NY 30.09.69:
"Jam 1"; 4:37
"Jam 2"; 5:32 "
"Jam 3"; 8:04
"Woodstock" (1) [Instrumental rehearsal]; 3:42
"Woodstock" (2) [vocal rehearsal]; 2:53
"Woodstock" (3) [Take 1]; 5:26
- "Live And Let Live" Sessions; Tracks 7-9: Buddy Miles: drums / Duane
Hitchings: organ (mixed out) / John B.Sebastian?: guitar / Jimi Hendrix?:
bass (track 9) / Stephen Stills: guitar
- "Live And Let Live" Sessions; Tracks 10-12: Buddy Miles: drums / Jimi
Hendrix: bass / Stephen Stills: vocals & organ
I particular like this Bootleg as it contains some of the best Jam sessions that Hendrix put together with other artists and the sound quality is excellent. The rip provided here was taken from Vinyl at 160kps but don't be put off - the quality is still excellent. Full album artwork is provide - for both the original Blue Thumb Release with Love and a the later release with additional tracks featuring Stephen Stills included.
Track Listing
01 The Everlasting First
02 Ezy Ryder - take 1
03 Ezy Ryder - take 2
04 Loon
05 The Everlasting First (final version)
06 Old Times Good Times
07 Jam 1
08 Jam 2
09 Jam 3
10 Woodstock 1
11 Woodstock 2
12 Woodstock 3
13 White Nigger (Bonus track)
Blue Thumb Acetate Link (65Mb)
Reviews
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/jimi-hendrix-and-stephen-stills-album-confirmed-163937Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Stills album confirmed
Rare tracks from 1969-70 due for release
Michael Leonard, Wed 9 Jul 2008, 10:04 am BST
John McDermott, one of the archivists and overseers of Jimi Hendrix's recordings, has confirmed that an album of tracks featuring Stephen Stills and Hendrix is being readied for release.
McDermott confirmed to MusicRadar: "Stephen has been working with Experience Hendrix to compile an album's worth of sessions recorded with Jimi Hendrix during 1969 and 1970." McDermott says he is acting as a co-producer on the collection, but no further details are being released yet.
Previous sessions involving the two guitarists have emerged before – notably the Stills' Basement bootlegs - but the authenticity of some of those tracks has been questioned. One track featuring Hendrix on guitar, from 1970 - Old Times, Good Times – appeared on Stills' self-titled debut album of the same year, but it seems there is much more.
White Nigger due for official release?
The most controversial track the two recorded together is called White Nigger – many versions of this song (originally recorded with Stills singing and Hendrix on guitar) have surfaced before, but there is dispute as to whether these existing bootlegs actually feature Hendrix or are later versions recorded by Stills in 1973 with a different guitarist.
A source close to the project told MusicRadar: "We have tapes in our archive - Jimi on guitar and bass - plus Stephen had some from his 1970 solo album that he wanted to finish, fix and mix. From a musical point of view, it's definitely Stephen with Jimi helping - as opposed to a joint collaboration. But it is still a very nice project."
Jimi Hendrix is still consistently voted the greatest guitarist of all time, so more unreleased Jimi tracks? What's not for guitar players to like?
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http://soundcloud.com/levi-magyar/stephen-stills-jimi-hendrix-1970-white-nigger-2008-remaster
Stephen Stills & Jimi Hendrix 1970 - White Nigger
Levi Magyar 32bit Remaster & Mix, March 2008
32bit Float 6144kBit/s 96000Hz
Size: 119 MB
The mix is like waves that are rolling over your head from different directions ...
I used the "Jimi Pass It On" source for this 32bit remaster.
The two stereo channels are remixed, balanced and high quality cleaned now. Vocals, snare drum and the bass in the mid/end part are more in the background. I dragged all guitars into the light and you can hear even the ride cymbal. Altogether more details and very close to how it was intended 1970 but it still is rough. I assume if this really was leaked, they've blemished it deliberately.
For some time, it has been speculated that Jimi Hendrix played on one more song with Stephen Stills when Stills was recording his self-titled debut album back in 1970. The song "White Nigger" has never been officially released. Subsequent sightings of the song was always the 1973 version with Manassas, not Hendrix.
Recently, the JPIO collective [Jimi Pass It On] released a nice collection of what may be fan remixes of Hendrix called Silver Blue To Bloody Red Vol. 2 which contained a version of "White Nigger". One fan David offered his thoughts on the Hendrix connection:
"I thought I'd just add a couple of words about the Silver Blue 2 collection...This set has one track which many of us have been looking out for years, and which I never expected to hear - the Stephen Stills song "White Nigger" with Jimi on guitar. I didn't have high hopes for this one - after all, 90 percent of boots claiming to be the Stills/Hendrix sessions are fakes in my experience, and the version of this track which has been circulating for a few years is definitely a 1973 re-recording by Stills with Manassas and has nothing at all to do with Hendrix.
However, the version on Silver Blue 2 sounds like it's the real McCoy! It's a bit of a mess, actually, because it sounds like someone has just transferred all the tracks from the multitrack recording without any attempt at mixing, so it has a couple of Stills lead vocals and a lot of guitar tracks, some of which are Stills himself but many of which are Jimi's. It sounds like Jimi was attempting multiple harmonised guitar overdubs like on a lot of the material he was recording in spring 1970. Basically, it's unmixed and messy, but it's fascinating and - I never expected to say this - I'm 95 percent certain it's the real thing."
David concludes that the track may have been found while Stills was looking inside his vaults for rarities to include in his upcoming boxset.
No guarantee that this is indeed the famed collaboration...Judge for yourself