West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology

West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
Box set by Jimi Hendrix
Released November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)
Recorded 1964-1970
Genre Psychedelic rock, blues-rock, acid rock, funk rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length 250:00
Label Experience Hendrix, Legacy
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Valleys of Neptune
(2010)		 West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
(2010)		 Winterland
(2011)

West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology is a posthumous box set by American blues-rock musician Jimi Hendrix. The set was released on November 16, 2010, in the US and includes four discs of previously unreleased studio and live recordings as well as a DVD with a documentary based on the life and career of Hendrix directed by Bob Smeaton called Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child.[1]

A single disc "Best Of" edition is also available, with or without the documentary. The box-set is available in a deluxe edition featuring eight 12" vinyl LPs.

Professional ratings
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Contents

Track listing

Deluxe Edition

Disc one[4]
No. Title Length
1. "Testify" (Isley Brothers) 4:09
2. "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay & the Goodtimers) 2:26
3. "Can't Stay Away" (Don Covay & the Goodtimers) 2:50
4. "My Diary" (Rosa Lee Brooks) 2:22
5. "Utee" (Brooks) 1:58
6. "I Don't Know What You Got But It's Got Me" (Little Richard) 4:02
7. "Dancing All Around the World" (Little Richard) 3:00
8. "I'm So Glad" (Frank Howard & the Commanders) 2:39
9. "Move Over and Let Me Dance" (Isley Brothers) 2:41
10. "Have You Ever Been Disappointed" (Isley Brothers) 6:19
11. "Help Me (Get the Feeling) (Part I)" (Ray Sharpe) 2:33
12. "(My Girl) She's a Fox" (The Icemen) 2:43
13. "That Little Old Groovemaker" (Jimmy Norman) 2:16
14. "Sweet Thang" (Billy Lamont) 2:33
15. "Instant Groove" (King Curtis) 2:24
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Fire" (*) 2:51
2. "Are You Experienced" (**) 6:04
3. "May This Be Love" (*) 3:18
4. "Can You See Me" (*) 2:34
5. "The Wind Cries Mary" ((Live at Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 1967)) 3:57
6. "Love or Confusion" (*) 3:16
7. "Little One" (**) 4:11
8. "Mr. Bad Luck" (*) 2:57
9. "Cat Talking to Me" (*) 2:54
10. "Castles Made of Sand" (**) 3:12
11. "Tears of Rage" (**)( [Written by: Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel]) 5:22
12. "Hear My Train A Comin'" (**) 4:37
13. "1983 (A Merman I Shall Turn to Be)" (**) 3:31
14. "Long Hot Summer Night" (**) 2:32
15. "My Friend"   3:59
16. "Angel" (**) 3:11
17. "Calling All the Devil's Children" (**) 5:38
18. "New Rising Sun" (*) 7:24
Disc three
No. Title Length
1. "Hear My Freedom" (**) 5:23
2. "Room Full of Mirrors" (**) 2:32
3. "Shame, Shame, Shame" (**) 3:01
4. "Messenger" (**) 3:20
5. "Hound Dog Blues" (**) 4:44
6. "Untitled Basic Track" (Previously Unreleased Recording) 3:49
7. "Star Spangled Banner" ((Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 1969)) 2:29
8. "Purple Haze" ((Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 1969)) 5:51
9. "Young/Hendrix" (*) 20:57
10. "Mastermind" (**) 4:44
11. "Message to Love" (*) 3:27
12. "Fire" (** (Live at the Fillmore East, New York, December 31, 1969)) 4:41
13. "Foxey Lady" (** (Live at the Fillmore East, New York, December 31, 1969)) 6:29
Disc four
No. Title Length
1. "Stone Free" (** (Live at the Fillmore East, New York, December 31, 1969)) 14:46
2. "Burning Desire" (**) 8:46
3. "Lonely Avenue" (**) 4:22
4. "Everlasting First" (* (featuring Arthur Lee)) 4:13
5. "Freedom" (**) 4:15
6. "Peter Gunn/Catastrophe" (*) 3:06
7. "In From the Storm" (*) 3:34
8. "All God's Children" (**) 6:19
9. "Red House" (** (Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, May 30, 1970)) 7:29
10. "Play That Riff [Thank You]" (**) 0:35
11. "Bolero" (*) 5:31
12. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" (*) 6:05
13. "Suddenly November Morning" (**) 4:12

Single-Disc Edition

All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Fire *"   2:51
2. "Love or Confusion *"   3:16
3. "Room Full of Mirrors **"   2:32
4. "Shame, Shame, Shame **"   3:01
5. "Mr. Bad Luck *"   2:57
6. "May This Be Love *"   3:18
7. "Are You Experienced? **"   6:04
8. "Tears of Rage **" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) 5:22
9. "Hear My Freedom **"   5:23
10. "Hound Dog Blues **"   4:44
11. "Lonely Avenue **"   4:22
12. "Burning Desire **"   8:49
13. "In From the Storm *"   3:36
14. "Bolero **"   5:31
15. "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) *"   6:06

* = Previously unreleased alternate recording
** = Previously unreleased recording

References

  1. ^ "Experience Hendrix LLC & Legacy Recordings Launching Second Wave of Monumental Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project with Deluxe Editions of BBC Sessions, Live at Woodstock, Blues & More". Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.. August 9, 2010. http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news/experience-hendrix-llc-legacy-recordings-launching-second-wave-monumental-jimi-hendrix-catalog-. Retrieved August 19, 2010. 
  2. ^ Westergaard, Sean. Album review West Coast Seattle Boy at Allmusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. ^ Hermes, Will (16 November 2010). "Album review West Coast Seattle Boy". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/west-coast-seattle-boy-the-jimi-hendrix-anthology-experience-20101116. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  4. ^ Amazon.com: West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (4 CD/ 1 DVD Collectors Box) [Box set, Collector's Edition], [1]
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