HORNET'S NEST
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight mono, incomplete
(1) [S357]
P31) HORNET'S NEST / KNOCK YOURSELF OUT 2:26
T2) PRE-EXPERIENCE AND RELATED TRACKS PART 2 2:26
T23) THE OBSCURE SINGLES 2:25
T21) PRE-EXPERIENCE SINGLES 2:26
T27) CURTIS KNIGHT: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 2 - STUDIO 2:26
T28) THE JIMMY JAMES SINGLES COLLECTION 2:26
Note: edit at 1:46
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight mono, complete
(1) [S366]
P36) FLASHING (mono)
P42) GET THAT FEELING (mono) 3:42
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight stereo, complete, (b) &
(or) to the side (2) [S366]
P37) FLASHING 3:40
THAT SPECIAL SOUND 3:41
P38) DAY TRIPPER 3:42
P39) DAY TRIPPER / HORNETS NEST
P43) GET THAT FEELING
P51) IN MEMORIAM 3:42
P52) SOUL
P67) IN THE BEGINNING (Karussell/Polydor) 3:39
P71) THE WILD ONE 3:40
P73) JIMI HENDRIX IN NEW-YORK 3:39
P74) JIMI HENDRIX INSTRUMENTAL 3:40
P80) THE WILD ONE (Mercury) 3:42
P89) JIMI HENDRIX FEATURING CURTIS KNIGHT
half of JIMI HENDRIX (Disques Esperance) 3:40
P91) THE LEGENDARY JIMI HENDRIX 3:42
THE LEGENDARY JIMI HENDRIX - GET THAT FEELING
P93) STRANGE 3:41
(as HORNEST NEST)
part of GOLDEN BOOK
P117) STILL WITH US 3:38
P121) GUITAR GIANTS VOL. 2 3:40
P134) STRANGE THINGS (Showcase)
FLASHING (Jugodisk, Powderworks)
P135) HISTORIC HENDRIX 3:39
P139) 16 GREATEST CLASSICS 3:38
P140) STRANGE THINGS / CD
JIMI HENDRIX THE COLLECTION / CD
T9a) "SOUL" 3:43
T17) "HISTORIC HENDRIX" 3:39
T18) "EARLY INSTRUMENTALS" 3:43
Note: G says that [S357] "Hornet's Nest", rather than [S366] "Hornet's Nest", is
on HISTORIC
HENDRIX and 16 GREATEST CLASSICS
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight stereo, complete, but
(b) & (or) central (4) [S366]
P103) HORNETS NEST 3:40
P144) THE AUTHENTIC PPX STUDIO RECORDINGS VOL. 2: FLASHING / CD
3:39
P152) KNOCK YOURSELF OUT
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight stereo, complete (2
or 4) [S366]
P141) THE PSYCHEDELIC VOODOO CHILD / CD
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight alt. mix, no (or)
(3) [S396]
P112) HUSH NOW 3:39
(as LEVEL)
part of KASSETTE, a 10-LP box set
P117) STILL WITH US 3:39
(as LEVEL)
T15) “HUSH NOW” 3:41
T27) CURTIS KNIGHT: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 2 - STUDIO 3:42
(s, Studio 76, NYC) 10/65 - 12/65 with Curtis Knight (uncertain
version)
P86) MR. SOUL
P90) LOVE LOVE
P126) PSYCHEDELIA (Orbe)
P131) IN THE BEGINNING (Metronome)
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CURTIS KNIGHT & THE SQUIRES
Released in USA
Titles: Hornet's Nest / Knock Yourself Out - 7" single
Composers:
Hornet's Nest - (Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Simon)
Knock Yourself Out - (Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Simon)
Producer: Jerry Simon
Release date: 1966
Label: RSVP
Catalog number: RSVP 1124
The single was pressed by RCA, it can be dated by the matrix numbers, all pressings done in 1966 start with a "T", see http://www.45rpmrecords.com/date_rca.php
Exists in (at least) 2 different versions, same label design with different text:
1. Stock copy
(no picture available)
2. "D.J. Copy Not For Sale"
Matrix A:
TK4M--1468--1 R
Matrix B:
TK4M--1469--1 R
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Session 2
Three (or possibly four) instrumentals, although the band is called "Curtis Knight & the Squires" Curtis himself is nowhere to be heard. Hendrix is here pretty much in the leading role taking composing credits for the songs that are all basically guitar instrumentals showcasing his playing. Stylistically all 3 available tracks are almost exactly alike, and publishing contracts for three tracks from these sessions were signed on the 21st of June, all of which points to them having been recorded sometime in June 1966.
Hornet's Nest (aka Kato's Special)
Composers: Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Simon
Producer: Jerry Simon
Recorded at: Allegro Sound Studios, New York City
Engineer: Bruce Staple
Date: June 1966
Drums - Marion Booker
Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
Bass - Napoleon Anderson
Organ - Nathaniel Edmonds Sr. (aka Nate Edmonds)
Vocals (screaming) - unknown (all players?)
This instrumental was released in an edited form as the A-side of the RSVP 1124 single. The eBay RSVP reel auction in February 2005 listed this track with what was it's original working title "Kato's Special". One of the available mixes of this track includes the engineer Bruce Staples intro (he confirmed that it's his voice by listening to a sample) "Rolling - Kato's Special take 10 (or 2, hard to make this out)". Kato was a character in the radio (and later film & tv) series The Green Hornet which was first aired in 1936. The theme music of the show was an adaptation of "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. "Hornet's Nest" is not a straight cover of this, but certainly has been strongly influenced by the song. Jimi regularily included "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" as part of the guitar solo in "Lover Man" during his 1970 concerts, the inclusion might have more to do with The Green Hornet than Jimi's taste in classical music.
(Instrumental)