tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post7570003567773189109..comments2023-06-03T12:58:51.098+01:00Comments on The Blue Book of Shame: Recording of Welsh National Anthem may be lost Jimi Hendrix masterpieceMartin Wilding Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675172074005436625noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-58573625771854691962007-01-15T16:11:00.000+00:002007-01-15T16:11:00.000+00:00What a lovely idea - that Jimi Hendrix not only dr...What a lovely idea - that Jimi Hendrix not only drunkenly played the Welsh national anthem one night after a pub shut-in but bothered in his inebriated state to learnt it so very, very well. If only the recording sounded like Jimi (but thank god, Jimi didn't sound like the recording!)Boy At The Backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609659024532684151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-12072800910177739672007-01-07T14:24:00.000+00:002007-01-07T14:24:00.000+00:00NEW SERVER!
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I echo what ElisBlues and B...My few thoughts .....<br /><br />I echo what ElisBlues and Brad said earlier. Even a few notes into the track I didn't believe it was Jimi. <br /><br />To those of us familiar with his released and unreleased material, including studio jams, this just doesn't have the right 'feel' to it. <br /><br />Ok, it didn't have to sound like a Strat because as we all know, Jimi used Gibsons too. But I thought the pickups sounded too high output and modern, as did the distortion and studio sound in general. And the trem arm technique didn't have Jimi's feel, timing or phrasing, to my ears anyway. It seems quite unusual in a loose studio jam to have no 'studio chat' included either.<br /><br />Thinking back to backstage on the Isle of Wight film where Jimi asks to be reminded how 'God Save the Queen' goes immediately before he took to the stage, I personally feel it pretty unlikely that he would have been familiar with, or rehearsed the Welsh National Anthem. Nice thread though. <br /><br />Happy New Year!UKDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247518313697586548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-10180602134893437542007-01-01T19:52:00.000+00:002007-01-01T19:52:00.000+00:00I had one other thoguht.
I wondered if mr. Davi...I had one other thoguht. <br /><br />I wondered if mr. Davies would consider going back to Dave’s widow, Louise and ask to hear the whole tape from start to finish. Is there any studio chatter between takes, anything before or after, it would seem unusual to me for there to be nothing, they don't ussually cut the tape off right like that especially with the old analog machines. Just another silly thought.3goldenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217215728427855430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-74997319854018829142007-01-01T19:41:00.000+00:002007-01-01T19:41:00.000+00:00I think it's worth pursuing and asking Viv William...I think it's worth pursuing and asking Viv Williams if he is still alive and he can be found. <br />He seems to have dropped off the face of the earth or is no longer playing and probably has no idea anyone is looking for him. Let’s start www.whereisvivwilliams.com and get the word out, maybe the answer is out there waiting to find a home.<br /><br />I wondered if the family that sold the Stapleton Hall Tavern to the Larrik might know any more, perhaps a story, "of the night when..." has been circulating for many years, the answer might lead to another avenue to the facts, who knows right...... <br /><br />I tend to agree that for this to surface now is a bit mysterious at best but one never knows, so one must not rush to judgment and make proclamations without doing their homework eliminating all possibilities, just the facts, as they say…..I’m not going to go on record making a statement that I know what Mr. Hendrix was doing at the time, who he choose to drink and keep company with cause I just don’t know and I don’t think there are many out there that actually do. But they are out there and it would certainly be fun and an exercise in good old investigative journalism to separate fact from fiction and get to the bottom of this.<br /><br />I’ll say one thing though, it’s got a lot of Jimi’s old friends checking out this little ditty and wondering, hey, could it be?<br /><br />Anyway that’s my thought on the matter.<br />3goldens<br />NYC<br />USA<br /><br />P.S. anyone know anything more about the new flames? Maybe one of those guys if they are still around might have eyes on Mr. Williams…..<br /><br />I was unable to find anything.........3goldenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217215728427855430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-88670420023759937062007-01-01T14:36:00.000+00:002007-01-01T14:36:00.000+00:00Yea this really doesn't sound like him. I'm an av...Yea this really doesn't sound like him. I'm an avid fan, and this definitly doesn't have Jimi's feel. I think its just an avid fan from the good ole land of Wales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1906148776944382970.post-80550746747563726032007-01-01T13:13:00.000+00:002007-01-01T13:13:00.000+00:00First - a minor error to point out - "the Band" wi...First - a minor error to point out - "the Band" with Rick Danko have nothing to do with Hendrix's "the Band of Gypsys".<br />Second, from listening to the track, what I hear is nothing like Jimi's playing - from the guitar which does not sound like a Strat, the pickups sound much newer, to the technique which includes tapping and bending that only became popular in the 1980's, to the recording studio sound which also sounds too modern to me.<br />I have heard many of Jimi's studio jams over the years, and most of them are boring and plain even when he was jamming with legends like John McLaughlin, which makes it even more unlikely to me that he would sit in with a complete stranger and unknown musician in the last few days of his life when he was mostly stoned, drunk, and depressed, and belt out an organized and cohesive piece like the one on this alleged lost recording. <br />I just don't buy it...Eli Dr. Blues Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785337918047912793noreply@blogger.com