[ * ] indicates a cut in the tape. These are not yet listed for every tape
[ / ] indicates that songs run into each other without a pause in between

QUALITY : I use the Jimpress grading system.
(E+) Excellent+, cd quality
(E) Excellent, top quality analogue source
(VG+) Very good +, vinyl, very slight noise / distortion
(VG) Very good, generally good but not professional quality
(G+) All instruments audible, some distortion
(G) Good, all instruments audible with excessive hiss, compressed sound or distortion
(R) Reasonable, fair instrument balance, but sound quality below avarage
(F) Fair, poor balance, at least one instrument inaudible, bad distortion
(P) Poor, only main instrument clearly audible (e.g. guitar or vocals), very distorted with bad hall ambience
(A) Abysmal, virtually inaudible

This list only includes clean discs, as far as I know any noises / drop-outs / cuts exist on the masters
or on all copies circulating, unless otherwise noted.

LAST UPDATE: 2 december 2009 - webmaster@earlyhendrix.com ------------------------

Mayfair Recording Studio, Inc. 1967

1 Burning of the midnight lamp - mix 1
Incomplete, all instruments in the mix
[tape rewind]
Burning of the midnight lamp - mix 2
Incomplete, all instruments in the mix
[tape rewind]
2 False start 2
Burning of the midnight lamp - mix 3
Complete with a fade at the end
3 Nothing
4 False start 2
Burning of the midnight lamp - mix 4
Incomplete, all instruments in the mix
False start 1
False start 2
Burning of the midnight lamp - mix 5
Incomplete, percussion mixed low
[tape rewind]

Mayfair Recording Studio, Inc., New York City, New York, USA
Thursday 6 July - Friday 7 July 1967
Engineer: Gary Kellgren
Mixing: Gary Kellgren
Noel Redding: bass, Mitch Mitchell: drums

Source: Master > reel > ? > CDR
Multitrack master mixing session reference tape. The master has two false starts preceding the complete take, "False start 1" is only audible on mix 5. Both false starts are harpsichord only, so the basic track was cut with just drums, bass & harpsichord, with Jimi adding guitar & vocal overdubs.

The original tape is a 15 ips 2-track reel in a Scotch box, a reference tape of a mixing session.
First offered for sale on eBay in August 2003, later sold for 20.000 UK pounds as Lot 56 during the 16th of June 2004 Cooper Owen auction. The auction catalog described the origins of the tape as follows: “The vendor was involved in the music business in the late sixties and early seventies, managing the group Strawberry Alarm Clock (who incidentally played with Hendrix at Earl Warren
Showgrounds, Santa Barbara, California on 1 July 1968) and late one night met Jimi at Paramount Recording Studios where he had been recording all day, Jimi gave the vendor the tape and asked him to let him know what he thought of it, the next time the vendor met Jimi he told him he thought it was great, Jimi was pleased and told him to keep the tape.” Be that as it may, according to John McDermott this mixing session tape originates from a July 1967 session at Mayfair Recording Studio, Inc. and Experience Hendrix is in possession of the original multitrack tape.

:raw blues (2cdr)

Disc 1

1 Red house (?)

Studio B, TTG Studios, 1441 N.McCadden Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Tuesday 29 October 1968
Jimi - guitar, Noel Redding or Jack Casady - bass, Mitch Mitchell - drums, Graham Bond - organ
Engineer - Angel Balestier, Second engineer - Mark Kauffman

2 Born under a bad sign (2)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Monday 15 December 1969, starting at 3:00 AM
Engineer: Bob Cotto, 2nd Engineer: Ron Beekman

3 Once I had a woman (4)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 23 January 1970
Engineer: Bob Hughes, 2nd Engineer: Dave Ragno
Don: harmonica, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

4 Easy blues (?)

Hit Factory, New York, New York City, USA
Thursday 28 August 1969
Engineer: Eddie Kramer, 2nd Engineer: Joey Zagarino
Billy Cox: bass, Mitch Mitchell: drums, Larry Lee: guitar

5 Mannish boy (53)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Tuesday 22 April 1969
Engineer: Gary Kellgren
Drums: Buddy Miles?, Bass: Billy Cox?

6 Villanova junction (17) / Jam / Country blues / Jam (cut patched at c.11.24-29 using the edited version, cut at 27.19, fades out)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 23 January 1970
Engineer: Bob Hughes, 2nd Engineer: Dave Ragno
Don: harmonica, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

7 Georgia blues (2)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Wednesday 19 March 1969
Drums: Jimmy Mayes, Bass: Hank Anderson, Organ: John Winfield, Vocals & Sax: Lonnie Youngblood, Congas: unknown

Disc 2

1 Jam 292 (take 2 out of four) (4)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Wednesday 14 May 1969. Listed as "Blues Jam" in the tape log. Engineer: Bob Hughes
Mitch Mitchell: drums, Billy Cox: bass, Sharon Layne: piano, Unknown: trumpet

2 Voodoo chile (13)

Record Plant, New York City, New York
Thursday 2 May 1968 starting from 7:30 A.M. (thus actually Friday 3 May 1968). Crowd noise overdub 9.00-9.45 A.M.
Jack Casady: bass, Mitch Mitchell: drums & Steve Winwood: organ
Rough composite, runs longer at end.

3 Strato strut (?)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 19 December 1969, starting at 3:00 AM
Engineer: Bob Cotto, 2nd Engineer: R. Beekman
Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

4 Country blues (without harmonica, including start of astro man) (?)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 23 January 1970
Engineer: Bob Hughes, 2nd Engineer: Dave Ragno
Don: harmonica, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

5 Things I used to do (?)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Wednesday 7 May 1969
Engineer: Lee Brown
Johnny Winter: guitar, Stephen Stills: guitar, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

6 Bleeding heart (20)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Wednesday 21 May 1969, from 3.30 A.M. to 7.30 A.M.
Engineer: Dave Ragno
Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass
Some extra studio noise after end.

7 Getting my heart back together (52)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Composite of two takes.
First half:
Wednesday 21 May 1969 Engineer: Dave Ragno
Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass, Unknown: congas
Second half:
Unknown date & location (1970?)
Mitch Mitchell?: drums, Billy Cox?: bass

8 Belly button window (?)

Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York, USA
Saturday 22 August 1970. Engineer: Eddie Kramer
Complete version of the incomplete alternate take, the wah guitar part has probably been added from another take by Alan Douglas. Analog pop at 2.07 removed.
Recorded on 1/2 inch 4-track.

9 It's too bad (fades out) (?)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Tuesday 11 February 1969. Engineer - Tony Bongiovi, 2nd engineer - Dave Ragno
Organ - Duane Hitchings, Drums - Buddy Miles

10 Villanova junction (18) / Jam / Country blues (?)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 23 January 1970
Engineer: Bob Hughes, 2nd Engineer: Dave Ragno
Don: harmonica, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass
This is the edited version of the jam.

Source: Master > cassette > cdr, circulated in 2004.
MD5 (for original 2004 set of files in .ape format) - raw_blues.md5
There are a couple of different versions of this set. On this version the tracks were pitch corrected by comparing to official mixes (when possible) and the cut in the long version of Villanova Junction patched with the shorter edit.

The Capricorn Tape

1 Getting my heart back together (52)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Composite of two takes.
First half:
Wednesday 21 May 1969 Engineer: Dave Ragno
Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass, Unknown: congas
Second half:
Unknown date & location (1970?)
Mitch Mitchell?: drums, Billy Cox?: bass

2 Belly button window (6) (analog pop at 2.06)

Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York, USA
Saturday 22 August 1970. Engineer: Eddie Kramer
Recorded on 1/2 inch 4-track, complete alternate take, the wah guitar part has probably been added from another take by Alan Douglas.

3 Villanova junction (18) / Jam / Country blues

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 23 January 1970
Engineer: Bob Hughes, 2nd Engineer: Dave Ragno
Don: harmonica, Buddy Miles: drums, Billy Cox: bass

4 Georgia blues (2)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Wednesday 19 March 1969 Engineer: Gary Kellgren
Drums: Jimmy Mayes, Bass: Hank Anderson, Organ: John Winfield, Vocals & Sax: Lonnie Youngblood, Congas: unknown

5 Lover man (7) (at 0.46 the right channel drops out shortly)

Record Plant, New York City, New York, USA
Friday 15 May 1970
Engineer: Eddie Kramer, 2nd Engineer: Tom Flye

6 New rising sun (2)

Studio B, TTG Studios, 1441 N.McCadden Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Wednesday 23 October 1968
Jimi - guitar, Jimi - drums
Engineer - Angel Balestier, Second engineer - Mark Kauffman
According to the "Voodoo Soup" liner notes by Michael Fairchild "the tape itself is a nine minute reel" recorded entirely by Jimi with him filling four of the tracks with drum overdubs.
Thus this version probably is the unedited complete take.

7 Midnight (4) (from 4.51 to end tape damage)

Olmstead Studios, New York City, New York, USA
Tuesday 1 April 1969
Mitch Mitchell: drums, Noel Redding: bass
Engineer: Eddie Kramer

The Capricorn tape, circulated in 2003.
Source: Master > ? > CDR