Thank You Janie Hendrix

The vinyl reissues by Legacy are pretty good all analog masters, that sell for less than 20 bucks and are really nice pressings.
The Classic Records Band of Gypsys is really good. Again, all analog.
The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge vinyl are both good Bernie Grundman masterings.

 

Probably not.

 

If so, on what authority? That's just weird.

 

I understand your perspective, but I can't say I share it.

I've enjoyed having the re-mastered CD's of The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, but they haven't turned my Hendrix listening on its head. The Winterland box was pretty marvelous... I can't remember what the butchery accusations are based upon.

I mean, if I/me/moi was in charge of the Hendrix legacy I'd have probably been more selective about what was issued, but I'm not sure that would have been the right attitude either. If I'd gotten the memo at an early enough date I might have shepherded some better mastering. But ultimately, I'm not sure I'd have gotten that much more pleasure from the Hendrix oeuvre-plus-vault-trawl if it had been handled differently. It's been pretty rewarding overall.

I suppose there may have been a gullible hermit or two who bought People, Hell and Angels thinking it was something more (or different) than it was. But the concept of barrel-scrapings is not a new one and the man died in 1970. Personally, I'm happy to hear the work-in-progress recordings, the different flavors of approach he took to familiar material. I think the vast, vast majority of people who bought that CD or LP knew exactly what they were getting into, and most of us were happily surprised, not disappointed.

 

Somebody got the Gorts running scared about it. Try to post a pic of Hendrix and see what happens.

 

I don't hold any grudge against Janie, but I really don't understand the rationale for thanking Janie for anything. In addition to her ownership of an extremely valuable asset that she had no role in creating, she's the CEO of a business whose earnings, which add to her wealth, are dependent on the success of her marketing of Jimi Hendrix's music and performances. So why is it exactly that any fan should be thanking her?

I've got all the Jimi I need, so the timing of unreleased material doesn't concern me, but I have to say, this "we must share him with the future" justification for releases not coming as quickly as many fans would like is something that Experience Hendrix's own PR staff would blush at writing.

 

Are you John McDermott

 

Hendrix Fan's should be thanking Alan Douglas! Thanks to him we have all those wonderful bootlegs, loads of good stuff we would never have heard from EH

 

Okay. If you never hear from me again I guess I was warned.

 

The Hendrix people contend the photos are copyrighted and we are violating the copyright be posting them without permission. They search sites for photos and then threaten to shut them down for copyright violations unless they remove the photos. That is why our host Steve Hoffman asked us not to post them any more because he has already been warned about it from the Hendrix people. We were warned that if we keep posting Hendrix photos and the Hendrix people keep complaining that we will no longer be able to post photos at all. It is the reason that sometimes threads disappear. The Gorts are told to remove all of the Hendrix photos from the threads. It is better to be safe than ruin it for everyone here.

 

No....... I'm Leon.

 

Thank you, Janie, "guardian and promoter" of Jimi's legacy!

 

Yeah, I think she's done well, and I've enjoyed buying and listening to what EH has put out.
More so than the same people regurgitating the same stories and complaints, each and every time Jimi's name appears in the subject line of a thread.

 

This photo was lifted from the Woodstock film and downloaded via the L.A. Times website. Did the "Hendrix people" threaten to shut down the L.A. Times? Are they claiming legal ownership of every single image of Jimi in existence? This would take venality to unheard-of levels and I don't believe Jimi's legacy is well served by such behavior.

 

I actually think posting the photos helps market their product. Nevertheless, our host Steve Hoffman asked us to cease and desist with posting the Hendrix photos due to their policy and the diligence with which they enforce it.

 

Well, I will honor Mr. Hoffman's wishes, as he has graciously provided us with this public forum, and henceforth shall refrain from posting Jimi's photos. Ms. Hendrix should know however that her tactics are not only legally baseless, but ultimately counterproductive.

 

You can't make everybody happy.

Some people are more accustomed to the way those recordings sound in the context of Jimi Hendrix Concerts and/or Live At Winterland, so they feel that the box is excessive and the single "highlights" disc is poorly compiled.

The completists have heard more complete versions on bootleg and grey market releases, so they object to the way EH has edited and presented the material on that box.

The Winterland box is perfect for me, but I understand the criticisms.

 

I remember telling my former 8th grade teacher that Hendrix had a new album coming out (sometime in the 80's)...he paused and said "I hate to break this to you but Jimi Hendrix hasn't produced a new album in quite a long time". It's amazing that they're still putting unreleased stuff out, and that it's even remotely good.

Best thing - the purple box

Worst thing - issuing In The West (one of his all-time best albums, imo) on cd and replacing the best cuts with inferior versions

 

My primary gripe has been the disgraceful treatment of the 2 night Band of Gypses Filmore East Gigs. 4 shows. First there was the LP which was amazing but merely a glimpse of of the shows. Then they release in Germany a disc with 3 bonus tracks. years pass and they take another swipe, just like the Winterland box, ommitting large swaths of the shows. How hard is it to get this right? I'm nearly 50 now. I'd like to hear this done right in my life time.

 

You won't get much sympathy from Zappaphiles, who have to scurry after crumbs the family trust deigns to release. Frank's been dead 22 years and there's still a mountain of unreleased material. I'm convinced a lot of it will never see the light of day ...

 

Meh

 

It's remarkable how little Zappa has come out by comparison, considering how many years Zappa was recording compared to Hendrix.

 

Janie should be subpoenaed to testify before a special House committee about what happened with RAH

...and I wanna know what was in those emails between Janie and Gerald Goldstein.


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Sure, COL and RB were excellent and welcome re-releases and I never liked the waybFirst Rays and SSD were done. However now, those four albums on catalogue make it a confused mess. We old- timers get it but it must be a real puzzle to newcomers.
The Winterland box contains some terrific music but the way it is presented is very untidy, jumbled.
PH&A was OK but the paste-ups don't work very well. The versions of Earth Blues and Somewhere are superfluous compared to the ones we've had before. Easy Blues was long overdue and I would have prefered to have see it on Hear My Music or a Nine To The Universe (expanded)re-release (too late for that now - maybe Douglas owned that concept?).