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

Yes, it's also mentioned in the last line of my original post about the event. I now think I'll go - I've never met McDermott, though I used to write for the old Experience Hendrix magazine back in the dark ages

 

Well, RAD or not, I was able to pick up a copy at the local Indie store this morning.

Lover Man sounds superb. The performance, however, leaves a bit to be desired. But, hey, it's an outtake, right? I'll still gladly buy anything Jimi ever recorded.

The B-side is a Dutch television studio rendition of Foxey Lady from November, 1967. This is a previously unreleased, non-album track that sounds pretty decent.

The jacket artwork has an interesting theme.

 

Lover Man band and vocal performances sound uninspired, but what a great little guitar solo in the middle!!

I agree 100%. Funky, soulful, melodic and almost always dead on.

 

I have every issue safely stashed away. I LOVED that magazine. I'd like to read some of your contributions. Do you recall specific stories/issues I should look for?

 

Thinking back on it now, it's kind of hard to believe that was TWO DECADES ago! Yipes! But for my upcoming book about Jimi's music, I was just going over the transition from Alan Douglas to the formation of Experience Hendrix, so yes - it's been that long! I too have all the issues of the magazine down in the archives, I'll have to go through them to see what I wrote, but off the top of my head I know I did the feature on the Experience swing through Texas. I can't remember if my Lonnie Youngblood interview was the basis of a feature in that publication - I know it was in UniVibes. I'm thinking of doing a "debris shot" for the book of Jimi on the covers of a pile of magazines - if so I'll pull out the copies of Experience Hendrix for a memory refresh...

 

Oh, I also did the big feature on the Experience at Monterey. When I get my hands on the issues I can let you know what ran where

 

"Lover Man" was a favored Hendrix original and the guitarist was determined to realize a finished master. Previous attempts by the original EXPERIENCE had yet to yield this for Hendrix but this December 1969 effort by the BAND OF GYPSYS — complete with its homage to the popular "Batman" theme song — was his strongest effort to date.
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'strongest effort to date'....gotta be kidding...this version is no where near any 'master' version.

 

Jimi really had a thing for this song, but despite throwing everything he had at it multiple times and with varying musicians, he just never heard what he was looking for. There are many lackluster versions of the song, all that you listen to and think, "Well, that was OK..."

 

I agree completely. Some interesting parts but nowhere near as good as the TTG version on SSD or the EL version on the purple box.

 

Saw the single in a store I. Seattle yesterday. Didn’t pick it up.

 

Hmmm, the photo says otherwise.....

 

It always seemed strange to me, as it was just an original (but not especially inventive) lyric over his earlier arrangement of Rock Me Baby. As I said above, it's a nifty solo - nifty enough that I was damn glad to have heard it in this kind of sound quality.

 

Yes. But nothing will replace that Live At Monterey version of "Rock Me Baby". It was heavy.

 

For sure.

 

i dont understand whats exclusive. i already have the record

EXCLUSIVE HENDRIX 7

 

cover art?

 

I believe the b-side is unreleased and is not on the new album.

 

i mean whats exclusive to record store day? you can buy the record online already. i have, and i already have it., record store day isn't for a while.

 

It's also very similar to "Can You See Me". Personally speaking I can't understand for the life of me what Jimi saw in the song and quite why he kept returning to it. It's decidedly average at best.

 

Worked best in his Rock Me Baby arrangement & the Monterey version was never topped

 

Well it's one of those weird cases where it's in the stores right now, but I just got an email from amazon asking me if I still want the item since they have no idea when it will be released.

 

It's fine on its own, but you've got a good point. I'm not sure what exactly he had in his mind what a studio version should sound like after doing it for years live. It's not something like Hear My Train or Valleys of Neptune, it's a 3 minute in and out number. Rock Me Baby was heavy, but Lover Man worked best when it was lighter in the 1970 shows. I've said it before, I don't know why they didn't consider the one from the purple box the go to studio version and let it sit until 2000. To me that's as good as anything released in the posthumous era, it just needed a mix.

 

I think the purpose is to make it as difficult as possible for actual Hendrix fans to find. I'm in the Philadelphia area and stores that I know are participants in Record Store Day have not received this single. And I'd prefer not to pay double/triple/??? to the eBay flipping market. I suppose it will be a case of waiting for the price to inevitably drop. Oddly, many of the eBay listings are shipping from the UK.

 

Even though it is its name. Record Store Day is not
just about a day. The group promotes releases all
year long. In the case of the Hendrix 7", it is being
exclusively sold at independent retailers (at least
for now). The Amazon listing was a mistake and
should not have happened.

The RSD website occasionally list indie store only
releases.

This is a similar one
MARGO PRICE ALL AMERICAN MADE

Since, this Hendrix release was announced* so close
to the annual RSD April event. I think people are getting
confused thinking it has something to do with it.

*It was announced weeks ago. It being a indie
exclusive is all that is new in the RSD press
releases.