| J-Card Comment | We worked on it from December 09, 2002 to March 01, 2003
The idea is to compile a complete as possible diary
of Jimi's 1970 studio sessions. There are some tracks
that may cross into the gray area but this was to furnish
the most complete track possible.
JIMI HENDRIX - STUDIO 70
Disk 1
January 7, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
01. I'm A Man a.k.a Stepping Stone. Basic rythym track complete.
Very good quality. Time 4:18 See Note 1
January ?, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
02. Sending My Love To Linda I-III. Jimi solo with vocal.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time 4:08
January 16, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
03. Sending My Love To Linda/Live And Let Live. Complete
Excellent quality. Time 15:03
04. Power Of Soul I-VIII. Thought to be complete
Excellent quality. Time 13:19
January 17, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
05. Izabella: alternate mix with heavy echo and extra chat at end.
Good Quality. Time: 2:57 (9)
06. Izabella. Thought to be a mix from Take 20 originally recorded
on November 11, 1969. An alternate mix with different guitar
and low lead and harmonizing vocals.
Good quality. Time: 2:54 (10)
07. Izabella. 2nd alternate mix with no lead guitar.
Excellent Quality. Time: 2:56 (11)
January 19, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
08. Untitled Instrumental With Backwards Guitar. Jimi only.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time 1:13
January 20, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
09. Message To Love. Overdub of take 18 originally recorded on
December 19, 1969. Alternate mono mix with both guitar solo
and 2nd verse. Complete.
Excellent Sound Quality, Complete. Time: 3:35
10. Message To Love. Overdub of take 18 originally recorded on
December 19, 1969. With guitar solo inserted in place of vocal.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:32
11. Earth Blues. A mix from Take 11 that was recorded on
Decemeber 19, 1969. This version features different
guitars and drums.
Good sound quality. Time: 4:12
12. Earth Blues. A alternate mix from Take 11 that was recorded on
Decemeber 19, 1969. Alternate mono mix with less guitar.
Very good quality. Time: 2:27
13. Stepping Stone. Alternate mix of take 3 originally recorded on
1-7-70 with low vocals. Incomplete.
Very good quality. Time: 2:53
January 21, 1970 Record Plant, NYC. A Mixing session with Eddie Kramer
using the Power Of Soul tapes from Jan 16th. See Note 3.
14. Power Of Soul. Basic original unaltered track. Complete.
Very good quality. Time 5:56
15. Power Of Soul. Alternate mono edit and mix with some doubled vocal.
Excellent Sound Quality, Complete. Time: 3:48
16. Power Of Soul. Mostly no overdubs over track 11 but slightly
different. Shorter version due to edits. Complete.
Excellent Sound Quality. Time 5:15
-Disk 2
January 21, 1970 Jimi's apartment jams with unknown guitarist
17. Country Blues.
Good Quality. Time: 10:31
18. Untitled Jam/Bolero.
Good quality. Time: 18:49
19. Highway Of Desire/Room Full Of Mirrors.
Good quality Time: 18:49
20. Astro Man/Valleys Of Neptune.
Good quality. Time: 3:37
21. Power Of Soul/Money (That's What I Want)/Willy The Pimp
Good quality. Time: 8:37
22. Power Of Soul Edit Pieces. Alternate mono mix, incomplete with
two short snippets of backwards effects roughly 14 seconds each.
Excellent Sound Quality. Time 1:14
January 23, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
23. Instrumental Jam (MLK a.k.a Captain Coconut/Ezy Rider Revisited/
Cherokee Mist).
Excellent sound quality. Longest version - Time 15:59
-Disk 3
24. Villanova Junction.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 4:12
25. Blue Suede Shoes.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time 11:33
26. Highway Of Desire Jam.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time 22:35
27. Once I Had A Woman.
Excellent quality, Most complete version. Time: 7:48
28. Country Blues/Astroman/Gypsy Boy. Excellent quality. Most
complete version. Gypsy Boy seems to be the riff Jimi is
playing before the track fades out.
Excellent Quality. Time: 10:50
29. Country Blues. Shorter edit from track 29 with harmonica mixed out.
Excellent quality. Time: 8:40
30. Captain Coconut. Alternate mono mix composite from MLK.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:26
-Disk 4
February 1?, 1970. Jimi's Apartment, NYC. The Demo Tapes
31. Acoustic Demo. Acoustic Solo with Jimi Only.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time: 1:08 See Note 4.
32. Jams: Stepping Stone/Sending My Love To Linda/Freedom/ Here
Comes The Sun/Cherokee Mist/Calling All The Devils Children.
Jimi & Mitch jam.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 32:40
March 23, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
33. Midnight Lightning. Jimi Solo with guitar and foot tapping.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:07 See Note 5
34. Midnight Lightning. Basic unaltered track.
Very Good Quality, Complete. Time: 6:17
March 24, 1970 Record Plant, NYC.
35. Bleeding Heart. Guitar Overdub session.
Excellent Quality, Complete. Time: 3:23
36. Bleeding Heart. Alternate mix of take 4 originally recorded on
12-18-69 with tamborine mixed low.
Very good quality. Time: 3:16
37. Bleeding Heart. Second alternate mix with low vocals at start.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:47
May 14, 1970. Record Plant, NYC.
38. Lower Alcatraz (Midnight Lightning/Keep On Groovin') A run
through of Midnight Lightning where Jimi is heard to make a
reference to the title as Lower Alcatraz.
Excellent Quality. Time 4:13
39. Peter Gunn Catastrophe.
Excellent Quality. Time: 2:20 See Note 5.
May 15, 1970. Record Plant, NYC.
40. Freedom. Studio run through with vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 4:01
41. Lover Man: Studio run through with vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 2:51
42. Valleys Of Neptunes. Instrumental run through
Very good quality. Time: 4:33
43. Freedom. Instrumental run through.
Very good quality. Time: 4:15
-Disk 5
June 15, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Jimi's first session.
44. Traffic Jam (Bolero/Hey Baby/Intrumental Jam)
With Chris Wood on sax and Dave Palmer on drums.
Excellent quality, Slightly Incomplete. Time: 19:36
45. Untitled Instrumentals. Part 1 Calling All The Devils Children/
Pearly Queen/Live And Let Live. Jimi on bass and Dave Palmer on
drums. Part 2 Instrumental Jam. Jimi on guitar and Steve Winwood
on elecric piano.
Very good quality, Slightly Incomplete. Time: 14:03
46. Izabella Takes 1, 2, and 3. Jimi with Sharon Lane and Steve
Winwood on organ and electic piano. Dave Palmer on Drums.
Very Good quality. Time: 10:06
June 16, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC.
47. Beginnings. Complete and unedited.
Very good quality. Time: 5:36
48. Beginnings. Complete and unedited but with percussion mixed low.
Excellent quality. Time: 5:36
49. Night Bird Flying. Mixing session consisting of various pieces.
Good quality. Time: 10:32
50. Night Bird Flying. Take 32 instrumental mix.
Very good quality. Time: 3:46
51. Freedom. Thought to be the first of various mixing sessions.
Good quality. Time: 9:23
-Disk 6
June 17, 1970. Electric Lady Studios, NYC.
52. Drifter's Escape. Alternate take with 2 overlaid vocals
and guitar tracks.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:15
53. Drifter's Escape. Alternate mix of take 3 with 3 guitar tracks and
no echo on most vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:00
54. Drifter's Escape. Alternate mix of take 3 with 3 guitar tracks and
echo on vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:00
55. Straight Ahead. Alternate mix of Take 18 with instruments
dropping out at end except bass.
Very good quality. Time: 4:09
56. Straight Ahead. Different mix with low vocals
Very good quality. Time: 4:47
June 24, 1970. Electric Lady Studios
57. Astro Man. Longest available edit of this jam.
Very good quality. Time: 13:43
58. Astro Man. Alternate mix with low vocal.
Very good quality. Time: 2:26
59. Astro Man. Alternate mix with extra guitar and low vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:38
60. Astro Man. Different mix with extra guitar.
Good quality, Mono & Incomplete. Time: 3:15
61. Instrumental Jam (a.k.a. Pride Of Man). A jam consisting of
Drifting/Keep On Groovin'/Freedom/Cherokee Mist/In From The
Storm/ Valleys Of Neptunes.
Good quality. Time: 15:44
62. Farther Up The Road.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 1:38 *
June 25, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
63. Freedom. Alternate mix of the official version from take 6 with
more background vocal and slightly different guitar
Very good quality. Time: 3:25
64. Freedom. Alternate mix of the official version from take 6 with
low lead vocals and upfront background vocals. Less lead guitar.
Excellent quality, Incomplete. Time: 3:22
June 26, 1970. Electric Lady Studios
65. Guitar And Bass Jam. Jimi and Billy Only. Complete.
Very good quality. Time: 2:08
66. Lil' Dog O' Mine. Bass and vocal by Billy Cox only with chat with
Jimi. Complete.
Excellent quality. Time: 1:28
67. Valleys Of Neptune Takes 1-7. Jimi and Billy only with false
starts and playbacks.
Excellent quality. Time: 9:17.
-Disk 7
68. Valleys Of Neptune Takes 8-10. Jimi and Billy only with false
starts and playbacks.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:31.
69. Can I Whisper In Your Ear (a.k.a. Heaven Has No Tomorrow)
Jimi and Billy only with false start between 1 and 2.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:31.
70. Valleys Of Neptune Take 11. Jimi and Billy only.
Excellent quality. Time: 0:56.
July 1, 1970 Electric Lady Studios
71. Dolly Dagger. Mix of Take 19 with different lead vocals and
no background vocals.
Very good quality. Time: 3:58
72. Dolly Dagger. Mix of Take 19 with apparent echo and reverb added.
Slightly longer fade out than official version.
Good quality. Time: 4:49
73. Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun). Take 2.
Excellent quality. See Note 5. Time: 6:02
74. Beginnings. Take 5.
Excellent quality. See note 5. Time: 4:13
July 14, 1970 Electric Lady Studios
75. Bolero. Takes 1 and 2 with short snippets at beginning.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:39
76. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. Instrumental run through.
Incomplete, Missing start. Time: 1:29
77. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A mono mix with guitar and bass.
No vocals.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:33
78. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A mono mix consisting of mostly
guitar, bass, and lead vocal.
Complete. Time: 3:46
79. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. An alternate mix of the official track.
Very good quality, Slightly different, Incomplete. Time: 3:07
80. Midnight Lightning. Instrumental run through before beginning of
second Bolero session.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:51
81. Bolero Takes 1-7. Second Bolero session on this date. Includes
false starts.
Excellent quality. Time: 16:53
-Disk 8
82. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. Alternate mix 2 of the official track.
Slightly different than track 79.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:33
83. Untitled Guitar Improvision. Jimi basically riffing with Billy
and unknown person on electric piano. Percussion level low.
This track leads in eventually to the Bolero Session.
Excellent quality. Time: 7:50
July 21 or 22, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
84. In From The Storm. An alternate mix of take 11 with low vocals.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:42
85. In From The Storm. Another alternate mix of take 11 with low
vocals less echo.
Very good quality, Complete. Time: 3:45
July 23, 1970. Electric Lady Studios mixing session
86. Had To Cry Today/Drifting. Opens with a riff by Jimi & Billy only
and proceeds into two incomplete instrumental takes of Drifting.
Good quality. Time: 5:14
87. Angel. Instrumental run through.
Good quality. Time: 4:29
88. Belly Button Window. Instrumental run through.
Good quality. Time: 5:11
89. Drifting. The complete overdub session with multiple playbacks
as Jimi adds guitar parts.
Very Good quality. Time: 41:39
-Disk 9
90. Angel. Mix with different percussion.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 4:11
91. Angel. Different mix with low vocals. Slightly incomplete
start and ending.
Very good quality. Time: 4:19
92. Drifting. Alternate mix with different guitar. Complete with
some studio chat at start.
Good quality, Complete. Time: 4:06
93. Drifting. Different mix with low vocals.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 3:54
94. Drifting. An alternate mixing of the official track.
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:52
August 13, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
95. Scorpio Woman. A solo jam by Jimi also including Midnight
Lightning along with various other riffs.
Excellent quality. See Note 5. Time: 21:42
August 14, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
96. Night Bird Flying. A mix with low vocals and guitar with drums
more upfront.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:53
97. Freedom. A basically unedited mix with little lead guitar and
piano more upfront.
Excellent quality, Complete. Time: 4:02
August 22, 1970 Electric Lady Studios, NYC
98. Belly Button Window. An outtake composite from official mix.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:57
99. Belly Button Window. An Alternate mixing of the official track
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:35
100. MLK-Captain Coconut Hybrid. A composite edited from the original
track recorded on January 23, 1970.
Complete. Time: 10:18
The Alternate Studio Mixes
-Disc 10
101. Stepping Stone. The withdrawn original official single
mixed on January 7, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:06
102. Stepping Stone. Another mix slightly different from the withdrawn
single. This version was mixed on January 7, 1970 and found only
on the 1970 Warner Brothers 3LP sampler package Looney Tunes And
Merrie Melodies.
Very good quality. Time: 4:09
103. Izabella. The B side to the withdrawn Stepping Stone single.
This version was mixed on January 17, 1970.
Excellent quality.
104. Izabella. Slightly different mix of the withdrawn single B side
with extra guitar parts and Mitch replacing Buddy on drums. This
version thought to have been mixed around January 17, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:51
105. Stepping Stone. Slightly different mix of the withdrawn single
with extra guitar parts and Mitch replacing Buddy on drums. This
version thought to have been mixed around January 20, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:10
106. Message To Love. An altenate mix of the official track from
January 20, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:17
107. Blue Suede Shoes. The composite stereo mix from January 23, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:59
108. Bleeding Heart. Album version mixed on March 24, 1970
Excellent quality. Time: 3:12
109. Night Bird Flying. The second alternate album mix from take 32
recorded on June 16, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:47
110. The Drifter's Escape. Album version mixed on June 17, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:04
111. Freedom. An alternate mixing of the official track from
June 25, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:26
112. Pali Gap. Alternate album mix recorded on July 1, 1970.
Excelllent quality. Time: 4:42
113. Come Down Hard On Me Baby. A composite of the mixes from July 14th
and 15th 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 2:58
114. In from The Storm. An alternate mixing of the official track from
July 21st or 22nd, 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:39
115. Angel. An alternate mixing of the official track from July 23 1970.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:20
116. Room Full Of Mirrors. A final mix of the basic track by Eddie
Kramer on August 20, 1970 from the original track recorded on
November 17, 1969.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:18
117. Hey Baby. (s, Electric Lady) 7/1/70 G,P,J,S take 2
with organ overdub by Gerry Guida (16)
Source: Low Gen Trader Tape
More Studio 70? The Questionable 1970 Studio Recordings
- Disk 11
117. Night Bird Flying. Sometime 1970? Jimi only with guitar and vocal.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:30
118. Izabella. January 1970? Jimi and Billy only with multiple Takes.
Good quality. Time: 7:56
119. Strato Strut. January 1970? Short raw edit.
Very good quality. Time: 1:47
120. Strato Strut. January 1970? Longer full edit.
Excellent quality. Time: 4:40
121. Message To Love. January 20, 1970? Alternate mix of official track.
Excellent quality. Time: 3:34
122. Dance On The Desert-Power Of Soul Acoustic. February 1, 1970?
Jimi on acoustic guitar talking with two girls at his
Greenwich Village Apartment. Home Recording.
Very good quality. Time: 5:08
123. Hey Gypsy Boy (Hey Baby). February 16, 1970? Take 8.
Excellent quality, Unaltered. Time 3:19
124. Session Thing. June 15, 1970?
The complete jam featuring Jimi and Traffic.
Very good quality. Time: 35:18
125. Brazil. July 14, 1970?. A short piece where Jimi is playing a
Cowbell while singing. The track continues as Jimi tunes his
guitar and proceeds into Track 10.
Excellent quality. Time: 0:57
126. Valleys Of Neptune. July 14, 1970? Thought to be Take 2 of a
studio runthrough with Billy and Mitch.
Includes vocals. Time: 5:52
127. The New Rising Sun. Sometime 1970? A Composite of various pieces
edited together from 68, 69, and 70. Mixing date unknown but
believe to be 1970.
Excellent Quality. Time: 3:21
All information compiled from 5 available sources at the time.
Decisions on wether to include or pass over a track were based on
a majority agreement with at least three of these sources.
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