Notes

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01. Goodbye, Bessie Mae
02. Soul Food (That's What I Like)
Sept. 1963/Philadelphia
Jimi plays guitar on these songs which were released as a Lonnie
Youngblood single on Fairmount Records in 1964. These are the
very first recordings that Jimi played on.
03. My Diary
04. Utee
Jan. 1964/Los Angeles
Arthur Lee (later of the group Love) produced this Rosa Lee Brooks
single released on Revis Records. Jimi is on guitar and tremelo
effects.
05. Testify
March 1964/New York City
Jimi did a lot of work with the Isley Brothers in 1964 and 1965.
On the "Testify" single, Jimi lent his expertise as a guitarist
for the Isleys
06. I'm A Man
07. Strange Things
08. How Would You Feel?
Oct. 1965/New York City
During Jimi's brief stint with Curtis Knight and the Squires,
26 different studio songs were released. Of these sessions Jimi
said, "They were nothing but jam sessions, man, with a group called
the Squires ... and I was stoned out of my mind"
09. Free Spirit
10. House of the Rising Sun
Jan. 1966/Hackensack, New Jersey
George's Club 20 was the site of this Curtis Knight live gig.
Jimi played straight and fuzz guitar on these cuts. A sample
of things to come.