Out Of Nowhere - Jimi Tenor

Advantages: All the hero's in one
Disadvantages: Mixed sound recordings Sound louder and quieter in places

...voice you would not think he would be a very diverse tenor but listening to this you would have to think twice. Track 19: Paloma querida sung by Francisco Araiza Araiza holds a business degree and he certainly gets down to it (business that is) when it comes to this, lesser known, but fantastic aria. Well done the Mexican!!! Track 20: Maria sung by José Carreras This is the only poor selection of track on the CD although it is sung well it does stick out like a sore thumb. Track 21: E lucevan le stelle sung by Plácido Domingo Domingo returns to sing this spiritual aria from Tosca for us. He does a grand job. Track 22: In fernem Land sung by Kurt Moll and Siegfried Jerusalem Beautifully sung and again is another example of a well-picked duet showing us that this compilation hasn't just been thrown together. Track... Read review

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Advantages: Great music by a guitar maestro
Disadvantages: Jimi left us way too soon

...In 1967, I was an aspiring, and very impressionable, teenaged musican who was avidly trying to learn the licks of all the great guitarists who were on the scene. There were a lot of great ones around, too--Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and George Harrison were all busy creating styles that guitarists today are still trying to emulate. It's fair to say that my whole musical philosophy and playing style changed when I first heard the debut album of Jimi Hendrix in 1967--Are You Experienced? really taught me how music is irrevocably linked to the human mind. "Mind over matter" is a pretty old saw that few of us really take literally, but Jimi Hendrix showed all musicians, especially guitarists, that wringing hot licks out of a guitar is an emotional, as well as physical, thing. Jimi Hendrix could get sounds out of his guitar... Read review

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Advantages: Good coverage of the set
Disadvantages: annoying 2 CD case that breaks easily!!

...are the two songs from secondary guitarist Larry Lee. Having never heard these myself I couldn’t say if this is a good or a bad thing, although his solo on ‘voodoo chile’ seems somewhat tame compared to jimi’s! Aside from this everything has been captured, Including all jimi’s interaction with the crowd between songs. If there is one negative I can pick out, I would have to be the track selection. Although all the songs are classic Hendrix, there are some missing that would have, in my opinion, given extra depth to the performance. Songs such as Little wing or Bold as Love could have represented the more mellow Experience music, also it is evident that Jimi wanted to try out some new material, but ends up playing the same old songs! A definite purchase for any Hendrix fan, all of his mastery is on display here, burning solo's and incredible... Read review

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