West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology

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West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
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ReleasedNovember 16, 2010 (2010-11-16)
Recorded1964–1970
Genre Rhythm and blues, rock
Length250:00
Label Experience Hendrix, Legacy
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
(2010)
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
(2010)
Winterland
(2011)
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West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology is a posthumous box set by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. The set was released on November 16, 2010, in the US and includes four discs of previously unreleased studio and live recordings as well as a DVD with a documentary based on the life and career of Hendrix directed by Bob Smeaton called Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child. [4]

Contents

Disc one documents Jimi's time as a backing guitarist for other musicians. A single disc "Best of" edition is also available, with or without the documentary. The box-set is available in a deluxe edition featuring eight 12-inch vinyl LPs.

Track listing

* = Previously unreleased alternate recording
** = Previously unreleased recording

Deluxe Edition

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Testify" (Isley Brothers)4:09
2."Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay & the Goodtimers)2:26
3."Can't Stay Away" (Don Covay & the Goodtimers)2:50
4."My Diary" (Rosa Lee Brooks)2:22
5."Utee" (Brooks [5] )1:58
6."I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me)" (Little Richard)4:02
7."Dancing All Around the World" (Little Richard)3:00
8."I'm So Glad" (Frank Howard & the Commanders)2:39
9."Move Over and Let Me Dance" (Isley Brothers)2:41
10."Have You Ever Been Disappointed" (Isley Brothers)6:19
11."Help Me (Get the Feeling) (Part I)" (Ray Sharpe)2:33
12."(My Girl) She's a Fox" (The Icemen)2:43
13."That Little Old Groovemaker" (Jimmy Norman)2:16
14."Sweet Thang" (Billy Lamont)2:33
15."Instant Groove" (King Curtis)2:24
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Fire" (*)2:51
2."Are You Experienced?" (**)6:04
3."May This Be Love" (*)3:18
4."Can You See Me" (*)2:34
5."The Wind Cries Mary" (Live at Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 1967)3:57
6."Love or Confusion" (*)3:16
7."Little One" (**)4:11
8."Mr. Bad Luck" (*)2:57
9."Cat Talking to Me" (*)2:54
10."Castles Made of Sand" (**)3:12
11."Tears of Rage" (**) (Written by: Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel)5:22
12."Hear My Train A Comin'" (**)4:37
13."1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" (**)3:31
14."Long Hot Summer Night" (**)2:32
15."My Friend"3:59
16."Angel" (**)3:11
17."Calling All the Devil's Children" (**)5:38
18."New Rising Sun" (*)7:24
Disc three
No.TitleLength
1."Hear My Freedom" (**)5:23
2."Room Full of Mirrors" (**)2:32
3."Shame, Shame, Shame" (**)3:01
4."Messenger" (**)3:20
5."Hound Dog Blues" (**)4:44
6."Untitled Basic Track" (Previously unreleased recording)3:49
7."Star Spangled Banner" (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, April 26, 1969)2:29
8."Purple Haze" (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, April 26, 1969)5:51
9."Young/Hendrix" (*)20:57
10."Mastermind" (**)4:44
11."Message to Love" (*)3:27
12."Fire" (* Live at the Fillmore East, New York City, December 31, 1969)4:41
13."Foxey Lady" (* Live at the Fillmore East, New York, December 31, 1969)6:29
Disc four
No.TitleLength
1."Stone Free" (** Live at the Fillmore East, New York, December 31, 1969)14:46
2."Burning Desire" (**)8:46
3."Lonely Avenue" (**)4:22
4."Everlasting First" (* featuring Arthur Lee)4:13
5."Freedom" (**)4:15
6."Peter Gunn Catastrophe" (*)3:06
7."In from the Storm" (*)3:34
8."All God's Children" (**)6:19
9."Red House" (** Live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California, May 30, 1970)7:29
10."Play That Riff (Thank You)" (**)0:35
11."Bolero" (**)5:31
12."Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"6:05
13."Suddenly November Morning" (**)4:12

Single-disc edition

All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Fire *"2:51
2."Love or Confusion *"3:16
3."Room Full of Mirrors **"2:32
4."Shame, Shame, Shame **"3:01
5."Mr. Bad Luck *"2:57
6."May This Be Love *"3:18
7."Are You Experienced? **"6:04
8."Tears of Rage **" (Dylan, Manuel)5:22
9."Hear My Freedom **"5:23
10."Hound Dog Blues **"4:44
11."Lonely Avenue **"4:22
12."Burning Desire **"8:49
13."In from the Storm *"3:36
14."Bolero **"5:31
15."Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"6:06

Recordings

Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, August 22, 1970.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Portugal (AFP) [6] Platinum20,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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