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The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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by: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimi Hendrix

Release Date September 12, 2000
The first song Purple Haze was the same arrangement Jimi Hendrix did when I saw him in 1967. What an incredible compilation. Exceptional for any Jimi Hendrix collector!

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Classic Albums: The Doors

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starring: The Doors

Release Date April 22, 2008
Another great DVD from classic albums. The only downside in the series is that EVERY song from an album is NOT talked about, that's too bad but I guess I can't complain. The surviving members of The Doors are interviewed often throughout, especially keyboard/bass player Ray Manzarek who fondly looks back on the Doors glory days of the late 1960's, and at nearly 70 years old, is a little worn like old leather but still a pretty cool hippy from the 60's. Densmore shows some interesting aspects of his drumming in the 'special features' and how Jazz drummers influenced him and how to make his playing more confortable and with tones, etc. Not surprisingly, "Light My Fire" gets more of the attention as compared to the other songs on origins, ... Read More:

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Volunteers

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by: Jefferson Airplane

Release Date June 22, 2004
Jefferson Airplane always had a little bite to their "We Can Be Together" politics. Living at the epicenter of hippie culture in San Francisco as they were, it's hard to duck the flowers and beads when talking about their musical aesthetic -- sort of Haight-Ashbury's answer to the guitar sounds the Velvet Underground was making, plus a heady dose of electric and country blues, plus 3 and sometimes 4 way vocals, plus incendiary musical change-ups that hinted at sprawling psychedelic vistas.

A case in point is "Turn My Life Down," a concise track that starts with a fairly standard coffee-shoppish slide guitar before nimbly slipping into Laurel Canyon-style guitars and Hammonds. Then, suddenly at about 1-and-a-half minutes, the song ... Read More:

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First Rays of the New Rising Sun

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by: Jimi Hendrix

Release Date April 22, 1997
Posthumous reconstructions of unfinished works are inherently dangerous, principally because even the most capable scholar or producer can only make, at best, an educated guess as to how the work in question would have been completed. Indeed, in dealing with some such pieces, you're sometimes lucky to get the work of the artist claimed (the Mozart Symphony No. 37 is a case in point -- it doesn't exist; the piece once labeled Symphony No. 37 and attributed to Mozart is now known to have been authored by Michael Haydn); and while there's no question that the songs on this CD were recorded by Jimi Hendrix, even the people who worked on the sides with him can't say which songs would have ended up on the finished version of First Rays of the New Rising ... Read More:

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The Concert for Bangladesh

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by: George Harrison

Release Date October 25, 2005
This 1971 album was the first of the all-star benefit albums. And arguably the best. In a nut shell, George Harrison, fresh off his success with "All Things Must Pass" raised his profile even further when he joined with Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar for 2 benefit shows at Madison Square Garden. At the time, Bangladesh was ½ a world away and largely unknown and forgotten by Americans and the rest of the world for that matter. Plus it had been born out of a war between religions and torn apart even further by devastating floods. George's idea was simple; gather as many musician friends as he could for a concert and maybe raise some money to aid the citizens of the emerging nation of Bangladesh. But even with his high profile, George was uncertain the ... Read More:

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Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Live at the Fillmore East)

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starring: Laurent Tessier, Zazie (II), Denise Fabre, Karl Zero, Vincent McDoom

Release Date July 06, 1999
This DVD is filled with a bunch of hanger-on, acquaintances and people who actually there being interview, giving their opinions, observations and stories about Jimi Hendrix. Gets real boring after a few minutes. The live portion is a step above a bootleg in visual quality. The sound is not bad, but the live CD is better. Would only recommend this to hard core Hendrix fans.

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Crossroads

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by: Eric Clapton

Release Date October 25, 1990
TYPICAL 1980'S CD BOXSET.

This was your typical 1980's boxset, when CD technology was first emerging. It contains about 60% previously released material, and 40% unreleased material (many of which should have never been released). Personally, I was not a fan of these releases, but I bought them anyway because the CD selections at the time were very limited.

Since this is an 1980's boxset, the sound quality is poor. Well, it isn't horrible, but it isn't very good. The sound is a little flat and muffled. It certainly, is not very good by today's CD standards.

The sound quality on most CD's 1980's CD's was not very good. Sure they sounded better than cassette tapes (which were the most popular media of the time), but they ... Read More:

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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

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by: The Moody Blues

Release Date July 15, 2008
TYPICAL 1980'S CD BOXSET.

This was your typical 1980's boxset, when CD technology was first emerging. It contains about 60% previously released material, and 40% unreleased material (many of which should have never been released). Personally, I was not a fan of these releases, but I bought them anyway because the CD selections at the time were very limited.

Since this is an 1980's boxset, the sound quality is poor. Well, it isn't horrible, but it isn't very good. The sound is a little flat and muffled. It certainly, is not very good by today's CD standards.

The sound quality on most CD's 1980's CD's was not very good. Sure they sounded better than cassette tapes (which were the most popular media of the time), but they ... Read More:

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This Is the Moody Blues (2-cd Set)

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by: The Moody Blues

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If you weren't there and are a interested in what the "Blues" were about .... this is the set to get.... I'm an old fan from back in the day...... got all the orginal releases 33 1/3 Lps and every other medium since...... if you've never given them a listen...do so you'll be impressed ........

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Quicksilver Messenger Service

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by: Quicksilver Messenger Service

Release Date August 09, 1994
Most reviews here will offer historical context, (File Under "SF Sounds '60's"), be erudite, and not really care. No top 40 hits, hardly a nudge on FM east of San Francisco. Some reviewers mention the amazing guitar playing of John Cippolino, the drug bust of Dino Valente, the bass of Gary Player, the drums of
All well and good. But sometimes ..there's more. A personal history.

I was 13 in 1968 living in the North Bay and Quicksliver Messenger Service played often at home and always seemed like back yard friends, only way cooler. And now they had a 45!, "Pride of Man". Didn't get played much anywhere, not even at hometown radio KFRC. But!, dang!, the album "Quicksliver Messenger Service" was pride on KSAN, the first and foremost FM station in the world!.
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