― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 18:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
Mitch Mitchell WAY over Buddy Miles!
― CretanBull (CretanBull), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Power of Soul""Third Stone from the Sun""Dolly Dagger""1983 (A Merman I Shall Be)""Manic Depression"
One of my favorite songwritahs evah!
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 21:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― thesplooge (thesplooge), Monday, 7 June 2004 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link
LP: Are You Experienced?, simply because it's got the best collection of songs (as opposed to "compositions" or "sonic experiments" or "mere riffs disguised as songs") the man ever wrote. (His other LPs had good songs too, just not as many as AYE?)
Song: "Machine Gun"
And I've never understood all the "Mitch Mitchell vs. Buddy Miles: Who Was Better?" handwringing debates myself. They were BOTH great, only different. People have their preferences, that's all. To say that Mitchell was flashier but Miles was funkier is a simplification but a reasonably accurate one. (FWIW, I prefer Mitchell.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Monday, 7 June 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Fillmore East is so fucking beautiful and sick
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 January 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
he comes out, congratulates the USC Trojans for winning their bowl game to which the audience gives some really weak applause, and then he just gets fucking revolutionary all night
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 January 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Room Full of Mirrors
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 7 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
"Voodoo Chile" -- the longer jam session version with Casady and Winwood
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 7 January 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
"Castles Made of Sand", followed closely by "Manic Depression", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", "Love or Confusion", "1983", "Wind Cries Mary"...
and that's not even any of the badass blues stuff he did
― Blah Sabbath (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 7 January 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
in some ways i think i'd go with "Bold As Love"
― Thug Luftwaffle (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 January 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
or fuck, maybe "Third Stone from the Sun"? I dunno.
xp What "badass blues stuff?" Recommend some to someone who's never really understood people's obsession with Hendrix.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 7 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
the 1994 release titled Blues springs to mind and it is really lovely indeed
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 7 January 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dolly Dagger!
― Turrican, Saturday, 7 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Recommend some to someone who's never really understood people's obsession with Hendrixhighly highly recommended - http://theheatwarps.tumblr.com/post/1129618708/saturday-will-mark-40-years-since-jimi-red-wined
― tylerw, Saturday, 7 January 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
not that it's badass blues stuff (at least not totally) but it is currently my favorite (albeit imaginary) hendrix album
Little Wing, but for rarer stuff Driving South on the BBC sessions is pretty hot
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 8 January 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp", for sure. The Stockholm '67 live version on the Experience box set kills me.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 January 2012 05:59 (twelve years ago) link
tylerw, I'm pulling that down now. Excited!
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 8 January 2012 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
What an terrific circa-1975 Herbie Hancock album cover that woulda made!
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
in the badass Blues stuff category, from the Blues album that long live version of "hear my train a-comin'" is super sublime
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
this comment on tylerw's blog:
Interesting note about this cover: it was created by Mati Klarwein (Bitches Brew, Live Evil, Abraxas) for a proposed Jimi and Gil Evans collaboration.
makes me want to stare at that cover for six or seven hours and try imagine what their record would have sounded like (presumably not a whole lot like The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix)
― Brad C., Monday, 9 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
ha, yeah - reallllly want to like that Gil Evan Plays Hendrix album, but I can't get through it.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Here are John Scannell's notes about the "First Rays ..." remix linked above ...
http://letamancomeinanddothepopcorn.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-rays-mix.html
Great sequencing and editing!
― Brad C., Saturday, 14 January 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
One Rainy Wish always and forever
― Trip Maker, Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe one of those superfast live takes of Killing Floor with Mitch totally tearing it up on the drums.
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
1983, now and forever.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 14 January 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
that fuckin First Rays reconstruction/theory is just so, so, so good
― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 March 2012 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
thank u for reminding me to listen to that
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 22 March 2012 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
I have had this in my itunes for like a year and still not listened to it.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
i'd pick Jimi! *HOOOOOOOOOONK*
― frogbs, Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
What is this first rays reconstruction theory thing of which you speak?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, January 8, 2012 12:59 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
YES! Love this version. The stripped-down live arrangement really suits the song's introspection better than the harpsichordy studio arrangement.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
when you listen, you're going to say, fuck, I should have listened to it earlier. it stands next to all the other Hendrix albums imo, it's incredible.
I think it's linked upthread? yes:
― Brad C., Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:59 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
I have a weird hangup about mixes without track demarcations. That's the sole reason I'm not jamming this thing out, right there.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^^
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Hm, gotta say I prefer the "First Rays" reconstruction I made my own self a coupla years ago, including questionable/ahistorical choices such as "Captain Coconut". But I guess everyone disssatisfied with the released version has their own ideas.
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
I've gone and at least hand-labelled each of the 4 tracks with all of the track titles that are supposed to be on them, so I'm not looking at goddamn track 1, track 2, and shit. Maybe I'll get this thing off the ground.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
first rays thang is soooooo good. my favorite hendrix album, sacrilege though it may be. would be interested to hear yours, though, myonga!
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
"invalid or deleted file"
Blerg!
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
i'll hook you up! give me a day or so.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, tyler. I haven't checked out your blog to the point where I had totally forgot about it.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
xp Thanks! And...and holy crap, calling your blog an embarrassment of riches is an insult to embarrassments of riches. I may spend the weekend there.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
lol yes. it's definitely one of the top 3 or 4 blogs on the internet imo.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
I think that came out wrong. I love it, is what I meant.
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
2cd set of Carole King outtakes! Jesus fuck man, I've got some catching up to do.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, this thing is definitely sick. Just finished the first side.
― beachville, Thursday, 22 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
...
― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
to "LITTLE MISS STRANGE"
― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
NOEL REDDING YALL
man fuck that guy
can anyone confirm the rumor that jimi played bass on "third stone?" it seems too good to be noel
― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
yea 1983― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:49 (fifty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkor third stone― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:52 (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:49 (fifty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
or third stone
― marcos, Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:52 (forty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
These strike me as good answers.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
"If 6 Was 9"
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:59 (six years ago) link
I feel like 1983/Moon Turn sounds like it was probably the inspiration for In A Silent Way
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
my short list
third stone > machine gun > 1983 > bold as love
― the late great, Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
Burning of the Midnight Lamp yo
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 April 2018 01:26 (six years ago) link
oh that tune is SO good
― marcos, Friday, 13 April 2018 01:31 (six years ago) link
castles made of sand
― J. Sam, Saturday, 28 April 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link