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Love Devotion Surrender Volume 33

Jimi Hendrix and Traffic Studio Session
1968 and 1970
FLAC

This is one reflection of the changes Jimi Hendrix was going through in his search for new sounds, ideas and approaches to the way he made music. Many people ask where would Hendrix have gone if he had lived, this is in my opinion a perfect beginning or embryonic stage of what I feel was to further blossom into something much bigger if he had lived. Hendrix’s masterful chord phrasing had become much more extensive in the last year he was recording and is in full stride on these recordings. Jimi’s ability to stay in the pocket and let it al build out into full on solos had become more of the standard to the material he left behind before departing from this world. Enjoy this special window into something very unique from Jimi Hendrix, a window few recordings shed light on. Along with Hendrix is his close friends and members of the legendary group Traffic. Full details of this download in our Love Devotion Surrender series is below. ~ Erik Otis

Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZYH19FT2

Original notes from the dimeadozen upload:

Jimi Hendrix & Traffic – A Session (Bootleg) (Oh-Boy 1-9027)

01. Jam Thing (19.39) (1970)
02. Guitar Thing (5:15) (1970)
03. Session Thing (35.27) (1968)

Jimi Hendrix – guitar
Chris Wood – flute, saxophone
Jim Capaldi – drums
Steve Winwood – organ

Oh Boy ! – 1-9027, Luxembourg, 1990
Artwork included

Notes:

Jimi Hendrix & Traffic: A Session (Oh Boy! 1-9027 / 1990 / 1CD) ftbfs: B349
(Jam with Traffic, Electric Lady Studio, New York City, NY 15.06.70 plus TTG Studios, Hollywood, CA 29.10.68 / Buddy Miles Jam, New York City, NY 14.11.69)
Tracklist: “Jam Thing” / JS21 (listed as “Guitar Thing”) / “Session Thing”
notes:

- “Session Thing” was initially believed to be part of the Jam with Traffic at Electric Lady Studios 15.06.70, but has later been determined to come from TTG Studios 29.10.68. It has now also been suggested that the flute may have been played by Lowell George, not Jim Horn, and the keyboards by Graham Bond, not Lee Michaels.
- This album has later been reissued as “Lover Man” (Oil Well 123 CD)