Some of Jimi Hendrix's live radio broadcasts for the BBC were released by Rykodisc in 1988 on Radio One, but The BBC Sessions, remastered and fleshed out into a two-disc completist's dream, is perhaps the best document of how the Experience sounded live in 1967. From blues stomps such as Muddy Waters's "Catfish Blues" to surly R&B vamps such as the three takes of Curtis Knight's "Driving South," Hendrix explores his roots with hardscrabble passion. Meanwhile, he pushes the psychedelic-pop spectrum with surprisingly rich versions of studio-tweaked numbers like "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp." There's plenty of slop--a stumbling jam with Stevie Wonder on "I Was Made to Love Her"--and lots of horsing around and awkward interview fragments. But in its balance of pop form, interstellar improv, R&B pedigree, and sheer charm, The BBC Sessions is about as accurate and honest a snapshot of the charismatic, still-pimply 24-year-old phenom as you're likely to hear. --James Rotondi

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tracklisting:	Foxey Lady [Alternate Take] Alexis Korner Introduction Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? Rhythm and Blues World Service Hoochie Coochie Man, (I'm Your) - (Alexis Koerner) Traveling With the Experience Driving South Fire Little Miss Lover Introducing the Experience Burning of the Midnight Lamp Catfish Blues Stone Free Love or Confusion Hey Joe Hound Dog Hear My Train a Comin' Purple Haze Killing Floor Radio One Wait Until Tomorrow Day Tripper Spanish Castle Magic I Was Made to Love Her Jammin' Brand New Sound Hey Joe [Alternate Take] Manic Depression Driving South [Alternate Take] Hear My Train a Comin' [Alternate Take] Happening for Lulu Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Lulu Introduction Sunshine of Your Love
title:	BBC Sessions
rating:	3
purchase date:	09-05-2005
published:	02-06-1998
price:	$19.98
net Rating:	4.5
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genre:	Blues Rock Psychedelic Rock Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Guitar Gods Rock Guitarists
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aspect:	Audio CD Live
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artist:	Jimi Hendrix