REPRISE LP MS-2229: JIMI HENDRIX - Midnight Lightning - 1975 CANADA OOP NM

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Background -

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".

Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.

Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."

Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Billboard named him the Artist of the Year and Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.

Midnight Lightning is a posthumous compilation album by American rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. It was released in November 1975 by Reprise Records in the United States and Polydor Records in the United Kingdom. It was the sixth studio album released after his death and the second to be produced by Alan Douglas and Tony Bongiovi. The songs used on the album consisted of post-Jimi Hendrix Experience recordings that originally featured Billy Cox on bass and either Mitch Mitchell or Buddy Miles on drums.

Douglas continued his controversial methods he had adopted on Crash Landing and brought in many of the same session musicians to overdub parts of songs. The only original recording (apart from those by Hendrix) was Mitchell's drumming on "Hear My Train a Comin'". In response to the previous outcry from fans and critics, Douglas did not claim co-writer credit for any songs on Midnight Lightning. Despite the fact that the album included staples such as "Hear My Train a Comin'" and "Machine Gun", the album was not as well received as its predecessor, peaking at #43 in the US. and #46 in the UK.

The first song on the album, "Trashman", was issued in its original full length form on the album Hear My Music. It was also featured as a bonus track on some editions of the Valleys of Neptune album. The original version of the title track, "Midnight Lightning", has not been reissued without the Douglas era overdubs as of 2014. However, there is a solo take of the song on 1997's South Saturn Delta. "Hear My Train a Comin'", without the Douglas-era overdubs appears on Valleys of Neptune. "Gypsy Boy" is similar to the song "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" and was released under the name "Hey Gypsy Boy" on the album People, Hell and Angels without the overdubs that appear on Midnight Lightning.

"Blue Suede Shoes" however has not been reissued since Midnight Lightning. The version from Midnight Lightning is presented as a completed track, whereas on Loose Ends the song fades out shortly after it begins. The heavily overdubbed and edited Midnight Lightning version of the song is over three minutes long. "Machine Gun" has never been issued in an official studio release besides the version on Midnight Lightning. "Once I Had a Woman" was issued in a longer version of this song, with the original musicians (and without the added Douglas era backing singers and musicians) on the 1994 compilation Blues. "Beginnings" is an instrumental composed by Mitchell. A later version of this song with just Hendrix, Cox and Mitchell appeared on the posthumous album War Heroes in 1972. However, the version of the song on Midnight Lightning has never been reissued in any form.

In a 1981 review, music critic Robert Christgau gave Midnight Lightning a "B+" and said that it was an improvement by Douglas over Crash Landing because of highlight instrumentals such as "Trash Man", overdubbed guitar from Jeff Mironov and Lance Quinn, and "the blues playing — as opposed to singing or writing". AllMusic's Joe Viglione gave it three out of five stars and felt that the enduring quality of Hendrix's music is retained in spite of Douglas's "doctoring and musicians jamming with his art after the fact.”.  

• LP made by REPRISE / WARNER / WEA Records, in CANADA
  

• LP released in 1975

• LP is recorded in STEREO

• Record Catalog Number: MS 2229
  

• Record Labels are primarily BROWN with BLACK lettering, with the REPRISE logo

This listing is for a rare, out of print LP title - an OPENED and in Near MINT minus condition LP PRESSED and ISSUED by REPRISE / WARNER / WEA Records of a highly collectible title from their catalog - a superb title featuring -

Jimi Hendrix

LP Title -

Midnight Lightning

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

Side one
1. "Trash Man" - 3:16
2. "Midnight Lightning" - 3:52
3. "Hear My Train - 5:18
4. "Gypsy Boy" (New Rising Sun) - 3:51

Side two
5. "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) - 3:28
6. "Machine Gun" - 7:27
7. "Once I Had a Woman" - 5:44
8. "Beginnings" (Mitch Mitchell) - 3:02

Original recording details and wiped backing musicians:

• Track 1 recorded at Olmstead Studios in New York City, New York on April 3, 1969. Noel Redding - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell - drums
• Track 2 recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York on July 14, 1970. Billy Cox - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell - drums, Juma Sultan - percussion
• Track 3 recorded at Olmstead Studios in New York City, New York on April 7, 1969. Noel Redding - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell's drums were kept
• Track 4 recorded at the Record Plant in New York City, New York on March 18, 1969. Jimi Hendrix - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell - drums
• Track 5 recorded at the Record Plant in New York City, New York on January 23, 1970. Billy Cox - bass guitar, Buddy Miles - drums
• Track 6 is a combination of several takes of "Machine Gun" and "Izabella", recorded at the Hit Factory in New York City, New York on August 29, 1969. Larry Lee - guitar, Billy Cox - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell - drums, Juma Sultan - percussion, Gerrardo Velez - percussion
• Track 7 recorded at the Record Plant in New York City, New York on January 23, 1970. Billy Cox - bass guitar, Buddy Miles - drums, Don [surname unknown] - harmonica
• Track 8 recorded at the Hit Factory in New York City, New York on August 28, 1969. Larry Lee - guitar, Billy Cox - bass guitar, Mitch Mitchell - drums, Juma Sultan - percussion, Gerrardo Velez - percussion

Performers -

Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals
Mitch Mitchell – drums on track 3
Added in 1975
Jeff Mironov – guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8
Lance Quinn – guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6 and 7
Allan Schwartzberg – drums on tracks 1, 2, 4-8, percussion on tracks 3 and 4
Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
Jimmy Maelen – percussion on tracks 2 and 8
Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals on tracks 2, 4 and 7
Barbara Massey – backing vocals on tracks 2, 4 and 7
Vivian Cherry – backing vocals on tracks 2, 4 and 7
Buddy Lucas – harmonica on track 7

CONDITION Details:

The LP jacket is in near mint minus condition! The jacket is tight and clean, with NO seam splits and NO discoloration. The corners are solid, with just a bit of shelf wear the seams and corners. Most of the original shrink wrap is still on the jacket. The jacket does have a small saw mark at the top, front, right corner. The colors on the jacket are sharp.

The LP is in near mint minus overall condition! There are NO serious marks on the vinyl. Perhaps a very light spider mark or two and a finger print or two. Spider marks may be audible, but that really depends on the sensitivity of your audio gear. This is a very nice, super rare and collectible LP item, in near mint minus shape. As this is a vintage LP, don't expect it to sound like a brand new audiophile LP....some extraneous sound is inevitable and should be expected for a vintage LP. The LP retains much of the original gloss and sheen! There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either. This is a terrific collector's grade example of this LP.

A Short Note About LP GRADING -

• Mint = Only used for sealed items.
• Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
• Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
• Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
• Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.

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