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So the YouTube channel has been shut down. I don't think I can keep playing that game. Really a pity as there were so many cool Jimi fans there to chat with. Anyway...I have now made this blog public again and I will clean up some of the older stuff. Now that CTT has folded it is getting a bit lonesome.

Experiments and Reconstructions [FD Compilation]

Apologies for not doing anything with the blog for such a long time. Spending a lot of time at FD Reference Library on YT these days. Of course I can't post any of this...so...

Experiments and Reconstructions [FD Compilation]

01 - Nine to the Universe - Earth Blues [1970-05-30 Berkeley Rehearsal]
02 - Power of Soul [1969-12-1819 Baggy's Rehearsals]
03 - Valleys of Neptune [Full Length Merge and Reconstruction]
04 - Jam Back at the House [GS&R Longest Version]
05 - Somewhere [Original Miles Drums]
06 - Bleeding Heart [1969-02-24 RAH Rehearsals]
07 - Villanova Junction [Demo Merge and Studio]
08 - Hey Gypsy Boy
09 - Crash Landing [Remix with Solo]
10 - Easy Blues
11 - Izabella "Take 1"[Gypsy Sun and Rainbows]
12 - Machine Gun [1969-12-1819 Baggy's Rehearsals]
13 - Heaven Has No Sorrow [Demo]
14 - Lonely Avenue [Two Version Merge]
15 - Jam Back At The House Excerpt [1969-08]
16 - Sweet Angel with Vox [Merge]
17 - Burning Desire [Merge with second version end]
18 - Room Full of Mirrors [1969-02-24 RAH Rehearsals]
19 - Getting My Heart Back Together [1969-02-24 RAH Rehearsals]

This series is an attempt to represent the post-1968 material that contended for space in Jimi's ill-fated "First Rays of the New Rising Sun" project. Contention here is obviously hypothetical as it is unlikely that Jimi would have even considered many of these recordings as worthy enough. These are some gems culled into a playlist that broadly reflects the 1969 series of recordings done with Gypsy Sun and Rainbows and the Band of Gypsys. There are attempts to provide full length edits of unreleased work and new perspectives on old work.

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1968-09-14 Hollywood Bowl [FD Merge SBD L Aud R]

01 - Introduction
02 - Are You Experienced
03 - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
04 - Red House
05 - Foxy Lady [Patch]
06 - Fire [Patch]
07 - Hey Joe
08 - Sunshine of Your Love
09 - I Don't Live Today
10 - Little Wing
11 - Star Spangled Banner
12 - Purple Haze


Lineage Hollywood Bowl SBD (FLAC) and FD Audience Cleanup (FLAC)
The AUD is synced to the official SBD - via lots of splitting and stetching in Adobe Audition

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1968-09-14 Red House Hollywood Bowl [FD Cleanup and Merge]

Just an exercise in merging the recently released "soundboard" with the audience tape. First file is hard left and right, second is distortion removed from recent release, the last two are different mixes of the two tapes.


01 - Red House Merge [EH L and Aud R]
02 - Red House [FD Cleanup]
03 - Red House Merge [EH and Aud Mix]
04 - Red House Merge [EH and Aud Mix EQ]

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1968-08-03 Dallas [FD Cleanup] and 1968-08-11 Davenport Iowa [FD Cleanup]

Sorry for long delay in uploading to blog...here are a couple that I had to release...

1968-08-03 Dallas [FD Cleanup]
Moody Coliseum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
Saturday 3 August 1968

01 - Intro
02 - Dear Mr Fantasy
03 - Rock Me Baby
04 - Foxy Lady
05 - I Don't Live Today
06 - Hey Joe
07 - Fire
08 - Red House
09 - Purple Haze
10 - Wild Thing
11 - Dear Mr Fantasy [EH Compressed Source]
12 - Rock Me Baby [EH Compressed Source]
13 - Foxy Lady [EH Compressed Source]
14 - I Don't Live Today [EH Compressed Source]
15 - Hey Joe [EH Compressed Source]
16 - Fire [EH Compressed Source]
17 - Red House [EH Compressed Source]
18 - Purple Haze [EH Compressed Source]
19 - Wild Thing [EH Compressed Source]
20 - Red House [Alt Mix from ATM]

Lineage: ATM 169 Way Down In Texas Land Rev A FLAC> Adobe Audition (NR, EQ, Comp, Speed Correction)> FLAC
EH Compressed Sources from Youtube(compressed audio)to FLAC> Adobe Audition (Declicked, NR, EQ, Comp, Speed Correction)>FLAC

Have included the cleanup of EH distributed transfer, as it sounds a bit better than ATM - but as it is compressed, it is just for comparison.

Some of the EH transfers of audience tapes have been better source material than some of the previous transfers - but of course they are only in a compressed form (via YouTube) so I have specially marked them so these won't be passed off as uncompressed. I was wondering whether they should be included at all - but some of them produced better results than what was previously available - compression and all.

https://mega.nz/#!k4s1yYhb!wRuK9PL2gJpY4K8w7rqd_BIVPqAtsjAZq6xS4KdXMH8

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1968-08-11 Jimi Hendrix Experience [FD Cleanup]
Col Ballroom
Davenport, Iowa

Lineage: FLAC from Vinyl> Adobe Audition (Declicked, NR, EQ, Comp, Speed Correction)>FLAC
EH Compressed Sources from Youtube(compressed audio)to FLAC> Adobe Audition (Declicked, NR, EQ, Comp, Speed Correction)>FLAC

01 - Intro
02 - Are You Experienced?
03 - Lover Man
04 - Foxy Lady
05 - Red House
06 - I Don't Live Today
07 - Fire
08 - Intro [EH Compressed Source]
09 - Are You Experienced [EH Compressed Source]
10 - Lover Man [EH Compressed Source]
11 - Foxy Lady [EH Compressed Source]
12 - Red House [EH Compressed Source]
13 - I Don't Live Today [EH Compressed Source]
14 - Fire [EH Compressed Source]


Original Notes: This is taken directly from my 2-record boot Lp. This came out in the early 1980s and at the time was the only generally available source for this show. I kept this Lps in good condition, but this is not the definitive transfer, some snaps, crackles and pops along the way. I'm sure there are better, but didn't see it on the tracker...so here ya go! Jimi in Iowa!!!!


FD Notes: Davenport - was taken from the vinyl source (transferred to FLAC) because it actually sounded the best to me...EH also released a decent transfer, and it was interesting to see their take on the speed of AYE? I had previously "speed corrected" it to A Flat, but it sounded slow...as it always seems to be in A including EH transfer, I suspect this was played in regular tuning.

So AYE is stereo (where is that tape?) - and in standard tuning, while the rest of the show is in mono and E flat tuning.
Some of the EH transfers of audience tapes have been better source material than some of the previous transfers - but of course they are only in a compressed form (via YouTube) so I have specially marked them so these won't be passed off as uncompressed. I was wondering whether they should be included at all - but some of them produced better results than what was previously available - compression and all.

The Intro on the vinyl version of Davenport is slightly truncated, as there is not much missing except audience noise and tuning, I elected to leave it with the shorter intro.

Tax Free (Missing From Tape) - such a pity...

Link https://mega.nz/#!Nlt1BSYY!J12hOyJcGBDVcdFV0Pxa4s0Oaex-_N8DadzOTBEpPlE

Sweet Angel with Vocals

Sorry for lack of recent posts. Here's a quick one...I was really interested to hear the Sweet Angel instrumental on the new compilation, because I wanted to merge with the vocals. I would have preferred an arrangement like this to what ended up on Cry of Love, which ended up a bit bombastic or something...

https://mega.nz/#!l9sGCSYA!lcnSguviK...6DMOWSjhIpz1Ms

Hendrix - Instrumentals Volume 1

01 - Crosstown Traffic [Instrumental]
02 - Long Hot Summer Night [Instrumental]
03 - Highway Chile [Instrumental]
04 - May This Be Love [Instrumental]
05 - Castles Made of Sand [Instrumental]
06 - 51st Anniversary [Instrumental]
07 - The Wind Cries Mary [Instrumental]
08 - Third Stone From the Sun [Instrumental]
09 - Valleys of Neptune [Instrumental]
10 - Stone Free [1969 Version Instrumental]
11 - Fire [Instrumental]
12 - Can You See Me [Instrumental]
13 - One Rainy Wish [Instrumental]
14 - Hey Joe [Instrumental]

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