December 31, 2022

20,000 vinyl LPs 329: Jimi Hendrix ~ Band of Gypsies

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vinyl LP front cover
cover photo by Jan Blom 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Fifty-three years ago today, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1969, Jimi Hendrix introduced his group Band of Gypsies at a show at the Fillmore East in New York. Parts of that show and the following show on January 1 were recorded and later released as this live album, Band of Gypsys.        


vinyl LP back cover
cover photos by Jan Blom 
photo of album cover by Styrous®

 
It the first and only album without his original group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and featured Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums. Some of the songs represent a change in Hendrix's music from his Experience repertoire and became the basis of funk rock. Band of Gypsies contains previously unreleased songs and was the last full-length Hendrix album released before his death.     
 
 
vinyl LP label, side 1
photo by Styrous®  

 
According to Sean Westergaard of AllMusic, Band of Gypsies is one of the best live albums of all time and an important recording for Hendrix.        


vinyl LP label, side 2
photo by Styrous® 

 
Sputnikmusic's Hernan M. Campbell believed Machine Gun is one of Hendrix's most captivating performances. Miles Davis commented about the song that "Jimi liked what I had done with Kind of Blue and some other stuff and wanted to add more jazz elements to what he was doing. He liked the way Coltrane played with all those sheets of sound, and played his guitar in a similar way. Machine Gun is as much about the late 1960s American race riots as the war in Vietnam. Guitarist Vernon Reid describes it as "like a movie about war without the visuals. In many commentaries about Band of Gypsies, Machine Gun is singled out as the highlight of the album.      

What a way to end the year!
 



   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1        Who Knows    9:34
A2        Machine Gun    12:38
       
Side 2:
       
B1        Changes - Written by B. Miles*  5:11
B2        Power To Love    6:55
B3        Message Of Love    5:24
B4        We Gotta Live Together, written by B. Miles*  5:51
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Mastered At – Sterling Sound
    Published By – Bella Godiva Music, Inc.
    Published By – Miles Ahead Music Inc.
       
Credits:
       
    Design – Victor Kahn (2), Victor Kahn (2)
    Lacquer Cut By – RL*, LH*
    Performer – Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Jimi Hendrix
    Photography By – Jan Blom (2)
    Producer – Heaven Research
    Recorded By [Live] – Wally Heider
    Supervised By [Remixing & Engineering Supervision] – Eddie Kramer
    Written-By – B. Miles* (tracks: B1, B4), J. Hendrix* (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B3)
       
Notes:
       
Recorded Live-New Year's Eve 69-70 At Fillmore East New York City
Green Capitol labels. Labels with Capitol™, not Capitol ® as shown on other green labels.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
       
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 1)): STAO-1-472-A Z5#1 LH Sterling RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 1)): STAO-2-472-B Z5#1 LH Sterling RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout (Variant 2) ): STAO-1-472 X1#1 STERLING RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout (Variant 2)): STAO-2-472 X1#1 STERLING RL
    Matrix / Runout (Side A label): STAO 1-472
    Matrix / Runout (Side B label): STAO 2-472
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Matrix / Runout (Side 1 (Variant 3)): STAO-1-472 X1#2 STERLING RL 0
    Matrix / Runout (Side 2 (Variant 3)): STAO-2-472 X1#3 STERLING RL 0
 
Jimi Hendrix* – Band Of Gypsys
Label:    Capitol Records – STAO-472
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:    US
Released:    1970
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
         
Viewfinder links:        
         
John Coltrane         
Billy Cox           
Miles Davis        
Jimi Hendrix        
Buddy Miles        
        
         
        
Net links:        
        
         
        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Changes         
Machine Gun         
Message Of Love         
Power To Love         
We Gotta Live Together        
Who Knows                  
         
        
        
         
        
        
Styrous® ~ Saturday, December 31, 2022       
       
 
 
















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