| Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys (1970) |
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| 01 | Who Knows | 09:36 | |||
| 02 | Machine Gun | 12:39 | |||
| 03 | Changes | 05:11 | |||
| 04 | Power To Love | 06:56 | |||
| 05 | Message Of Love | 05:23 | |||
| 06 | We Gotta Live Together | 05:51 | |||
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| Band of Gypsys Artist Jimi Hendrix Album Title Band of Gypsys Date of Release 1970 (release) inprint AMG Rating (Best-of-Artist) Genre Rock Styles Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll Type live Time 45:16 Hendrix, sans the Experience, hooked up with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles to record this hard electric funk outing live at the Fillmore East in New York on December 31, 1969. While the rhythm section may have lacked the chops for wild free-form excursions, they provided Hendrix with a no-nonsense groove for his funkier R&B experiments. "Machine Gun," the album's highlight, features some of Hendrix's greatest playing. His dramatically violent soundscapes convey the horror of the war experience, with brilliantly controlled use of feedback and rapid-fire bursts of notes. -- Rick Clark, All Music Guide CD Capitol 32 CD Capitol Stao-472 LP Capitol SN-16319 1970 LP Capitol STAO-472 1995 CS Capitol 96414 1995 LP Capitol 96414 Billy Cox - Bass Wally Heider - Engineer Jimi Hendrix - Guitar, Vocals, Mixing Eddie Kramer - Remixing, Mixing, Remastering, Engineering Supervisor George Marino - Remastering Heaven Research - Producer Joseph Sia - Photography Janie Hendrix - Remastering Supervisor Jan Blom - Photography John McDermott - Liner Notes, Remastering Supervisor ---------------------------------------------------- Release date: 01/13/1998 Original release date: 1970 Label: Capitol/EMI Records Producer: Heaven Research Engineer: Wally Heider Live Pieces in Set: 1 Catalog#: 93446 Distributor: n/a Desc: Performer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Notes: This 1998 re-issue of BAND OF GYPSYS has been digitally remastered by the original engineer, Eddie Kramer. Personnel: Jimi Hendrix (electric guitar, vocals); Billy Cox (bass); Buddy Miles (drums, vocals). Recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York, New York on December 31, 1969. Includes liner notes by John McDermott. Following the breakup of the Experience, Hendrix took a sabbatical in Woodstock, New York, hooked up with bassist Billy Cox, his old Air Force running mate, and began jamming with a wide variety of musicians, including R&B drummer Buddy Miles. Hendrix had become self-conscious about his image as a showman and rocker, and the limitations of thrashing through the same repertoire night after night. BAND OF GYPSYS was an attempt by Hendrix to redefine himself, and marked a slight return to his roots in R&B and the blues, accompanied by a solid, groove-oriented rhythm section. During their brief tenure as a band, Band Of Gypsys performed New Year's Eve at the Fillmore East, and this live recording captures some of Hendrix's most monumental solos, particularly his long, intensely emotional improvisation on "Machine Gun" and his pithy blues work on "Who Knows." Buddy Miles' "Them Changes" illustrates Hendrix's mastery of funk, while "Message Of Love" and "Power Of Soul" demonstrate his remarkable ability to provide a simultaneous rhythm accompaniment and melodic counterpoint to his vocals, in the blues tradition of Robert Johnson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |