The PPX Sessions Volume 2 (23 octobre 2020)

The PPX Sessions Volume 2



Version CD

THE STUDIO SESSIONS
1. UFO 2:48
2. No Business 3:01
3. Hush Now 6:58
4. Gloomy Monday [Alternate] 3:24
5. How Would You Feel [Alternate] 3:32
6. Love Love 9:02
7. My Best Friend [Takes 3/4/5] 3:47
8. Hornet’s Nest [Alternate] 3:48
9. I Need You Every Day [Sick & Tired] 3:00
10. Suey 2:34

THE DEMO RECORDINGS
11. Taking Care Of No Business 2:46
12. Working All Day 3:04
13. Two Little Birds 2:13
14. Suddenly 2:51
15. UFO 2:55
16. Better Times Ahead 2:35
17. Everybody Knew But Me 1:35
18. If You Gonna Make A Fool Of Somebody 2:45
19. My Best Friend 2:07

Lien : https://daggerrecords.com/releases/no-business/

Version 33 tours (publiée le 28 novembre)

Face A

1. Gloomy Monday [Alternate] 3:24
2. Hush Now 6:58
3. No Business 3:01
4. Love Love 9:02

Face B

1. UFO 2:48
2. My Best Friend [Takes 3/4/5] 3:47
3. How Would You Feel [Alternate] 3:32
4. Hornet’s Nest [Alternate] 3:48
5. I Need You Every Day [Sick & Tired] 3:00
6. Suey 2:34
7. Taking Care Of No Business [Demo] 2:46
8. Working All Day [Demo] 3:04

L'information du site officiel :

No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 by Curtis Knight & The Squires is the follow-up to Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings’ 2015 collection You Can’t Use My Name.  The forthcoming release includes October 1965 demo recordings made by the then-unknown Jimi Hendrix, as well as 1967 studio recordings with Hendrix when he was in the midst of his meteoric ascent to stardom. Dagger was founded by Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. over two decades ago as an official ‘bootleg’ label to provide Hendrix fans throughout the world with additional live performances, home demos and studio recordings.

This title is also available as a limited edition, 12-track, Record Store Day exclusive release pressed on 150g, brown vinyl.

Jimi Hendrix was based in Harlem in 1965, working intermittently as an itinerant sideman when he met Curtis Knight in a hotel lobby.  Knight invited Hendrix to record with him, booking time at Studio 76, a Manhattan facility run by producer Ed Chalpin.  Hendrix joined Knight to record nine demos (tracks 11-19) on or about October 15, 1965.   These demos provide a window into the formation of Hendrix’s creative evolution.  “Two Little Birds” and “Suddenly” presage his playing on future classics, such as  “Little Wing” and “Castles Made of Sand,” while “Working All Day” and “Taking Care Of No Business,” hold the distinction of being the first known recorded Jimi Hendrix compositions.

After the conclusion of this initial demo session, Hendrix was approached by Chalpin to sign what the guitarist thought was a release for his participation.  What Chalpin actually had Hendrix unknowingly sign was a contract with his own PPX Enterprises Inc. for $1 and a 1% royalty rate.  Hendrix had previously signed an agreement with the Harlem based Sue Records [home to such acts as Ike & Tina Turner) in July 1965 and was unaware that this too was a recording agreement and not a release for a session fee.  Chalpin filed away the agreement and Hendrix continued to lend his guitar to sessions on Knight’s behalf in 1965 and the first half of 1966.

After moving to England in September 1966 and forming the Jimi Hendrix Experience under the management of Animals bassist Chas Chandler, Hendrix’s sudden popularity in Britain and Europe caught Chalpin’s attention.  As Hendrix prepared for his return to the US via the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, Chalpin initiated legal proceedings based upon his one page, October 1965 agreement.  Worse still, now that Hendrix was a known commercial commodity, Chalpin was releasing material Hendrix had recorded with Curtis Knight and passing it off as solo material by Jimi. In a failed attempt to placate Chalpin, Hendrix returned to Studio 76 in July and August of 1967 and recorded more music with Curtis Knight with the hopes of being released from his onerous contract. From a business perspective, his plan backfired, but more unique music was created as a result.

In addition to 1966 studio recordings such as “Hornet’s Nest” and “UFO,” No Business also features highlights from the July and August 1967 sessions.  Hendrix’s wah-wah guitar can be heard on “Hush Now” and “Love, Love” while also adding a Hagstrom 8-string bass part on an updated version of “Taking Care Of No Business” and “My Best Friend.”

When Jimi inexplicably appeared at Studio 76 on July 17, 1967, Chalpin was stunned by his good fortune.  In addition to the handful of Curtis Knight recordings featuring the guitarist, he now had Jimi Hendrix music made after his groundbreaking debut album Are You Experienced.    Chalpin next scrambled to see what else he could pull together from his stockpiled archive to create a contrived Knight/Hendrix album.  The following day, he dusted off the 1966 master of “How Would You Feel” and had Knight compose new lyrics and add a new vocal.  This alternate version is included here.    He crafted mixes of Ricky Mason’s interpretation of “I Need You Everyday [Sick & Tired]” on which Hendrix had originally appeared the previous year.

On July 31, 1967, Chalpin created an unusual recording drawn from “Suey,” an odd 1966 session in which Jimi had participated.  Chalpin combined some of the on air patter radio disc jockey Douglas “Jocko” Henderson was known for, and intercut this with a recording he had produced with film star Jayne Mansfield.

The need by Chalpin to scrape together existing PPX material for a potential Curtis Knight/Jimi Hendrix album was made considerably easier when Hendrix returned on August 8, 1967.  The highlight of that session was Knight’s “Gloomy Monday”.   Jimi provided the song’s propulsive rhythm guitar before he departed.   Needing a solo, Chalpin overdubbed two guitars and even a sitar to try and capitalize on Hendrix’s participation.   On the first volume of these PPX recordings , Hendrix can be clearly heard instructing Chalpin not to use his name on these recordings prior to a take of the song.  The producer disregarded Hendrix’s request and soon thereafter issued Get That Feeling via Capitol Records.  The album featured a cover image of Jimi Hendrix from the recent Monterey Pop Festival and no image of Knight.  The move both embarrassed and infuriated Hendrix.

Since acquiring the rights to all Jimi Hendrix recordings from Chalpin in 2014, Experience Hendrix has made it a mission to release these Curtis Knight & The Squires sessions tastefully, providing proper historic context, free of misleading packaging and without posthumous overdubs. No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2 accomplishes this while helping map out the evolution of Jimi Hendrix as a musician and songwriter.

De quoi calmer les amateurs qui s'impatientent de la publication officielle du RAH !

Intéressante sortie.

J'aurais préféré un cd de la periode post curtis knight.

Ayler a écrit:

De quoi calmer les amateurs qui s'impatientent de la publication officielle du RAH !

Hey, t'as écouté les extraits ? Le son est vraiment top ! Waoooh !!

YM

Intéressant de noter que contrairement au volume précédent, nulle part n'apparaît le nom de Jimi Hendrix sur la couverture ! La photo seule suffit. Ce qui était moins évident pour le néophyte sur le Vol 1.

YM

Argh, il va falloir racheter le CD complet pour Hush Now et Love Love (éventuellement Hornet Nest).  

J'avais bien ce coffret des Complete PPX recordings, cinq ou six CD pour quatre titres... mais je l'ai donné à un de mes jeunes, je ne sais plus lequel.

Il y avait eu un intéressant trente-trois tours sorti dans une collection à bas prix vers 1972 ou 1973 : pour dix francs de l'époque en supermarché je m'étais procuré ces quelques titres, une véritable sélection des meilleurs instrumentaux.

Concernant le son, le coffret de CD n'était déjà pas si mal....

Où est passé le surfant "Mercy Lady Day" ?

Il s'agit du même titre que celui intitulé Love Love sur le nouveau CD « No Business : Curtis Knight & The Squires - The PPX Sessions, Volume 2 », l'un des deux meilleurs de toutes ces sessions selon mes goûts - mais c'est peut-être une autre prise... Il existe aussi une version vocale deux fois plus courte et sans grand intérêt.

Merci Freddy. Je vais passer commande.

merci Mandrake

Ces instrumentaux sot sortis sous plusieurs titres ; de même, Hush Now (version instrumentale) est connu sous le titre Torture Me Honey ou encore Level (en version courte).

J'aime bien cette version (son pas trop pourri pour du YouTube) :



Pour Mercy Lady Day, tu as aussi cette version You Tube moins pourrave :

J'attends mon vinyle qui est en route !

YM

Yazid a écrit:

J'attends mon vinyle qui est en route !

Bon son. Je commande le double CD via l'Angleterre pour écouter plus de titres !

YM

Double CD ?

Via l'Angleterre? Source stp.

Europa a écrit:

Double CD ?

Sorry, j'ai écrit trop vite. CD simple pas double !!

YM

robertoblake a écrit:

Via l'Angleterre? Source stp.

En allant sur le site officiel, il semble qu'il y ait le choix entre les USA et l'Angleterre, j'ai pris le plus proche !

En payant, j'ai reçu un mail de confirmation de Dagger Records UK. Je crois comprendre qu'ils passent par une boite qui s'appelle Sandbag Ltd.

Ca me coûte au total 14.49 £

YM

Malin...merci Yazid

J'ai commandé trois CD (Morning Symphony Ideas, Living Desire et Hear my music) à Dagger Racords UK le 9 octobre dernier via Sandbag Ltd : ils viennent de me les envoyer (notification par mail reçu hier 1er décembre).

Bon, à leur décharge, ils ont dû se réapprovisionner aux USA et ils ont répondu très gentiment à mes questions.