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Studio Outtakes 1967-70
Mixed From Various Sources
Tracks 02-19: Alan Douglas Sample Tapes And Rare Collector's Discs
The name Alan Douglas raises mixed feelings among Jimi Hendrix fans. By a series of canny and right-place, right-time manoeuvres after the death of Hendrix in 1970, Douglas -- a former jazz producer, and a friend and adviser to Hendrix in his final years -- ended up as the curator of the Hendrix legacy.
While others, notably the many claiming to be the late guitarist’s manager, released posthumous Hendrix albums of sometimes startlingly indifferent quality, Douglas quietly worked away at establishing himself. He pulled boxes of studio tapes under his wing, collected live recording and moved into a position of power within Warner Music to release Hendrix material.
Since the mid-Seventies Hendrix has come back. There are literally hundreds of bootleg albums and with the Hendrix family gaining control of his estate and establishing the Experience Hendrix imprint, there has been a more sensitive and intelligent release of live showings, radio appearances and studio material.
“Unless the sampling is terrible sounding, we leave it alone,” said Douglas back in 93. “Jimi was a very expansive, considerate and generous human being and he’d probably have just given his music away to the young kids anyway. So we keep the same attitude – unless they do something exploitative and it’s harming Jimi .. .then we jump on them.
“But Jimi’s music was so beautiful it should be heard. And the more you listen, the more you hear. Just expect the unexpected.”
What he didn’t expect was to lose control to the Hendrix family. But in his time at the helm Douglas put a lot of well packaged Hendrix back into the world.
Tracklist:
01. Nothing But Pieces
02. Midnight Ligntning
03. Blue Suede Shoes
04. Beginnings
05. Gypsy Boy
06. Machine Gun
07. Trashman
08. Machine Gun (frag.)
09. Midnight Lightning (frag.)
10. And the Gods Made Love
11. Burning of the Midnight Lamp
12. Lover Man
13. Three Little Bears (instr.)
14. Ezy Rider Jam (frag.)
15. Ezy Rider Jam (with organs)
16. Bass & drums (frag.)
17. Hey Joe (frag.)
18. Look Over Yonder (instr.)
19. Dream
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.99
MPEG-1 layer 3
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