Voodoo Child: the Jimi Hendrix Collection [Import]
Track Listings
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1. Purple Haze
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2. Hey Joe
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3. The Wind Cries Mary
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4. Fire
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5. Highway Chile (Alternate Recording)
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6. Are You Experience
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7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
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8. Little Wing
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9. All Along The Watchtower (Alternate Recording)
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10. Crosstown Traffic
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11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
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12. Spanish Castle Magic (Alternate Recording)
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13. Stone Free (Alternate Recording)
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14. Izabella (Original Band Of Gypsys) (Single Version)
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15. Stepping Stone (Original Band Of Gypsys) (Single Version)
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16. Angel
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17. Dolly Dagger
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18. Hey Babe (New Rising Sun)
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19. Third Stone From The Sun
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20. Fire (Previously Unavailable)
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See all 31 tracks on this disc
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Unlike so many of his 1960s guitar-god peers, Jimi Hendrix actually paid his road dues playing in the bands of some of the myriad artists who influenced him (Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, Ike and Tina). Remarkably, those experiences--and a willful absorption of the gamut of American blues masters and jazzmen--led not to slavish roots-consciousness, but to some of the freest, most indefinable rock music ever created. By the time of his untimely death in 1970, Hendrix had moved far beyond the psychedelic clichés embodied by "Purple Haze" and had begun to embrace propulsive funk and jazz influences. And like many deceased stars, his posthumous record releases have focused more on the bottom line than his true artistic vision. But the Hendrix family now controls that legacy, and this double-disc set is another gratifying result and a great introduction to one of rock's most legendary, if oft-misunderstood, figures. Disc one compiles the guitarist's best-known tracks, often substituting revealing alternate versions or outtakes ("Highway Chile," "All Along the Watchtower," "Spanish Castle Magic," "Stone Free," "Izabella," "Stepping Stone") to give listeners fresh insight into his restless creativity. The second CD offers up a rich slate of live Hendrix, the context where he truly made his legend, with recordings that stretch from his legendary performance at Monterey in '67 to an Isle of Wight show recorded shortly before his death. Typically, the performances range from concisely manic ("Fire," "Freedom") through bluesy workouts that ranged from improbably greasy ("Red House," "Hey Joe") to languorous and boldly improvisational ("I Don't Live Today," "Hear My Train a Comin'," "Machine Gun"), all of them infused with unfettered fretwork and amplified sonic voodoo that continues to influence new generations of musicians and fans alike. --Jerry McCulley --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Album Description
2 CD's in a trifold digipak featuring his greatest studio recordings and 12 live tracks. Full color 20 page booklet. Includes the bonus track 'Third Stone From the Sun' along with previously unreleased live versions of 'Fire', 'Hey Joe', 'Red House', 'Freedom' & 'Wild Thing'. 2002.
Voodoo Child: the Jimi Hendrix Collection, Music, Jimi Hendrix, Rock, Rock/Pop
Average customer rating:
- Mediocre Best of Release
- A Breathtaking Collection From A Rock Legend
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- The best compilation for the Hendrix freak
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ASIN: B00005BJLP
Release Date: 2001-05-08 |
Tracks:
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Fire
- Highway Chile
- Are You Experienced?
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Little Wing
- All Along the Watchtower
- Crosstown Traffic
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Stone Free
- Izabella
- Stepping Stone
- Angel
- Dolly Dagger
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
Tracks:
- Fire (live)
- Hey Joe (live)
- I Don't Live Today (live)
- Hear My Train a Coming (live)
- Foxey Lady (live)
- Machine Gun (live)
- Johnny B. Goode (live)
- Red House (live)
- Freedom (live)
- Purple Haze (live)
- Star Spangled Banner (live)
- Wild Thing (live)
Album Description
2 CD's in a trifold digipak featuring his greatest studio recordings and 12 live tracks. Full color 20 page booklet. Includes the bonus track 'Third Stone From the Sun' along with previously unreleased live versions of 'Fire', 'Hey Joe', 'Red House', 'Freedom' & 'Wild Thing'. 2002.
Album Details
Includes One Bonus Track, "Third Stone from the Sun", Not on the Us Version.
Customer Reviews:
Mediocre Best of Release.......2006-11-26
Now, if you are a huge Jimi fan - and I am - please read the review before clicking the "not helpful" button.
First of all, the digipak packaging for this release is by far the worst I have seen. The manufacturer's plastic pegs wear down (they don't break) and eventually the discs won't stay on the spindles. The plastic just "feels" really really cheap - like it was vacu-formed. The booklet is glued into the packaging so even if you want to change the CD box, you can't. Experience Hendrix should have looked at the digipaks that Impulse used for their John Coltrane remasters or those used by ABKO for the Rolling Stones remastes. I cannot stress enough just how lousy this packaging is, perhaps the worst I've seen in all my years collecting CDs. Even the paper in the booklet feels flimsy. It's clear that they put this package together on the cheap like a KTEL or Ronco release.
Disc one has a good selection though if this is truly a best of collection aimed at a new generation of buyers, I don't know why the track selection includes alternate takes rather than the masters of some of Hendrix's better works like All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. Now, that said, I find them interesting but there is a reason they are alternate takes. Jimi was a perfectionist in the studio and these alternate takes don't represent his best work. So again, for that new generation of buyers that this package claims to be aimed at, this seems wrong headed to me.
Disc two has a great selection of Jimi live; however, I can't for the life of me understand why they are not presented in chronological sequence the way the studio stuff is. My only guess is that when you hear the stuff from late spring and summer of 1970 it is very clear that Jimi was tired of the rock star thing. His singing is really pretty terrible in these later tunes. His playing, though pretty wild is also very noisy and sloppy. Maybe it's out of sequence in order to diminish the impact of these sub-par (with respect to Jimi's other live work) performances? I used to have an Lp when I was a young man called 'In the West" that seemed a far better representation of Jimi's live work. Actually, the photo on the cover for this set looks very similar and might even be the same photo from "In the West" To be quite honest, I have not found another Hendrix live release that is anywhere close to as satisfying as "Band of Gypsys", one of the great live recordings of that era.
If you are interested in Jimi, what you really want to do is buy the remastered CDs in this order:
1. Are You Experienced
2. Axis Bold as Love
3. Electric Ladyland
4. Band of Gypsys (always bugs me that the plural of Gypsy is spelled incorrectly on this release!)
5. First Rays of the New Rising Sun
6. Live at Fillmore East with the Band of Gypsys (outtakes from BOG)
7. South Saturn Delta.
8. Live at the BBC
Then move on to some of the other stuff like Jimi Plays Berkley and Live at the Fillmore.
Personally, I believe this 2 disc set is a dis-service to this remarkably gifted artist's legacy but I've been listening to Jimi since 1969 so maybe I'm just not getting the marketing angle.
A Breathtaking Collection From A Rock Legend.......2006-07-19
Jimi Hendrix.
What is left to say about this man? He's only widely considered to be the most creative and influential guitarists in rock and roll. His songs are among the most powerful songs in music, and every guitar player who came both before and after him still looks up to him in awe.
"Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection" is a two disc cd compiled by Rhino as well as Experience Hendrix, a production company run by Jimi's surving relatives that controls his entire recorded output.
The first disc of this collection contaisn all of Hendrix's most popular studio tracks (some in alternate versions), including the timeless "Purple Haze", the brooding "Hey Joe", the solemn "The Wind Cries Mary", the sweltering "Fire", his blazing cover of "All Along The Watchtower" and the passionate, ethereal "Angel". The sound quality is absolutely fantastic. This is Jimi the way he is meant to be heard.
The second disc is a 12 track collection of live performances. Though only a few songs are (or were back in 2001) previously unavailable, this disc gives perfect insight into the electrifying vibe present at a Hendrix concert. This disc includes his classic performance of The National Anthem at Woodstock. Once again, the sound quality is terrific.
The packaging is beautiful and includes insightful liner notes by Kurt Loder.
If you are just starting to experience the genius of Hendrix, this disc is the perfect palce to start your collection.
Are you experienced...?
Room to improve.......2005-12-13
This is a new type of greatest hits collection: it comes with all the hits to attract newbies to Hendrix, but unfortunately, it also includes unreleased material that Hendrix fans need. Unforunately, because the unreleased stuff could have fit in one CD, instead, we need to get yet another studio version of Purple Haze, Little Wing, etc., to get to the stuff we Hendrix fans are interested an pay for a double CD. The liner notes suck, why does Experience Hendrix has to pay people to tell the same Hendrix bio over and over again? Some of the highligts for Hendrix fans are the alternate versions of Stepping Stone and Izabella, and the live Fire, Foxey lady and Red House. A very strong compilation for anyone with interest in finding out whats the big deal about Hendrix, if this doesnt get you into Hendrix, nothing will.
sweet.......2005-09-27
to understand hendrix, you have to try to understand his fire, the inner turmoil, dissatisfaction with the heartskips life gives..and THAT can only be found in his blues.
the live "red house" on this record i have via alan douglas' "the jimi hendrix concerts." very special song it is, but sad when one realizes he really felt that stuff. althesame, don't try to be cool, be youl. and laugh.
The best compilation for the Hendrix freak.......2004-08-18
If you're reading this, no doubt you are looking for the best Hendrix album, whether to start out or "complete" your collection. I have seen several attempts to distill Jimi's musical legacy with varying degrees of success. This is the ONE, folks. Often with these compilations, something is ignored. Not this time. Hendrix's live work is featured quite well; The Star Spangled Banner was only the tip of the iceberg.
The studio disc has the usual standards (of course). A real treat, though, was the last tracks. I am very picky about my Hendrix records,and I don't want to get the same thing over again. But finding "hey baby/land of the rising sun", was interesting- very interesting. As I had not known it even existed in such a complete form, I had to get it.And the alternate takes of "spanish castle magic" and "all along the watchtower" didn't hurt either.
To sum up: new Hendrix fan: this is a good start. Old Hendrix fan: if you don't have this, what's taking you so long?
Now, if they could re-release the movie "Jimi Hendrix"...
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Voodoo Child: Collection
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Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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ASIN: B00006AO2V
Release Date: 2002-08-06 |
Average customer rating:
- Mediocre Best of Release
- A Breathtaking Collection From A Rock Legend
- Room to improve
- sweet
- The best compilation for the Hendrix freak
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Voodoo Child: the Jimi Hendrix Collection
Jimi Hendrix
Manufacturer: Universal
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- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- First Rays of the New Rising Sun
- BBC Sessions
- Live at the Fillmore East
- Band of Gypsys
ASIN: B000069DPA
Release Date: 2002-07-05 |
Tracks:
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Fire
- Highway Chile (Alternate Recording)
- Are You Experience
- Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
- Little Wing
- All Along The Watchtower (Alternate Recording)
- Crosstown Traffic
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Spanish Castle Magic (Alternate Recording)
- Stone Free (Alternate Recording)
- Izabella (Original Band Of Gypsys) (Single Version)
- Stepping Stone (Original Band Of Gypsys) (Single Version)
- Angel
- Dolly Dagger
- Hey Babe (New Rising Sun)
- Third Stone From The Sun
- Fire (Previously Unavailable)
- Hey Joe (Previously Unavailable)
- I Dont Live Today
- Hear My Train A Comin
- Foxey Lady (Previously Unreleased)
- Machine Gun
- Johnny B Goode
- Red House (Previously Unavailable)
- Freedom (Previously Unavailable)
- Purple Haze
- Star Spangled Banner
- Wild Thing (Previously Unavailable)
Album Description
2 CD's in a trifold digipak featuring his greatest studio recordings and 12 live tracks. Full color 20 page booklet. Includes the bonus track 'Third Stone From the Sun' along with previously unreleased live versions of 'Fire', 'Hey Joe', 'Red House', 'Freedom' & 'Wild Thing'. 2002.
Album Details
Includes One Bonus Track, "Third Stone from the Sun", Not on the Us Version.
Customer Reviews:
Mediocre Best of Release.......2006-11-26
Now, if you are a huge Jimi fan - and I am - please read the review before clicking the "not helpful" button.
First of all, the digipak packaging for this release is by far the worst I have seen. The manufacturer's plastic pegs wear down (they don't break) and eventually the discs won't stay on the spindles. The plastic just "feels" really really cheap - like it was vacu-formed. The booklet is glued into the packaging so even if you want to change the CD box, you can't. Experience Hendrix should have looked at the digipaks that Impulse used for their John Coltrane remasters or those used by ABKO for the Rolling Stones remastes. I cannot stress enough just how lousy this packaging is, perhaps the worst I've seen in all my years collecting CDs. Even the paper in the booklet feels flimsy. It's clear that they put this package together on the cheap like a KTEL or Ronco release.
Disc one has a good selection though if this is truly a best of collection aimed at a new generation of buyers, I don't know why the track selection includes alternate takes rather than the masters of some of Hendrix's better works like All Along the Watchtower and Spanish Castle Magic. Now, that said, I find them interesting but there is a reason they are alternate takes. Jimi was a perfectionist in the studio and these alternate takes don't represent his best work. So again, for that new generation of buyers that this package claims to be aimed at, this seems wrong headed to me.
Disc two has a great selection of Jimi live; however, I can't for the life of me understand why they are not presented in chronological sequence the way the studio stuff is. My only guess is that when you hear the stuff from late spring and summer of 1970 it is very clear that Jimi was tired of the rock star thing. His singing is really pretty terrible in these later tunes. His playing, though pretty wild is also very noisy and sloppy. Maybe it's out of sequence in order to diminish the impact of these sub-par (with respect to Jimi's other live work) performances? I used to have an Lp when I was a young man called 'In the West" that seemed a far better representation of Jimi's live work. Actually, the photo on the cover for this set looks very similar and might even be the same photo from "In the West" To be quite honest, I have not found another Hendrix live release that is anywhere close to as satisfying as "Band of Gypsys", one of the great live recordings of that era.
If you are interested in Jimi, what you really want to do is buy the remastered CDs in this order:
1. Are You Experienced
2. Axis Bold as Love
3. Electric Ladyland
4. Band of Gypsys (always bugs me that the plural of Gypsy is spelled incorrectly on this release!)
5. First Rays of the New Rising Sun
6. Live at Fillmore East with the Band of Gypsys (outtakes from BOG)
7. South Saturn Delta.
8. Live at the BBC
Then move on to some of the other stuff like Jimi Plays Berkley and Live at the Fillmore.
Personally, I believe this 2 disc set is a dis-service to this remarkably gifted artist's legacy but I've been listening to Jimi since 1969 so maybe I'm just not getting the marketing angle.
A Breathtaking Collection From A Rock Legend.......2006-07-19
Jimi Hendrix.
What is left to say about this man? He's only widely considered to be the most creative and influential guitarists in rock and roll. His songs are among the most powerful songs in music, and every guitar player who came both before and after him still looks up to him in awe.
"Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection" is a two disc cd compiled by Rhino as well as Experience Hendrix, a production company run by Jimi's surving relatives that controls his entire recorded output.
The first disc of this collection contaisn all of Hendrix's most popular studio tracks (some in alternate versions), including the timeless "Purple Haze", the brooding "Hey Joe", the solemn "The Wind Cries Mary", the sweltering "Fire", his blazing cover of "All Along The Watchtower" and the passionate, ethereal "Angel". The sound quality is absolutely fantastic. This is Jimi the way he is meant to be heard.
The second disc is a 12 track collection of live performances. Though only a few songs are (or were back in 2001) previously unavailable, this disc gives perfect insight into the electrifying vibe present at a Hendrix concert. This disc includes his classic performance of The National Anthem at Woodstock. Once again, the sound quality is terrific.
The packaging is beautiful and includes insightful liner notes by Kurt Loder.
If you are just starting to experience the genius of Hendrix, this disc is the perfect palce to start your collection.
Are you experienced...?
Room to improve.......2005-12-13
This is a new type of greatest hits collection: it comes with all the hits to attract newbies to Hendrix, but unfortunately, it also includes unreleased material that Hendrix fans need. Unforunately, because the unreleased stuff could have fit in one CD, instead, we need to get yet another studio version of Purple Haze, Little Wing, etc., to get to the stuff we Hendrix fans are interested an pay for a double CD. The liner notes suck, why does Experience Hendrix has to pay people to tell the same Hendrix bio over and over again? Some of the highligts for Hendrix fans are the alternate versions of Stepping Stone and Izabella, and the live Fire, Foxey lady and Red House. A very strong compilation for anyone with interest in finding out whats the big deal about Hendrix, if this doesnt get you into Hendrix, nothing will.
sweet.......2005-09-27
to understand hendrix, you have to try to understand his fire, the inner turmoil, dissatisfaction with the heartskips life gives..and THAT can only be found in his blues.
the live "red house" on this record i have via alan douglas' "the jimi hendrix concerts." very special song it is, but sad when one realizes he really felt that stuff. althesame, don't try to be cool, be youl. and laugh.
The best compilation for the Hendrix freak.......2004-08-18
If you're reading this, no doubt you are looking for the best Hendrix album, whether to start out or "complete" your collection. I have seen several attempts to distill Jimi's musical legacy with varying degrees of success. This is the ONE, folks. Often with these compilations, something is ignored. Not this time. Hendrix's live work is featured quite well; The Star Spangled Banner was only the tip of the iceberg.
The studio disc has the usual standards (of course). A real treat, though, was the last tracks. I am very picky about my Hendrix records,and I don't want to get the same thing over again. But finding "hey baby/land of the rising sun", was interesting- very interesting. As I had not known it even existed in such a complete form, I had to get it.And the alternate takes of "spanish castle magic" and "all along the watchtower" didn't hurt either.
To sum up: new Hendrix fan: this is a good start. Old Hendrix fan: if you don't have this, what's taking you so long?
Now, if they could re-release the movie "Jimi Hendrix"...
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