The story behind that lost album says: In May of 1969, Michael
Jeffery, manager of the "Jimi Hendrix Experience", commissioned the
engineer Eddie Kramer to review a series of tapes containing the concerts of
the Royal Albert Hall, Los Angeles and San Diego. The main reason for this
album was to fulfill the pending commitment with Reprise and Capitol Records,
after the legal battle lost with producer Ed Chalpin and PPX Industries.
Thus, at the beginning of June of 1969, Eddie Kramer moved to the Wally
Heider studios in Hollywood Ca, to start his work on Sunday June 8
with the mixes of: “Star Spangled Banner” (L.A Forum). “Purple Haze” (San
Diego) and “Little Wing” (Royal Albert Hall); continuing on Monday 9: “Voodoo
Child (slight return)” (Royal Albert Hall). “Fire” (San Diego) and “Red house”
(San Diego) and ending on Tuesday 10: “I don´t live today” (L.A Forum)
and “Getting my heart back together again” (a.k.a Hear my train a coming)
(Royal Albert Hall).
Between that last day and the following one the disc was mounted, whose
provisional title was "live experience" and the result was shown to
Jeffery,Capitol & Reprise Records,...
Side A: (24:34)
1. Fire.(3:27).
2. Getting My Heart Back Together Again.(8:24).
(a.k.a: Hear My Train A´Coming)
3. Red House.(12:42).
Side B: (23:49)
1. Star Spangled Banner.(2:29).
2. Purple Haze.(4:50).
3. I Don´t Live Today.(5:31).
4. Little Wing.(3:13).
5. Voodoo Child (Slight Return).(7:45).
...but a couple of days later, on June 15 the project was discarded,
although Reprise did not set aside the possibility of publishing it in
September, despite the fact that it had already opted for the American version
of "Smash Hits"; finally not to detract from this compilation, the
live album was definitely abandoned.
The project was recovered years later, published in January 1972 by
Polydor, as part of a posthumous album: "Hendrix In the West", with
some of those recordings selected for "live experience" and other new
ones made at the Isle of Wight Festival and at the University of Berkeley
during 1970. What is shown here, bit.ly/69jhLe It's a recons-truction of that lost
album, using the original mixes made by engineer Eddie Kramer in June of 1969.
and compiled in chronological order like a complete set list as “The Jimi
Hendrix Experience” played in concert that year.
Enjoy it
