Kiss the Sky (Jimi Hendrix album)
Kiss the Sky | ||||
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Compilation album by Jimi Hendrix | ||||
Released | October 1984 (1984-10) | |||
Recorded | 1966–1970 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 45:58 | |||
Label | Polydor (UK) Reprise (US) | |||
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Kiss the Sky is a compilation album by American rock guitarist, singer–songwriter Jimi Hendrix. In the US, it was released by Reprise Records in October 1984 and by Polydor Records in the UK in November 1984.[1] The album's title is taken from the lyrics of "Purple Haze."
"Red House" is listed in the liner notes as the "unedited version", which amounted to a few seconds of studio chat that preceded the song.[1] "Stepping Stone" is believed to be the original Band of Gypsys single mix.[1] "Killing Floor" from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival was unreleased at the time.[2]
The front cover artwork of the 1984 CD release on Reprise noted "Digitally remastered from original vault tapes", while the Reprise cassette cover artwork stated "Special Edition Jimi Hendrix album. Digitally remastered from original vault tapes. Audiophile qualilty recording on high-qualilty cassette".[citation needed]
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Track listing
All songs are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
- "Are You Experienced?" – 4:15 (Are You Experienced, 1967)
- "I Don't Live Today" (live) – 6:43 (The Jimi Hendrix Concerts, 1982)
- "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:14 (Electric Ladyland, 1968)
- "Stepping Stone" – 4:11 (single, 1970)
- "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:49 (Axis: Bold as Love, 1967)
- "Killing Floor" (live) (Chester Burnett) – 3:32 (previously unreleased)
- "Purple Haze" – 2:53 (Are You Experienced)
- "Red House" – 3:57 (Smash Hits, US edition)
- "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:20 (Electric Ladyland)
- "Third Stone from the Sun" – 6:46 (Are You Experienced)
- "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:58 (Electric Ladyland)
Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals on "Crosstown Traffic", bass guitar on "All Along the Watchtower"
- Noel Redding – bass guitar
- Mitch Mitchell – drums
- Billy Cox – bass guitar on "Stepping Stone"
- Buddy Miles – drums on "Stepping Stone"
Recording details
- "I Don't Live Today" recorded at San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego on May 24, 1969
- "Killing Floor" recorded at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967
References
- ^ a b c Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1990). "Appendix 1 – Music, Sweet Music: The Discography". Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (1st. U.S. ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 553. ISBN 0-312-05861-6.
- ^ Doggett, Peter (2004). Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Guide to His Music (2nd ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 102. ISBN 1-84449-424-1.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Kiss the Sky review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
- v
- t
- e
- Are You Experienced
- Axis: Bold as Love
- Electric Ladyland
- The Cry of Love
- Rainbow Bridge
- War Heroes
- Loose Ends
- Crash Landing
- Midnight Lightning
- Nine to the Universe
- Voodoo Soup
- First Rays of the New Rising Sun
- South Saturn Delta
- Valleys of Neptune
- People, Hell and Angels
- Both Sides of the Sky
- Band of Gypsys
- Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival
- Experience
- Isle of Wight
- Hendrix in the West
- More Experience
- The Jimi Hendrix Concerts
- Jimi Plays Monterey
- Johnny B. Goode
- Band of Gypsys 2
- Live at Winterland
- Radio One
- Stages
- Live Isle of Wight '70
- Woodstock
- BBC Sessions
- Live at the Fillmore East
- Live at Woodstock
- Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight
- Live at Berkeley
- Live at Monterey
- Winterland
- Miami Pop Festival
- Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival
- Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show
- Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts
- Live in Maui
- Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969
retrospective
albums
- Smash Hits
- Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
- The Essential Jimi Hendrix
- The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two
- The Singles Album
- Kiss the Sky
- Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show
- Cornerstones: 1967–1970
- Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story
- The Ultimate Experience
- Blues
- South Saturn Delta
- Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
- The Singles Collection
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
- West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
- Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
and tributes
- Rainbow Bridge
- Jimi Hendrix
- Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
- Hendrix
- Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
- Room Full of Mirrors
- An Illustrated Experience
- Becoming Jimi Hendrix
- Jimi: All Is by My Side
and acts
- Curtis Knight
- Lonnie Youngblood
- Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Noel Redding
- Mitch Mitchell
- Chas Chandler
- Eddie Kramer
- Roger Mayer
- Michael Jeffery
- Billy Cox
- Buddy Miles
- Alan Douglas
- Leon Hendrix
- Kathy Etchingham
- Monika Dannemann
- Category