ScottN
(Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 13:34 | |
I am not quite in "10" consensus. By Jimi's very high standards, this very nice song only earns a "9".
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LittleWing20
(Byron Bay, Australia) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 13:33 | |
Bleyfusz wrote:Kick-ass version, this. Couldn't agree more. Didn't realise there was an ever purer version of my all-time favourite track. Sublime!  |
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bass000
(Meaux, France) | | Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 05:19 | |
in love :)  |
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oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 11:38 | |
The first few notes came on and I looked at the rabbit and sighed..."Ah, Stevie" then looked at the screen and it was Jimi. I said, "Wow, didn't know he could play so well". Rabbit said, "Prolly wasn't off his face that day"
Nice to hear him playing well.
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Papasmeg
(Lille France) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 11:36 | |
Stopped me in my tracks.........awesome......
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Bleyfusz
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rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 11:36 | |
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 15:00 | |
Oops. I just rated this a 9. I meant 19.
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ianema
(Iowa City, IA) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 19:38 | |
masonji wrote:Awesome! This is the verison of Little Wing from the original Hendrix in the West - still have it on vinyl. Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the CD version of HITW due to legal matters and was replaced by a lesser version. Oddly this version was recorded in London at the Albert Hall in '69 and not in the 'West' as the album title suggests. Sorry for geeking but this is my fave version of this Hendrix classic and I've been missing it for years after I took my turntable out of commission. I had the Polydor West German print of the CD and it was there. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 19:36 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song— both the studio and live versions...
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Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky) | | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 02:00 | |
Who in their right mind rates this anything less then a ten!
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masonji
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Awesome! This is the verison of Little Wing from the original Hendrix in the West - still have it on vinyl. Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the CD version of HITW due to legal matters and was replaced by a lesser version. Oddly this version was recorded in London at the Albert Hall in '69 and not in the 'West' as the album title suggests. Sorry for geeking but this is my fave version of this Hendrix classic and I've been missing it for years after I took my turntable out of commission.
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 16:35 | |
Wow, this takes me back 40 years when music was good. It was the best music ever and I've never stopped listening to it. In fact, I don't listen to anything that's not at least 30 years old because that was the best music in the world and I've never bothered to see what's new because it can never compare to when I was a rebel in my teens. In fact, I still have a condom in my wallet from 1977. Hope to you it some day. ~RP Listener, since, well, forever.
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BCarn
(Victoria, B.C.) | | Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 16:32 | |
drtjdel wrote:I thought that was the problem. Then my wife listened to me playing a Les Paul through a Marshal and informed me "Honey, you suck!".  It's almost never the equipment! A Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Stevie Ray...can work magic with any axe they pick up. IMHO. |
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Xing
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 11:27 | |
What a virtuoso... this is a great song...
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2011 - 11:25 | |
Damn this song is amazing! 10 of course.
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smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 17:17 | |
SuperWeh wrote:Hmm I don't know about that, most guitar players would love to get their hands on Jimi-era gear which is usually superior to the low end stuff companies like Fender and Marshall crank out these days. In general in guitar-land "vintage" equals good. Recording-wise it's a whole different game though.
Strats and Teles were designed to be easy to manufacture not to necessarily be good. Jimi and the other era players absolutely had to deal with less then ideal equipment.
Thanks to modern manufacturing techniques, musicians today have the very good fortune to have available to them very reasonably priced instruments of much higher quality then the stuff that was pumped out of the factories in the 60s. While players may _want_ these vintage instruments, the perceived quality of them is huge amounts nostalgia and romance with a dusting of Darwinian effects (the good ones are discovered and cherished while bad ones are weeded out). But these instruments, while good for their day, are not better then good modern ones.
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drtjdel
(Saratoga, CA) | | Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 10:48 | |
ezzyme wrote:
Yeah, Strats with Marshals make horrible sound.
I thought that was the problem. Then my wife listened to me playing a Les Paul through a Marshal and informed me "Honey, you suck!". |
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rm999
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Nov 28, 2006 - 03:05 | |
Little Wing is one of my favorite songs, but I don't think 2 versions of it by the same artist belong on the RP Classics list. If anything SRV's version belongs up there with Jimi's.
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thewiseking
(New York, New York) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2006 - 10:52 | |
the perfect hendrix pop song.
not the best version. not as tight as axis
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SuperWeh
(51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | | Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 07:48 | |
Johray63 wrote:
Many of todays effects became what they are because of his playing and the sound(s) he was able to get in spite of the limitations of the equipment at the time. Maybe a part of his exceptional playing is related to the struggle of getting over certain downfalls concerning his "material". Guitarplayers who start playing these days, are a bit spoiled (and not only in that respect). They don't sell firewood anymore.
Of course each generation works/plays with what's available, so maybe he would've been fooling around with computers and/or synths instead.
There's a great story of Jimi getting on stage in some dump, taking over a very lousy, bad sounding guitar from a so-so guitarplayer and right away it was magic!
Hmm I don't know about that, most guitar players would love to get their hands on Jimi-era gear which is usually superior to the low end stuff companies like Fender and Marshall crank out these days. In general in guitar-land "vintage" equals good. Recording-wise it's a whole different game though.
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Old_Pat
(Belgium) | | Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 07:42 | |
I had heard at one time that just prior to Jimi's death that there had been some discussion of Jimi doing something with Miles Davis. Given Miles' penchant for diversity THAT would have been interesting combination.
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mafe
(La Crosse, WI) | | Posted: Feb 21, 2006 - 07:42 | |
Heh Jimi is so Universal. Look at the song rating. I think one of the firsts that I've seen to have so many 10s.
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dwhayslett
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Feb 06, 2006 - 14:40 | |
catmaven wrote:This song seems to be influenced by jazz, but it is more rock and features guitar instead of horns. The guitar sings like a person. I admire it.
Horns are bad, mmmmmmmkay? |
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jah_blessed
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Jan 08, 2006 - 08:50 | |
Ubaldo wrote:Unfortunately, he left the planet way too soon.
Only the good die young. I always have the feeling that this song should last much longer. I know it doesn't, but still. Kinda like Jimi's life then. |
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Ubaldo
(Hurricane Alley, FL) | | Posted: Dec 10, 2005 - 08:40 | |
Unfortunately, he left the planet way too soon.
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stevetipp
(Woodland Hills, CA) | | Posted: Dec 10, 2005 - 08:40 | |
always makes my mind soar. our first song at my wedding. transcendent & genius.
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SuperWeh
(51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | | Posted: Nov 11, 2005 - 02:06 | |
probably one of the greatest guitar solos I know, it tells a beautiful story...
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bwcyclist
(Everywhere....) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2005 - 12:14 | |
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