A few days ago we mentioned a second wave of Jimi Hendrix reissues and an upcoming box set, West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology. Hendrix's Web site issued a press release on Monday adding some more detail regarding those releases. There will be a CD/DVD edition of the posthumous compilation Blues (1994), featuring an extended version of the Hendrix sequence from the Martin Scorsese-produced documentary The Blues. There's also a 2-CD/1-DVD reissue of the acclaimed BBC Sessions compilation, featuring a previously unreleased track, a reissue of the 2-CD Live at Woodstock and - perhaps most ridiculously - a reissue of the Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year EP. (No new info about the box has been revealed, outside of the fact that the DVD will have a new documentary directed by Bob Smeaton, who directed both The Beatles Anthology and the mini-documentaries that accompanied last year's Beatles remasters.)
Read the press release here and hit the jump to reacquaint yourself with the track lists for each compilation.
Jimi Hendrix, Blues (originally released as MCA Records MCAD-11060, 1994)
- Hear My Train A-Comin' (Acoustic)
- Born Under a Bad Sign
- Red House
- Catfish Blues
- Voodoo Chile Blues
- Mannish Boy
- Once I Had a Woman
- Bleeding Heart
- Jelly 292
- Electric Church Red House
- Hear My Train A-Comin' (Electric)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, BBC Sessions (originally released as Experience Hendrix/MCA Records MCAD2-11742, 1998)
Disc 1
- Foxy Lady (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Alexis Korner Introduction (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- Rhythm and Blues World Service (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- Traveling with The Experience (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- Driving South (Live BBC Session - 10/17/1967)
- Fire (Live BBC Session - 3/28/1967)
- Little Miss Lover (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Introducing The Experience (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Catfish Blues (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Stone Free (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Love or Confusion (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Hey Joe (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Hound Dog (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Driving South (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Hear My Train A-Comin' (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
Disc 2
- Purple Haze (Live BBC Session - 3/28/1967)
- Killing Floor (Live BBC Session - 3/28/1967)
- Radio One (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
- Wait Until Tomorrow (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
- Day Tripper (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
- Spanish Castle Magic (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
- Jammin' (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- I Was Made to Love Her (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Foxy Lady (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- A Brand New Sound (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Hey Joe (Alternate) (Live BBC Session - 2/13/1967)
- Manic Depression (Live BBC Session - 4/17/1967)
- Driving South (Alternate) (Live BBC Session - 10/6/1967)
- Hear My Train' A-Comin' (Alternate) (Live BBC Session - 12/15/1967)
- A Happening for Lulu (Live on The Lulu Show - 1/4/1969)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Live on The Lulu Show - 1/4/1969)
- Lulu Introduction (Live on The Lulu Show - 1/4/1969)
- Hey Joe (Live on The Lulu Show - 1/4/1969)
- Sunshine of Your Love (Live on The Lulu Show - 1/4/1969)
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Live on Top of the Pops - 8/24/1967) *
Jimi Hendrix, Live at Woodstock (originally released as Experience Hendrix/MCA Records MCAD2-11987, 1999)
Disc 1
- Introduction
- Message to Love
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Lover Man
- Foxy Lady
- Jam Back at the House
Disc 2
- Izabella
- Fire
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Woodstock Improvisation
- Villanova Junction
- Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (originally released as Experience Hendrix/MCA Records 088 155 651-2, 1999)
- Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne
- Three Little Bears
- Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne (Extended Version)
Track 1 previously released as Reprise promo single PRO 595, 1974
Track 2 previously released on War Heroes (Reprise MS 2103, 1972)
Track 3 was previously unreleased
Bill B says
Doesn't seem like enough new content to warrant rebuying all these cds that I already have.
Ranasakawa says
I am very concerned the new box set that Hendrix fans have been waiting for will only contain 1 or 2 real unreleased tracks.
They sure know how to keep fans on edge (like me).
Jacob says
It is lame to re-release these with only one bonus track. I too am getting concerned about the "new" boxset's tracklisting.