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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: M.I.L. Multimedia
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Released: July 21, 1998 |
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NYC '68 Track Listing:
1. Red House
2. Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead
3. Bleeding Heart
4. Morrison's Lament
5. Tomorrow Never Knows
6. Uranus Rock
7. Outside Woman Blues
8. Sunshine of Your Love
NYC '68 Reviews:
Archaeological Relic 
2006-12-16 - Jimi plays an impromptu jam session in a NYC nightclub. Hendrix is giving instructions to a spaced out Jim Morrison on which microphone to use as he wants to record this experience on his portable tapedeck. The album has reached a sort of mythical status on account of its obscurity, Johnny Winter (who denies being there) & Morrison's lament
Hendrix/Miles/Morrison/Winter live at the Scene Club 
2000-09-24 - This concert is infamous for Jim Morrison's drunken presence and for terrible sound quality. This cd issue (with liner notes) sounds better than most of the legitimate releases of this material. There is no taking away Morrison's more obnoxious bleatings, but Hendrix is great as always and soon-to-be Band Of Gypsys bandmate Buddy Miles is there on the drums. It is certainly interesting even when Hendrix himself seems diverted and unfocused as he does on parts of 'Outside Woman Blues' and 'Sunshine Of Your Love'. He redeems himself well on both of these tracks, but they start off shaky. 'Red House', 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and ''Wake Up This Morning And You Find Yourself Dead' in particular, though, just rock the house with all the aura and talent that Hendrix possessed. The fact that this was more or less a fun jam session by some inebriated legends and never intended for release makes this a classic. The fact that Hendrix and Miles manage to pull out some truly inspired, mind-bending performances is astounding. The sound is good, but still not near a pro recording. I can't say everyone must have this cd, but for those who like the music of Jimi Hendrix, you should have this disc. If only Morrison had been more professional...but I must admit 'Morrison's Lament' is worth a laugh, once. Fascinating apocrypha!
Please leave this one alone! 
2000-05-27 - Once again, a small record company is trying to cash in on the Hendrix legacy. This was recorded with Jimi totally wasted. While hearing "Redhouse" and "Bleeding Heart" recorded live in a club might seem tempting to hear, find them elsewhere. Jim Morrison participating on this album also brings it down. He's in worse shape than Hendrix, if that could be possible. All he does is yell obscenities and rant and rave while Hendrix plays stuff an amateur guitarist could play. Whether Johnny Winter showed up, as is noted on the various versions of this album states, is debatable. It wouldn't matter. Nothing could save this disasterous effort. Recordings like this tend to tarnish the reputation of Jimi Hendrix. Do not be fooled. Stick with the authorized released stuff.
Voyeurs and completists only
2000-01-16 - It's recordings like this one which obscure Hendrix` incredible artistic achievements. At this jam session, he was (obviously) so stoned that he failed to make ANY significant musical statement. The participation of Jim Morrison, who was in an even worse condition (his contribution should be called 'voice' rather than 'vocals' and mainly consisted of obscenities), didn't help either.
It's particularly annoying that this session, which was arguably the weakest thing Hendrix ever played, can be found on a considerable number of CDs with different titles ('Sunshine Of Your Love', 'The Best & The Rest of Jimi Hendrix', 'New York Session', 'Early (! ) Years', and so on - actually everything which contains the tracks 'Uranus Rock', 'Morrison's Lament' and 'Woke Up This Morning And Found Yourself Dead') - while much of his excellent, representative live material has vanished.
There can be a certain voyeuristic fascination in listening to a genius playing way below his usual capabilities; if you already own each and every other Hendrix recording and if you are curious what a musician on drugs sounds like, buy one of these CDs - but be forewarned: Chances are that you won`t play it more than once.
Historical
1999-11-08 - As far as sound quality goes, there are much better live recordings of Jimi Hendrix. However, as a historical document of the times, this is one of the best. Johnny Winter is also rumored to be in on this session, however Johnny has stated he has no recollection. Then again, Johnny doesn't have much recollection about anything, especially an evening 31 years ago. The selection of songs is good although the quality as I stated before isn't. I'm sure it wasn't recorded on state of the art equipment. As far as the way the band played, one can only assume the amounts of medicines that were used that evening. Listen, relax, and enjoy!
