The Jimi Hendrix Experience / The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set
Artist The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Box Set Title: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album Title: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set
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Primary Genre Rock: Hard Rock
Format CD (4)
Released 09/12/2000
Label MCA Records, Inc.
Catalog No 088 112 317-2
Bar Code No 0 08811 23162 0
Packaging Box Set (4 Disk)
Tracks
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set [disc 1]
1. Purple Haze (3:26)
(Jimi Hendrix)
2. Killing Floor [Live] (3:05)
(Chester Burnett/a “Howlin’ Wolf”)/k)
3. Hey Joe [Live] (2:52)
(William M. Roberts)
4. Foxey Lady (3:27)
(Jimi Hendrix)
5. Highway Chile (3:40)
(Jimi Hendrix)
6. Hey Joe (3:06)
(William M. Roberts)
7. Title #3 (2:12)
(Jimi Hendrix)
8. Third Stone From The Sun (9:18)
(Jimi Hendrix)
9. Taking Care Of No Business (3:42)
(Jimi Hendrix)
10. Here He Comes (Lover Man) (3:02)
(Jimi Hendrix)
11. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (1:30)
(Jimi Hendrix)
12. If 6 Was 9 (5:57)
(Jimi Hendrix)
13. Rock Me Baby [Live] (3:20)
(Riley “B. B.” King, Joe Bihari)
14. Like A Rolling Stone [Live] (6:48)
(Bob Dylan)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set [disc 2]
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Live] (1:51)
(Paul McCartney)
2. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Live] (4:06)
(Jimi Hendrix)
3. Little Wing (3:23)
(Jimi Hendrix)
4. Little Miss Lover (2:21)
(Jimi Hendrix)
5. The Wind Cries Mary [Live] (4:11)
(Jimi Hendrix)
6. Catfish Blues [Live] (5:26)
(Robert Petway)
7. Bold As Love (7:09)
(Jimi Hendrix)
8. Sweet Angel (4:12)
(Jimi Hendrix)
9. Fire [Live] (2:43)
(Jimi Hendrix)
10. Somewhere (3:48)
(Jimi Hendrix)
11. (Have You Ever Been To) Electric Ladyland (1:28)
(Jimi Hendrix)
12. Gypsy Eyes (3:43)
(Jimi Hendrix)
13. Room Full Of Mirrors (1:26)
(Jimi Hendrix)
14. Gloria (8:53)
(Van Morrison)
15. It's Too Bad (8:52)
(Jimi Hendrix)
16. Star Spangled Banner (4:12)
(Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set [disc 3]
1. Stone Free (3:43)
(Jimi Hendrix)
2. Spanish Castle Magic (5:50)
(Jimi Hendrix)
3. Hear My Train A Comin' (6:58)
(Jimi Hendrix)
4. Room Full of Mirrors (7:56)
(Jimi Hendrix)
5. I Don't Live Today [Live] (6:33)
(Jimi Hendrix)
6. Little Wing [Live] (3:16)
(Jimi Hendrix)
7. Red House [Live] (13:07)
(Jimi Hendrix)
8. Purple Haze [Live] (4:03)
(Jimi Hendrix)
9. Voodoo Childe (Slight Return) [Live] (7:53)
(Jimi Hendrix)
10. Izabella (3:39)
(Jimi Hendrix)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set [disc 4]
1. Message To Love (3:35)
(Jimi Hendrix)
2. Earth Blues (4:08)
(Jimi Hendrix)
3. Astro Man (4:11)
(Jimi Hendrix)
4. Country Blues (8:26)
(Jimi Hendrix)
5. Freedom (3:52)
(Jimi Hendrix)
6. Johnny B. Goode [Live] (4:46)
(Jimi Hendrix/Chuck Berry)
7. Lover Man (2:57)
(Jimi Hendrix)
8. Blue Suede Shoes [Live] (4:28)
(Jimi Hendrix/Carl Perkins)
9. Cherokee Mist (6:02)
(Jimi Hendrix)
10. Come Down Hard On Me (3:18)
(Jimi Hendrix)
11. Hey Baby/In From The Storm [Live] (8:56)
(Jimi Hendrix)
12. Ezy Ryder (3:43)
(Jimi Hendrix)
13. Night Bird Flying (4:24)
(Jimi Hendrix)
14. All Along The Watchtower [Live] (4:22)
(Jimi Hendrix/Bob Dylan)
15. In From The Storm [Live] (4:21)
(Jimi Hendrix)
16. Slow Blues (1:45)
(Jimi Hendrix)
Date Acquired 11/04/2008
Personal Rating
Acquired from Best Buy
Purchase Price 30.00

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Review by Sean Westergaard

The Hendrix family continues its reissue campaign with the release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a lavish four-disc box set that should be a boon to Hendrix collectors everywhere. With a beautiful 80-page booklet, and purporting to have 46 unreleased tracks, further inspection actually reveals less than meets the eye, at least for collectors.

The problem is that real collectors have already heard most of this material, and not only through bootleg sources. Many of the previously unreleased tracks are just new mixes of live tracks that were issued as part of Stages, Live at Monterey, and Lifelines. Also included is a new mix of the "Gloria" single. While the sound quality is somewhat better (handled by the expert Eddie Kramer), the new mixes do not differ substantially from the earlier versions. With the inclusion of virtually all of In the West, and a few quality tracks from Rainbow Bridge and Crash Landing (without the wretched mid-'70s overdubs), The Jimi Hendrix Experience almost seems like a shelf-clearing exercise, taking care of the leftover tracks that fans have been clamoring for en masse.

The real highlights of the set are the early studio outtakes, presumably from the cache that Chas Chandler withheld from Alan Douglas for so many years. Interestingly, one of the most enjoyable aspects of these studio outtakes is the control room banter that takes place. There isn't a ton of it, but there are some highly enjoyable moments. At the end of "Purple Haze," Hendrix starts to giggle and throws in "Mary Had a Little Lamb." The version of "Third Stone From the Sun" has Chandler and Hendrix's recording of the spoken bits used on the song, tacked on to the beginning. It's great to hear Hendrix cracking up throughout their interstellar conversation.

Another moment subtly hints at the frictions that were to end up dissolving the Chandler-Hendrix partnership. After seven minutes of take 21 of "Bold As Love," Hendrix is heard to say, "let's try it one more time, alright?" to which Chas Chandler dejectedly replies "oooohh."

The book itself is wonderful; all tracks are fully documented and annotated, with lots of photos, many previously unpublished. There are also recording studio log sheets, newspaper articles, poster/flyers, and Hendrix's handwritten lyrics reproduced. All in all, The Jimi Hendrix Experience is a fine addendum to the Hendrix legacy, but not the place to start; this is a set for someone who already has the studio albums and can't get enough of his genius. The disappointment a hardcore collector might feel at having heard most of this material already should be outweighed by the beautiful, warm sound achieved by Eddie Kramer and the general high quality of the package.
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