Fact #101326
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Short story:
At Manny's music store, New York City, USA, Jimi Hendrix spends $1,756.30 on an Epiphone Casino guitar, an Echoplex and Ernie Ball strings. Later in the day, he is at the Record Plant working on Izabella and Room Full Of Mirrors.Full article:
Tom Erdelyi (second engineer) : Douglas and Bright just sort of came in and took over. They were running the show. I was surprised, because I was a fan of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and no-one seemed to understand what Jimi was trying to accomplish. Jimi was such a perfectionist. It seemed as if he was just taking his time, because no tracks were being completed. We just thought that Douglas was being patient.
Stefan Bright (engineer) : We specifically brought in Tony Bongiovi to engineer Izabella. Jimi would say things about Tony like, 'What the fuck is this kid doing in the studio?' because Tony, at that time, looked very young.
Tony Bongiovi (engineer) : Izabella was the last full session I did with Hendrix. We recorded that song from start to finish, with Billy Rich and Buddy Miles backing him. We even mixed the song at the end of the session.
Stefan Bright : Tony gave Jimi's sound a groove which, we felt, hadn't been done before. With Izabella, the sound of the bass and drums was so funky. Tony had worked at Motown, and he went for that element in his sound.
Arthur Allen (friend of Hendrix) : Mountain were recording in Studio B. Leslie West was recording Mississippi Queen and Hendrix was so knocked out by the riff that he invited him over for a jam.
Leslie West (guitarist, Mountain) : When we were recording Mountain Climbing in the Record Plant, Jimi was recording Band Of Gypsys in the next door studio. Our producer and bass player Felix Pappalardi, said to me, 'Why don’t you go next door and get Jimi to come in here?’ So I went to studio B and I said, 'Mr. Hendrix…"
So Jimi came in and he listened to Never In My Life from Mountain Climbing and he looked at me and said, "Nice riff, man." He gave me a compliment. That was all I needed to hear.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, January 2015)
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Stefan Bright (engineer) : We specifically brought in Tony Bongiovi to engineer Izabella. Jimi would say things about Tony like, 'What the fuck is this kid doing in the studio?' because Tony, at that time, looked very young.
Tony Bongiovi (engineer) : Izabella was the last full session I did with Hendrix. We recorded that song from start to finish, with Billy Rich and Buddy Miles backing him. We even mixed the song at the end of the session.
Stefan Bright : Tony gave Jimi's sound a groove which, we felt, hadn't been done before. With Izabella, the sound of the bass and drums was so funky. Tony had worked at Motown, and he went for that element in his sound.
Arthur Allen (friend of Hendrix) : Mountain were recording in Studio B. Leslie West was recording Mississippi Queen and Hendrix was so knocked out by the riff that he invited him over for a jam.
Leslie West (guitarist, Mountain) : When we were recording Mountain Climbing in the Record Plant, Jimi was recording Band Of Gypsys in the next door studio. Our producer and bass player Felix Pappalardi, said to me, 'Why don’t you go next door and get Jimi to come in here?’ So I went to studio B and I said, 'Mr. Hendrix…"
So Jimi came in and he listened to Never In My Life from Mountain Climbing and he looked at me and said, "Nice riff, man." He gave me a compliment. That was all I needed to hear.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black, January 2015)