Setlist
6 Volumes-11 Discs
JIMI HENDRIX - STUDIO 70
Disk 1
January 7, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
01. I'm A Man a.k.a Stepping Stone. Basic rythym track complete.
Very good quality. Time 4:18 See Note 1
Source: Multicoloured Blues
January ?, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
02. Sending My Love To Linda I-III. Jimi solo with vocal.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time 4:08
Source: Villanova Junction
January 16, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
03. Sending My Love To Linda/Live And Let Live. Complete
Excellent quality. Time 15:03
Source: Hear My Freedom
04. Power Of Soul I-VIII. Thought to be complete
Excellent quality. Time 13:19
Source: Unsurpassed Masters, Disc 5
January 17, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
05. Izabella: alternate mix with heavy echo and extra chat at end.
Good Quality. Time: 2:57 (9)
Source: Master Series Volume 2
06. Izabella. Thought to be a mix from Take 20 originally recorded
on November 11, 1969. An alternate mix with different guitar
and low lead and harmonizing vocals.
Good quality. Time: 2:54 (10)
Source: Moons And Rainbows
07. Izabella. 2nd alternate mix with no lead guitar.
Excellent Quality. Time: 2:56 (11)
Source: The Caesar Tapes Volume 2
January 19, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
08. Untitled Instrumental With Backwards Guitar. Jimi only.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time 1:13
Source: 34 Outtakes
January 20, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
09. Message To Love. Overdub of take 18 originally recorded on
December 19, 1969. Alternate mono mix with both guitar solo
and 2nd verse. Complete.
Excellent Sound Quality, Complete. Time: 3:35
Source: Unsurpassed Masters, Disc 3
10. Message To Love. Overdub of take 18 originally recorded on
December 19, 1969. With guitar solo inserted in place of vocal.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:32
Source: Moons And Rainbows
11. Earth Blues. A mix from Take 11 that was recorded on
Decemeber 19, 1969. This version features different
guitars and drums.
Good sound quality. Time: 4:12
Source: Studio Haze
12. Earth Blues. A alternate mix from Take 11 that was recorded on
Decemeber 19, 1969. Alternate mono mix with less guitar.
Very good quality. Time: 2:27
Source: Rare Tracks Volume 2
13. Stepping Stone. Alternate mix of take 3 originally recorded on
1-7-70 with low vocals. Incomplete.
Very good quality. Time: 2:53
Source: Rare Tracks Volume 2
January 21, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
using the Power Of Soul tapes from Jan 16th. See Note 3.
14. Power Of Soul. Basic original unaltered track. Complete.
Very good quality. Time 5:56
Source: Electric Hendrix 1
15. Power Of Soul. Alternate mono edit and mix with some doubled vocal.
Excellent Sound Quality, Complete. Time: 3:48
Source: Unsurpassed Masters, Disc 3
16. Power Of Soul. Mostly no overdubs over track 11 but slightly
different. Shorter version due to edits. Complete.
Excellent Sound Quality. Time 5:15
Source Unsurpassed Masters, Disc 3
-Disk 2
January 21, 1970 Jimi's apartment jams with unknown guitarist
17. Country Blues.
Good Quality. Time: 10:31
Source: Jimi's Private Reels Volume 1
18. Untitled Jam/Bolero.
Good quality. Time: 18:49
Source: Jimi's Private Reels Volume 1
19. Highway Of Desire/Room Full Of Mirrors.
Good quality Time: 18:49
Source: Jimi's Private Reels Volume 1
20. Astro Man/Valleys Of Neptune.
Good quality. Time: 3:37
Source: Jimi's Private Reels Volume 1
21. Power Of Soul/Money (That's What I Want)/Willy The Pimp
Good quality. Time: 8:37
Source: Jimi's Private Reels Volume 1
22. Power Of Soul Edit Pieces. Alternate mono mix, incomplete with
two short snippets of backwards effects roughly 14 seconds each.
Excellent Sound Quality. Time 1:14
Source Unsurpassed Masters, Disc 3
January 23, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
23. Instrumental Jam (MLK a.k.a Captain Coconut/Ezy Rider Revisited/
Cherokee Mist).
Excellent sound quality. Longest version - Time 15:59
Source: Hear My Freedom
-Disk 3
24. Villanova Junction.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 4:12
Source: Blues Outtakes
25. Blue Suede Shoes.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time 11:33
Source: Black Gold
26. Highway Of Desire Jam.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time 22:35
Source: Diamonds In The Dust
27. Once I Had A Woman.
Excellent quality, Most complete version. Time: 7:48
Source: Blues. See Note 3
28. Country Blues/Astroman/Gypsy Boy. Excellent quality. Most
complete version. Gypsy Boy seems to be the riff Jimi is
playing before the track fades out.
Excellent Quality. Time: 10:50
Source: Mixdown Master Tapes
29. Country Blues. Shorter edit from track 29 with harmonica mixed out.
Excellent quality. Time: 8:40
Source: The Completer
30. Captain Coconut. Alternate mono mix composite from MLK.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:26
Source: Unsurpassed Masters
-Disk 4
February 1?, 1970. Jimi's Apartment, NYC. The Demo Tapes
31. Acoustic Demo. Acoustic Solo with Jimi Only.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time: 1:08 See Note 4.
Source: Morning Symphony Ideas
32. Jams: Stepping Stone/Sending My Love To Linda/Freedom/ Here
Comes The Sun/Cherokee Mist/Calling All The Devils Children.
Jimi & Mitch jam.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 32:40
Source: Jam With Mitch '70
March 23, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
33. Midnight Lightning. Jimi Solo with guitar and foot tapping.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:07 See Note 5
Source: South Saturn Delta
34. Midnight Lightning. Basic unaltered track.
Very Good Quality, Complete. Time: 6:17
Source: Moons And Rainbows
March 24, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
35. Bleeding Heart. Guitar Overdub session.
Excellent Quality, Complete. Time: 3:23
Source: Unsurpassed Masters Volume 2
36. Bleeding Heart. Alternate mix of take 4 originally recorded on
12-18-69 with tamborine mixed low.
Very good quality. Time: 3:16
Source: Villanova Junction
37. Bleeding Heart. Second alternate mix with low vocals at start.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:47
Source: Black Gold
May 14, 1970. Record Plant, NYC.
38. Lower Alcatraz (Midnight Lightning/Keep On Groovin') A run
through of Midnight Lightning where Jimi is heard to make a
reference to the title as Lower Alcatraz.
Excellent Quality. Time 4:13
Source: Alcatraz
39. Peter Gunn Catastrophe.
Excellent Quality. Time: 2:20 See Note 5.
Source: War Heros
May 15, 1970. Record Plant, NYC.
40. Freedom. Studio run through with vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 4:01
Source: Villanova Junction
41. Lover Man: Studio run through with vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 2:51
Source: Villanova Junction
42. Valleys Of Neptunes. Instrumental run through
Very good quality. Time: 4:33
Source: Villanova Junction
43. Freedom. Instrumental run through.
Very good quality. Time: 4:15
Source: Villanova Junction
-Disk 5
June 15, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Jimi's first session.
44. Traffic Jam (Bolero/Hey Baby/Intrumental Jam)
With Chris Wood on sax and Dave Palmer on drums.
Excellent quality, Slightly Incomplete. Time: 19:36
Source: Drone Blues
45. Untitled Instrumentals. Part 1 Calling All The Devils Children/
Pearly Queen/Live And Let Live. Jimi on bass and Dave Palmer on
drums. Part 2 Instrumental Jam. Jimi on guitar and Steve Winwood
on elecric piano.
Very good quality, Slightly Incomplete. Time: 14:03
Source: Black Gold
46. Izabella Takes 1, 2, and 3. Jimi with Sharon Lane and Steve
Winwood on organ and electic piano. Dave Palmer on Drums.
Very Good quality. Time: 10:06
Source: Blue Windows
June 16, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC.
47. Beginnings. Complete and unedited.
Very good quality. Time: 5:36
Source: Unsurpassed Masters
48. Beginnings. Complete and unedited but with percussion mixed low.
Excellent quality. Time: 5:36
Source: Blues Outtakes
49. Night Bird Flying. Mixing session consisting of various pieces.
Good quality. Time: 10:32
Source: The Kees Tapes
50. Night Bird Flying. Take 32 instrumental mix.
Very good quality. Time: 3:46
Source: Calling All Devils Children
51. Freedom. Thought to be the first of various mixing sessions.
Good quality. Time: 9:23
Source: The Kees Tapes
-Disk 6
June 17, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC.
52. Drifter's Escape. Alternate take with 2 overlaid vocals
and guitar tracks.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:15
Source: 500000 Halos
53. Drifter's Escape. Alternate mix of take 3 with 3 guitar tracks and
no echo on most vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:00
Source: Electric Hendrix 1
54. Drifter's Escape. Alternate mix of take 3 with 3 guitar tracks and
echo on vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:00
Source: Multicoloured Blues
55. Straight Ahead. Alternate mix of Take 18 with instruments
dropping out at end except bass.
Very good quality. Time: 4:09
Source: The Completer
56. Straight Ahead. Different mix with low vocals
Very good quality. Time: 4:47
Source: Calling All Devils Children
June 24, 1970. Electric Lady Studios
57. Astro Man. Longest available edit of this jam.
Very good quality. Time: 13:43
Source: The Completer
58. Astro Man. Alternate mix with low vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 2:26
Source: Calling All Devils Children
59. Astro Man. Alternate mix with extra guitar and low vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:38
Source: Calling All Devils Children
60. Astro Man. Different mix with extra guitar.
Good quality, Mono & Incomplete. Time: 3:15
Source: Gypsy On Cloud 9
61. Instrumental Jam (a.k.a. Pride Of Man). A jam consisting of
Drifting/Keep On Groovin'/Freedom/Cherokee Mist/In From The
Storm/ Valleys Of Neptunes.
Good quality. Time: 15:44
Source: Multicoloured Blues
62. Farther Up The Road.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 1:38 *
Source: Low Gen Trader Tape
June 25, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
63. Freedom. Alternate mix of the official version from take 6 with
more background vocal and slightly different guitar
Very good quality. Time: 3:25
Source: 51St Anniversary Part 3
64. Freedom. Alternate mix of the official version from take 6 with
low lead vocals and upfront background vocals. Less lead guitar.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time: 3:22
Source: Calling All Devils Children
June 26, 1970. Electric Lady Studios
65. Guitar And Bass Jam. Jimi and Billy Only. Complete.
Very good quality. Time: 2:08
Source: Black Gold
66. Lil' Dog O' Mine. Bass and vocal by Billy Cox only with chat with
Jimi. Complete.
Excellent quality. Time: 1:28
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
67. Valleys Of Neptune Takes 1-7. Jimi and Billy only with false
starts and playbacks.
Excellent quality. Time: 9:17.
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
-Disk 7
68. Valleys Of Neptune Takes 8-10. Jimi and Billy only with false
starts and playbacks.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:31.
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
69. Can I Whisper In Your Ear (a.k.a. Heaven Has No Tomorrow)
Jimi and Billy only with false start between 1 and 2.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:31.
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
70. Valleys Of Neptune Take 11. Jimi and Billy only.
Excellent quality. Time: 0:56.
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
July 1, 1970 Electric Lady Studios
71. Dolly Dagger. Mix of Take 19 with different lead vocals and
no background vocals.
Very good quality. Time: 3:58
Source: Villanova Junction
72. Dolly Dagger. Mix of Take 19 with apparent echo and reverb added.
Slightly longer fade out than official version.
Good quality. Time: 4:49
Source: The Kees Tapes
73. Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun). Take 2.
Excellent quality. See Note 5. Time: 6:02
Source: Rainbow Bridge
74. Beginnings. Take 5.
Excellent quality. See note 5. Time: 4:13
Source: War Heroes
July 14, 1970 Electric Lady Studios
75. Bolero. Takes 1 and 2 with short snippets at beginning.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:39
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
76. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. Instrumental run through.
Incomplete, Missing start. Time: 1:29
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
77. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A mono mix with guitar and bass.
No vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:33
Source: Crash Landing Reels
78. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A mono mix consisting of mostly
guitar, bass, and lead vocal.
Complete. Time: 3:46
Source: Unsurpassed Masters
79. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. An alternate mix of the official track.
Very good quality, Slightly different, Incomplete. Time: 3:07
Source: Crash Landing Reels
80. Midnight Lightning. Instrumental run through before beginning of
second Bolero session.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:51
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
81. Bolero Takes 1-7. Second Bolero session on this date. Includes
false starts.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:53
Source: Bolero Man In The Valleys Of Neptune
-Disk 8
82. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. Alternate mix 2 of the official track.
Slightly different than track 79.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:33
Source: Crash Landing Reels
83. Untitled Guitar Improvision. Jimi basically riffing with Billy
and unknown person on electric piano. Percussion level low.
This track leads in eventually to the Bolero Session.
Excellent quality. Time: 7:50
Source: Unsurpassed Masters
July 21 or 22, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
84. In From The Storm. An alternate mix of take 11 with low vocals.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:42
Source: 51St. Anniversary
85. In From The Storm. Another alternate mix of take 11 with low
vocals less echo.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:45
Source: The Kees Tapes
July 23, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
86. Had To Cry Today/Drifting. Opens with a riff by Jimi & Billy only
and proceeds into two incomplete instrumental takes of Drifting.
Good quality. Time: 5:14
Source: Notes In Colour
87. Angel. Instrumental run through.
Good quality. Time: 4:29
Source: Notes In Colour
88. Belly Button Window. Instrumental run through.
Good quality. Time: 5:11
Source: Multicoloured Blues
89. Drifting. The complete overdub session with multiple playbacks
as Jimi adds guitar parts.
Very Good quality. Time: 41:39
Source: The Kees Tapes
-Disk 9
90. Angel. Mix with different percussion.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 4:11
Source: Multicoloured Blues
91. Angel. Different mix with low vocals. Slightly incomplete
start and ending.
Very good quality. Time: 4:19
Source: Calling All Devil's Children
92. Drifting. Alternate mix with different guitar. Complete with
some studio chat at start.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 4:06
Source: Multicoloured Blues
93. Drifting. Different mix with low vocals.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 3:54
Source: Calling All Devil's Children
94. Drifting. An alternate mixing of the official track.
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:52
Source: Voodoo Soup
August 13, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
95. Scorpio Woman. A solo jam by Jimi also including Midnight
Lightning along with various other riffs.
Excellent quality. See Note 5. Time: 21:42
Source: Morning Symphony Ideas
August 14, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
96. Night Bird Flying. A mix with low vocals and guitar with drums
more upfront.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:53
Source: Calling All Devil's Children
97. Freedom. A basically unedited mix with little lead guitar and
piano more upfront.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 4:02
Source: Hendrix For Everyone
August 22, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
98. Belly Button Window. An outtake composite from official mix.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:57
Source: Blues Outtakes
99. Belly Button Window. An Alternate mixing of the official track
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:35
Source: Voodoo Soup
100. MLK-Captain Coconut Hybrid. A composite edited from the original
track recorded on January 23, 1970.
Complete. Time: 10:18
Source: More Calling All Devil's Children
The Alternate Studio Mixes
-Disc 10
101. Stepping Stone. The withdrawn original official single
mixed on January 7, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:06
Source: Kiss The Sky
102. Stepping Stone. Another mix slightly different from the withdrawn
single. This version was mixed on January 7, 1970 and found only
on the 1970 Warner Brothers 3LP sampler package Looney Tunes And
Merrie Melodies.
Very good quality. Time: 4:09
Source: Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies.
103. Izabella. The B side to the withdrawn Stepping Stone single.
This version was mixed on January 17, 1970.
Excellent quality.
Source: O.S.T Rainbow Bridge And More. Time: 2:49
104. Izabella. Slightly different mix of the withdrawn single B side
with extra guitar parts and Mitch replacing Buddy on drums. This
version thought to have been mixed around January 17, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:51
Source: War Heros
105. Stepping Stone. Slightly different mix of the withdrawn single
with extra guitar parts and Mitch replacing Buddy on drums. This
version thought to have been mixed around January 20, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:10
Source: War Heros
106. Message To Love. An altenate mix of the official track from
January 20, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:17
Source: Crash Landing
107. Blue Suede Shoes. The composite stereo mix from January 23, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:59
Source: Loose Ends
108. Bleeding Heart. Album version mixed on March 24, 1970
Excellent quality. Time: 3:12
Source: War Heros
109. Night Bird Flying. The second alternate album mix from take 32
recorded on June 16, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:47
Source: Voodoo Soup
110. The Drifter's Escape. Album version mixed on June 17, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:04
Source: Loose Ends
111. Freedom. An alternate mixing of the official track from
June 25, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:26
Source: Voodoo Soup
112. Pali Gap. Alternate album mix recorded on July 1, 1970.
Excelllent quality. Time: 4:42
Source: Voodoo Soup
113. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A composite of the mixes from July 14th
and 15th 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:58
Source: Loose Ends
114. In from The Storm. An alternate mixing of the official track from
July 21st or 22nd, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:39
Source: Voodoo Soup
115. Angel. An alternate mixing of the official track from July 23 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:20
Source: Voodoo Soup
116. Room Full Of Mirrors. A final mix of the basic track by Eddie
Kramer on August 20, 1970 from the original track recorded on
November 17, 1969.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:18
Source: O.S.T Rainbow Bridge And More.
117. Hey Baby. (s, Electric Lady) 7/1/70 G,P,J,S take 2
with organ overdub by Gerry Guida (16)
Source: Low Gen Trader Tape
More Studio 70? The Questionable 1970 Studio Recordings
- Disk 11
118. Night Bird Flying. Sometime 1970? Jimi only with guitar and vocal.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:30
Source: Calling All The Devil's Children
119. Izabella. January 1970? Jimi and Billy only with multiple Takes.
Good quality. Time: 7:56
Source: Unsurpassed Masters
120. Strato Strut. January 1970? Short raw edit.
Very good quality. Time: 1:47
Source: The Kees Tapes
121. Strato Strut. January 1970? Longer full edit.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:40
Source: Morning Symphony Ideas
122. Message To Love. January 20, 1970? Alternate mix of official track.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:34
Source: Voodoo Soup
123. Dance On The Desert-Power Of Soul Acoustic. February 1, 1970?
Jimi on acoustic guitar talking with two girls at his
Greenwich Village Apartment. Home Recording.
Very good quality. Time: 5:08
Source: Low Gen Trader Tape - WJ Edit
124. Hey Gypsy Boy (Hey Baby). February 16, 1970? Take 8.
Excellent quality, Unaltered. Time 3:19
Source: 51St Anniversary
125. Session Thing. June 15, 1970?
The complete jam featuring Jimi and Traffic.
Very good quality. Time: 35:18
Source: TTG For You And Me
126. Brazil. July 14, 1970?. A short piece where Jimi is playing a
Cowbell while singing. The track continues as Jimi tunes his
guitar and proceeds into Track 10.
Excellent quality. Time: 0:57
Source: 51St Anniversary
127. Valleys Of Neptune. July 14, 1970? Thought to be Take 2 of a
studio runthrough with Billy and Mitch.
Includes vocals. Time: 5:52
Source: 51St Anniversary.
128. The New Rising Sun. Sometime 1970? A Composite of various pieces
edited together from 68, 69, and 70. Mixing date unknown but
believe to be 1970.
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:21
Source: Voodoo Sou
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