🎊 February, 16

🎊 1967.

‘Anim’ office, London.

Jimi signs a publishing agreement with Yameta/A. Schroeder, which has all the songs on the two singles after Stone Free (which was given to Radio London’s publishing, Pall Mall, as part of a deal to promote him), and all those on the UK AYE, plus “Here He Comes” for which the original lyrics have never been heard, or seen - so far. Only an instrumental cut survives, it’s identical to Jimi’s early, speeded up version of BB King’s Rock Me Baby, which he later titled, “Lover Man”. A staple of his concerts, but he never managed to record a studio version to his satisfaction.

🎊 1968

Dallas, State Fair Music Hall, Fair Park, TX, USA, JHE

Neville: “We got some more gear from Sunn.”

Concert by JHE (55 minutes).

Support: Soft Machine with The Mark Boyle Sensual Laboratory light show; The Moving Sidewalks; Neal Ford And The Fanatics

Songs:

Are You Experienced 🌸 Fire 🌸 The Wind Cries Mary 🌸 Tax Free 🌸 Foxy Lady 🌸 Hey Joe 🌸 Spanish Castle Magic 🌸 Red House 🌸 Purple Haze 🌸 Wild Thing

Neville: “Show went quite well.”

🎊 1969

Olympic Sound Studios, London, JHE

Producer Jimi Hendrix

Songs:

England Slow (Ezy Ryder) 🌸 Room Full Of Mirrors 🌸 Shame, Shame, Shame 🌸 Crying Blue Rain 🌸 Tax Free Sunshine Of Your Love 🌸 Here He Comes (Lover Man)

🎊 1970

Juggy Sound, New York Studio Recording Record Plant.

On this evening, Jimi traveled to the Record Plant after mixing sessions at Juggy Sound had concluded. Upon his arrival, an informal jam session with Buddy Miles ensued. Two instrumental attempts at “Blue Suede Shoes” were put to tape. Later, Jimi put forward an early version of what would become to “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)”.

Singing live and supported only by drums and percussion, Jimi wove gorgeous touches of Spanish flamenco styling within the arrangement. An impish stab at Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues”- a favorite of the guitarist’s when he was a teenager in Seattle - was followed by a funky original work reminiscent of “Day Tripper.” Soon thereafter Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell arrived. Buddy Miles departed and work began on “Freedom”. This recording, issued on The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, is dramatically different than the version now included as part of First Rays Of The New Rising Sun. Most notably, Jimi devised an inventive, extended introduction and, in contrast to his efforts the previous summer with Gypsys Sun & Rainbows, skillfully integrated the percussion effort of Juma Sultan.

Dallas Feb 16, 1968