JIMI HENDRIX – Black Gold … Volume 1 (2CD)

Jimi Hendrix – Black Gold … Volume 1
Pro Studio 9.7 – Expertly compiled and many would say that this represents one of the top tier collections of studio work compilations out there. In its own right, you could say the “Black Gold” series is definitive or at least was held in that esteem for many years by collectors.

CD 1:  (77:21, 11 tracks)
Playhouse Theatre, London, 06oct67 (track 1)
Record Plant, New York, 03may68 (track 2)
Drake Hotel, Jimi Solo, New York, 17apr68 (tracks 3-11)

1. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Parts I & II) 8:35
2. Voodoo Chlid (Slight Return) [The Session: takes 1-15] 32:43
3. Long Hot Summer Night (Parts I& II) 4:23
4. 1983…(A Merman Should Turn To Be) 4:00
5. Moon Turn The Tides…Gently, Gently Away 3:28
6. Angel 3:22
7. Cherokee Mist 3:12
8. Getting My Heart Back Together Again 1:21
9. Voodoo Chile 6:07
10. Gypsy Eyes 5:53
11. Gypsy Eyes 4:14

CD 2: (70:31, 11 tracks)
Record Plant, New York, 14jun68 (track 1)
Record Plant, New York, 10jun68 (tracks 2-4)
Record Plant, New York, 14may68 (track 5)
Electric Ladyland Studiod, New York, 16jun70 (track 6)
Record Plant, New York, 24mar69 (track 7)
Record Plant, New York, 24sep69 (tracks 8-9)
Olmstead Studios, New York, 04mar69 (track 10)
Record Plant, New York, 21apr69 (track 11)

1. South Saturn Delta 3:29
2. Rainy Day, Dream Away [overdub session: take 1] 0:56
3. Rainy Day, Dream Away [take 2] 2:19
4. Rainy Day, Dream Away [take 3] 10:21
5. Third Stone From The Sun/ Villanova Junction Blues 14:05
6. Jam Back At The House 5:47
7. Bleeding Heart 3:48
8. Pride Of Man [take 1] 1:28
9. Pride Of Man [take 2] 2:18
10. Midnight, Valleys Of Neptune Arising [takes 1-7] 14:51
11. Sending My Heart To Linda [takes 1-2] 11:06