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Fact #184538

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Short story:

The Band Of Gypsys album, a live concert recording featuring Jimi Hendrix, is released on Capitol Records in the USA.

Full article:

Billy Cox (bassist) : When Band Of Gypsys came out, we both wished we had done it in the studio. We would have loved to have done some overdubs and correct some of the mistakes that we had made.

Jimi Hendrix : If it had been up to me, I never would have put it out. From a musician’s point of view, it was not a good recording and I was out of tune on a few things… The thing was, we owed the record company an album and they were pushing us, so here it is.
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