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[@gregsmith7949]

"The one man Beatles"...Brilliant assessment. Love it. 👍

[@danu6718]

That was an excellent show, Andy. I listened to Are You Experienced right after and it is an astonishing album.

[@Oenloveslife]

Band of Gypsy's is my favorite too! So funky and the crying/singing of his guitar on Machine Gun? The wild shapes and sounds of Who Knows? Killer!!!

[@markparee99]

So...2 apocraphyl stories and I can't vouch for either: 1) Jimi was first and foremost an artist. I read a book where kids who were in elementary school with him recalled his love for 50's science fiction movies. To give him a creative outlet his teacher let him paint a science fiction mural around the entire classroom. This is years before he picked up a guitar. 2) The final mix of Axis was done in one marathon session due to the fact that Jimi left the ORIGINAL master tape in the back seat of a cab after they had spent days mixing the first one. That one may have been tossed in the bin by the cabbie at the end of his shift(?). Oh to hear that one!!! Andy you did a wonderful job on this ranking. As a long-time Hendrix fan (bought Are You experienced when I was fifteen when it first came out). Such a good tribute him.....many thanks.

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Andy ❤😊

[@user-qb1sm3rk9r]

Are You Experienced is the sonic blast, but Electric Ladyland is the art. I personally think 1983 is the greatest "song" written by a rock/pop artist. It has it all, the first few minutes are a catchy but haunting tune, then there is the soundscape part, and then a rousing finale. It also has evocative, poetic lyrics. It lacks accessibility for the average listener though and Jimi's playing is mostly restrained and tasteful, so it's not a typically Hendrix sound. The greatest MUSIC ever written would likely be somewhere in the works of JS Bach, Beethoven or other top composers but 1983 for me is an unbeatable *song*.

[@budsmoker4201120]

😊 I agree my fav jimi song.

[@ronnelson7828]

Jimi is THE BIG BANG of modern music.

[@FallenOverture]

I loved this Andy. Thank you so much. I attempted to post a comment with a link in it but KZbin doesn't seem to like that. I wanted to point you to a programme on BBC R4 called Everything But The Guitar. It explores all the other ways in which Jimi was groundbreaking other than as a guitarist. Check it out. I'm sure you'll find it interesting. Big love.

[@markstevens6568]

Brilliant analysis and spot on with the order of merit. Electric Ladyland is a more “complete” album but Are You Experienced was cutting edge like Court of the Crimson King and Freak Out. I was at the Hendrix concert at the Albert Hall circa 1969 and you are right - Clapton Bruce and Baker were all in the audience (in a box). What a concert with Soft Machine and Traffic. One small correction - it’s Louis Armstrong not Lewis Armstrong. Oh…..and Astral Weeks is one of the best albums of all time!

[@kab7695]

Glad you mentioned at the end that he was 'directly connected'. If you watch the footage of him playing the acoustic 12 string, he has two tries at a blues. The first is unconnected and meandering and self conscious, the second is connected an sublime. I think he could just connect at will and let it flow and that's when the magic happened.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

I love Jimi ! This so good Andy. Jimi is still very underrepresented and I applaud this deep dive into a genius. Calling this an album ranking is really an insufficient description.

[@bbbart77]

Great story about Jimi and Joni Mitchell were both playing in Ottawa and after Jimi's show he went to Joni's show and recorded her and they partied till dawn .

[@willieeames6220]

Loved your top ten Jimi from a week or so ago. The list was pretty much identical to my brain’s unpublished list! I might have stuck Manic Depression on there. And Little Wing, which started my obsession with Curtis Mayfield. Or was it Wind Cries Mary? Etc. etc. I could keep going, obviously. Thanks man

[@grahamnunn8998]

And Jimi, if you are watching, like and subscribe too!

[@david.leikam]

One of my favourite artists and a huge influence into my music too. 🎶

[@misterunderbridge2351]

Outstanding video, Andy. Thank you for putting the work in and sharing it.

[@kingofallmediums2123]

There are some bootlegs that have some of the Crash Landing and Midnight Lighting with the original sidemen-usually Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell! 😃

[@ivanrain1992]

Thank you very much for Jimi ❤he is truly a legend

[@robertlear2712]

Jimi was my man. I was a huge fan. I saw him in concert in 1968. I think Electric Ladyland is his best album.

[@BarbarraBay]

Andy. Many of those posthumous trace back to 1967 (Look Over Yonder; original Angel), 1968 (My Friend, Somewhere, Peace in Mississippi) and 1969 (Gypsy Boy, Trash Man, Midnight, Room Full Of Mirrors, Crash Landing), etc

[@johndrx165]

Great deep dive. Please consider ranking his live performances released. I have most on DVD. Love Jimi! In The West was my first Hendrix album and I still love that as well. Best versions of Lover Man and Red House, plus other cool stuff.

[@ancienttartan3509]

When I was about 13, I had gotten into Jimi Hendrix when I heard All Along the Watchtower played over and over at my cousin's house. So on my 14th birthday, I asked my mom to pick me up a Jimi Hendrix tape from the store, and I told her to make sure it had Watchtower on it. She happily obliged, and she brought me Band of Gypsy's on cassette. I was so initially bummed when I looked at it and it didn't have Watchtower on it, and it was live. But after listening to this album a few times, I realized it was the most brilliant improv live performance EVER, and I was listening to pure heaven in my ears. To this day, I have no idea if my Mom did it intentionally. I know she really knows classic rock really well. But after listening to that album, you reallize that it puts anything his first band did completely to shame.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

We all have our own taste, but I have a hard time thinking ANYTHING puts his first 3 albums to shame. All three are absolutely brilliant.

[@davidgreenberg5517]

you may know that " Band Of Gypsies II " was released, an album of material from the same concert that didn't make it to part one. And now, all the concerts from the New Years 1969 - 70 shows that gave us " Band Of Gypsies " is available in a multitude cd set, titled something like " The Rainbow Children ".

[@davidgreenberg5517]

Allegedly, Hendrix didn't want Reprise Records to release the Band Of Gypsies album.

[@ChrisUK5150]

Cozy Powell's Dance with the Devil had the melody from Third Stone From The Sun in it too.

[@donkeyshot8472]

indeed, there it is!

[@neonvandal8770]

Fantastic video - I love all kinds of musical genres, but no other artist gives me the deep feels like Jimi Hendrix - both on a gutteral and also spiritual level. He's taking up all these musical elements, and all his imagination, all his heart and soul and just like an inspired impressionist visual artist feverishly moving paint round a canvas, splattering paint going off the edge or a surfer riding on top of all of his influences and experiences, living in the pure moment of elemental creation, beyond and between the "correct" notes, jimi was a total one off - His live version of "Villanova Junction" at Woodstock is for me untouchable ❤🎸

[@kocinski8734]

Good stuff. Jimi is the man.

[@Ebadd9]

Great to see we share the same love for Hendrix, would love to see some more videos on him. What's the story on the Springboard vinyls? I have one just called Hendrix with early unreleased songs and iv'e seen some others in shops.

[@littlejohn725]

Hi Andy, I enjoy your top 10 lists. I used to collect everything to do with Jimi and have a vast collection of live gigs etc. Like you I also have a large collection of music covering most genres. For example I have about 20 hours of live Mahavishnu Orchestra, the original 5 piece. Unbelievable music, nothing like it! I don't know where you live but if you're interested in a day of listening to great music - I know I have stuff that will blow your mind - then you have an invite to come over for the day. I live in Retford, North Nottinghamshire - land of Robin Hood!. You can see me bringing Jimi's dad out on to the stage at my Jimi Hendrix Convention on KZbin. Just type that into KZbin and I also have a Facebook group called the same. Anyway let me know what you think.

[@dennismason3740]

I saw Jimi with Billy and Mitch in 1970. He literally glowed from the inside. Pretty good guitar player.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

The doctor on duty when Jimi was brought into hospital was Bob Brown, future leader of the Australian Greens political party.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Was lucky enough to see him live at the Fillmore East here in NYC New Years Eve with his Band of Gypsies. Unfortunately I saw the early show which was somewhat disjoined and lacked spark, I remember Bill Graham actually coming out on stage at one point and saying something like Come on guys, get it together! Anyone out there to corroborate this? The late show was much better Remember the day he died like it was yesterday. I walked over to Washington Square Park, sat on a bench, and cried. For the record, as of today, my all time favorite track of his is Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) off the CD First Rays of the New Rising Sun, a CD issued posthumously. There are many versions of this song on KZbin--it's the one lasting 6:06 with his asking "Is the microphone on?") Jimi remains one of my 3 all time favorite musicians, along with Thelonious Monk and Bob Marley.

[@dennismason3740]

Bill literally told Jimi to "stop clowning around and just play", which he did. Bill Graham could not be b.s.'d. Jimi was murdered by Mike Jeffrey, his manager, for the 2 million in insurance (18 mil today) - on my 16th birthday.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@dennismason3740 Thank you! You're the first one to corroborate this, I thought I might have been hallucinating all these years.

[@donkeyshot8472]

​@@dennismason3740 from what I had heard and read (if I recall correctly kathy etchingham and others) the actual insurance sum was a fairly meagre $100`000 (one hundred thousand); or $1 million in today`s money. also, german groupie monika dannemann acted as a decoy to get hendrix to the hotel where he was to be executed. only weeks before having to appear as a witness in the 1996 retrial, dannemann conveniently killed herself. at the time, she was married to former scorpions guitarist uli jon roth: if anybody wants to know what really happened on that fateful night in september 1970, you`d have to ask him...

[@donkeyshot8472]

@@dennismason3740 I read in one of the biographies(which?) that someone surreptitiously slipped hendrix acid before the first show. jimi however preferred highs "of his own choosing" and so proceeded to fool around; until bill graham intervened. the acid itself had worn off by the late show.

[@dennismason3740]

@@donkeyshot8472 - you deserve to see Jimi, live. Please take your Mike Jeffery (sp?) data to Belly Button Window (YT channel). They deserve all of the corroboration on this for their impeccable work. I have been doing my damndest to get the real story out. Apparently we use different sources - most of mine were from decades ago. That "choked on vomit" b.s. has got to go. For a few months there was a British documentary in YT, made in the 90s?, that actually showed the coroner's report (coroner had died by then) with the phrase "red wine in lungs" was not-so-clearly written but legible. The doc makers interviewed the folk (not the roadie who wrote the book) who wouldn't lie about Jimi's death as they had zero stake in it (like the ambulance emt's).

[@buzzee9961]

"The perfect mix of hedonism and perfectionism" indeed. Right there with you on all this, had them all on cassette and wore them out on my walkman. Except loose ends which never saw here in Canada.

[@davidgreenberg5517]

cheers - my favorite so far. I especially like the way you contrast the British scene with the American scene. Being your age, I also had to find out via books that Hendrix, an American, found commercial success in Britain and Europe before he found it in The U.S.A. Which brings me to a question: was The Monterey Pop Festival not a big deal in The U.K.? Because I believe The Hendrix Experience Monterey Pop Festival performance is what broke Hendrix in his native country. I believe " Are You Experienced " was released in The U.S. in January of 1967. I dont know how well it or the first singles were selling in The States before Hendrixs' Monterey Pop performance. You mentioned that most of the film footage of Hendrix is from 1969. The 1967 footage of Hendrix at Monterey may very well be the best recorded performance of anyone ever. Also, " A Film About Jimi Hendrix " and its soundtrack were very popular amongst my friends.

[@BarbarraBay]

ANDY. THE JAM ON 9 TO THE UNIVERSE WITH LARRY YOUNG WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO EMERGENCY!!!

[@christophermoebs5514]

My older sister handed 15 year old me the Are You Experienced album in 1969 and I said WTF is this??? Then I listened to it and was blown away

[@user-hz6pd3ei5r]

Of the live stuff, Hendrix in the West is my favourite. Love the 14 min version of Red House which is just sublime.

[@donkeyshot8472]

by far the best version of red house, ever.

[@flame-sky7148]

I love his tune “ Hear my Train Coming.” It’s almost equivalent to Redding’s Sittin on the Top of the Bay. I gotta say with exception to the Miles Davis estate, Hendrix posthumous catalogue has done well for his legacy. I wish Jaco Pastorius estate could produce half as much as the Hendrix estate. I’m going with the Band of Gypsys. Mainly because you got the greatest guitarist on earth (at that time) fusing R&B with Rock n Roll. They would release the other shows from the Fillmore posthumously of course.

[@tylerboley1786]

Thanks Andy, very ambitious effort, very clarifying

[@davescurry69]

Thank you, Andy. Simply brilliant video. Jimi's importance cannot be overestimated or overstated. I am LOVING your championing of Hendrix over these last few videos. Please keep doing it. Your knowledge and love of music in general and - in this case - Jimi Hendrix in particular, is a joy to watch. I'm just sorry I've only come across your videos in the last few weeks. Thank you. More power to the legacy of Jimi Hendrix. And PROPER music. From a fellow curmudgeon (and musician), bravo!! And that bit at the end regarding Dylan...yes! Dive into some Dylan, Andy. He's astonishing.

[@gcustis]

I have always thought Hendrix was the “coolest” person of at least the 20th century. And an absolute genius in his music and guitar playing. But, I’ve found few who lived through his arrival and short career don’t really get it. I was young but old enough to have been directly influenced by him. He was a big jump forward but also fit in to his times.

[@thebreathalyzer]

Great video, lot of interesting thoughts to consider here. Totally think Jimi would have sounded fantastic on a guitar synth. Hard to say what he would have done, but he was always exploring. As far as Mitch Mitchell vs Bonham or Ginger Baker...they've all left a pretty huge footprint in terms of history and influence. Mitch definitely had a beautiful jazzy approach that I love. I love Electric Ladyland, total desert island album. The impact of that first album though...definitely changed the music world. I think 1983 is one of the most amazing pieces of music ever recorded.

[@kookamunga2458]

Hendrix fans are still waiting for the official release of Jimi's legendary 1969 Royal Albert hall concert although it is available as a low quality bootleg. His Copenhagen 9/ 3 / 70 is another stellar show but was never properly professionally or officially recorded. Hendrix added two additional guitar effects somewhere in 1969 that he didn't have in 67, 68 . He was a more accomplished guitar innovator by 1970 but drugs and the stress of contractual obligations were negatively affecting his guitar craftsmanship. The Experience played a remarkable Paris concert in 1967 that makes the hair on my neck stand up which I feel was a little 3:48 better than the Monterey concert . Miami pop concert is also a crazy 1968 concert . One last note . Miles Davis attended both Louis Armstrong's and Jimi Hendrix's funeral . Miles favourite Hendrix song was Machine Gun.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Andy I was listening to Drive My Car by Beatles and I hear it as a song Jimi could have written right down to the beep beep beep yeah. Would fit on the Experienced album like a glove. I wonder how much Drive my Car influenced Jimi in the songwriting department. When I talk about this to others they immediately assume I’m just talking about the guitar solo which I’m not. It’s the whole song.

[@davidgreenberg5517]

The first time I heard " Ziggy Stardust ", I thought Bowie had written a tribute to Hendrix; " now Jimi played guitar / jamming good with Weird and Gilly / and The Spiders From Mars / he played it left hand / but he made it too far / he took it all too far / but, man, could he play guitar! "

[@Jamjam1256]

Spectacular effort Andy

[@happy2oblige]

Excellent. I have all those early albums. I think I'm going to have to listen to them all again.

[@riffmondo9733]

Proper music fan. Excellent.

[@brotherhoodoflightshowcurr3318]

Good job on your ranking. I just want say growing up listening to each one of these albums as they come out. there’s six essential albums, Are You Experienced.Axis, Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, Cry of love, Rainbow, Bridge, and Band of Gypsies. if I advise a listener, you have to get all six of these records these are the essential Hendrix albums First Raise is an attempt to make a combination of Rainbow and Cry of Love and I don’t think it does very good job. It has other songs like Beginnings are just more of abrupt sound not essential .

[@andoros.7017]

10:35 - I'd say the Beatles' output from 1965 - 1969 rivals Hendrix's output from 1966 - 1970.

[@eightrodway]

I put Electric Ladyland #1. But yes, AYE was like a bomb bursting. Cry of Love stood almost as tall for me as the first three. I may be old, but I did see the original Experience with Mitch and Noel. And Cream. So there. I give you a lot of credit for recognizing how monumentally important Jimi is. But, you're still wrong about Astral Weeks.

[@jimideaton]

Great job on this tribute to Jimi's genius.

[@kingofallmediums2123]

I have probably have owned 40 Hendrix albums and compact discs. A few bootlegs also. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@thomaswery3087]

Exellent video Andy really enjoyed this

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thanks 👍

[@royceinthehouse842]

I recently ranked my 20 Jimi Hendrix albums. My ranking Included an unboxing of the 8 album boxed set with the velvet cover that was produced in 2020 that had never had the shrink wrapped removed. (celebrating my reaching 1000 Subscribers) To my OG of Are you Experienced. I've always ranked Jimi Hendrix as my #1 Rock God. The Hendrix family continues to release live recordings and recordings from the studio often alternate versions of songs on other albums. I haven't kept up with all the releases but will keep at it.

[@Bizzle65]

Third Stone From The Sun was inspired by the Coronation Street theme!!

[@edwardyazinski3858]

Thank you Andy! That’s all.

[@populationIII]

Just a reminder , if any folks don't know it , of 'South Saturn Delta ' - a very useful comp of mostly original line-up out-takes , B- sides , try outs etc. It includes 'The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice' ( I believe that the phrase 'face melting' was coined to describe the end section ) , the studio ' Tax Free', ' Midnight ' and so on. It's true that just about anybody could put together a better track order but it's still contains top level stuff. Can I also suggest ' Calling All Devil's Children' from 'West Coast Seattle Boy' which is surely proto prog. Andy, that was the best one so far - really enjoyed it, thank you. One of my favourite descriptions of Jimi is 'the man who heard everything' . Peace and love to all.

[@populationIII]

oh yes - fun fact - Bob Babbit , the bass player on most of 'Crash Landing' was the bass player on 'Inner City Blues' by Marvin Gaye.

[@rodhester2166]

I had the first two albums but then I cheated and got The essential Jimi Hendrix volume I and II .. on cassette no less so I could listen to it where ever I was... I still have the cassettes but they just sit on shelf now, beside my Led Z and others. Cassettes tend to go bad.. but fun to look at them along with the albums..

[@drytool]

Ritchie Blackmore playing Renaissance Fair music is another example like Clapton and Collins

[@riffmondo9733]

Great Hendrix episode! Thanks. I have a request that has been on my mind and reintegrated in many if your videos. Do you have to come from nothing to be in the Halls of the Greats? Seems like the poor boys dominate the posh kids throughout history. Yes, of course this a hypothetical question but it deserves some scrutiny and a deeper look. Especially since almost all “rags to riches” stories from most modern artists (actors, musicians, writers, etc) are completely contrived. Speaking of Chaz Chandler how about top artists who were f**ked by their managers/ labels-Hell it become a regular series lol!

[@jedtulman46]

Andy. HOLA .This was awesome . Beautiful deep dive into THE seminal figure of progressive Rock & truly jazz / Rock fusion.. Bravo!

[@daledavidson8242]

My all-star band would be Hendrix, Parker, Paganini, Mozart, Mingus and Cobham. (Drums is the toughest pick. Seeing Billy with Mahavishnu just resonates.)

[@erikheddergott5514]

I bought The 3 you mentioned plus Band of Gipsys, Hendrix in the West, the Cry of Love, the Best of with Hey Joe, and the Stuff from Monterey on the Split Album with Otis Reding and the Tripple Record Woodstock. And I loved em all the same.

[@johnbarnett940]

When you did Jimi Hendrix Ten Greatest Tunes and confessed you had never given the albums a proper listen, I was aghast. So now you've ALMOST done it, and with proper haste. Thank you. This is how I first heard them all (plus a 1969 concert from the 12th row). BUT, you still haven't given 'First Rays…' a proper listen? Fifth place is good and it probably shouldn't be different, but for your sake don't you really *need* to listen to what may be the closest thing to Jimi's final album? Great catch on Nine to the Universe; it's an essential mess of an album that drove me to great lengths to get my hands on a good copy.

[@adnilrummut105]

jimi was an innovator like satchmo and bird. so you can say there is a music before and after jimi like it was before and after satchmo and bird.

[@ivanbamford]

SUPERIOMETER!! YESSSS! Thanks Andy!!

[@musterionsurly]

So good to hear you giving Jimi so much credit, I first heard him when I started playing guitar when I was 12 and I've never been the same since. I'm 60 now and to this day I love his music. I think you said it well when you said about his direct connection and how that is not so common, I agree with that he really connected in an instinctive and natural even supernatural way.

[@Niels133]

I like most of them, but Electric Ladyland is my favorite album.

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

In 1974, I went to the cinema to see "(A Film About) Jimi Hendrix". I was so amazed that I went back the next day and the day after that. He still amazes me!

[@G.M.1944]

I remember being floored, mesmerized by the portions that showed live renditions of Machine Gun and Red House. His guitar sounded like a wounded monster.

[@attichatchsound-bobkowal5328]

Hendrix seemed to be heading toward more traditional blues in this latest recording. I think he would have become more conventional. Jeff Beck is one of the ONLY major rock/blues musicians who continued to explore new avenues in his playing and music over the years.

[@jdewey8841]

"The Cultural senses" yes!

[@kzustang]

Loved the video, Andy. Jimi incorporates a very important place in the shrine of 20th century music gods. Huge service you've done here to the JH legacy. Super informative and I'm not embarrased to say that I do have albums I need to listen to after watching this. The Patreon chat got very busy around this subject. A lot of Hendrix was heard around the world thanks to you!

[@johnhenfrey5936]

Not how my ranking of the Excellent Hendrix albums, would pan out, but thanks very much anyway.

[@WalterSobchak1000]

Andy, I've no idea if he's online or contactable, but Jimi's producer Eddie Kramer is a great interview. I saw him a few years back talking to Steve Jones and it was very interesting. Thanks for ranking these albums

[@GCKelloch]

The 2004 3-part documentary called 'Jimi Hendrix - The Uncut Story' is excellent. It covers his entire life in Seattle with interviews of people he grew up with. I've read a few biographies, including a very big ~1000 page one, and I still learned some things about him. He had it pretty hard in some ways and was not academically successful but was lucky enough to grow up in an area where those of different ethnicity and background were seen as equals.

[@LarsBjerregaard]

God you're good at this Andy, this was fascinating!

[@iansteel5569]

I remember when I first heard Voodo Chile I couldn't believe a guitar could sound like that.

[@edwardyazinski3858]

Still hard to believe brother. Oh, and what sounds better than that !? ❤

[@tomtomlin7127]

For me Live at Fillmore east band of Gypsys his best album.

[@starving_al]

Chas Chandler discovered Jimi Hendrix in New York's Greenwich Village.

[@apparaoapparao]

It’s Jimi’s DNA and life experience. He’s Asian (indigenous American + black). His music transcends all. It’s from the very primordial soup of all of us. Straight from the Serengeti. It’s not just black music as it developed in Africa and then across the Old World…but also this wild left alone free spirit nurtured by the isolation of the New World from the time of the ice bridge disappearance until the Vikings/polynesians/Columbus.

[@Saffy-yr8vo]

23.05 Agree. In some ways that’s why the ‘mainstream’ didn’t like him. He couldn’t be categorised easily. So they kind of gave up on him. He was like an exotic flower who played other worldly sounds. But I’ve enjoyed finding out his influences as an older fan. Like his signalling to anti war using guitar sounds like a machine. He was 3 dimensional in a 2 dimensional age. Moving colour in a society crawling slowly into our black white and grey working class lives.

[@hongfang2348]

I know the first 4 albums and like your ranking of them. I'd probably place Electric Ladyland first but I get your 2nd. Jimi wrote all the music for Are You Experienced, which is a plus. His cover of Watchtower is fantastic on Ladyland, but the other tunes not written by Jimi should have been omitted IMO.

[@emdiar6588]

Andy, if you had to accidentally drop 5 LPs, rendering one side of each scratched and unplayable, which albums from your collection would you sacrifice a side from and which side would you save (and why)? eg Before You Tube was a thing, I dropped my copy of Meddle and side 2 was mercifully spared. I realised I was relieved about that, despite having to do without One of These Days. That kind of thing.

[@stoneskystudios]

Great video as always Andy, highly recommend checking out First Rays of the New Rising Sun

[@drychaf]

Hendrix in the West, Otis/Hendrix at Monterey and Woodstock are probably the most crucial of his live collection (after Band of Gypsies), with some sublime moments spread out among other releases. I have the Isle of Wight lp but as there are only 6 tracks on it, I need to get the fuller concert version. My Hendrix in the West track listing is way out of order! I guess everyone's is.

[@happy2oblige]

Love the Astral Weeks Dylan bit at the end.

[@griphfunk]

Wonderful video, Andy. Sadly I have to agree with you, that Jimi's legacy is fading. I wish there could be a resurgence of his legacy

[@stephenzevetchin]

His estate caused much of the obscurity until recent times. Glad they woke up...

[@calum54]

Excellent. Really enjoyable ranking (which I disagree with!) History and discussion. I always feel that Hendrix really made three studio albums with perhaps the early releases after his death (cry of love and rainbowBridge) being the best of the rest. I think it’s indicative of what has happened to him and of those who manage him now, manage his legacy that lead on Apple Music to his listed albums not including’ Are You Experienced’, ‘ axis: Bold As Love’ or Electric Ladyland’. According to my Apple his listed albums are ‘ both sides of the sky’, ‘ people, helll and angels’, ‘ valleys of Neptune’, ‘Rainbow Bridge’ and ‘Cry of Love’. That’s just amazing and pathetic. You can only find his real albums if you search for them.

[@steffenbrix]

Exactly....Mitch was the best rock drummer of the 60s 😊

[@GCKelloch]

I believe Hendrix wanted Redding out anyway. Redding had said so much in an interview, and Hendrix referred to him as "old Jellyfish" in at least one song, and "Bob Dylan's grandma" once live. Redding was a very good songwriter and solid guitar player, but I much prefer Cox's bass playing.

[@klapsigaarenbasgitaar1931]

I think Redding in the end didn't really fit in musically. If you take the two songs of his that made it to the studio albums they are just horrible hippy pop tunes. I always skip them as fast as possible. That said, there are some live recordings and jams where his playing is very good. His chord playing on the classic Red House recording I also really like (or was it someone else?).

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

Omg. Is this actually live?

[@loyalroyal]

My dad jammed for 10 minutes with Hendrix.

[@mathewbrown9371]

It's been said before but it just gets to me how significant this man was and is. When we talk in terms of contribution to the instrument and to the genre of rock, it has to be said that every bit of material Jimi recorded has value and significance, that's remarkable. Literally every time he picked up the guitar was a historic moment on some level, amazing.

[@cameronwilliams6439]

Thank you so much!! I’m a devoted New Orleans-based music fan, and your expertise confirms what every New Orleanian knows: as Ernie K-Doe said: “ I’m not sure but I’m almost certain that all music came from New Orleans.” That said, what goes around comes around, and listening to the live Hendrix album you recommend sounds like it incredibly influenced all New Orleans funk music from the past 50 years!

[@stephencrossley8597]

good video. however, being english as yourself Andy. I would have thought that discussing Are You Experienced using the tracklisting of the original Uk release would have been better. the US release you quoted from{and showed the cover of} had removed the songs Red House and Remember. replacing them with Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary and adding Purple Haze. all of which were stand alone singles in the uk. this is not a dig just an observation.

[@snowfiresunwind]

Good and important observation.

[@stephencrossley8597]

@@snowfiresunwind thank you

[@G.M.1944]

Jimi brought science fiction to rock and roll.

[@VereinPlatzhirschamHirschenpla]

When there was an Alien in Rock, it was Jimi.

[@user-ud5qj7dj1q]

If you revisit 9totheUniverse, please do an entire video on that release. It deserves wider recognition and further attention/interest from you and your followers.

[@davidgreenberg5517]

The music is the most important thing. Less importantly, we forget that Prince and Lenny Kravitz only became hugely successful when they started imitating Mister James Marshall Hendrix.

[@user-ym6nx3dn2z]

Hi Andy no quibble about the content = just a few observations from my own research on South African producer Eddie Kramer - History of Contemporary Music of South Africa - no doubt Kramer essential, watch the remastered Monterey Pop, Hendrix at Woodstock DVD's. Two other great performances Hendrix Live at Winterland with Mitchell and Redding in 1968 ( Alan Douglas, and Isle of Wight ( Kramer ). Fun fact Mitchell had previously been with Georgie Fame, that's where he got his jazz chops. However I personally believe that neither he, not Baker, nor Moon were a patch on Jon Hiseman. If you like, hit the button...BTW luuurve the shirt, but the beads don't match...

[@anivegmin]

On vinyl or original CDs unless otherwise (Grundman remasters of originals are good) - The 3 studio albums (English version of Are You Experienced) Smash Hits compilation Band of Gypsys Woodstock Soundtrack Cry of Love (Grundman remaster) Rainbow Bridge (Grundman remaster) War Heroes Nine to the Universe Blues South Saturn Delta First rays of the New Rising Sun (Grundman remaster) Hendrix in the West The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (a tad too much reverb added) Live at Winterland Radio One Live Monterey Live Berkley Expanded Winterland Expanded Band of Gypsys Live Albert Hall Can do without the rest of the studio dredge and a lot of the released live stuff - Isle of White is terrible, Atlanta poor, Woodstock is generally poor and annoying although the last few tracks are worth a listen. Something off about Maui that I don't like. Some other released live stuff is OK but kinda wont listen again. There are bootlegs of other live performances throughout his career where you can tell they on fire, dunno if AI will be able to make any of them listenable in the future...