Jimi Hendrix ??/??/69
Complete 1969 Studio Sessions, various, various
Set I
Disc 1

February 11, 1969 – Record Plant, New York, New York

World Traveler
It's Too Bad
It's Too Bad (2) – Incomplete wide stereo mix with heavy delay.
It's Too Bad (3) – Alternate mix with incomplete end.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Hitchings Jam

February 14, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England

Midnight Lightning – Instrumental solo

February 16, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England

Cryin' Blue Rain
Lover Man
Room Full Of Mirrors
Shame, Shame, Shame
Sunshine Of Your Love

Disc 2

February 17, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England.

Spanish Castle Magic
Hear My Train A Comin'

February 26, 1969 – Olympic Studios, London, England.

Noel's Tune (Take 1)

March 16, 1969 – Mercury Studios, New York, New York.

Blue Window Jam (Take 2)
Blue Window Jam (Take 2) - Incomplete edited official version.

March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York

The Star Spangled Banner - The official mix.
The Star Spangled Banner – Slightly different mix with no fade out.
The Star Spangled Banner (2) - The official mix slowed to half speed giving an excellent view of overdubbed effects.
The Star Spangled Banner - The official mix slowed to half speed but reversed to show more backward effects.
Gypsy Boy (Take 8) - Early version of Hey Baby that is the unaltered take 8.

Disc 3

March 18, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Gypsy Boy - This is the Alan Douglas composite that removes the original bass and studio session players are added in.

March 19, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York

Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother
Georgia Blues A.K.A Mother, Mother – This mix includes sax and more vocals.

March 25, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York

McLaughlin Jam – The complete take of this jam.
Jimi/Jimmy Jam – The more complete edit.
Jimi/Jimmy Jam - The edited official mix.

Disc 4

April 1, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York

Midnight (3) - The most complete and longest version.
Midnight (1) - The first official altered edit.
Midnight (2) - The second longer official altered edit
Bleeding Heart (14,15,16) - 3 short instrumental takes that favor the War Heroes version with Devon Wilson on tambourine

April 2, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York

Hear My Train A Comin' – The heavily altered official composite edit of that dates takes in which Alan Douglas removes Noel and Mitch and replaces them with session players.

April 4, 1969 – Olmstead Studios, New York, New York

Trash Man – The heavily altered official composite edit of that dates takes in which Alan Douglas removes Noel and Mitch and replaces them with session players.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Rock And Roll Jam

April 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Ezy Rider Jam
Stone Free Again (5) – The unaltered original mix
Stone Free Again (29) – The slightly longer alternate mono mix. Also contains more vocal chat.
Stone Free Again - The heavily altered official edit. Again Alan Douglas strips out the Experience and adds session players.

April 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Ships Passing In The Night – Considered to be an early version of Night Bird Flying

April 17, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Keep On Groovin' - The complete take.
Keep On Groovin' (26) - First alternate mix with echo.
Keep On Groovin' (24) - Second alternate mix with echo.
Keep On Groovin' (27) - Third alternate mix with echo.

Disc 5

April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Mannish Boy (Part 1)
Mannish Boy (Part 2)
Mannish Boy (Part 3)

Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.

Disc 6

April 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Mannish Boy (Part 3)

Multiple takes of this session with multiple false starts included.
Mannish Boy – The official composite.
Mannish Boy (53) – The more complete composite.

April 24, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Crash Landing – Alternate instrumental mix with guitar and bass only
Crash Landing – With 2nd vocal track only. Guitars and bass only with no drums or organ.
Crash Landing – With 1st vocal track only.
Crash Landing – This mix has 2 overlaid vocal tracks
Crash Landing (7) – Alternate less-altered mono mix with more chat.
Crash landing – The official altered mix. Another track Alan Douglas mixed with session players.
Drone Blues – This is the complete edit.
Drone Blues – This is the official mix
Ships Passing In The Night – Another Early version of Nightbird flying. This is Jimi solo on electric guitar.

Disc 7

May 7, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Johnny Winter Jam #1 In E – A fairly uncirculated track instrumental track. After some tape recorder starts and stops, this track continues into Track 2.Earth Blues Jam - The most complete version of this jam. Appears to continue into Track 3.
The Things I Used To Do (1) – First instrumental take.
The Things I Used To Do (2) – This is mainly an instrumental but Jimi throws in a few lyrics from Ships Passing In The Night.
The Things I Used To Do – The complete false start.
The Things I Used To Do (3) – The complete raw take with no added effects.
he Things I Used To Do (3) – The complete raw take. Includes 6 seconds of false start at the beginning of the track. This track apparently has reverb and echo added.
The Things I Used To Do – This is a longer version of the official mix as found on Lifelines
Johnny Winter Jam (1) – Newly surfaced track from the TTIUTD sessions. Incomplete.

May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Fuzzy Guitar Jam (1) – Improvisational jam with Larry Young.
Jam H290 – Incomplete with fade out at end of track. Source: The Kees Tapes
Jam 292 A.K.A. Jelly 292 – The original official edit that fades in at the start and fades out at the end. This is only about half of the full jam.
Jelly 292 (1) – The second and longer official edit.
Jelly 292 (2) – Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this version but continues to the end.

Disc 8

May 14, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Jelly 292 (2) – Longer version of the second official edit. First 1.5 seconds of start not on this version but continues to the end.
Jam With Horns And Piano (1) – More complete mono mix.
Jam With Horns And Piano (2) – Slightly shorter stereo mix.
Jam With Horns And Piano (3) – This version has guitar mixed high with piano and trumpet mixed low.
Young/Hendrix (2) – The slightly incomplete raw take.
Young/Hendrix (1) – The shorter official edit

May 21, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Bleeding Heart (20) – A slightly different mix with a bit of guitar riffing at the end.
Bleeding Heart (1) – The official edit
Hear My Train A Comin' (52) – Believed to be part of a mixing session with takes from Olmstead Studios on April 2nd. Edited from two sources.

May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Nine To The Universe (1) – The complete raw take.

Disc 9

May 22, 1969 - Record Plant, New York, New York.

Nine To The Universe (2) – The official edit.

August 28, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York. –

Easy Blues (1) – The complete version.
Easy Blues (3) – A shorter edit of the complete version and a slightly different mix.
Easy Blues (2) – The official edit but slightly longer than found on Nine To The Universe.
Izabella/Machine Gun Session (1-6) - The unaltered session containing 6 takes of Izabella with two false starts and 1 take of Machine gun complete.
Message To Love (3) – Vocals more upfront on this runthrough.

August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

Machine Gun (2) – An alternate take.

Disc 10

August 29, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

Machine Gun (3) – Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in narrow stereo.
Machine Gun (38) – Composite with 2 vocal tracks, more second guitar and in wider stereo.
Machine Gun (4) – The official composite. Another track Alan Douglas mixes with session players.
Izabella (25) – Original working master, reel 4, take 2 in mono.

September 4, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

Jungle Jam – The complete jam followed by about a minute of Jam Back At The House.

September 6, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (4) – This is the short edit but incomplete.
Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (1) – Long edit number 1 instrumental
Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (2) – Long edit number 2 instrumental
Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (3) – Long edit number 3 instrumental
Lover Man (4) – Instrumental with false start.

Disc 11

September 6, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.
Lord I Sing The Blues For Me And You (5) – Long edit number 4 instrumental.
Lover Man (45) – Incomplete stereo mix with Jimi chatting the introduction. Fades at end.
Untitled Instrumental Jam – An instrumental jam that is slightly incomplete due to late tape start at the beginning of the track
Valleys Of Neptune (22) – Instrumental. Incomplete start with about 0:11 of messing around at the end.
Valleys Of Neptune (17) – Complete with vocals but no bass with chat at end.
Valleys Of Neptune (19) – Complete, nearly mono mix again with no bass. More chat at end.
Valleys Of Neptune (18) – Complete without bass with backing track mixed low.
Valleys Of Neptune (20) – The incomplete official edit with bass. Incomplete start.

September 15, 1969 – The Hit Factory, New York, New York.

I'm A Man (1) – A very early version of Stepping Stone followed by about 20 seconds of additional messing around by Jimi.

September 24, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Power Of Soul (48,49) – Part 1 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
Power Of Soul (2) - Part 2 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.
Power Of Soul (3,4) - Part 3 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.

Disc 12

September 24, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, New York.
Untitled Instrumental Jam - Part 4 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only. This section of the jam finds Jimi moving away from Power Of Soul for a few moments and basically just messing around.
Power Of Soul (5) - Part 5 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only. Jimi takes one more shot at Power Of Soul before moving on to Message To Love.
Message To Love (54-56) – Part 6 of a 16 minute instrumental session with Jimi and Buddy only.

September 25, 1969 – The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Room Full Of Mirrors (25) > Stepping Stone (2) - This session also contains a 30 second portion of Message To Love at the conclusion of RFOM and about 10 seconds of Machine Gun which is actually the beginning of SS. This is the first time that this session is known to be presented in it's full length.
Stepping Stone (16) – Incomplete start.

November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Jungle – A loose jam containing progressions from I'm A Man (Trying To Be). Appears to be narrow stereo.
Untitled Guitar Improve – This is actually an edited version. It is composed of three separate pieces edited together.
Untitled Instrumental Jam (1) – This jam contains riffs from Calling All Devil's Children, Stepping Stone, Ezy Rider, and Villanova Junction.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving (4) - This is a very long jam with Buddy containing riffs from numerous songs including Angel, Power Of Soul, Bolero, Burning Desire, Gypsy Boy, Cherokee Mist and Stepping Stone. This is the mono edit.

Disc 13

November 14, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (3) This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction, Ezy Rider, and South Saturn Delta. This is the mono edit.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Keep On Grooving (1) This is a very long jam with Buddy containing riffs from numerous songs including Angel, Power Of Soul, Bolero, Burning Desire, Gypsy Boy, Cherokee Mist and Stepping Stone. This is the first stero edit.
Untitled Instrumental Jam A.K.A. Jungle (1) This jam contains riffs from Villanova Junction, Ezy Rider, and South Saturn Delta. This is the first stereo edit.

November 17, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.
Room Full Of Mirrors (2) – The first official edit.
Room Full Of Mirrors (3) - First alternate official mix with different guitar.
Room Full Of Mirrors (4) - An alternate mix apparently in mono with different guitar and percussion.
Room Full Of Mirrors (5) - This is the third official mix in which Buddy's drum track is wiped and replaced with an overdub by Bruce Gary in 1995.

November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Power Of Soul 6-17) – Part 1 of a 36 minute session of Power Of Soul in which Jimi refers to the working title as "Paper Aeroplanes or Crash Landing". This section includes Takes 1 through 12.

Disc 14

November 21, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.
Power Of Soul (18 -29) – SPart 2 of a 36 minute session of Power Of Soul in which Jimi refers to the working title as "Paper Aeroplanes or Crash Landing". This section includes Takes 13 through 23. Incomplete as Take 23 ends abruptly on all sources.
Power Of Soul 37) – Official altered edit by Alan Douglas. Jimi, Billy and Buddy intact but a percussion overdub by Jimmy Maeulen is added.

December 15, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Born Under A Bad Sign (2) – The more complete instrumental take. This version omits the 0:11 bass solo at the start, but restores 0:38 edit at 4:59, and continues 0:13 longer to the end.
Born Under A Bad Sign (1) – This is the official edit with bass solo start. Edited at the 5:10 mark with incomplete end due to fade out.

December 18, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Ezy Rider (7) – This is an outtake of the official mix.
Ezy Rider (10) – A different mix with different vocals.
Ezy Rider (34) – This edit has a different mix with low vocals.
Ezy Rider (8) – This is the first official edit.
Ezy Rider (9) – The second official edit which does not have the fade back in at the end.

December 19, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Earth Blues (4) – The official mix. Though not mixed as a final studio edit until January 20, 1970, the basic track was recorded on this date.

December 23, 1969 - The Record Plant, New York, New York.

Honeybed (1-4) – Jimi tries vocals on the first two takes but this reverts to an instrumental. After Take 4 falls apart, Jimi attempts a take at Night Bird Flying which ends abruptly due to equipment failure.

Disc 15

The Questionable Tracks. There seems to be no majority consensus of the actual recording dates for the following tracks. They range as being recorded as early as 1968 but all have a possible recording date of 1969.

Ezy Rider (Dance 2) – This instrumental early take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
Ezy Rider (Dance 3) – This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969. This edit has congas mixed in.
Untitled Instrumental A.K.A. Last Thursday Morning - This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.
Bleeding Heart Jam – This early instrumental take was recorded at either The Record Plant or Olmstead Studios possibly in April, 1969.

Filler – The Guest Appearances. With the break up of the Experience, Jimi found himself spending numerous hours jamming with other artists of the period. Though not all tracks appear on this set, here is a look at some of his "guest" work.

Rock 'N' Roll Band – From Eire Apparent's self titled debut album in which Jimi himself produced. Jimi provided lead guitar for this song along with several other tracks on the LP. Recorded at Polydor Studios in England between January 1 - 7, 1969.
Live And Let Live – From Timothy Leary's You Can Be Anyone This Time Around. Jimi only plays bass on this track with Stephen Stills on guitar. Recorded at the Record Plant on May 19th or 20th, 1969.
Woodstock (1-3) – Recorded with Stephen Stills at the Record Plant on September 30, 1969. Jimi is supposedly playing bass on these three takes but there is some doubt.
Doriella Du Fontaine (1) – One of Jimi's most interesting side projects with one of the Grandfathers of rap, Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin A.K.A. Lightnin' Rod. Jimi handles both guitar and bass parts while Buddy Miles provides drums and organ. Recorded at the Record Plant sometime in November, 1969.
Doriella Du Fontaine (3) - This is the instrumental mix containing just Jimi and Buddy. Recorded at the Record Plant sometime in November, 1969.

Bonus Tracks - Tracks 10-12 are Composites that create the longest versions possible from the sources available as of September 2004.

Mannish Boy - Composite 2004 – This composite incorporates the 5 second intro from Track 7 into Track 8 from Disc 6. First Time presented in this form.
Jelly 292 - Composite 2004 – This composite incorporates the first 1.5 seconds of the start from Track 11 into track 12 from Disc 7. First time presented in this form.
Born Under A Bad Sign - Composite 2004 - This composite incorporates the 11 second bass intro from Track 4 back into Track 3 on Disc 14. First time presented in this form.

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