All Along The Watchtower (5:41)
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This track is a cover of the Bob Dylan song “All Along The Watchtower”. However many do not realise this due to the popularity of Hendrix’s version.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London. According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape of Dylan’s recording by publicist Michael Goldstein, who worked for Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman. “(Hendrix) came in with these Dylan tapes and we all heard them for the first time in the studio”, recalled Johns. According to Hendrix’s regular engineer Eddie Kramer, the guitarist cut a large number of takes on the first day, shouting chord changes at Dave Mason who had appeared at the session and played guitar. Halfway through the session, bass player Noel Redding became dissatisfied with the proceedings and left. Mason then took over on bass. According to Kramer, the final bass part was played by Hendrix himself.[10] Kramer and Chas Chandler mixed the first version of “All Along The Watchtower” on January 26th, but Hendrix was quickly dissatisfied with the result and went on re-recording and overdubbing guitar parts during June, July, and August at the Record Plant studio in New York. Engineer Tony Bongiovi has described Hendrix becoming increasingly dissatisfied as the song progressed, overdubbing more and more guitar parts, moving the master tape from a four-track to a twelve-track to a sixteen-track machine.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London. According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape of Dylan’s recording by publicist Michael Goldstein, who worked for Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman. “(Hendrix) came in with these Dylan tapes and we all heard them for the first time in the studio”, recalled Johns. According to Hendrix’s regular engineer Eddie Kramer, the guitarist cut a large number of takes on the first day, shouting chord changes at Dave Mason who had appeared at the session and played guitar. Halfway through the session, bass player Noel Redding became dissatisfied with the proceedings and left. Mason then took over on bass. According to Kramer, the final bass part was played by Hendrix himself.[10] Kramer and Chas Chandler mixed the first version of “All Along The Watchtower” on January 26th, but Hendrix was quickly dissatisfied with the result and went on re-recording and overdubbing guitar parts during June, July, and August at the Record Plant studio in New York. Engineer Tony Bongiovi has described Hendrix becoming increasingly dissatisfied as the song progressed, overdubbing more and more guitar parts, moving the master tape from a four-track to a twelve-track to a sixteen-track machine.
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PartGreyBeard wrote:
one of the best openings of a song ever
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Elyments wrote:
epic.
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Phoen1xv8 wrote:
A song for any mood. This to me is what real music is, none of this commercialised "industry crap" you hear piped out over the air waves
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powerrade426 wrote:
I don't care jimmy is the real god of rock . every one fallowed jimmy.
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beast345 wrote:
Awesome
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nlong1029 wrote:
I heard this version before I heard the Dylan version. And i personally think this one is better. XD
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acousticarts wrote:
Cela va faire 40 ans que James Marshall est décédé. Mais Jimi habite encore nos coeurs et nos oreilles et demeure une référence pour tous les guitariste, et même pour plusieurs bassistes!
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silencethemedia wrote:
I love Jimi in this song - he's just incredible!
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raciei wrote:
just a great song
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ABM1708 wrote:
Fender Strat in Jimi's hands is a deadly weapon!
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sionborg wrote:
Awesome !!!!
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rainbow1204 wrote:
FUCKING ORGASMIC
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PartGreyBeard wrote:
This has got to have one of the best openings of any music ever!
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Braveshell wrote:
The one and the only... much imitated never bettered... Jimi makes this Dylan song his own... rebuilds it from the ground up. Awesome version!
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Susiemarx wrote:
Like nobody else - ever.
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RIP..
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go Jimi go!
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