Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings

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Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings
EP by Jimi Hendrix
Released	October 1995
Recorded	April 1968, Drake Hotel, New York City
Genre	Rock, blues-rock
Length	28:55
Label	Berk
Producer	Joe Gastwirt
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Voodoo Soup (1995) Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings (1995) First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)

Jimi By Himself: The Home Recordings is a posthumous EP by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix. It was released as a companion CD to the book Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend of Jimi Hendrix, published by Penguin in 1995 featuring the story of Jimi's life and work in an illustrated graphic novel manner. Contrary to popular belief, the songs on this album were performed on an electric guitar, as opposed to an acoustic.

"1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" was eventually worked into a song which was featured on the 1968 album Electric Ladyland, "Angel" was another track which eventually featured on an album, namely The Cry of Love. "Cherokee Jam" was an early version of the song "Cherokee Mist", as was the latter part of the track "Voodoo Chile/Cherokee Mist", the former half of which was an early version of that which featured on Electric Ladyland. "Hear My Train A Comin'" is a very short version of the classic Hendrix song of the same name, and "Gypsy Eyes" was an early version of Electric Ladyland's song of the same title.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix.

1. "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" – 7:45
2. "Angel" – 3:28
3. "Cherokee Jam" – 3:12
4. "Hear My Train A Comin'" – 1:22
5. "Voodoo Chile/Cherokee Mist" – 10:09
6. "Gypsy Eyes" – 2:59

[edit] Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals

[edit] See also

• List of best-selling music artists
• Jimi Hendrix discography

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