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EXPERIENCE HENDRIX L.L.C. AND LEGACY RECORDINGS TO RELEASE YOU CAN’T USE MY NAME: CURTIS KNIGHT & THE SQUIRES (FEATURING JIMI HENDRIX) THE RSVP/PPX SESSIONS ON MARCH 24
1965-1967 Recordings Showcase Hendrix’s Brilliance Just Before His Ascent to Stardom
February 18, 2015 – New York, NY - Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings are releasing
You Can’t Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (Featuring Jimi Hendrix) The RSVP/PPX Sessions
– the first in a series that presents these recordings in their
original context. The specially priced fourteen-track collection, taken
from sessions in 1965 and 1966 [plus one July 1967 recording], will be
available on
CD and 150 gram
LP on March 24.
In the mid 1960s, before launching a solo career that has profoundly
influenced and altered the course of popular music, Jimi Hendrix was a
little known sideman, working for short periods with a variety of
artists including the Isley Brothers, Don Covay, Little Richard, and the
Harlem-based R&B combo Curtis Knight & The Squires.
Ed Chalpin was an entrepreneur and record producer who founded PPX
International, Inc. in 1960. He had created a lucrative business by
recording cover versions of top US hits for foreign record companies,
who then overdubbed translated lyrics. In addition to creating remakes
for foreign markets, Chalpin had begun to produce original material at
his New York recording facility Studio 76 that he would license to
various record labels. Chalpin auditioned Curtis Knight in 1965 and
agreed to manage and produce him.
In October 1965, Knight introduced Jimmy Hendrix to Chalpin. After
their initial recording session yielded Knight’s “How Would You Feel,”
Chalpin signed Jimi Hendrix to a notorious three-year recording contract
for $1.00 and a 1% royalty. Hendrix had thought he was signing a
release as a backing musician, later noting, “I took it as an insure of
getting paid for the session…” In 1966, Chalpin licensed two singles
from Hendrix’s sessions with Curtis Knight to RSVP Records, a New York
based independent label owned by Jerry Simon. “How Would You Feel” b/w
“Welcome Home” and “Hornet’s Nest” b/w “Knock Yourself Out.” The latter
two instrumentals were composed by Hendrix and stand as the first ever
commercial release of his own music. Both of these efforts missed the
charts entirely and, as a result, Simon’s interest in the group waned
and RSVP did not issue a third single.
Hendrix would continue to intermittently perform as a member of
Curtis Knight & The Squires in 1966. He had also formed his own
group Jimmy James & The Blue Flames in Greenwich Village. It was
there where Animals bassist Chas Chandler spotted Hendrix performing
“Hey Joe” at the Café Wha?. He offered to take Hendrix to London to
record a version of the song and serve as his producer.
In September 1966, Chandler escorted Hendrix from New York to London
to make good on his promise. Under his guidance, Hendrix formed the Jimi
Hendrix Experience with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel
Redding. Chandler rushed them into the recording studio, pawning his
bass guitar to help fund the group. Chandler’s faith was rewarded in
December 1966 when “Hey Joe” became a hit in England and soon throughout
Europe. “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary” followed in quick
succession and were even more successful. In a matter of months,
Hendrix had transformed from a struggling, little known sideman to the
brightest new star in popular music.
Ed Chalpin had learned of Hendrix’s international success via reports
in industry trade journals. Beginning in May 1967, Chalpin had begun
notifying every company he could identify as doing business with Hendrix
that his company PPX had previously signed the guitarist to an
exclusive three year contract covering the term between October 1965 and
October 1968.
Beginning with December 1967’s Get That Feeling, Chalpin began to
compile and license albums featuring the master recordings Hendrix had
recorded as a sideman to Knight. Get That Feeling was followed by
October 1968’s Flashing. Hendrix’s burgeoning fan base was confused by
the lack of liner notes or accurate cover imagery [Get That Feeling
featured a photograph of Hendrix performing at the Monterey Pop
Festival] as these albums gave full artist billing to Jimi Hendrix.
Jimi Hendrix was hamstrung throughout his career by litigation over
these recordings in the US and UK and these fights continued until his
family ultimately prevailed in litigation against Ed Chalpin and PPX in
2003. Experience Hendrix has since acquired all of the recordings
controlled by Chalpin and PPX and this compilation stands as their first
attempt to present this music in its original context.
You Can’t Use My Name kicks off with “How Would You Feel,” a
1966 single based in part on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.” “How
Would You Feel” tackles sensitive race issues, pre-dating by a few years
the explosion of popular R&B acts latching onto the thriving Black
Power movement. Its b-side “Welcome Home” is also featured on the
collection. These tracks represent a musical touchstone, as Hendrix
(listed as “Jimmy Hendrix”) received his first ever label credit as an
arranger of both songs. Also included is the instrumental “Hornet’s
Nest” and its b-side “Knock Yourself Out [Flying On Instruments],” both
of which were composed by Hendrix.
Capping off
You Can’t Use My Name is the August 1967 track
that spawned its namesake. Heard for the first time is the fascinating
section of studio chatter that precedes a take of “Gloomy Monday,”
wherein Hendrix repeatedly requests that Chalpin not use his name in the
marketing of the recording, and Chalpin agrees, albeit, ambiguously.
Already months deep into litigation, it can only be theorized that
Hendrix continued to participate in sessions with Chalpin as a gesture
of goodwill in the hope that all would be forgiven. It didn’t pan out
that way, and the dialog is an interesting footnote to the complicated
history between the two parties.
“We are extremely delighted to now be in a position to offer these
rare, historic recordings,” commented Experience Hendrix President and
CEO Janie Hendrix, sister of Jimi Hendrix. “What makes them so special
is that they provide an honest look at a great artist during the pivotal
time when he was on the cusp of his breakthrough.. a time when Jimi’s
number one priority was playing and recording, and this set captures him
doing just that, both as a collaborator and an innovator. They are more
than just recordings, they represent a significant segment in the
timeline of Jimi's musical existence.”
Original Jimi Hendrix Experience recording engineer Eddie Kramer
recently went to pain-staking lengths to maximize the audio quality on
the collection. “We’ve taken every single performance as far back as we
could go in terms of source and we came up with the best original
performances, stripped them back and re-mixed them and made what we feel
is the best representation of those recordings,” says Kramer. “It’s a
continuing archeological sound dig which is to say you sweep away the
dirt with a fine brush and find the gem hidden therein. It’s what I
call ‘forensic audio’ where we use every available piece of outboard
gear and plug-ins and whatever tools are available to us. It’s been
hours and hours of intensive work but it’s truly been fun to find the
best performances and to make sense out of them."
These recordings made for PPX and RSVP are part of Jimi Hendrix’s
extraordinary legacy. They neatly align with those other sessions
Hendrix participated in during this same era as a sideman for other
acts. Absent the confusion as to Hendrix’s true involvement, these
recordings provide a snapshot of his development immediately prior to
his discovery by Chas Chandler. “I was a backing musician playing
guitar,” Hendrix explained in a 1967 interview. “I was always kept in
the background, but I was thinking all the time about what I wanted to
do.” Enjoyed in this context, these Curtis Knight sessions showcase his
evolving technique and emerging brilliance.
You Can’t Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (featuring Jimi Hendrix) The RSVP/PPX Sessions tracklist:
1) How Would You Feel
2) Gotta Have A New Dress
3) Don’t Accuse Me
4) Fool For You Baby
5) No Such Animal
6) Welcome Home
7) Knock Yourself Out [Flying On Instruments]
8) Simon Says
9) Station Break
10) Strange Things
11) Hornet’s Nest
12) You Don’t Want Me
13) You Can’t Use My Name
14) Gloomy Monday
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About Legacy Recordings:
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is
home to the world's foremost library of historically significant
commercial recordings, a peerless collection of works by the most
important musical artists of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Across a
variety of platforms, the label offers contemporary music fans access
to thousands of meticulously restored and remastered archival titles
representing virtually every musical genre including popular, rock,
jazz, blues, R&B, folk, country, gospel, Broadway musicals, movie
soundtracks, rap/hip-hop, world music, classical, comedy and more.
About Experience Hendrix L.L.C.:
Founded by James 'Al' Hendrix, Jimi's father, in 1995, Experience
Hendrix, has been managed since its inception by the family members
handpicked by Al during his tenure as Chairman. It is the official
family company charged with managing the music, name, image and likeness
of Jimi Hendrix. As a part of their daily operations, Experience
Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix oversee Jimi's timeless legacy on a
worldwide basis.
