artist: JIMI HENDRIX
title: EARTH TONES (WHOOPY CAT)
lineage: SILVER > EAC > WAV > FLAC
quality: EX / SOUNDBOARD RECORDINGS
artwork: INCLUDED (300 dpi)
info (from back cover):
The following selections are from recently unearthed tapes and are presented here for the first time on CD.
tracks:
I'M A MAN / MANNISH BOY SESSIONS (January 7, 1970 - Record Plant Studios)
IZABELLA WITH PIANO (Aug. 28, 1969 - Record Plant Studios)
CALLING ALL DEVIL'S CHILDREN / STEPPIN' STONE / EZY RIDER JAM (Nov. 14, 1969 - Record Plant Studios)
POWER OF SOUL [aka: PAPER AIRPLANES] SESSIONS (Nov. 21, 1969 - Record Plant Studios)
Review:
Whoopy Kat is one of the leaders of quality ROIO releases, and Earth Tones is another in its catalog. More Band Of Gypsys
studio material presented this time. Some tracks that would eventually come out on posthumous releases such as Blues, and
some that have no official release as of this writing. BOG was less into straight ahead Rock and Roll than it was more funk
styled rhythms and playing. You definitely hear more bass guitar up front than in his other material. I'm A Man/Mannish Boy
sessions shows a song in progress, working out chord progressions, changes, etc. A take of this song would appear on the
Blues CD. Izabella is an early version of the song, with added piano. Personally I don't think it fits with the song, but
hey, it's easier to be a critic than an artist :) If I'm reading the book Sessions by John McDermott correctly, this was the
first time Izabella had been done in the studio. It had been written at Jimi's rented house in Shokan, NY, and even played
at Woodstock, but this is where Jimi began to assemble the studio version. Calling All Devils Children/Stepping Stone/Ezy
Ryder jam shows an August 14 date on the CD, but the book Sessions has no information about this particular date. It does
have a listing for the 17th however, perhaps this is where it was taken from. Either way, it's just a jam session, warming
up before getting down to work again. Power Of Soul comes from the November 21st/69 recordings, and according to the book
Sessions, 24 takes were attempted, but none yielding a master take. The song would appear later on the live Band Of Gypsys
album, recorded just over a month later at the Filmore East.
Quality is very good on this one, clear and loud. Just the way Jimi should be played :) If you don't have this material on
any of the other releases, you definitely won't be disappointed picking this CD up.
* I'm A Man/Mannish Boy
* I'm A Man/Mannish Boy
* I'm A Man/Mannish Boy
* Izabella w/piano
* Calling all Devil's Children/Stepping Stone-Ezy Ryder jam
* Power Of Soul (Paper Airplanes)
Catalog #: Whoopy Kat WKP-0041
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