| Radio One |  | Artist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 489056
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
EAN: 5013428732120
ASIN: B0000243KM
Release Date: July 1, 1992
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Condition: Ships with US tracking number and free 1st class upgrade. Good, ome light scratch to CD, tested skip-free. In jewel case with insert/art.
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| Tracks:
| • | Stone Free | | • | Radio One Theme | | • | Day Tripper - Jimi Hendrix, Lennon, John | | • | Killing Floor - Jimi Hendrix, Burnett, Chester Ar | | • | Love or Confusion | | • | Drivin' South - Jimi Hendrix, Knight, Curtis | | • | Catfish Blues - Jimi Hendrix, Petway, Robert | | • | Wait Until Tomorrow | | • | Hear My Train a Comin' | | • | Hound Dog - Jimi Hendrix, Leiber, Jerry | | • | Fire | | • | (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Jimi Hendrix, Dixon, Willie | | • | Purple Haze | | • | Spanish Castle Magic | | • | Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix, Roberts, Billy [1] | | • | Foxey Lady | | • | Burning of the Midnight Lamp |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Get the more complete 2-disc BBC Sessions Instead July 30, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Though mono, the quality of these BBC recordings is excellent and well worth getting. The band is loose and the performances are excellent. There are even some humurous moments.
The Hendirx family re-released these recordings in a more complete form as the "BBC Sessions" on 2 CDs. I suggest purchasing that and avoiding this half-baked release.
An outstanding collection of early Hendrix recordings September 27, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you don't have at least one Jimi Hendrix album in your CD collection, you really need to rethink your musical priorities. I don't think I need to explain the revolutionary legacy of Hendrix to anyone, so I'll just get right to the content on this particular CD. The year was 1967, and Hendrix's career had just blasted off in the UK, when The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Hendrix, Noel Redding, and Mitch Mitchell) came together for several recording sessions for BBC Radio. You will find a number of Hendrix's most memorable songs in this collection, but they differ from the versions most fans are familiar with. Alongside these more familiar tracks are a number of very interesting covers and blues-oriented recordings, a few of which could and should be considered true rarities.
Appropriately enough, this collection starts out with an anthem song, Stone Free. With the funk established, it's time to jam. Hendrix standards emerging from these early recordings are Fire, Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, and Hey Joe. Hendrix pulls out all of the heavy guitar stops on the short but enervating Killing Floor. This killer track is then followed by what is still, as far as I am aware, the only live version of the classic Love or Confusion. Hendrix's mastery of the guitar is made most evident in a scintillating performance of Drivin' South. I find the background vocals on Wait Until Tomorrow somewhat questionable, but this track is a real treat indeed, as this was a song Hendrix never performed on stage. You get a somewhat light version of Hear My Train a Comin', infused with a lot of interaction with the small studio audience. Spanish Castle Magic is pretty faithful to the later studio version, but this is probably the earliest recording made of this standout song. Yet another significant recording is Burning of the Midnight Lamp, a much different version from that which appeared on the Electric Ladyland album of the following year.
Radio One Theme is a playful bit of filler, really, a half-joking new theme song for Britain's insurgent Radio One rock station. Hendrix's cover of the Beatles' Day Tripper takes the song to heights never imagined by the team of Lennon and McCartney. The novelty of this cover still pales in comparison to that of Hound Dog, which comes complete with all sorts of barks and howls from band members.
For me, the best this album has to offer are the blues-oriented recordings, in which Hendrix pays tribute to some of the strongest influences of his youth - the legendary Muddy Waters, in particular. Catfish Blues is great, but Hoochie Koochie Man is easily my favorite song on this album.
All told, these 17 early recordings showcase the variety of musical styles that Jimi Hendrix made his own, and the entire album has a fresh and jubilant feel that differs from the heavier sound of Hendrix's later career. I wouldn't necessarily recommend Radio One as someone's first introduction to Jimi Hendrix, but Hendrix fans will definitely love every one of the 59 - plus minutes of this album.
 You're the one for me June 12, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here we have a selection of songs by Jimi Hendrix recorded for BBC radio. Very good stuff, if not quite as good as the versions on his actual albums. Of particular interest are the songs that never were recorded for albums, like "Hound Dog", "Driving South" and "Hoochie Koochie Man". All Hendrix fans will enjoy this.
Good, live tracks! February 10, 2004
This was Jimi in a BBC studio, playing rough and raw. Killing Floor is particularly nice, with a sharp, cruel sound to it. Hear My Train is more upbeat than in other versions. There's a lot of people in there with him and it sounds like quite a party. Can be annoying if you're hoping for clean music tracks but it does provide a small glimpse of swinging London. Kinda' fun sounding.
A must have for Hendrix fans February 26, 2004
This collection of songs is a real treat for Hendrix fans. A lot of the titles recorded here are earlier, more informal recordings of tracks that were later polished up for use on albums. The informal atmosphere of the recording sessions comes across in the form of laughter and studio chit-chat. You can tell Jimi and his bandmates were having fun.
There are some scorching guitar tracks, like Drivin' South and Hear My Train a Comin, some great "goofing around" covers of songs like Day Tripper and Hound Dog, and some really interesting early versions of hit songs like Purple Haze and Fire. There is a great version of Love or Confusion on this collection which has a raw, garage band sound to it.
I've had this album in my car's cassette player for quite a while now and I'm just not getting tired of it!
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