• I Don't Live Today
• In Flame
• In From the Storm
• Isle of Wight '70
• It's Only a Paper Moon

I Don't Live Today
ACL 007

A 2cd package of studio stuff. Origin unknown.
 
The album has been released in no less than 3 versions / formats:
 
        - As 2CD-set (Limited edition of 1000 numbered copys)
        - As 3CD-box set (12x12" / Ltd.edition of 500 copys, featuring the
                first 500 of the 1000 mentioned above, plus the CD "Live
                at Maple Leaf Gardens '69" (Toronto 3 may 1969), and a set of
                10 12x12" photographs by Gered Mankowitz, all lifted from the
                book featured in the Ltd.Ed.Box set "The Jimi Hendrix
                Experience In 1967")
        - As 5LP-box set (12x12" / Ltd.edition of 500 copys, featuring the
                "I don't live today" as 3LPs in a gatefold sleeve, plus
                "Live at Maple Leaf Gardens '69" as 2LPs in gatefold sleeve.
                All records are in coloured vinyl, and the 10 photographs
                from the CD-Box set are also included here. Furthermore, the
                inner-sleeves for all LPs are reproductions of the inner-sleeve
                that came with my original "The Essential Jimi Hendrix Vol.2"-LP
                on Reprise.)
 
                The CD-version was released late 1995, while the LP-version was
                released early 1996.
 
The "Idon't live today" 2CD/3LP is a collection of high quality-sound
studio material from 1967 to 1970, previously available on various
bootlegs. Without going into detalis, I can mention albums such as "Studio
Haze","In Flame", "Demos from 1968", "The Sotherby Reels", "Talent &
Feeling Vol.2", "51st Anniversary" an so on. The Live-album is identical to
the "Busted in Toronto"- CD. In other words nothing "new", but the over-all
presentation is very "classy" - specially the LP-Box set.
 

In From the Storm

SIRA 109/110

The Maui-tracks on this album are not mastered too fast.
Keep away from it.  Jimi sounds like a little kid.

Isle of Wight '70

The original "Isle of Wight"-album was released in 1970, and featured 6 tracks.
"IOW 70" features 9 tracks, out of which only 2 were included on the
original album. On the other hand "IOW 70" also has 1 track from the "In
the West"- album, which featured 2 Isle of Wight-tracks, none of which were
available on the original "Isle of Wight"-album .....eh... are you with me?
Well, to complicate things even a bit more, there was an Various
Artists-album called "Rare Tracks" released by Polydor in 1976 (2482 274 /
Japan: MPF 1009), which featured yet another IOW-track not available on the
original "Isle of Wight"-album. This track is also included on "IOW 70".
What all this boils down to, is that out of the 9 tracks on "IOW 70", only
5 were previously unreleased (and not 7 as it says on the cover). You will
also be able to find a total of 5 additional IOW-tracks on the albums "Isle
of Wight" & "In the West" - and of course even more if you get some
bootlegs.
There are quite a few albums of this show in circulation, for example
"Wight" (JMH 006/2) that features the Complete show + some studio outtakes.
On most of the bootleg-releases you will also get the complete versions of
the tracks, as many of the officially released tracks from this show are
thoroughly edited.

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON 
Luna LU 9420 

69:20

Lover Man
Fire
Foxy Lady
Red House
Hey Joe
Sunshine of Your Love
Hear My Train A' Comin'
Can You Please Crawl out Your Window
Purple Haze
Are You Experienced     *
I Don't Live Today      **

 QUALITY: Good to Very Good Audience show.
COMMENTS: The May 10, 1968 Fillmore performance ,* from
Davenport Iowa August 11, 1968 and ** May 25, 1969 from Santa 
Clara California. The into and opening chord to Wild Thing 
that is on the traders tape is missing from 5-1-68 set. The 
Fillmore contains excellent by Jimi and the boys and the 
first perfromance of Hear My Train A'Comin.