Unreleased Hendrix Footage and Music
The Guardian reported today that a "reality TV" style DVD of Jimi Hendrix will soon be released, according to Hendrix's sister. The footage, dating from around (the pinnacle of American awesomism) 1969, reportedly displays Hendrix offstage, at home, backstage and just "hanging out."
Elsewhere in Hendrix-land, NME reports that "an unreleased tape of 14 acoustic songs played by Hendrix is expected to sell for between £50 000 and £100 000 when it is auctioned this April." The tape consists of songs from Hendrix's 1968 album Electric Ladyland and is to be auctioned on April 28th via The Fame Bureau. The best part of this though, is that apparently in a noble display of bartering art for goods, "Hendrix himself gave the tape to his neighbour, Carl Niekirk, as a thank you for lending him some milk and sugar." Google says £50 000 is about $73,000. In these ridiculous economic times, that is certainly not a bad return on a cup of sugar.
The film is to be distributed by Universal Music Publishing Group along with "at least two albums this year, and a Jimi Hendrix Experience concert DVD of the band's Royal Albert Hall gig in February 1969."
Having grown up just a three miles from Hendrix's grave, I personally would really like to get my hands on all of this goodness. It's really a tragedy that he wont be playing at Woodstock '09.
Elsewhere in Hendrix-land, NME reports that "an unreleased tape of 14 acoustic songs played by Hendrix is expected to sell for between £50 000 and £100 000 when it is auctioned this April." The tape consists of songs from Hendrix's 1968 album Electric Ladyland and is to be auctioned on April 28th via The Fame Bureau. The best part of this though, is that apparently in a noble display of bartering art for goods, "Hendrix himself gave the tape to his neighbour, Carl Niekirk, as a thank you for lending him some milk and sugar." Google says £50 000 is about $73,000. In these ridiculous economic times, that is certainly not a bad return on a cup of sugar.
This sounds...how you say?..."far out"
Watch "Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock (1969) via YouTube.
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