At His Best?

[Armel]

At His Best?
Mike Ephron Sessions (ATM 193-194)
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For me, these recordings are the worst Jimi sessions I've heard ..



Jimi's House, Shokan, New York, September 13, 1969
Extraordinary Archives Traded Material series of the highest quality Hendrix recordings available in traders' circuits.
All recordings in the ATM series are taken from the lowest generation masters available, and they have all been digitally restored unless otherwise indicated.
Thanks to Hans-Peter Johnsen

Disc 1:
1. Jam 1 - Part 1: Gypsy Boy > New Rising Sun (aka Young Jimi)
2. Jam 1 - Part 2: Free Thunder
3. Jam 1 - Part 3: Swift's Wing
4. Jam 1 - Part 4: Down Mean Blues
5. Fried Cola
6. Jam 2: Feels Good
7. Monday Morning Blues
8. Jam 3: Lift-Off
9. Jam 4: Madagascar

Disc 2:
1. Key To The Highway (aka Jimi Is Tender Too)
2. Cave Man Bells
3. Stepping Stone (aka She Went to Bed With My Guitar)
4. Villanova Junction (aka Strokin' A Lady On Each Hip)
5. Earth Blues (aka Giraffe)
6. Baby Chicken Strut

This set features all material found on the 4 Sagapan LPs "Jimi Hendrix At His Best Vol. 1-3" and "This Flyer".
The original recordings were edited and spread across these albums (and others) in a variety of mixes.
Here the tracks have been spliced back together to create as complete as possible songs/jam.

[Roland Stone]

Ha ha - great cover photo! Thanks! (But no thanks!)

[Armel]

Ha ha - great cover photo! Thanks! (But no thanks!)

Sure..you need courage to hear that ..or maybe alcohol

[opib]

Hi Armel!

Thanks for the upload!
But, could you please point your bittorrent client to the folder with the complete files?
Looks like your are listed as downloader, everybody at 0% here.

[Armel]

Well, i am only speaking about alcohol and it's like I am drunk..
is it ok, now?

[opib]

Yes, everything ok now!

Many thanks again, only heard the Flyer part before.
As long as you don't delete a vital harddisc, like i did once...

[jerry1970]

Great to have these in one piece at last!

[jerry1970]

Hm, I don't really get the review from BFS...

Jam 1 (22:10)
- Gypsy Boy / New Rising Sun (13:45)
- Free Thunder (9:55)
- Swifts Wing (7:05)
- Down Mean Blues (3:20)
- Fried Cola (3:25)

The timings do not total up to 22:10. The review also says "This gives an actual time of 26:60 (?) but if you add the individual tracks they come up to 37:41 due to overlapping".

Could someone explain where the overlaps are? I am primarily interested in getting the recording as it was played, without overlaps. The torrent is not complete yet, so I can't listen to it yet...

Thanks!
Jerry

[Mark7]

Any cds with Fried Cola, Cave Man Bells and Baby Chicken Strut - 3 Hendrix classics - I must get! Thanks for the work on this :-)

[vahurka]

Thanks a lot Armel, this is wonderful stuff! ( LOL )

[rocknroll]

I just received the "at his best" volume 3 LP
and I'm working on getting the first two volumes soon
so, when I do, I'll upload them how they are on vinyl
the tracks are split and named differently than this, in different order, etc.
and the running times are probably different
who knows, maybe my vinyl rips will even sound better

[bluesgod417]

thank you very much for getting these songs together all in one place. a friend of mine had the albums way back in the late '70s. interesting stuff...

[musicguy]

Thanks for this one. Lost this in a HD crash a while back, nice to get it back again!!!

[crazee_canuck]

Thanks to whoever the helpful (re)seeder is. I know this is going to suck. Years ago I was in a record store and bought a used copy of "At His Best, Vol. 2" for $5. I got home and couldn't wait to put it on the turntable.

The needle didn't stay on the record for very long. Maybe it won't sound "as shitty" 20 years later. Considering what others have written about this it is probably as bad as I remember.

[crazee_canuck]

For me, these recordings are the worst Jimi sessions I've heard ..

After hearing this again for the first time in ~20 years, I wholeheartedly agree. Horrid.

But thank you!