Original US Robert Ludwig Cut
Remix: Eddie Kramer and John Jansen at Electric Lady Studios, NYC, 1971
Vinyl Transfer & Restoration by Prof. Stoned
1. The Queen
2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. Little Wing
4. Red House
5. Johnny B. Goode (1st set)
6. Lover Man (2nd set)
7. Blue Suede Shoes (soundcheck)
8. Voodoo Chile
Tracks 1-2: Euston Farm, Pilton, Isle of Wight, September 30, 1970
Tracks 3, 8: Royal Albert Hall, London, February 24, 1969
Track 4: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, May 24, 1969
Tracks 5-7: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, May 30, 1970
Jimi Hendrix: Vocal, Guitar
Mitch Mitchell: Drums
Billie Cox: Bass
Noel Redding: Bass on 3, 4, & 8
Here is yet another 'RL cut', done by vinyl cutting/mastering master Robert (a.k.a. Bob) Ludwig, who has done no less than five original US Hendrix vinyl pressings. The album was originally mixed and mastered in New York and so -in combination with Ludwig's cutting and mastering skills- it shouldn' t come as a surprise that this pressing is the only way to go
for this album on vinyl.
'Hendrix in the west' has only had one CD reissue in its original form so far. This is the now highly sought after Polydor cd from 1988 which went out of print in the early nineties. This CD sounds quite good but when comparing it to this new rip (and also with the purple boxset tracks) it clearly has more hiss and less dynamical sound. My guess is that the CD was sourced from the 1972 UK lp masters, which would have to be one or two generation below the mastertapes.
All of the tracks have since been reisued on EH releases, namely the purple box set, the Voodoo Chile/JH Collection, Blue Wild Angel and Live At Berkeley. But Tr. 01, 02 & 06 have so far only re-appeared as newly made remixes, so for authenticity you'll have to hear the vinyl or the original CD.
What may be interesting to note is that the sleeve of the orig. US has a different song order than the actual album: Tr. 06, 05, 07, 04, 01, 02, 03, 08. It's very likely that this was the trackorder that the producers had in mind but that it was Ludwig who came up with the revisited order to make sure the lacquer cutting would be more convenient. (because this way side 1 would have been 25 minutes long and side B about 16).
The original European pressings (including the 1988 CD) also have a slight trackorder twist: the A & B sides were reversed, making Johnny B. Goode the opening track. 'Hendrix in the west' was a huge success and went to 12 in the US charts.
All relevant informations on ATM series and Hendrix bootlegs, including detailed tracklists, on Hans-Peter Johnsen's In From The Storm site:
http://home.online.no/~hpjohnse/hendrix.html
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