Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision (3CD + Blu-ray + Booklet)

Material from Jimi Hendrix's last recording sessions

Plus takes and edits that have never been released!

Electric Lady Studios, the brainchild of rock and guitarist legend Jimi Hendrix, and fledgling architect and acoustician John Storyk, was the first artist-owned recording studio upon its opening on Aug. 26, 1970. Half a century later it still stands as a fabled space in the music industry.

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is the latest in-depth project from Experience Hendrix, encompassing 3CD / 1 Blu-Ray of previously unreleased music Jimi Hendrix recorded at his newly created recording facility in 1970. The deluxe box set offers 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970, just before the legendary musician's untimely death the following month.

The project also includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays of the New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks ("Valleys of Neptune," "Pali Gap," and "Lover Man").

The Blu-Ray includes the critically acclaimed, full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision. The film chronicles the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix's desire for a permanent studio. Directed by John McDermott and Produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), Experience bassist Billy Cox, and original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as "Freedom," "Angel" and "Dolly Dagger" by recording engineer Eddie Kramer.

The package includes an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix's handwritten song drafts, and comprehensive liner notes.

Features:
• Deluxe CD & Blu-ray Video Box Set
• 39 Tracks (38 of which are previously unreleased)
• Compiled and overseen by engineer Eddie Kramer and archivist John McDermott of Experience Hendrix
• Blu-ray Video: Full-length documentary with new interviews, vintage footage & dozens of never-before-seen photographs!
• Blu-ray Audio: 20 new 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays of the New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks!
• Extensive booklet with unpublished photos, Hendrix's handwritten song drafts and comprehensive liner notes

 

CD 1

1.Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70

2. Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]* 6/15/70

3. Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70

4. Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70

5. Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70

6. Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70

7. Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70

8. Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70

9. Farther Up The Road* 6/24/70

10. The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70

CD 2

1. Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70

2. Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70

3. Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70

4. Beginnings [Take 5]* 7/1/70

5. Lover Man 7/20/70

6. Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70

7. Heaven Has No Sorry [Demo]* 6/26/70

8. Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70

9. Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/26/70

10. Come Down Hard On Me [Take 15]* 7/15/70

11. Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70

12. Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70

13. Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 8]* 7/22/70

14. Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70

15. Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70

16. Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70

CD 3

1. Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70

2. Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70

3. Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70

4. Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70

5. Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70

6. In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70

7. Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70

8. Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70

9. Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70

10. Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70

11. Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70

12. Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70

13. Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70

Blu-Ray

1. Freedom

2. Izabella

3. Night Bird Flying

4. Angel

5. Room Full of Mirrors

6. Dolly Dagger

7. Ezy Ryder

8. Drifting

9. Beginnings

10. Stepping Stone

11. My Friend

12. Straight Ahead

13. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)

14. Earth Blues

15. Astro Man

16. In From the Storm

17. Belly Button Window

18. Pali Gap (from Rainbow Bridge album)

19. Lover Man (from Jimi Hendrix Experience box set)

20. Valleys of Neptune (from Valleys of Neptune album)

*Previously unreleased

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