Jimi Hendrix - The Apartment Recordings (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

ATM 236-237

3rd part in a series of CD sets featuring nearly every available mix and take of the tracks recorded may 1967-january 1968 including the ones that appeared on "Electric Ladyland"

This set compiles all circulating Apartment Recordings from early 1968.
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All recordings in the ATM series are taken from the lowest generation masters available, and they have all been digitally restored unless otherwise indicated.

Disc 1:
01. Long Hot Summer Night
02. 1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
03. Angel
04. Cherokee Mist
05. Hear My Train A-Comin'
06. Voodoo Chile (false start)
07. Voodoo Chile
08. Gypsy Eyes / Gypsy Eyes (instrumental)
09. South Saturn Delta
10. Three Little Bears (instrumental)
11. Gypsy Eyes (instrumental)
12. 1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (instrumental)
13. Gypsy Eyes (instrumental)

Disc 2:
01. Blues Jam
02. Unknown title
03. Tears Of Rage
04. Hear My Train A Comin'
05. Instrumental Solo
06. 1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
07. Long Hot Summer Night
08. Our Lovely Home
09. My Friend
10-12. Caruso Insult Session
13. Talking Over Eric Burdon

This 2CD set collects what’s available of the private recordings Jimi made in the Spring of 1968.

Disc 1, tracks 1-8: This is the "old" apartment tape, commonly referred to as "The Drake Hotel Demos".
Disc 1, tracks 9-13: Five tracks that previously appeared on ATM 063-064 "On the Road (To Electric Ladyland)", but are upgraded here.
Disc 2, tracks 1-9: The sample of the eBay tape from several years ago - the so-called "10.000 Dollar Tape".
Disc 2, tracks 10-12: Recorded during March-April 1968 period, the recording is often referred to as "The Paul Caruso Abuse Session" or "Rag Session", and starts with a loose attempt at "All Along The Watchtower" and ends with "Bright Lights, Big City". Those songs are given separate tracks.
Disc 2, track 13: Known by various names (most commonly "Room Full Of Mirrors Poetry Recital")

This collection continues the studio recording history of Jimi Hendrix started on ATM 109-112 "Maximum Experience", and together with its companion piece ATM 238 "Electric Ladyland - Sessions march-april 1968", it picks up where ATM 234-235 "Electric Ladyland - Sessions may 1967-january 1968" left off.