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Post  misery guts Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:14 am

Next March will see the release of a new Jimi Hendrix album:

People, Hell and Angels

On March 5, 2013, a new Jimi Hendrix album will be released. The album, entitled People, Hell and Angels, is a collection of twelve previously unreleased tracks, from the man who revolutionised guitar music in the late 60’s. The tracks are characterised by an experimental feel; Jimi worked on the tracks away from his band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

According to Rolling Stone, Hendrix was considering using some of the recordings for his album First Rays of the New Rising Sun, which was a double album planned for release after Electric Ladyland. In the recordings, he plays with horns, keyboards and percussion, veering away from his usual guitar work. Rolling Stone also published the album’s artwork; a simple black and white photograph of Hendrix, against a rippled background. He’s dressed in a military jacket and wearing a silk scarf, looking straight down the camera lens.

Clearly, nothing is sacred, and money means more than art.


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Post  misery guts Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:50 pm

Imagine: Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'
An hour & half retrospective with several dozen contributors, from family and friends, through to other musicians he worked with, and some he didn't. His star shone very brightly, but was arguably on the wane when he died, though nobody here wanted to say that.
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Post  misery guts Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:59 am

Gary Moore: Blues For Jimi
A late 2007 concert in which Gary runs through a dozen of Hendrix's works, assisted part of the time by Mitch Mitchell on drums and Billy Cox on guitar. As with his tribute concert for Phil Lynott, Gary puts his heart & soul into paying homage, and is unafraid of either the famous or the infamous. Apparently, this only saw wider release because of Gary's death, which is a mixed blessing. A good show for fans of either his or Jimi's, though.
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Post  misery guts Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:42 am

Hendrix: The Guitar Hero
Engaging hour & a half re-telling the story of how the guitar prodigy had to come to the UK to find recognition, and how he impressed already established players like Eric Clapton. Amongst the many other talking heads with varying useful points to make are Lemmy, Slash, Eric Burdon, Mickey Dolenz (Hendrix briefly opened for The Monkees), Paul Rodgers, Stephen Stills, Bev Bevan and more. The glory of his life is contrasted with the futility of his death, and the gloomy prospect of how things might have gone if he had lived.

Jimi Plays Berkeley
Hendrix on Memorial Day, 1970, in California. Again, this mixed concert footage of Hendrix's repertoire with footage of protests and the mood of the times. He ended on 'Voodoo Chile' which is fair enough.

Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight Festival
Unlike the above, this was an artist near the end of his career, but still in fine form. Amongst the talking heads was archive footage of Jimi himself on some talkshow, articulate and reasonable as you'd expect.
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Post  misery guts Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:15 am

Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock
A quarter-hour with various parties, including Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox, talking about his big gig, how it started at the ungodly hour of 9am due to chronic over-running, and got to end one of the most legendary gigs of all time. Then the gig was shown, with a fine selection of Jimi's finest work. At least a good record of the show.
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Post  misery guts Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:53 am

World's Greatest Albums - Jimi Hendrix : Smash Hits
Presumably an American compilation, the prog covered his first 2 actual albums in an 18 month spell of innovation and power which inspired and pushed contemporaries and fans to greater things. Is his version of "All Along The Watchtower" more definitive than Dylan's own? Was his version of "Hey Joe" definitive too? How much more could he have done in time? We'll never know.
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Post  misery guts Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:52 am

Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
Much the usual story, how he was helped to fame by adulation on the busy London scene from equals like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, and that he then went on to a brief burst of glory and stage antics, before his untimely death. Geno Washington made a surprising inclusion, and there were other production types too, not to mention the always worthwhile Keith Altham, erstwhile PR.
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Post  misery guts Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:27 am

Classic Albums: Electric Ladyland
A lengthy edition from 1997, with Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding from the JHE, legendary manager Chas Chandler, and many other friends and contributors, even Steve Winwood. The selections that made it not just a classic but a classic double were fascinating stories, especially when told by voices no longer with us. Jimi's legendary modesty was touching, and his gift for interpretation shown by his version of "All Along The Watchtower" (around this time when Cream suddenly split, he famously turned a telly spot into a tribute by stopping the song the band were doing so they could cover "Sunshine Of Your Love" instead, which must have been an amazing moment for the audience).
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Post  misery guts Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:09 am

Mojo Working: Jimi Hendrix
A series like this is bound to touch the most usual bases, and sure enough. Journalist Charles Shaar Murray made sure to leaven the overall positive tone, though generally his guitar hero legend remained intact.
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Post  misery guts Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:16 am

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - American Landing
A look at their Monterey 1967 gig, where JH set his guitar on fire and the world with it. The first half hour of this was the usual yakka about how he came to England and found acclaim with it, got a band and a manager, and then out-gunned the Who to make his name. I suspect I may have seen this before, but worth seeing again anyway.
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Post  misery guts Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:03 am

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Church
The story of his headline turn at the Atlanta Pop Festival, on July 4th, 1970, in the sleepy Georgian town of Byron. Locals recounted how they were descended upon by many thousands of fans, and the stagecraft suffered from electricity problems, and the heat. But the band went on in the end, delivered an enjoyable set as to be expected, and thwarted reactionary Governor Lester Maddox.

Beat Beat Beat: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Short but busy series here with just 2 songs from a German telly studio, May 29th, 1967. A curio worth including.
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Post  misery guts Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:46 am

Searching For Jimi Hendrix
From 1998, the recording of a tribute album project, filmed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. The stars involved ranged from Roseanne Cash and Laurie Anderson, to Chuck D and Los Lobos, and Taylor Dayne and the Blind Boys of Alabama. An oddball mixture of acts, then, and some unusual readings of well-known material.
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Post  misery guts Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:23 am

Gil Evans Plays Montreux
Backed by some band called RMS, this was purportedly a tribute to Jimi Hendrix. But without captions, and with some eccentric, vocal-free interpretations, after opening with Purple Haze (probably), I lost track completely. It sounded alright... but seemed a very loose form of tribute.
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Post  misery guts Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:41 am

Music In Review: The Essential Music of the Sixties - Jimi Hendrix - 1967-1970 - 2nd Edition
Given how few albums the poor bloke actually released in such a short time, his impact still continues to be analysed, as here. Vintage footage of Jimi being interviewed by Dick Cavett and admitting to nervous exhaustion make a refreshingly honest change from the modern day, though the sad fact remains that the pressures put on him didn't help his creative journey.
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Post  misery guts Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:49 am

Discovering: Jimi Hendrix
Born in Seattle, tough childhood, learnt his craft from blues records, cut his teeth on chitlin circuit, became a paratrooper and then got an honourable discharge, wowed London crowd, formed bands, recorded albums, set stages alight, wowed festivals, began to stutter to a halt, died early one morning. That old chestnut.
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Post  misery guts Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:31 am

Jimi: All Is By My Side
Andre "OutKast" Benjamin plays the title role, during his time from 1966-7, as he moves from passing time in clubs to being managed by Chas Chandler, brought over to London where he wows Eric Clapton, and gets booked for the Monterrey Pop festival. His personal life provides much of the backdrop, as he has various women troubles (including a nasty violent streak), and also gets "educated" by black Brits who rebuff his attitude to tolerance. OK enough, could have been a lot worse.
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Post  misery guts Wed Nov 11, 2020 8:29 am

Hendrix and the Spook
Another spin on a familiar story, as his dubious manager Mike Jeffery is suspected of having helped kill his client, for the insurance, and because Jimi was planning to leave when his contract ended a few months later. Eric Burdon both claimed Jimi committed suicide, and was also suspected to have been present and helping to organise matters after his death. Tappy Wright's allegations and book were covered and then rubbished. What seemed extraordinary was that Jeffery was the Animals' manager whom Eric & co felt so aggrieved with that they split. Chas Chandler nevertheless put Jeffery in touch with Hendrix as a manager!
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Urban Myths - Hendrix & Handel
A rather slight little bit of comedy, based on Jimi owning a house that the composer lived in, in the 18th century. One night, when both are feeling low, they somehow meet and take renewed comfort from it.
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Post  misery guts Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:25 am

The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan - The Mysterious Death of Jimi Hendrix
Half-decent stand-up turns his attention to a possibly 50+ year old mystery, with help from a proper psychologist, Dr Julia Shaw. They talk to Michael Kiwanuka about the influence of Jimi, a biographer of Jimi's, an ex-girlfriend, a pathologist, and Roger Daltrey who had an intriguing anecdote from the weekend before Jimi died. They came to the conclusion that there was no mystery, just some sensationalist reporting.
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Post  misery guts Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:24 am

Music, Money, Madness - Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live in Maui
Probably his last project, an unwitting pawn in the game that became a movie called Rainbow Bridge. Many dubious characters were responsible for the project, but at least Billy Cox was still present enough to tell what it was like to play such a crazy windswept gig. The proposed soundtrack album became a problem when Jimi died before doing much about it.

Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
This 2010 effort featured chiefly the words of Jimi himself, as spoken by Bootsy Collins. He managed to talk through his life in Seattle, his time in the army, his musical projects, finding success in the UK, and then storming it at festivals, recording albums, and looking to refine his sound. Both these were shown to mark that November 27th might otherwise have been his 80th birthday.
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Post  misery guts Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:06 am

27 - Gone Too Soon
Round-up of half a dozen case studies of rockers who died at the age of 27, including Jimi Hendrix (Cobain, Winehouse, Joplin, Morrison and Brian Jones being the others). They didn't really dwell on any spooky reasons why he might have died young, unlike some of the others.

The Writing on the Wall
Mike Read presented a feature on the "blue plaques" which are put up to mark links with famous events. Such as the house which Handel lived in at one time, and which Hendrix then lived in later. Leon Hendrix helpfully talked about his brother, whilst Rick Wakeman spoke up about Handel.

Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
From 1998, a look at a quota-filling product which marked a change for Jimi from the Experience days, but whose changed sound didn't find the same audience. But Lenny Kravitz, Slash and others were very appreciative of. Billy Cox and Buddy Miles were able to speak for themselves, as did Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.
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