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I've had, and discarded, every album JH ever made...except "Rainbow Bridge": Paly-Gap; Dolly Dagger; Roomfull of Mirrors, etc. I think some of those tunes were incomplete at the time of his death; and I think there are only two guitar tracks on Paly. That's what really rocks my boat, and shows me that he was really a special player.

The engineers, producers and promo-oids didn't have, or take, the opportunity to gussy things up with 10 more guitar tracks, reverb, echo, fuzz, and other junk. Just real solid playing, great time, and pitch discipline.

I can't listen to the Purple Haze era stuff and enjoy it much; his acoustic double album was forgettable. And his live stuff drives me nuts...I wanna just get in there and tune up his freakin' guitar. And Mitch's early drumming was IMHO, garage-band sloppy, distracting, and annoyingly unsteady, rhythmically.

I understand that Jimi said that the Rainbow Bridge project was his best playing and singing ever. I agree.

I have friends who think I'm a dufuss cuz I don't like early Jimi. Sorry.