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Book Description
"Thirty Three and a Third" is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums. By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. What binds the series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, broadcasters, scholars, and writers - are huge fans of the album they have chosen.
Electric Ladyland is one of the greatest guitar albums ever made. During the recording process, Jimi Hendrix at last had time and creative freedom to pursue the sounds he was looking for. In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent - guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing vividly about Hendrix's live performances, and talking to several of Hendrix's peers and contemporaries.
Customer Reviews:
Superb.......2007-09-18
Very interesting, as usual for the 33 1/3 series. Found out many details about the record and Jimi I did not know about.
Recommended ONLY for the neophyte.......2004-09-10
If you've read anything about Hendrix beyond the liner notes you will find little new here beyond the author's personal memories of seeing Jimi in concert. The actual analysis of the album is spotty at best, shedding very little light (or anything of real interest for that matter) on this masterpeice of rock music.
Considering the cost of this tiny book, there is very little bang for your buck.
Examines Hendrix's unique talent using the album.......2004-09-09
Jimi Hendrix's rock pinnacle Electric Ladyland was one of the best guitar albums ever made for the genre, affording Hendrix the creative expression and freedom he needed for the first time. John Perry examines Hendrix's unique talent using the album as a foundation for his analysis. Electric Ladyland's short stature may make it a difficult library loan, but any fan of the Hendrix sound will consider it an essential guide.
An opinion on Hendrix - far from anything new.......2004-07-26
If your into Hendrix enough to want to find out more about Electric Ladyland, your probably already going to know everything in this book. If you've read such great Hendrix books such as 'Electric Gypsy' then you won't get much from this book other than information obtained that you've read before from 'Electric Gypsy' coloured in this authors opinion on Jimi's music.
The author lays down his opinion that reads like someone either not overly impressed by Jimi Hendrix, or someone that has trouble laying praise where it's due. The author makes big calls in this book which fall flat, for example expressing his view on how Jimi could of edited and recorded certain songs better in his opinion (not unlike like Alan Douglas made true) or ego trips like footnotes after mentioning 'Like A Rolling Stone' at Monterey can only be outdone by the rare hard to find Flamingo Club version in 1968 - where does he get that from? The Flamingo club version is near inaudiable for most of the recording with its vocals and the guitar very distorted at the very least and is no way a superior rendition than Monterey but the book has many little comments by the author like that which only makes you think, is this guy trying to brag about his Hendrix collection? Or does he just have to have a different opinion on everything to try and make his book, which really has nothing new, stand out from the pack? His opinions would be valid if he didn't try to go against the grain to just go against the grain! If you've ever heard or seen Jimi at Monterey you don't need to be told how so many people thought he played crap that night - the evidence that this is one of his greatest performances is right there on CD or on the screen as you watch it which just makes bringing up that negative side without balancing it with the many rave reviews he also got seem targeted. Why point out the bad things and not mention the good?
If you want to learn the technical side of the recording or the technical side of Hendrix, you won't learn it from this book. You'll get the classic Hendrix bio for most of it with this Authors strange comments, some bad reviews for Electric Ladyland to show Hendrix was human after all i guess and an author bringing up all his 'friends' and 'visits' to people that are well documented in knowing Jimi.
All in all, if you have no opinion on Hendrix and read this you probably won't think he's that great and get a distorted opinion on him, if you love Hendrix and read this you'll wonder why this Author bothered to write a book about Jimi in the first place other than to let us know he has so many friends that knew Jimi, was lucky enough to see him play a few times and the funniest of all, could of done some things better in his opinion.
Two stars because there's many books out there with much more information about Electric Ladyland, let alone Hendrix, that aren't trying to re-write Jimi's history from one person's perspective and critique thou it's cheap and quite funny if you have a big Hendrix library anyway.
A guitar fan's wet dream.......2004-07-24
Jimi Hendrix after 30 years from his death is still revered as a guitar hero and innovator in the way the instrument was played and recorded, and Electric Ladyland was a major benchmark in his too short studio recording career in letting him stretch out and play compared with his prior 2 LPs and hit singles.
That this book is written by a guitar afficionado should thus come as no surprise, and the author was clearly influenced by Hendrix at an early age having seen him live in the UK and in his own subsequent career as a guitarist. The content (especially on the individual tracks and their recording) is very guitar playing orientated, explaining a lot of chords, tuning and playing techiques that made Hendrix sound so different and while a fascinating insight into exactly how unique Hendix was in his playing, I suspect it will potentially grate with many non-musicians (of which I am one) though as a long time Hendrix afficionado I must admit I found it all fascinating.
The book also picks up on many side issues that help one understand Hendrix and his times better esp. his position as a black American who in the heated anti Vietnam war and US domestic race riots happening at that time remained politically indifferent and his treatment at the outset and afterwards by white rock critics.
A captivating book especially for Hendrix fans and in the end piece that speculates that Hendrix at the time of his death shortly afterwards had already potentially delivered his best recorded work.
Product Description
15 songs from the album, including: All Along the Watchtower Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and more. The Guitar Recorded Versions edition has been newly revised with a 24-page full-color section. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) All Along The Watchtower Come On (Part 1) Crosstown Traffic Gypsy Eyes Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) House Burning Down Little Miss Strange Long Hot Summer Night Moon Turn The Tides Gently Gently Away Rainy Day Dream Away Still Raining Still Dreaming The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Voodoo Chile
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Jimi is still the man........2004-11-08
I picked up this folio in 1989, the year it was published, at Frankfurt's 'Musik Messe'. Since then, the cover appears to have been updated, but I believe the contents are the same - as both editions are 280 pages. Added, my edition (HL00692932) has all the bass and drum parts tabbed out.
Get this folio if only to wail on 'Voodoo Chile' and 'Come On (Part 1)'. I mean, just flog it! And tunes like 'Watchtower' and 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp', will teach you all about Jimi's 'Floyd Cramer' style of rhythm playing.
Oh yeah, keep your thumb wrapped around that neck! And if your instructor smacks that digit with a pencil, like old man El Ray would do me, tell him classical guitar is for idiots and lose the jerk! (But, go ahead and learn some Albeniz anyway, if only for spite.)
NOTE-FOR-NOTE.......2004-09-18
This is the closest guitar tablature book note for note that I have come across in a long time. Electric Ladyland is truely one of jimi hendrix's biggest accomplishments by all means. And I feel every guitarist should try to pick up some of hendrix's best works including Voodoo Chile (slight return). After I learned most of the songs in this book I got much better at guitar..........carying my guitar solo's much longer and performing much better LIVE. This also made me a better blues player with the performence of Voodoo Chile the long blues version. Their are many pictures in this book as well as the lyrics included. This book does not include the CD so you would have to purchase that before you bought the book. Everyone can play their best with this jimi hendrix's electric ladyland-guitar tablature.
HENDRIX ELECTRIC LADYLAND.......2003-11-13
This Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland book includes the music and the tab for guitar. This book is very hard to play you should atleast be famillar with some Hendrix before you go and buy this. It took me a month to learn 4 songs thats alot for me a month? Well anyways it includes the same booklet as in the CD only huge pages with large print. If your a guitarist looking to get a Hendrix Tribute together this would be great a few songs I love are Crosstown Traffic, All Along The Wacthower, Voodoo Chile(slight return). Also make sure you have the Electric Ladyland on CD before you buy this so you can play along and also get the song down note for note. Of course not anyone can play exactly like Hendrix I mean this guy had his own style just like any other guitarist. Well I think I have said enough about this masterpiece enjoy!!!!!
a trip through electric ladyland.......2000-06-06
this is a truly amazing representation of the works of jimi hendrix. i played the tabs right along with the music and it matches perfectly for the most part. of course there are always a few discrepencies, but no one can or ever will be able to match what the rock 'n roll gypsy himself did, especially not on paper. i would recommend anyone who is interested in learning to play like hendrix to try this book out. with the tablature it makes it easy for players at almost any level, from novice to advanced, to learn how to play jimi hendrix's greatest works
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Exact note-for-note transcriptions from the classic album with 16 tracks, including: 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be); All Along The Watchtower; And The Gods Made Love; Come On (Part 1); Crosstown Traffic; Gypsy Eyes; Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland); House Burning Down; Little Miss Strange; Long Hot Summer Night; Moon Turn The Tides Gently Gently Away; Rainy Day Dream Away; Still Raining Still Dreaming; The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp; Voodoo Child (Slight Return); Voodoo Chile.
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good service.......2007-09-09
The item is very good. The person that sent it to it was Sam Ash music in Madison, Tn. It only took a day or two for the product to get to my house. If you want Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland at a fast rate, get it from these people.
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On the 35th anniversary of his death comes the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll legend Jimi Hendrix-by the New York Times bestselling author Charles R. Cross oinciding with the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's tragic death in 1970, Room Full of Mirrors is the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll's greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched and based on more than 300 interviews with those who knew him best-more than half of whom have never spoken about him before-this landmark book recounts the entire arc of Hendrix's life, from his troubled childhood in Seattle's projects and the early loss of his mother to his struggles against racial prejudice as a young musician and his rapid ascent to the top amidst the swinging London scene, and finally to the apex of his career headlining Woodstock in 1969, with his death occurring a year later.
Customer Reviews:
Great on life. Music not so much. .......2007-08-16
I think for what this book set about to be it's easily "4" or "5." The author wanted to write about Hendrix's life -- almost half the book is before he becomes a rock star. I really enjoyed the scenes set in his early days -- stuff we don't know so much about, like touring the South with Little Richard. However, it seems to me if you write a biography about someone as God-like as Hendrix there should be moments of higher level of stylistic interpretation regarding what exactly his music is.
What Hendrix did was profound. He turned thew combination of Blues and psychedellic rock into something that simply did not exist until then. (Ok, there was Clapton, but. . . no time for qualifiers.) His sound was not just something people listened to. The Hendrix sound is the soul of a world in transformation.
If you read, for instance, "LAST TRAIN TO MEMPHIS" about Elivs's early years, a lot of what the book is about is how this magical swirl of cultural forces in Memphis in the early 50s transformed America. ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS is basically just about the very interesting life of one man who was a big rock star and a great guitarist.
The Premier Jimi Bio.......2007-08-12
If you take the time to read through all of the reader reviews on this book, you'll see a broad diversity of opinion. Charles Cross managed to ruffle more than a few feathers it seems. Without a doubt, Cross dug deeper into Jimi's early years and got closer to the people that were a part of Jimi's formative years than any other journalist.
The criticism that Cross failed to expose anything new about the fame years is valid but ultimately unimportant. The fame years were witnessed, glorified and documented by many and they are somewhat mythical in their presentation of the grandeur that collapsed into demise. But if one tries to understand what drove Jimi to be what he became, all other bios fall short. I remember wondering how this gifted kid could possibly know and breathe the blues as he did. The easy answer was that the lack of a stable childhood and his mother's early death were the source of Jimi's blues and no doubt they were part of the picture. But Cross spells it all out much more clearly and gives the story coherence and resonance. By elucidating the genesis of the genius, Cross manages to do what no other Jimi biographer has accomplished - and that is he brings the roots of Jimi's pain to life and in doing so shows the source of energy that provided his incredible drive. I thank Charles Cross for bringing closure to so many questions that had been swirling in my mind for well over thirty years.
Worthy effort, but misses a lot.......2007-07-14
Cross makes two important contributions: 1) As others have noted, there's a lot of new information about Jimi's early life and the first 100 pages or so give a a very moving picture of his childhood. 2) The book makes clear how important Jimi's Seattle background was to his multicultural outlook, which is what made him willing and able to cross established boundaries more easily than if he had been born in raised in say the South or Northeast.
The rest of the book is fairly perfunctory stuff and Jimi's music is pretty much absent. Cross presents music as something Hendrix only thought about when he tired of cavorting with groupies and assorted low-lifes.
I'm also docking the book a star for not having an adequate bibliograpy.
Amazing.......2007-05-25
This book gives you such a close glimpse at Jimi's upbringing and inner visions and stuggles that you feel one with him. I couldn't put this book down and hope to come across more like this. Mr. Cross does a fantastic job uncovering the life of the greatest guitarist in history.
purple haze.........2007-05-08
a hard hitting look at the legend of Jimi Hendrix..I haven't read a whole lot of biographies of Jimi so I couldn't really compare this to any other biography but I was mesmerized and totally engrossed in this story and the wonderful way it's written..from his hard childhood. to his army days and his breakout as a musical icon..highly recommended..
Customer Reviews:
This title is an Experience in itself!.......2006-12-02
Don't know why this is not available, I piccked it up recently at Barnes & Noble in Manhattan, but I would grab this gem wherever I find it. This is the type of book that actually relays information to you AND gets you excited about it! The author's love of Jimi, and his description of his first time seeing Jimi in concert is simply amazing as is his analysis of Jimi's facility as a guitarist especially in his almost intuitive knowledge of feedback and how to utilize it's nuances to achieve sounds that as the authors states "guitars manufacturers never intended guitars to make". This phamplet also clearly demonstrates why Jimi even within the bounds of his brief career will forever be in a class untouchable by anyone Clapton and Beck included. An absolute delight, I can say this book has brought a whole new way of listening to Hendrix that will allow me to again enjoy his artistry almost as if I'm hearing it for the first time! A true accomplisment, John Perry deserves some sort of award for this amazing analysis!
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The Pocket Grimoires Arcane is an indispensable reference guides to the spells of the d20 System. Pocket Grimoire Arcane includes spells for Assassins, Bards, Sorcerers, and Wizards. Each volume collects spells from the core rules and the best d20 supplements, including Green Ronin's Freeport: The City of Adventure. The spells are arranged alphabetically for easy reference, with spell lists and divine domains provided. The Grimoires always remain organized and easier to use than cards. The complete single volume is easier to carry than multiple specialty class sourcebooks. Not since the AD&D 2nd Edition Wizard Spell Compedium has there been such a must-have reference book.The Pocket Grimoires are sure to find a permanent place on your gaming table whether you are a player or a game master.
Customer Reviews:
Not bad, but not perfect.......2003-02-25
This book is a handy reference, containing hundreds of spells. They are all well ordered, but there is one gaping flaw. The book is missing the spells from every D&D 3rd edition book except the PHB.
Book Description
One of Vault's bestselling titles, this guide covers the basics of financial markets, including walk-throughs of equity and fixed income offerings, M&A, and private placements.
Customer Reviews:
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? AND HE HAS A MBA ?!!!.......2006-06-03
My goodness, where do I begin...TYPOS, GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND A TON OF NONSENSE about life on "the Street". I spent 5 years on Wall Street in various areas of the industry at 2 of the top 5 firms and another one of the top 10 firms. I bought the book because I thought it might give me a basic overview of other areas I might be able to move into and plan a stategy to do. Geez, I was awestruck at the amount of poor writing and overinflated depictions of life in I-Banking. Spare me! I was shocked that the authors made it out of high school much less college and prestigious business program. (I should apply to the school and tell them you can't tell me "no" because you said "yes" to this guy, and look how he writes and openly acknowledges he's an alumni member.) Spend your money elsewhere. Find folks in the business. You will fare much better. This should get negative stars for a poor attempt at a marketing/advertising book attempting to be substantive.
LOTS of grammatical errors, sparse useful info.......2006-02-25
Let me just say that there are waaay better books out there on the subject, even if you just want to get a brief rundown. And you needn't even be a grammar nut like myself to feel antsy about when the next spelling or syntax error is going to show up, because there's an average of one per page. Honestly, I couldn't get through half the book, but I'm pretty sure there was nothing in the latter pages to make up for it.
A simple book that gives you basic understanding of investment banking.......2005-08-30
This is a book written in very simple language, explaining the basics of investment banking. I liked the book because it is not very big, and everything is explained in very simple terms. Probably not the best choice for those who are looking to gain in-depth knowledge. Found a few typos here and there.
Just a big advertisement really..........2004-03-20
This is the second Vault guide that I have read, and the second disappointment that I have had with this series. I really isn't a career guide at all, just a very short back ground on what IB is. You can find a description of IB on the internet for free. The only redeeming value is the "day in a life of", but even then, there are only a dozen pages or so. In all, you can find most of what is in the book for free on the internet. I won't be buying any more vault products, as they have little information, and more pages of ads for other vault products than pages of usefull information.
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