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Hendrix blues

I just played a copy of Jimi Hendrix greatest hits and I had forgotten how much I like Hendrix. I'm normally a jazz fan. What caught my ear most were the cuts which were more "bluesey" like "Hey Joe" and "Red House". Can anyone suggest a Hendrix album which is more, or all blues?
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stne418
91 posts
 
The BBC sessions should still be in print on CD. I haven't seen a copy on LP yet however. The Hendrix family has a good bootleg titled Live At Oakland Colisuem on Dagger Records. The sound quality is not good, but the spirit is.
It is better to listen to on headphones and boom boxes than your main system.
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
Error correction: Sorry, I screwed up in my post above - the common 45 of "Hey Joe" is on the flip of "Foxey Lady" (there is no 45 of this tune shared with "TWCM"). My apologies if I confused anyone.
tomryan
797 posts
 
In 1971 I bought an import LP entiled "Hendrix in the West". It was a live album and had a 15 minute version of Red House Blues that was some of the best Hendrix imaginable. As I remember the sound quality was quite good, too. I've checked Amazon, CD Now, etc. and it appears this is not available on CD.
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
That version of "Red House" is amazing, and the LP was also released domestically under the same title. Don't know about on CD, though.
moto_man
396 posts
 
I have the LP import of Hendrix in the West and the whole recording is great quality. His rendition of Johnny B. Good is particularly excellent as well.
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