In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said Radio One is every bit adept an introduction to Hendrix's music every bit his 1967 debut tape Are You Experienced because piece non-fanatics produce non receive got to heed to dissimilar versions of the same songs, "Hendrix's versions produce deport scrutiny similar no other stone too roll." He was too impressed yesteryear the previously unreleased covers of "Hound Dog" too Curtis Knight's "Drivin' South", calling them first-rate. John Milward from the Chicago Tribune called it "one of the season's best novel stone records", writing that it "supplements the commencement populace phase of Hendrix`s tragically brief evolution; the difficult stone that forged his background inward the blues too musical rhythm too blues into a sturdy platform for his instrumental pyrotechnics". Rolling Stone magazine's David Fricke was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than enthusiastic, deeming it an all-important Hendrix album that documents his artistry every bit it developed inward its earliest stages, alongside recordings showcasing his blues roots, lyrical ballads, too frenzied guitar playing. He believed it covers a menses of "accelerated evolution" for Hendrix inward 1967, from his debut album before that twelvemonth to his functioning at the Monterey Pop Festival too his 2nd tape Axis: Bold every bit Love subsequently that year:
This is the audio of Hendrix reinventing stone & roll, most twenty-four hours yesteryear day, inward his ain image. It is too the audio of Hendrix coping alongside the clit per unit of measurement area too hurting that were business office of his reward. There's no other experience on tape similar it.
Seventeen songs from 1967 BBC broadcasts, when the Jimi Hendrix Experience had yet to give the axe out from the bicycle of constant touring, administration hassles, too internal strife. They're inward good, enthusiastic cast every bit they run through early on gems similar "Hey Joe," "Foxy Lady," "Fire," too "Stone Free," the lack of studio smooth giving these versions a loose feel. The Experience studio albums are nonetheless considerably superior to this set, but it's for sure worth acquiring yesteryear whatever serious Hendrix fan, non to the lowest degree because it has several covers that didn't become far on to the iii proper Experience LPs. Several of these ("Hoochie Koochie Man," "Killing Floor," "Catfish Blues") reveal his sometimes overlooked affinity for Chicago-style electrical blues; in that place are too a twosome of surprises ("Hound Dog" too "Day Tripper"). With adept sound, it's a company add-on to the Hendrix library, demonstrating his versatility inward diverse rock, soul, too blues styles.
If you lot don't receive got at to the lowest degree ane Jimi Hendrix album inward your CD collection, you lot actually need to rethink your musical priorities. I don't intend I need to explicate the revolutionary legacy of Hendrix to anyone, so I'll only teach correct to the content on this special CD. The twelvemonth was 1967, too Hendrix's career had only blasted off inward the UK, when The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Hendrix, Noel Redding, too Mitch Mitchell) came together for several recording sessions for BBC Radio. You volition detect a disclose of Hendrix's most memorable songs inward this collection, but they differ from the versions most fans are familiar with. Alongside these to a greater extent than familiar tracks are a disclose of real interesting covers too blues-oriented recordings, a few of which could too should live considered truthful rarities.
Appropriately enough, this collection starts out alongside an anthem song, Stone Free. With the funk established, it's fourth dimension to jam. Hendrix standards emerging from these early on recordings are Fire, Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, too Hey Joe. Hendrix pulls out all of the heavy guitar stops on the brusk but enervating Killing Floor. This killer rail is too then followed yesteryear what is still, every bit far every bit I am aware, the exclusively alive version of the classic Love or Confusion. Hendrix's mastery of the guitar is made most evident inward a scintillating functioning of Drivin' South. I detect the background vocals on Wait Until Tomorrow somewhat questionable, but this rail is a existent process indeed, every bit this was a vocal Hendrix never performed on stage. You teach a somewhat lite version of Hear My Train a Comin', infused alongside a lot of interaction alongside the pocket-size studio audience. Castilian Castle Magic is pretty faithful to the subsequently studio version, but this is in all probability the earliest recording made of this standout song. Yet some other pregnant recording is Burning of the Midnight Lamp, a much dissimilar version from that which appeared on the Electric Ladyland album of the next year.
Radio One Theme is a playful chip of filler, really, a half-joking novel subject vocal for Britain's insurgent Radio One stone station. Hendrix's embrace of the Beatles' Day Tripper takes the vocal to heights never imagined yesteryear the squad of Lennon too McCartney. The novelty of this embrace nonetheless pales inward comparing to that of Hound Dog, which comes consummate alongside all sorts of barks too howls from band members.
For me, the best this album has to offering are the blues-oriented recordings, inward which Hendrix pays tribute to some of the strongest influences of his youth - the legendary Muddy Waters, inward particular. Catfish Blues is great, but Hoochie Koochie Man is easily my favorite vocal on this album.
All told, these 17 early on recordings showcase the multifariousness of musical styles that Jimi Hendrix made his own, too the entire album has a fresh too jubilant experience that differs from the heavier audio of Hendrix's subsequently career. I wouldn't necessarily recommend Radio One every bit someone's commencement introduction to Jimi Hendrix, but Hendrix fans volition definitely dearest every ane of the 59 - addition minutes of this album.
The audio character on these recordings is actually superb. I ain the BBC Sessions collection, remastered too released on Experience Hendrix which does non receive got every bit adept a audio every bit this Ryko release. The Rykodisc free does non incorporate whatever of the tape hiss which is acquaint on the Experience Hendrix material. I am at a consummate loss every bit to how this tin bathroom be. So much for the advances inward mastering too audio applied scientific discipline over the years. If you lot come upward across a re-create of this disc, directly long out of print, select handle of it every bit it runs rings unopen to whatever other available sources of the same material.
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Stone Free" Jimi Hendrix 3:23
2. "Radio One" Hendrix 1:27
3. "Day Tripper" (The Beatles cover) Lennon–McCartney 3:18
4. "Killing Floor" Chester Arthur Burnett 2:27
5. "Love or Confusion" Hendrix 2:52
6. "Drivin' South" Hendrix 4:49
7. "Catfish Blues" Robert Petway 5:28
8. "Wait Until Tomorrow" Hendrix 2:55
9. "Hear My Train a Comin'" Hendrix 4:52
10. "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton, Elvis Presley cover) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 2:44
11. "Fire" Hendrix 2:39
12. "Hoochie Coochie Man" Willie Dixon 5:30
13. "Purple Haze" Hendrix 3:02
14. "Spanish Castle Magic" Hendrix 3:06
15. "Hey Joe" Billy Roberts 4:01
16. "Foxy Lady" Hendrix 2:57
17. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" Hendrix 3:42
Total length:
50:12
Personnel
Jimi Hendrix – guitar, atomic number 82 vocals
Noel Redding – bass, backing vocals on rail 3
Mitch Mitchell – drums, backing vocals
Jimmy Leverton – backing vocals on rail 11
Trevor Burton – backing vocals on rail 11
Recording details
Tracks 1, 5, fifteen too sixteen recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House inward London, England on Feb 13, 1967
Tracks 2, 3, 8, nine too xiv recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre inward London, England on Dec 15, 1967
Tracks 4, eleven too xiii recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House on March 28, 1967
Tracks 6, 7, 10 too 17 recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre on Oct 6, 1967
Track 12 recorded at the BBC Playhouse Theatre on Oct 17, 1967
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