RECORD COLLECTOR SPECIAL ISSUE: FAN PROFILE

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RECORD COLLECTOR SPECIAL ISSUE

Record Collector Presents Jimi Hendrix is a special edition magazine devoted entirely to the greatest rock guitarist of his time. Featuring guides to his most sought-after worldwide rarities and a comprehensive UK discography; in-depth articles on the making of his classic second album, Axis: Bold As Love; his final months and the recording sessions for his never-to-be-finished fourth album; an examination of his relationship with politics; a look at his early years as a musical gun for hire; new features from some of RC’s best writers on his studio albums and the landmark live sets; an indispensable guide to the tangled web of his posthumous releases; fan profiles; and plenty more.
 
Available for pre-order: 19 August
Release date: 2 September
Pre-orders dispatched: 31 August

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PHOTO QUESTION #1

A dear friend from Switzerland sent me this question: “Do you know when and where this photo was taken and are there more from this jam?”

Answer: There are no other photos known to exist of this jam, or at least not in my collection.

The answer to the date can be found in Hendrix 1969: Day By Day, page 146-149:

18 and 19 March: Jimi jams with Lonnie Youngblood and his backing band the Blood Brothers at Small’s Paradise in Harlem, New York City.

More on these jams here:

Hendrix 1969: Day By Day.

NINE OUT OF 10!

 

Classic Rock magazine, June 2021.

Book available here.

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Hendrix/1969: Day By Day is the latest project by leading authority Ben Valkhoff, in collaboration with Italian researcher and collector Luigi Garuti. The previous book by the Valkhoff/Garuti team – Hendrix/1968: Day By Day – won them a 5-star rating in UK magazines Classic Rock and Record Collector: “Meticulously-detailed, forensically-checked,” “The new gold standard for Hendrix books.”

Valkhoff’s book One Last Experience – The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At The Royal Albert Hall won him a 4-star rating in UK music magazines Mojo and Record Collector: “Forensic account of the day’s events”, “beautifully presented labour-of-love.” 



Hendrix/1969: Day By Day is a 424-pages accounting of Jimi’s life during this tumultuous year. The Valkhoff/Garuti team has documented in detail the concerts of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, studio recordings, after-midnight jam sessions, and interviews. Performance details include: setlists, support acts, eyewitness accounts, and anecdotes by fans. This book also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Jimi’s love life, leisure time, and his encounters with fans.



Updated with new information, thoroughly researched and highly detailed, Hendrix/1969: Day By Day sets the benchmark for all publications to come, indispensable to all future Hendrix scholars.

★ Pages: 424
★ Size: 170 x 240 mm

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Record Collector, April 2021.

Blow By Blow

My friend Luigi Garuti sent me an old magazine article last week, which included an interesting photo. It immediately caught both our attention, because it was from a gig which we hadn’t seen before. Luigi and I came to the conclusion that the photo was likely to have been taken on 16 June 1968, when Jimi jammed with Jeff Beck at the ‘Daytop Under The Stars Music Festival,’ a four-day (outdoors) benefit at Reality House Rehabilitation Center in New York in aid of rehabilitation of drug addicts. As far as we know, this is the first time a photo of this event surfaces. With a bit of imagination we can imagine Jeff Beck or Ron Wood on the right...

MY ANGEL CATHERINA - PART 3

Jimi Hendrix, January 1969 (Vi I Tonåren, January 1969): “The first thing I look for in a girl is whether she’s human. It’s so nice meeting girls not wearing masks... who dare to be kind. I had this girl in Gothenburg once... she’s probably forgotten me by now... you can’t hold on to relationships when you travel like I do. But I’m an adventurer travelling the world to quench my thirst for excitement – and to maybe meet a girl to settle down with... Maybe sometime...”

Jimi Hendrix, December 1969 (in The Superstars In Their Own Words, 1970): “So like ‘Little Wing’ is like one of these beautiful girls that come around sometimes. [...] And like these girls, which is one girl to me, it's like ‘The Wind Cries Mary’ is representing more than one person. [...] ‘Little Wing’ was a very sweet girl that came around that gave me her whole life and more if I wanted it. And me with my crazy ass couldn't get it together, so I'm off here and there and off over there.”

Tommy Rander (Göteborgs-Tidningen, 2 September 1970):
Rander: “Have you had any problems with hotels this time?” (The last time he was in town he smashed up a hotel room at Opalen and wasn't allowed to leave the city for a couple of weeks until things were sorted out.)
Hendrix: “No, everything is OK. But I must say I haven't had such a nice time as when I waited around for the trial in Gothenburg. I met this girl and...”