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Johnnie Walker's Long Players

Johnnie and David Hepworth finish their look at a handful of the groundbreaking album releases from 1967 with Jimi Hendrix and The Who.

Johnnie and David Hepworth finish their look at a handful of the groundbreaking album releases from 1967 with Jimi Hendrix and The Who.

The show begins with Chas Chandler who left The Animals (with the idea of becoming a manager and producer) and sold his bass guitars to fly an unknown guitarist over from America. He had discovered Jimi, who had been touring with people like Little Richard and relocated to Greenwich Village to play songs like Hey Joe and thought that the UK was the perfect market for him. David bought Are You Experienced in 1967 and couldn't believe just how good he was (as backed up by a recent meeting with engineer Eddie Kramer) and Johnnie saw an early Jimi live performance at a Radio Caroline Night Out he was hosting in Chislehurst with Admiral Robbie Dale.

Johnnie and David hear archive from Jimi himself, Chas Chandler, Noel Redding, Eric Clapton, publicist Keith Altham, Trevor Burton of The Move, Kathy Etchingham and Brian May. They also find out how The Wind Cries Mary was created and who came up with the idea to steal the headlines with some lighter fuel and a wooden guitar.

The second album featured is The Who Sell Out with its spoof Pirate Radio Jingles and commercials alongside tracks like Tattoo and I Can See For Miles. As David says the album is weird and wonderful and shows what extraordinary strides they took in just one year, going from the 大象传媒's Saturday Club to the Monterey Pop Festival, the All You Need Is Love worldwide TV broadcast and having the seeds planted for the rock opera Tommy.

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Thu 1 Aug 2024 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Tim Rose

    Hey Joe

    • Morning Dew.
    • CBS.
    • 6.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Hey Joe

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Red House

    • MCA.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    The Wind Cries Mary

    • Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experienc.
    • Polydor.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Are You Experienced?

  • The Who

    Armenia City in the Sky

    • The Who Sell Out.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • The Who

    Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand

    • The Who Sell Out.
    • Polydor.
    • 003.

  • The Who

    Tattoo

    • The Who Sell Out.
    • Polydor.
    • 005.

  • The Who

    I Can See For Miles

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 012.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 27 Sep 2017 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2
  • Thu 1 Aug 2024 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music