Jimi Hendrix Both Sides of the Sky - new album coming March 9, 2018

Off:

1st, not "everybody" likes it & 2nd not everybody [that does] likes it "so much".
A few elements that garner attention:
Energy
Humor
Lead Guitar 'Matching' Vocal [start]
'Screaming' Lead Guitar [later]
Bass
Percussion
Production Layers

YMDoesV
[no prob]

 

I have been away from the thread for some time and my how it has grown. Don't have time to go thru all the pages but I'll give my take on it. I like this album! Out of the 3 I like VON best but I like this a bit better than PH&A. I really like this version of "Lover Man" and it's great to have (another) studio version of "Power Of Soul" (a huge improvement over over the Crash Landing version but I like that one too -- but this one is better). I could do without the Stills songs but those were an enjoyable listen as well (I had never heard $20 Fine, any version). Good to hear some BOG studio tracks, I really like Buddy's power drumming. This will definitely be getting some more spins (and I need to go ahead and pick up VON on vinyl even though I have it on CD).

I ordered from Amazon and it is numbers, I can't remember but it is a lower number, I think 207 (not that it really matters - when I bought "Freedom" at FYE on vinyl it was # 5000. I think that's cooler than having #1! I got the last number and of all places in Panama City, FL!).

 

Since this thread just got bumped and I am sure that this title has been mentioned more than once, there's some good news RE:Morning Symphony ideas.

This title on cd has been recently re-released on 4/27/2018.
Used cd copies were pricey!!!
Here's the best price I've seen: ($12.68)

https://www.deepdiscount.com/morning-symphony-ideas/886976339425​

 

Strange that this was re-released on Sony Legacy and not on Dagger Records.

 

Hmm...could the quiet migration have begun? It's not listed on Amazon though.

 

Don't know where to share it, so I do it here. In this recent interview Eddie Kramer mentions the next releases, possibly, will be live albums and concert films.
Rediscovering Jimi Hendrix: Eddie Kramer and John McDermott on the Hendrix Vault, and What’s Next | Rock Cellar Magazine

 

Oh man... I couldn't find sellers from Germany offering this. Looks like it's available only in the US (yet).

 

CD is really the only way to go with this particular release as the vinyl release doesn't even include the main title song...the 21mt Scorpio Woman 'Morning Symphony Ideas(would that even fit on one side of an LP?....almost like the 'Hendrix in The West' is best served with the original LP due to it having the 2 Albert Hall tracks(Little Wing, Voodoo Child)
not sure if the original was ever released on CD tho'.

 

Not in the US but there were a couple of overseas releases (I think we were talking about a West German version in another thread)

 

Ok...I just found on, from a Polydoe/Japan
1972a - Hendrix In The West [Japan, Polydor P20P-22009] (1989)
it's was made in '89 tho'...and it as the LP sides reversed...starts with Johnny B Goode instead of the Queen
that album was supposed to be a kind of Hendrix concert....starting with the opener from Isle of Wight...then closing the concert with Voodoo Child....can't understand why they would reverse it...doesn't make sense that way...
I think I remember reading somewhere that there were some LP's that had it reversed also.
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it was in a 19 CD download....I was looking for that Axis:Bold As Love DIDX-1717 version which I read was the best sounding CD of that.

 

Ordered this as soon as I saw this post, was expected to ship in 2-4 weeks. Almost 6 weeks now and no shipping notice yet and still says will ship in 2-4 weeks. Did anyone on here that ordered it actually receive it? Just curious. Thanks.

 

sounds like the old scam....I'd cancel(if you still can)
I once ordered the 'Ultimate Lyrics' book from the amazon.uk....really low price
same thing...2-4 weeks delivery....when contacted it said it was shipped...
so I waited another 2 weeks...never came...contacted amazon and got it refunded.

 

listened to 'both sides of the sky' today....the first time since i bought it back in march.

i thought it was horrible then, but feared crucifixion so i kept quiet.

it is worse than i originally thought.

a sonic mess and a mish-mash of guitar solos that i know i've heard before in other songs.

will it ever stop?

 

EH has released all 3 versions of 'Power Of Soul'
(I don't consider the 'hack' of 'With The Power' on Crash landing as a version.)
1st released was the 2001 Kramer remaster on 'South Saturn Delta'
2nd was the Jan 21 1970 Bob Hughes mix--- B-side of the 'Somewhere' single
3rd is the Hendrix Aug 1970 mix --Both Sides of The Sky
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the Hughes mix has the least overdubbed, echo and also has some variation in the lyrics.
all versions stem from the Jan 1970 recording session.
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there are also a few 'unofficial' releases on various bootlegs.

 

I actually just listened to it yesterday. The one thing it has is the first “yeah yeah”s in the backing vocals. However was it first due to mixing or heavy editing? Likely the second.

 

Jimi Hendrix – Both Sides of the Sky
Guitar Recorded version
Hal Leonard
22.99 (US)
Inventory #HL 00275044
ISBN: 9781540025975
UPC: 888680742379
Width: 6.75"
Length: 10.5"
216 pages
Hal Leonard Online

 

Yes! Nice to know I am not alone here. The full band Midnight Lightning with is one of the best studio performances by the COL lineup. Every bit as crucial to First Rays as Hey Baby. The fact that it hasn't been released after 20 years does not compute.....did it get passed over in favor of another mix of Georgia Blues?

 

Only thing I liked on the Alan Douglas LP were the overdubbed female backing vocals (I have to admit)

 

Chris ...
What year was Midnight Lighting (full band version) recorded?

 

1970.

 

They do a better job here than what they were given to do on Crash Landing, but the “Stoop Downs!” are really silly.

 

Really kind of ridiculous at this point that we don’t have either the original one from the Douglas album or another one (has it been established which one Jimi mixed in August? I’d go with that one, whichever it is).

 

One of the things I hated the most about the Douglas mash-ups!

 

I don't think any 8/70 mixes circulate but I would think it was the 'two old maids' lyric as it is the last version recorded as well the only with vocals.

 

Not sure if I’ve heard the 7/1 version, it’s one of Jimi’s best studio days and I wonder if the vibe from Dolly, Hey Baby and even Beginning carried over.

Maybe they could take the lyrics from the late one and...nah!