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Jimi Hendrix ELS Studio deluxe box set PLUS 4 tickets to sold out screening of new documentary to be shown on October 24th at the newly renovated executive ATMOS screening room (The Mark Theater at the Orpheum, Upstate Films) in Saugerties. There will be a panel discussion featuring Eddie Kramer and John Storyk after the film.
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, a deluxe box set offering 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience (Billy Cox-bass, Mitch Mitchell-drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970, just before the legendary musician's untimely death the following month.
Electric Lady Studios was built in 1969-70 and still stands today as one of the great recording studios in the world. The full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision chronicles the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to becoming a state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix's desire for a permanent studio. Directed by John McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio; Experience bassist Billy Cox; original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream; and Jimi's legendary recording engineer, Eddie Kramer, and the studio's architect, John Storyk. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as "Freedom," Angel" and "Dolly Dagger".
Contained on the five vinyl LPs or three CDs in the Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision box set are 39 tracks recorded by Jimi and his band-consisting of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell-at the studio within the last four months of the guitarist's life. Additionally the Box Set includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks ["Valleys Of Neptune," "Pali Gap," and "Lover Man"], as well as an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix's handwritten song drafts, and comprehensive liner notes.
The music ranges from four-track demo recordings of "Valleys Of Neptune" and "Heaven Has No Sorrow," alternate arrangements of promising new songs such as "Come Down Hard On Me" and "Belly Button Window," extraordinary, live in the studio takes of "Tune X/In From The Storm," "Astro Man" and "The Long Medley," a stirring, 26 minute spontaneous exploration of "Beginnings," "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)," "Keep On Groovin'" and "Freedom." Additionally, the box set present many of the mixes the guitarist completed with engineer Eddie Kramer before leaving to begin a European tour on August 30 at the Isle Of Wight festival in England. Hendrix would never again return to Electric Lady Studios.
