| 1 | Purple Haze (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 2 | Killing Floor (Live: Olympia Theater, Paris, France, October 18, 1966) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 3 | Hey Joe (Live: Olympia Theater, Paris, France, October 18, 1966) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 4 | Foxey Lady (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 5 | Highway Chile (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 6 | Hey Joe (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 7 | Title #3 (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 8 | Third Stone From the Sun (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 9 | Taking Care of No Business (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 10 | Here He Comes (Lover Man) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 11 | Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 12 | If Six Was Nine (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 13 | Rock Me Baby (Live: Monterey International Pop Festival, June 18, 1967) (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) |
| 14 | Like A Rolling Stone (Live: Monterey International Pop Festival, June 18, 1967) (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) |
| 15 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Live: Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 1967) |
| 16 | Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (Live: Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 1967) |
| 17 | Little Wing (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 18 | Little Miss Lover (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 19 | The Wind Cries Mary (Live: Olympia Theater, Paris, France, October 9, 1967) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 20 | Catfish Blues (Live: Olympia Theater, Paris, France, October 9, 1967) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 21 | Bold As Love (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 22 | Sweet Angel (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 23 | Fire (Live: Clark University, Worcester, Ma. March 15, 1968) |
| 24 | Somewhere (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 25 | (Have You Ever Been To) Electric Ladyland |
| 26 | Gypsy Eyes (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 27 | Room Full Of Mirrors (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 28 | Gloria (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 29 | It's Too Bad (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 30 | Star Spangled Banner (Studio Recording) |
| 31 | Stone Free (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 32 | Spanish Castle Magic (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 33 | Hear My Train A Comin' (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 34 | Room Full of Mirrors (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 35 | I Don't Live Today (Live: Los Angeles Forum, Ca., April 26, 1969) (Previously Unreleased Original Mix) |
| 36 | Little Wing (Live: Royal Albert Hall, London, February 24, 1969) |
| 37 | Red House (Live: San Diego Sports Arena, Ca., May 25, 1969) |
| 38 | Purple Haze (Live: San Diego Sports Arena, Ca., May 25, 1969) (Previously Unreleased Original Mix) |
| 39 | Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (Live: Royal Albert Hall, London, February 24, 1969) |
| 40 | Izabella (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 41 | Message To Love (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 42 | Earth Blues (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 43 | Astro Man (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 44 | Country Blues (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 45 | Freedom (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 46 | Johnny B. Goode (Live: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, Ca., May 30, 1970) |
| 47 | Lover Man (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 48 | Blue Suede Shoes (Live: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, Ca., May 30, 1970) |
| 49 | Cherokee Mist (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 50 | Come Down Hard On Me (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 51 | Hey Baby/In From The Storm (Live: Maui, Hawaii July 30, 1970) (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
| 52 | Ezy Ryder (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 53 | Night Flying Bird (Previously Unreleased Alternate Recording) |
| 54 | All Along The Watchtower (Live: Isle Of Wight, England, August 30, 1970) (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) |
| 55 | In From The Storm (Live: Isle Of Wight, England, August 30, 1970) (Previously Unreleased Alternate Mix) |
| 56 | Slow Blues (Previously Unreleased Recording) |
"Man, we don't fish or go bowling like other people do," Jimi Hendrix would say to bassist Billy Cox. "We make music, and this is fun." This remark explains how a man with three official studio albums could have produced so many compelling outtakes and oddities in a mere four years. To be sure, some of the alternate versions of the classic cuts across these four CDs are simply historical curiosities included to illustrate the development of a song. But the collection is also packed full of revelations. Two 1966 live recordings from Paris--from the Experience's fourth performance--show just how early on the magic was evident, while two previously unreleased instrumentals from the Are You Experienced sessions of April 1967 show just how aware Hendrix, bassist Noel Redding, and drummer Mitch Mitchell were of their chemistry. Two songs from the landmark June Monterey Pop performance--including his unique take on Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," round out disc 1. Disc 2 finds Hendrix warming to the possibilities of the recording studio, especially once he took over for Chas Chandler at the production helm. Among the highlights are a deeply grooving demo of "Somewhere" from spring 1968, with some particularly supple guitar leads, and the haunting slow blues "It's Too Bad" spurred by jazz organist Larry Young and drummer Buddy Miles (eight months before the creation of the Band of Gypsies). Disc 3 begins with an updated and more dynamic 1969 version of "Stone Free," his first composition, but mostly displays Hendrix's guitar work at its most ferocious and freewheeling. Standouts include unreleased studio takes of "Hear My Train A-Comin'" and "Room Full of Mirrors" (the latter from Billy Cox's first session with Hendrix, heard here in take number 31), plus incredible concert forays into "Red House" and "Voodoo Chile" that were originally released on the posthumous (but powerful) Hendrix in the West. The final disc is in many ways the most interesting, as Hendrix's fusion of rock, jazz, blues, and funk was becoming increasingly luminous. Whereas Hendrix used to use the studio to put finishing touches on mostly formed compositions, by 1970 he was using his free-form studio jams as a wellspring for material. Heard here for the first time, "Cherokee Mist" (with Cox and Mitchell behind him) is a mesmerizing spontaneous creation and "Come Down Hard on Me" is a funky monster. Disc 4 also adds two more cuts from Hendrix in the West, including his spirited run through "Johnny B. Goode." Thanks to his insatiable appetite for playing music, Hendrix crammed a career's worth of development into a few short years, moving from fiery psychedelic blues-rocker to soulful and brilliant musical synthesizer. Still, judging by the arc that's deftly traced across these discs, Hendrix's best music was still to come. At times, all this "extra" Hendrix material seems like a small consolation for all the music he did not get to make. But boy, we'll take 'em. Thankfully, he didn't fish or bowl like other people do. --Marc Greilsamer
