JIMI HENDRIX – Black Gold … Volume 1,2,3 (5CD)

Jimi Hendrix – Black Gold … Volume 1,2,3   (5 Disc’s)
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

CD 3:  (71:12, 6 tracks)
Electric Ladyland Studiod, New York, 23jul70 (track 1)
Record Plant, New York, 21nov69 (track 2)
Record Plant, New York, 23jan70 (track 3)
Record Plant, New York, 07nov69 (tracks 4-5)
Sheridan Square, Greenwich Village, New York, 10sep69 (track 6)

1. Had To Cry Today 16:30
2. Paper Airplanes [rehearsals] 26:41
3. Blue Suede Shoes [jam] 11:36
4. Izabella [overdub session: take 2] 3:50
5. Izabella 4:41
6. Honey Bed [takes 1-5] 7:52

CD 4:  (31:59, 2 tracks)
Record Plant, New York, 07jan70 (track 1)
25 Brook Street, London, Home Rec., 10mar69 (track 2)

1. Mannish Boy [rehearsals: takes 1-7] 39:55
2. Closer To The Truth [Room Full Of Mirrors] 22:06

CD 5:  (70:35, 6 tracks)
Record Plant, New York, 01may68 (track 1)
Greenwich Village, New York, Home Rec., 01feb70 (track 2, medley)
Record Plant, New York, Jimi solo, 20apr68 (tracks 3-6)

1. Voodoo Chile [Blues Session: takes 1-5] 36:44
2. Instrumental Jam Inc.: 23:48
Stepping Stone
Sending My Love To Linda
Freedom
Here Comes The Sun
Cherokee Mist
All Devil’s Children
3. 3 Little Bears 2:38
4. Gypsy Eyes 2:38
5. 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) 4:27
6. Untitled Instrumental 0:44