Fact #165008
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Short story:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience continue working on the song Gypsy Eyes, at The Record Plant, New York City, USA.
Full article:
Chas Chandler (co-manager, Jimi Hendrix] : We'd get in the studio and he'd have twnety hangers-on and he'd be playing for them, not for the control room. If you were a car mechanic, you wouldn't take your friends along to watch you fix a car.
Gerry Stickells (road manager) : A lot of the sessions were just an expensive way to have some fun.
Eddie Kramer (engineer) : By the end of about the 45th take of Gypsy Eyes Chas, who was producing, said, 'See ya!'
Chas Chandler : I just said, 'I'm going. I've had enough. You're not listening to us like you used to. If you decide to start listening to me again, I'll be there. Goodbye, for now.'
Noel Redding (bassist, JHE) : Chas left, and he advised me the same. 'Get out mate, do your own thing.' Everyone says I left the Experience and went to Fat Mattress because I was frustrated at not playing guitar but that's completely untrue - Fat Mattress was a writing outlet for me.
John Hillman (lawyer) : What people like Noel Redding couldn't understand was that he was not a partner. Jeffery wasn't the only one who had signed the contracts. Hendrix knew perfectly well who was getting what, but he could finger Jeffery as the bad guy, just as Jeffery could point to Yameta.
Jeffery was a loveable rogue. He begged, borrowed and stole just to keep his artists going, but his return was only financial.They were his investments and he was entitled to recoup.
Michael Goldstein (publicist) : He would stop at nothing to ensure the success of his artists, but he couldn't relate to them personally.
Keith Altham (journalist/PR agent) : It's easy to make Mike Jeffery the villain of the piece (but) he didn't pretend to be much more than what he was - a business-oriented manager. Jimi elected to have that kind of representation and, when he lost Chas, he lost a very important part of his direction and care.
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Gerry Stickells (road manager) : A lot of the sessions were just an expensive way to have some fun.
Eddie Kramer (engineer) : By the end of about the 45th take of Gypsy Eyes Chas, who was producing, said, 'See ya!'
Chas Chandler : I just said, 'I'm going. I've had enough. You're not listening to us like you used to. If you decide to start listening to me again, I'll be there. Goodbye, for now.'
Noel Redding (bassist, JHE) : Chas left, and he advised me the same. 'Get out mate, do your own thing.' Everyone says I left the Experience and went to Fat Mattress because I was frustrated at not playing guitar but that's completely untrue - Fat Mattress was a writing outlet for me.
John Hillman (lawyer) : What people like Noel Redding couldn't understand was that he was not a partner. Jeffery wasn't the only one who had signed the contracts. Hendrix knew perfectly well who was getting what, but he could finger Jeffery as the bad guy, just as Jeffery could point to Yameta.
Jeffery was a loveable rogue. He begged, borrowed and stole just to keep his artists going, but his return was only financial.They were his investments and he was entitled to recoup.
Michael Goldstein (publicist) : He would stop at nothing to ensure the success of his artists, but he couldn't relate to them personally.
Keith Altham (journalist/PR agent) : It's easy to make Mike Jeffery the villain of the piece (but) he didn't pretend to be much more than what he was - a business-oriented manager. Jimi elected to have that kind of representation and, when he lost Chas, he lost a very important part of his direction and care.
(Source : not known)