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The 1990s and 2000s brought us several tribute albums with a wide variety of artists providing their takes on Jimi's songs, plus his old pals Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood honor their fallen friend in their reunion shows,
In the first of two episodes, we'll look at Jimi's guest appearances during his days with the Experiences, then at a number of different covers done by various artists through the 70s and 80s.
Jimi's recordings with Curtis Knight and the Squires are discussed along with the numerous ways these songs have come out over the years.
2019 gave fans their first good look at the long promised Royal Albert Hall film and a box set featuring all four sets by the Band of Gypsys. 2020 was going to be a major anniversary year, but a world wide pandemic changed everyone's plans. Despite that, Jimi Hendrix managed to get FOUR releases out that year.
The Jimi Hendrix Experienced made a thunderous debut with their first album Are You Experienced. This episode goes over that album in depth, the difference between the UK and US versions and how Smash Hits was used differently in each area to give record buyers the full picture.
We look at the Jimi Hendrix Experience's second LP, its stereo and mono mixes that both appear on the recent SACD plus a mystery mix that popped up along the way.
This episode, we go over the making of Jimi's double album masterpiece track by track, as well as discussing the changes made when creating the 5.1 mix for the 50th anniversary edition.
Sony goes to the well one more time with a third 'new' studio album, a 50th anniversary set is released for Electric Ladyland and high end SACDs are scheduled for Are You Expereinced and Axis: Bold As Love...but only one makes it out.
Sony releases another "new" studio album to even more chart success, more live material makes its way out and we begin our discussion of the Curtis Knight era.
After a Top 5 album and career spanning box set, Sony returns to California for two live projects including a surprise reissue and an expansive look at a famous run of shows from 1968
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