Jimi Hendrix Euro pressing appreesh

The_Hook_Up

fuck a remaster...we got some german OGs into the shop and good lord, they blow the US pressings out of the water...I knew there was probably a difference, but fuck, the drums are in your face and the guitar sounds like it is in the room with you...60s Reprise for the most part suck, but I didnt know how much they sucked until hearing these pressings..."Hey Joe" used to be played out to me, but its like Im hearing it for the first time...these are on a fidelity level on par with OG Blue Notes...worth every penny.

LamarTinson

Cool. Which ones you get?

The_Hook_Up

are you experienced
smash hits("the stars that play with laughing sams dice" sounds god-like)
electric ladyland

Fatback

electric ladyland

does that have the naked cover?

sabadabada

electric ladyland

does that have the naked cover?

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The_Hook_Up

electric ladyland

does that have the naked cover?

no, actually, its that "part two" record with just Jimi's face...so that one isnt OG I suppose, but sounds fantastic!

sabadabada

Did they have this show at Tivoli Gardens? I had a tape of this when i was younger and its the awesomest Jimi show.

8/31/70
TIVOLI GARDEN, STOCKHOLM

Lover Man
Catfish Blues Midnight Lightning
Ezy Rider
Red House
Drum Solo
Come On (Pt. 1)
Room Full of Mirrors
Hey Baby
Drum Solo
Message to Love
Machine Gun
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
In from the Storm
Purple Haze
Foxy Lady

milliondollars

I can only recommend the german pressings! not only the sound quality but they go for very little money.
just check german ebay!

bull_ox

The mono mixes haven't ever been made available on CD have they? Does anyone know of a blog that might have em?

A friend of mine got a G for a heavily water damaged one recently...

Burns

smash hits("the stars that play with laughing sams dice" sounds god-like)

STP w/ LSD is only on Loose Ends? Whats it doin' on Smash Hits???? I never seen it on that???

The_Hook_Up

smash hits("the stars that play with laughing sams dice" sounds god-like)

STP w/ LSD is only on Loose Ends? Whats it doin' on Smash Hits???? I never seen it on that???

UK/Euro Smash Hits has a radically different tracklist than the US one:

The_Hook_Up

Listening now to the Who "Sell Out" German Polydor press, this shit sounds awesome as well! Viva la German Polydor!

sabadabada

i also used to have a tape of pre-experience studio jams in Germany with all the members of the Experience but before being named. It had an instrumental version of third stone from the sun, where the music just stops mid-song while Jimi tries to get the right feedback, plucking the same note and getting this high-pitched squeek until all of sudden it feedsback with this massive OHHMMMMMMM and the drums and bass kick in for the jam that closes out the song. It also had instrumental purple haze and national anthem.

DocMcCoy

smash hits("the stars that play with laughing sams dice" sounds god-like)

STP w/ LSD is only on Loose Ends? Whats it doin' on Smash Hits???? I never seen it on that???

That was a 45 in the UK.

CousinLarry

Viva la German Polydor!

I have found that when those german polydors have even the slightest surface scuffs they sound really bad.

high_c

electric ladyland

does that have the naked cover?

no, actually, its that "part two" record with just Jimi's face...so that one isnt OG I suppose, but sounds fantastic!

I got the German polydor joint complete with the 60s boobs and it does sound rad. Garland,TX Goodwill represent!!!

hcrink

"Hey Joe" used to be played out to me, but its like Im hearing it for the first time...these are on a fidelity level on par with OG Blue Notes...worth every penny.

So does this German copy play the US track-list? I've got a German Polydor Experienced that has the Brit cover and tracks. Werid.

But yeah, I'll take a Euro pressing of most American rock records any day.