Albert Hall Experience (2001) [Charly]

Albert Hall Experience (2001) [Charly]



CD 1

1. Stone Free    
2. Getting My Heart Back Together Again (aka Hear My Train A Comin')    
3. I Don't Live Today  
4. Red House  
5. Foxy Lady  
6. Sunshine Of Your Love    
7. Bleeding Heart  

CD 2
 
1. Fire  
2. Little Wing    
3. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)    
4. Room Full Of Mirrors  
5. Purple Haze  
6. Wild Thing    
7. The Star Spangled Banner & Smashing Of The Amps  
bonus tracks
8. The Star Spangled Banner & Smashing Of The Amps (full-length version with Jimi's intro & tune-up)
9. Bleeding Heart - Edited Version
10. Room Full Of Mirrors - Edited Version


Publié en 2001 par Charly, un label officiel, "Albert Hall Experience" est un bel exemple des aberrations de la discographie hendrixienne. Si le double CD semble reprendre la setlist du concert de l'Experience du 24 février 1969 (le premier titre excepté - "Lover Man"), ce n'est qu'une apparence. "Albert Hall Experience" n'est en fait qu'une compilation des titres publiés par Ember Records après la mort de Jimi (y compris l'horrible version éditée de "Room Full Of Mirrors") avec 6 titres de la version CD de "The Jimi Hendrix Concerts"... dont 4 ne sont pas issus du concert du RAH.
"Getting My Heart Back Together Again (aka Hear My Train A-Comin')" provient des concerts du Winterland d'octobre 1968, "Foxy Lady" du LA Forum 1969, "I Don't Live Today" de San Diego 1969 et "Red House" de Randall's Island 1970 - avec Billy Cox à la basse pour le coup !

Un commentaire intéressant à propos de la légalité des différentes éditions publiées par Charly Records :

I should explain that I had a consulting role in the Charly label 3-CD Albert Hall release(the one with audience recordings on the 3rd disc), in that I verified that the recordings that they were including were actual Royal Albert Hall material.
There had been a previous Charly release that inadvertantly used Berkeley & Winterland recordings that were owned by Experience Hendrix. I brought it to Charly's attention that this release was (mostly) not real Royal Albert Hall recordings. This set was withdrawn.
As for the actual Royal Albert Hall recordings, they were licensed to Charly by one of the two filmmakers who produced the unreleased Royal Albert Hall film, and the estate of the other filmmaker. The Charly release is not a bootleg, though Experience Hendrix doesn't approve of it. Don't lump this in with the so-called "Mike Jeffrey Estate" releases on labels such as "Radioactive" & "Purple Haze". Those releases were ruled illegal by the UK courts.
As for the Charly 3-CD set, It was their idea to include the disc 3 audience recordings, though I offered some ideas on what they should/could do with EQ to enhance them. I never bought the final released version(and they never sent me a copy), though I have CD-R's of the recordings as they stood before mastering.

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=194660&page=8