In the Studio

1. 01Bleeding Heart3:49
2. 01Wait Until Tomorrow3:29
3. 01Valleys of Neptune5:37
4. 01Drifting (try out)3:52
5. 01Lover Man2:51
6. 02Lover Man4:12

Hendrix acolytes have been inundated with outtake releases since day one (at last count there were over 160). The boom in CD technology just made it easier to scoop up and digitise any studio reels that could be found. Compare that to the quintet of original vinyl (Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, Smash Hits and Band Of Gypsys) and the mind boggles at how an artist who only recorded for four years could possibly amass so much unreleased material. After his untimely death in September 1970, the floodgates well and truly opened. Posthumous albums such as Rainbow Bridge and Hendrix In The West are still essential, but no one in their right mind would give a passing glance to disgraces the likes of Woke Up This Morning & Found Myself Dead. We’ve had some fine stabs at compiling the lost Hendrix: Live & Unreleased and the incredible, 56-track, purple-boxed Jimi Hendrix Experience. But nothing has really shown how he developed his music. In The Studio does just that with aplomb. Using original tapes sourced from the Michael Jeffrey Estate (a private contact says a skip in New York!), on Disc 10 you can hear just how enthusiastic and fast Hendrix was recording A…