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June 29, 2006

The Wit and Wisdom of Jimi Hendrix (MP3)

Hendix_3 Staring at WFMU's mouldering cassette library the other day, I noticed the Jimi Hendrix Spoken Word Tape for the very first time. There's no information on it, other than the date (1997) and the person who compiled it ("Chad G"). If you listen to the 31 minute MP3, you'll hear Hendrix dedicating songs from stage, bemoaning the constant pressure to play guitar with his teeth, reminiscing on his days in Harlem, rehearsing songs, and most importantly, wondering where the grass is at. Not being a Hendrix scholar, I can't say whether these clips are from bootlegs, films, legit LPs or a combination of all of them. Quality varies throughout the recording: Download 28 meg MP3

Posted by on June 29, 2006 at 04:50 PM in MP3s |

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the man in lumberjack vee

Hi,

This sounds wonderful!

Whenever I try to download it, it crashes my Firefox, though. Perhaps a bad file?

Posted by: the man in lumberjack vee | June 30, 2006 at 01:30 AM

Laurent

I downloaded just fine for me in FF.

Posted by: Laurent | June 30, 2006 at 08:01 AM

the man in lumberjack vee

Today, it is working. Sorry to raise unnecessary alarm.

Thanks again, Ken for sharing!

Posted by: the man in lumberjack vee | June 30, 2006 at 08:56 AM

mogabog

Nice man, thanks!

Posted by: mogabog | June 30, 2006 at 12:17 PM

Z Mrse

I know exactly where the Jimi Hendrix material came from because I was the one that took it from the various tapes it was on. Back in 1982 I wourked for a recording studio in Los Angeles where the Hendrix estate kept the entire library of his material. We were given an order to comb thru it all and assess what was there....while doing so we noticed a good deal of spoken word from him, which no one had every realised even existed. We took it upon ourselves to copy it off and compile it to a number of cassettes which we all ( 4 of us ) kept as just momentos.. obviously one of us made more copies and there you go...

Posted by: Z Mrse | June 30, 2006 at 06:22 PM

Curtiss

The Time Stereo label (His Name is Alive & co.) used to sell that, but not anymore.

Posted by: Curtiss | July 05, 2006 at 02:09 AM

rjo

I respect Hendrix as a great artist. He was a good person, you can see it , it's called class.

Posted by: rjo | December 01, 2007 at 05:23 AM

Evan

Awesome Jimi stuff!

Posted by: Evan | February 15, 2008 at 04:32 PM

bob square pants

link for download http://pageslipper.com/artist4315/jimi-hendrix/

Posted by: bob square pants | August 17, 2008 at 12:37 PM

Lloyd

Looking for proof that Jimi did play a song with his male organ?

Lloyd

Posted by: Lloyd | October 13, 2008 at 01:08 AM

M.L.

JIMI SPOKEN WORD! Now, this is the shizznit.
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search/song?q=Jimi+Hendrix+Room+Full+Of+Mirrors+Poetry+Recital+(Closer+To+The+Truth+Roomful+Of+Mirrors)

Posted by: M.L. | March 28, 2013 at 10:10 AM

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