Loose Ends (Jimi Hendrix album)

Loose Ends
UK and Japan cover
Compilation album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	February 1974 (1974-02) [a]
Recorded	July 1967 – July 1970
Studio	Electric Lady, Record Plant, and Baggy's Studios in New York; Mayfair Studios in London
Genre	Rock
Length	35:09
Label	Polydor (international) Barclay (France)
Producer	John Jansen
Jimi Hendrix UK chronology
Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix (1973) Loose Ends (1974) Jimi Hendrix (1975)
Alternative covers
French cover of Loose Ends

Side one

No.	Title	Later release	Length
1.	"Come Down Hard on Me Baby"	The Jimi Hendrix Experience (boxset)	2:58
2.	"Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins)		4:00
3.	"Jam 292"	Hear My Music	4:40
4.	"The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"	South Saturn Delta	4:23
5.	"The Drifter's Escape" (Bob Dylan)	South Saturn Delta	3:02

Side two

No.	Title	Later release	Length
1.	"Burning Desire"	The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions	9:30
2.	"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon)	The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions	5:59
3.	"Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)"	The Jimi Hendrix Experience (boxset)	1:32

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix  –guitars, lead vocals
• Billy Cox  –bass guitar, backing vocals on "Burning Desire"
• Mitch Mitchell  –drums on "Come Down Hard on Me Baby", "Jam 292", "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice", "The Drifter's Escape"
• Buddy Miles  –drums on "Blue Suede Shoes", "Burning Desire", "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"; backing vocals on "Burning Desire", "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
• Sharon Layne –piano on "Jam 292"
• Noel Redding  –bass guitar on "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"

Recording details

• "Come Down Hard on Me Baby" recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City on July 15, 1970
• "Blue Suede Shoes" recorded at Record Plant studios in New York City on January 23, 1970
• "Jam 292" recorded at Record Plant Studios on May 14, 1969
• "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" recorded at Mayfair Studios, New York City on July 18 and 29, 1967
• "The Drifter's Escape" recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 17, 1970
• "Burning Desire" and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" recorded at Baggys in New York City on December 18 or 19, 1969
• "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" recorded at Record Plant Studios on June 14, 1968

Notes

1. The original UK Polydor album shows "1973" as the copyright year. However, biographers Harry Shapiro and Cesar Glebbeek ^[1] and later Hendrix producer John McDermott and long-time Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer ^[2] identify the release date as February 1974.

References

1. Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (July 1991). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (1st U.S. ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 546–547. ISBN   0-312-05861-6.
2. McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie (September 1992). Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight (1st ed.). New York City: Warner Books. p. 337. ISBN   0-446-39431-9.
3. AllMusic review
4. Moskowitz, David (2010). The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix. ABC-CLIO. p. 188. ISBN   978-0313375927 . Retrieved August 11, 2015. ...the long since out-of-print Loose Ends compilation.
5. Loose Ends (Album notes). Jimi Hendrix. France: Barclay Records. 1974. LP labels. 80491.