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    11 Oct, 2006
    Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced (Remastered)
    Jimi Hendrix’ original label in the UK was Track, whilst in the States it was Reprise. Which resulted in the first three albums — “Are You Experienced”, “Axis Bold As Love” and “Smash Hits” — having slight variations in the track listing on either side of the Atlantic. They also had different artwork on the album sleeves. Great for fans and collectors at the time. But confusing nowadays, in an era plagued with a plethora of re-releases, remasters and compilations etc. The main intention of this 17 track remastered CD is to combine the track lists of both the Track and Reprise originals, but there is a little more to it than that, resulting in a somewhat puzzling compilation to the uninitiated. The ‘reviews’ (so called) of the CD which have been read are also confused and misleading. And it hardly helps that the sleeve notes in the otherwise excellent cover booklet with the CD itself offer nothing by way of explanation! In many respects it is also a shame that the original Reprise (US) “Are You Experienced” album cover was chosen for the CD sleeve (thereby adding to the general confusion) — Though it is a great cover, far superior to the original Track (UK) one. The original UK vinyl release of Jimi Hendrix’ debut album “Are You Experienced” had the following track list (in original running order) — Foxy Lady, Manic Depression, Red House, Can You See Me, Love Or Confusion, I Don’t Live Today, May This Be Love, Fire, Third Stone From The Sun, Remember, Are You Experienced. All those songs feature on this Transatlantic compilation — Which is an apposite description I guess. On the original US release, Red House, Can You See Me and Remember were replaced by Purple Haze, Hey Joe and Wind Cries Mary. Those latter three numbers also feature on this compilation. Are you following this?? Hey! Wait a minute! That makes fourteen tracks in total. Where do the other three come from? The answer lies in the track listing of the original “Smash Hits” album released in the UK. The numbers Stone Free, 51st Anniversary and Highway Chile (the original b sides to the UK singles Hey Joe, Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary respectively) never appeared on any studio album released during Jimi Hendrix’ lifetime — Highway Chile subsequently appeared on “War Heroes”. Those three numbers also feature here. That makes seventeen. Got it now?? (!). That’s the explanation! Now what about the music? Hendrix fans will already have all this material on various albums. But this is still a great item to add to the collection, featuring as it does all of these numbers remastered by Jimi Hendrix’ master studio mixer and engineer back in the old days, Eddie Kramer. It’s on the Experience Hendrix label too, run by Jimi’s own family, another assurance of authenticity and high quality. For casual Hendrix fans, or newcomers to his music, this is a great introduction to the acknowledged master of the stratocaster, featuring all the numbers laid down during those first few manic months way back in 1967 when the unknown Jimi Hendrix arrived in Britain from the States with his new mentor and manager Chas Chandler and immediately took England by storm. The original album is ranked Number 15 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, placed Number 29 in NME’s Greatest Albums of All Time, and is included in Vibe’s 100 Essential Albums of the Tewntieth Century. Enjoy! Reviewer: MGB0147
    04 Jun, 2006
    Woodstock 1 CD
    The very name Woodstock conjures up all sorts of images of different kinds for different people, and should need no introduction here. Along with the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, the 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Festival became an icon for the late sixties generation. Any self-respecting rock fan updating his or her old vinyl or tape collection should regard this as an essential item for their CD rack. Remember the film? Playing this music again conjures up all the great images from that footage. Arguably the best track is one of the less well known ones. When Richie Havens stepped onto the stage at short notice to face an impatient and increasingly hostile crowd and immediately won them over with his intense performance of Freedom. That number, perhaps more than any other, sums up the Spirit of Woodstock. An apposite title too. Canned Heat’s great rendition of their good time rock-boogie number Going Up The Country, with Alan Wilson’s hauntingly strange vocal sound, also features, and precedes Freedom on the album compilation. Then there’s the memorable Fish Cheer (so called) from Country Joe McDonald, with over a quarter of a million people responding to the prompts, before the band breaks into the protest Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag. Woodstock was apparently only the second time Crosby Stills Nash & Young had played to a live audience, but their Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is another great performance included on the album. The track chosen from The Who’s set is one of their less boisterous numbers, We’re Not Gonna Take It, an appropriate choice following on from the melodic CSNY songs in the album running order. Joe Cocker’s animated performance of With A Little Help From My Friends, which went a long way to attaining his legendary status, closes the first disc of the double compendium. The opening track on disc two is another classic in its own right, featuring Mike Shrieve’s great drum solo in the extended version of Soul Sacrifice played during a scorching set which launched Carlos Santana to worldwide fame. An extended good time rock n roll jam follows, with Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) playing guitar licks late into the night on I’m Going Home. Jefferson Airplane opened the second day of the festival, and their first number, Volunteers, was chosen for the album release. Remember the self-effacing and slightly bemused Max Yasgur? A cut from his short oratory to the crowd follows, which opens with the best introduction from any of the voiceovers in the entire film footage of the concert: “I’m A Farmer” (!!). On the disc his words about the vast crowd being well behaved and having a good time break almost straight into the music of one of the bands that really got the crowd on their feet and jumping about, Sly & the Family Stone’s long dancealong medley, closing with I Wanna Take You Higher. The second disc ends with the master of the stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix, holding the audience spellbound with his protest version of Star Spangled Banner before launching into Purple Haze, followed by a long instrumental. All those great moments, and many more, are captured here on this double CD. For those whose memories of the film have faded with the passing of the years, this CD will bring them flooding back. One of the classic live albums of all time, an essential addition to anyone’s collection, whatever their tastes in music. Reviewer: MGB0147
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    03 Oct, 2006
    Born To Be Wild (16 Rock Classics)
    A “Rock Classics” compilation? — Now there’s a novel idea huh? Nobody had ever thought of that before!! Actually, this particular compendium is not yer usual offering of oft-repeated and oft-recycled rock splunge — Is that a new word?? :-) For a start, some fairly mediocre and pretty average (but very well known) rock numbers — which nowadays seem to feature on nearly every genre compilation from Hip Hop through Pan Pipes to Thrash Metal and Petrol Station Music (!) — are mercifully absent. Rainbow’s standard is included, but that’s ok, as it’s a classic number. So too Black Sabbath’s epic. And amongst the rest there’s some great stuff! Remember Atomic Rooster’s only major chart success? Or Golden Earring’s five minutes of fame? That weird and wonderful number from Focus? BTO’s greatest hit? They’re all included here. Not sure how “Wild” some of the other offerings are — more laid back songs from Peter Frampton, Manfred Mann and Nazareth, for example, and the instrumental cut from ELP. But they’re great soft rock numbers in their own right. A good choice from Free too. And for sheer over-the-top mania Motorhead are featured. And there’s a more esoteric inclusion, a track from Geordie (unfortunately not one of their best) featuring Brian Johnson of AC/DC. Pity that the vintage Steppenwolf number of the CD title is not included — one can never hear enough of that classic. But this compilation is well worth making a space for on your CD rack for the inclusion of the less obvious numbers and the two live cuts. Reviewer: MGB0147
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