I picked it up yesterday. Will dig in today! I don't usually buy expensive box sets but have took the dive on 3 this year. Still working through REM, watched Midnight Oil concert vid (excellent!) & now Jimi.

OMG! listening to the 5.1 DTS Master mix. I'll never hear surf music again...

there is good reason the live disc has neverbeen released. it's nearly unlistenable.

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crholmstrom
there is good reason the live disc has neverbeen released. it's nearly unlistenable.

I had to stop it half way through. Can't believe I would do that to Jimi!

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crholmstrom
there is good reason the live disc has neverbeen released. it's nearly unlistenable.

I had to stop it half way through. Can't believe I would do that to Jimi!

the blu ray more than makes up for it though. might be the best surround mix i've ever heard. even more amazing when you consider the age of the source material

How is the mastering off CD1 ?!?

Is it the same as the 2010/12 CD (with compression?)

Not impressed of the box overall.

What ever happened to Stonesrule? I miss her excellent input and fantastic stories.

Yes - the Live Set is a disappointment. Like a fairly poor bootleg quality of a so-so show - at best, IMO.
The only interesting thing, is hearing how it sounds like the crowd is getting pretty rowdy by the end of it. But yeah - not one I'll be giving repeat listens to.
The box set though - still worth a buy!

Speaking of Hendrix...

I'm going to see the Experience Hendrix 2019 tour in April. Has anyone been to one of these before?

Looks like a killer lineup of musicians:

[www.experiencehendrixtour.com]

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More Hendrix coming soon:

Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
November 22, 2019

Jimi

43 incendiary performances from the historic debut concerts by Band of Gypsys at New York’s Fillmore East.

Songs For Groovy Children assembles all four concerts from New Year’s Eve 1969 and New Year’s Day 1970. Presented in their original performance sequence and encompassing 43 tracks across 5 CDs or 8 LPs, the set boasts over two dozen tracks that have either never before been released commercially . The lavish package is filled with unseen photos and remembrances from bassist Billy Cox and liner notes by author/journalist/filmmaker Nelson George.

Track Listing
12/31/69 1ST SET

1. Power Of Soul
2. Lover Man
3. Hear My Train A Comin’
4. Changes
5. Izabella
6. Machine Gun
7. Stop
8. Ezy Ryder
9. Bleeding Heart
10. Earth Blues
11. Burning Desire

12/31/69 2ND SET

1. Auld Lang Syne%
2. Who Knows%
3. Fire
4. Ezy Ryder*
5. Machine Gun%
6. Stone Free
7. Changes*
8. Message To Love*
9. Stop*
10. Foxey Lady

1/1/70 1ST SET

1. Who Knows
2. Machine Gun+
3. Changes+
4. Power Of Soul%
5. Stepping Stone%
6. Foxey Lady+
7. Stop%
8. Earth Blues+
9. Burning Desire%

1/1/70 2ND SET

1. Stone Free%
2. Power Of Soul#
3. Changes#
4. Message To Love#
5. Lover Man
6. Lover Man*
7. Steal Away*
8. Earth Blues%

1/1/70 2ND SET

1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)%
2. We Gotta Live Together#
3. Wild Thing%
4. Hey Joe*
5. Purple Haze*

*previously unreleased

+first time on CD/LP/streaming (previously only available as part of concert film)
#longer, unedited versions of previously released material, and newly remixed
%back in print on CD/LP for the first time in a decade, and newly remixed

Credits

Jimi Hendrix: Guitar & Vocals
Buddy Miles: Drums & Vocals
Billy Cox: Bass & Backing Vocals

Produced By Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer & John McDermott for Experience Hendrix L.L.C.
Original Sound Recordings Produced by Heaven Research
Recorded Live by Wally Heider
Engineered By Eddie Kramer
Mixed By Eddie Kramer & Chandler Harrod At Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Spencer Guerra
Mastered By Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

All songs written by Jimi Hendrix and published by Experience Hendrix L.L.C. (ASCAP) except:

“Changes” & “We Gotta Live Together” by Buddy Miles
“Stop” by Jerry Ragavoy & Mort Shuman
“Bleeding Heart” by Elmore James
“Hey Joe” by Billy Roberts
“Wild Thing” by Chip Taylor
“Auld Lang Syne” by Robert Burns
“Steal Away” by Jimmy Hughes

©2019 Experience Hendrix L.L.C.


More Info

Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, are proud to release Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts by Jimi Hendrix, on CD and digital November 22, with a vinyl release to follow on December 13. This collection assembles all four historic debut concerts by the legendary guitarist in their original performance sequence. The 5 CD or 8 vinyl set boasts over two dozen tracks that have either never before been released commercially or have been newly pressed and newly remixed. Those who pre-order the digital version will instantly receive the previously unreleased track “Message To Love,” from the New Year’s Eve second set performance on the collection.

Over the course of four extraordinary years, Jimi Hendrix placed his indelible stamp upon popular music with breathtaking velocity. Measured alongside his triumphs at Monterey Pop and Woodstock, Hendrix’s legendary Fillmore East concerts illustrated a critical turning point in a radiant career filled with indefinite possibilities.

The revolutionary impact Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles had upon the boundaries and definitions of rock, R&B, and funk can be traced to four concerts over the course of two captivating evenings. These performances were first celebrated by Band of Gypsys, which featured six songs from the two January 1, 1970 concerts, including “Machine Gun,” the album’s dramatic centerpiece. Issued in April 1970, Band of Gypsys challenged and surprised the wide following of Jimi Hendrix with its extended arrangements and vibrant mix of rock and soul.

In June of 1969, at the height of their fame, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, closed a musical chapter. Before the shockwaves could settle, Hendrix assembled a new, expanded ensemble to perform at Woodstock in August. A new chapter was opened as Hendrix introduced Gypsy Sun and Rainbows. The large ensemble included Jimi’s longtime friend Billy Cox, on bass, whom he had befriended when both were serving with the 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in 1962. This Woodstock lineup was short-lived; from its ashes a new trio emerged in October that Hendrix dubbed Band of Gypsys, consisting of Hendrix, Cox and Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles, who would also contribute occasional lead vocals. Hendrix was inspired by his collaboration with Cox and Miles and this creative renewal drove the development of promising new material such as “Power Of Soul,” “Burning Desire” and the extraordinary “Machine Gun.”

Their debut live performances were a series of four concerts at the Fillmore East in Manhattan – two on New Year’s Eve 1969 and two on New Year’s Day 1970, each of which were professionally recorded. Hendrix had sold out Madison Square Garden just nine months prior, but the Fillmore East was chosen as the setting for a live recording. Long before his fame, Hendrix had signed what he thought was a release for appearing as a studio musician in October 1965. Unfortunately, the one page artist agreement drafted by PPX Industries bound his services for a period of three years. Unwilling to live hands tied, Hendrix agreed to a 1968 legal settlement whereby Capitol Records would be granted the distribution rights for his next album. By the autumn of 1969, Capitol and PPX were pushing hard for the album delivery and Hendrix decided to give them a live album.

However stressful this legal obligation had been for the guitarist, the end result proved to be an artistic triumph. True to his unpredictability, Hendrix opened his four-show stint with a masterful, eleven song set that did not feature a single song he had commercially released. Exciting new songs such as “Izabella,” “Ezy Ryder” and “Burning Desire” thrilled the sold-out house. Hendrix would pepper the remaining three shows with supercharged reworkings of favorites such as “Stone Free,” “Purple Haze,” and “Fire” but these were presented alongside such devastating, newly developed fare as “Machine Gun.” In his review of the second New Year’s Eve concert, Down Beat critic Chris Albertson wrote, “That ability of his to utilize fully the technical possibilities of his instrument, combined with his fertile musical imagination, makes him an outstanding performer.”

By the end of January 1970, the band was history, but the blend of funk, rock and soul pioneered by the trio became history, making a profound impact on popular music in its wake. Notable devotees include funk pioneers Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, the Isley Brothers (with whom Hendrix himself had at one time played) and Bootsy Collins, extending all the way forward to hip-hop. Countless artists cite the record as a cornerstone in their appreciation of Jimi Hendrix ’s remarkable abilities.

The original 1970 Band of Gypsys album was edited and sequenced from songs performed during the two Fillmore sets on January 1, 1970. Subsequent collections mined more material from each of the performances with significant chunks of these phenomenal recordings from those nights sitting unreleased for almost half a century. Newly mixed and restored in sequence without edits, fans can finally hear Hendrix, Cox and Miles blast through their genre-defying sets that included freshly written songs like “Earth Blues” and “Stepping Stone,” as well as Experience favorites inclusive of “Foxey Lady,” “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” “Wild Thing,” “Hey Joe” and “Purple Haze.” Additionally, exciting new versions of Howard Tate’s “Stop,” “Steal Away,” by Jimmy Hughes and a searing “Bleeding Heart” by Elmore James highlighted the command that the trio had over blues & R&B music.

The lavish package is filled with unseen photos from talent such as Fillmore East house photographer Amalie Rothschild, Jan Blom (whose iconic, color saturated images provided the original artwork for 1970’s Band of Gypsys) as well as Marshall Amplifier representative Marc Franklin, who had full access to the group in their dressing room backstage. The booklet features remembrances from bassist Billy Cox and liner notes by author/journalist/filmmaker Nelson George. Songs For Groovy Children was produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer and John McDermott – the trio that has overseen every project for Experience Hendrix since 1995. The box set was mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Bernie Grundman.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Hendrix's playing on "Power of Soul" is some of my all-time favorite guitar passages by anyone. It's right around when he is going on about a jellyfish, that he he has this strumming going on that is mind blowing.

Yeah! (or should I say groovy), it's about time they put this out. I'm very excited to get anything live by Jimi. Bring it on!

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Yeah! (or should I say groovy), it's about time they put this out. I'm very excited to get anything live by Jimi. Bring it on!

I am excited as hell about this release!!!
After the release of Machine Gun (the first set) a few years ago, I contacted the Hendrix organization via a nasty correspondence asking them why is this stuff being released piece meal??? Why not finally put out a box set (like that nice bootleg that has been around of all the Fillmore shows) of all the shows?

Like, how much more are they going to continue to rip off Hendrix fans by withholding this stuff and releasing it in bits and drabs?



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Machine Gun is always #1 on my list of greatest rock guitar solos ever (as well as one of my favorite Hendrix tunes overall) ,
and has been ever since I first listened to it on the original Band of Gypsies album as a 10 yr. old kid back in '73/'74 while the war in Vietnam war was still happening.
The sounds of machine guns, bombs, sirens, screeching, wailing, weeping, moaning, crying, and all around devastation (not to mention the overall fluidity of his playing)... all from a single guitar.
At over 12 minutes ...mesmerizing....haunting... still gives me the chills...epic from start to finish. Machine Gun

I've heard most other live versions, but the original Band of Gypsies version is the tour de force and is indelibly scorched in my brain.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Machine Gun is a great Jimi tune , Thanks for posting the Link Hairball

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Thanks spikenyc, it's a 1 GB download which is pretty heavy, what's in it and in what format.

Janie Hendrix has really got the job down of selling the thing in slices before finally coming up with the box. Several remastered versions of Band Of Gypsies, then remastered and expanded versions of Band Of Gypsies, then Live at the Fillmore East, then Machine Gun, and now this. Next thing will be the extended Baggy Rehearsals, the expanded and extended yet again, and then a box with all the shows and all the rehearsals ... and we've nothing said of interviews yet ...

The newest Ladyland Edition sucks.

Songs For Groovy Children <- what a nice title. But I already have most of the music ...