Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story

Summary

Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story is a posthumous box set by Jimi Hendrix. The four compact disc set was released by Reprise Records on November 27, 1990, and produced by Bruce Gary. The first three discs comprise Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show, a narrated radio presentation of Hendrix's career. The fourth, titled The L. A. Forum Concert, contains live recordings from the Jimi Hendrix Experience's performance at the Forum in Los Angeles on April 26, 1969. The complete Forum performance was released in 2022 as Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969.

Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story
Box set (Radio program/Live album) by
ReleasedNovember 27, 1990 (1990-11-27)
Recorded1966–1970
GenreRock
LabelReprise
ProducerBruce Gary
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Cornerstones: 1967-1970
(1990)
Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story
(1990)
Sessions
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Disc one edit

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Testify" (Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley)
  3. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (Lloyd Price)
    • Performed by Little Richard; Hendrix had no involvement with this track
  4. "I'm a Man" (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley)
  5. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan)
  6. "Red House"
  7. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)
  8. "Hoocie Koochie Man" (Willie Dixon)
  9. "Purple Haze"
  10. "The Wind Cries Mary"
  11. "Foxey Lady"

Disc two edit

  1. "Third Stone from the Sun"
  2. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King)
  3. "Look Over Yonder/Mister Bad Luck"
  4. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"
  5. "Spanish Castle Magic"
  6. "Bold as Love"
  7. "One Rainy Wish"
  8. "Little Wing"
  9. "Drivin' South"
  10. "The Things I Used to Do" (Eddie Jones a.k.a. Guitar Slim)
  11. "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan)
  12. "Drifter's Escape" (Dylan)
  13. "Cherokee Mist"
  14. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
  15. "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"

Disc three edit

  1. "Voodoo Chile"
  2. "Come On (Part 1)" (Earl King)
  3. "Manic Depression"
  4. "Machine Gun"
  5. "Room Full of Mirrors"
  6. "Angel"
  7. "Rainy Day Shuffle"
  8. "Valleys of Neptune"
  9. "Send My Love to Linda"
  10. "South Saturn Delta"
  11. "Dolly Dagger"
  12. "Night Bird Flying"

Disc four edit

The L. A. Forum Concert
  1. "Tax Free" (Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson) – 13:57[a]
  2. "Red House" – 11:07
  3. "Spanish Castle Magic" – 11:43
  4. "Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, adapted by Hendrix) – 2:30
  5. "Purple Haze" – 6:57
  6. "I Don't Live Today" – 7:06
  7. "Voodoo Chile / Sunshine of Your Love" (Hendrix / Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 17:15

Note

  1. ^ "Foxey Lady" was played in between "Tax Free" and "Red House" and can be found as a CD bonus track on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts

References edit

  1. ^ AllMusic review