Jimi Hendrix Midnight

[earthless1990]

my all time favorite psych blues jam. overall amount of euphoria that you get from this is unbelieavable! he surely was stoned like it was recorded from other planet

[rjworks13]

This is unquestionably, hands down, Hendrix' most remarkable instrumental. Some critics were saying they believed Hendrix was near the end of his creative run when Band of Gypsys was released in March of 70, Then War Heros was released after his death (with this song on side 2) and all voices were silenced.

[anthropomorphicide]

one of the absolute classics. that nuclear short circuit in the middle( 2:50) is all time.

the tone of this recording is really up there. on one of those LP's released way after he died, but along with many others, just continued to amaze.

[bfish0629]

6 people dont have ears

[swamijohnson]

No, there's no one like Jimi around today. If you can imagine someone showing up today and collectively making Yngway, Satriani, Vai and Prince all shit themselves, that would be what it was like when Jimi showed up. They would be too frightened to get on stage with him.

[swamijohnson]

@ Riverman: Yeah, man. I had that album too. Never heard this long intro before. Interesting.

[Gyro911]

If you all think this song is powerfull, youtube "peace in Mississippi, that will blow you're mind and is the invention of heavy metal in my opinion

[58riceman]

@Gyro911 Yeah dude, a lot of folks don't know about that jam, it is one of my faves.

[Gyro911]

JImi's understanding of powerfull riffing and melody is second to none. He's so much better then any guitarist ever that its not even close

[getbackgoodtimes]

Wow ! Thanks for posting ..

[boxingin]

Has there ever been a finer musician than Jimi.......

[taylor34ism]

GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!

[riverman1949]

This was on the album War Heroes, 1974. The intro was shortened a bit. I went past a shop a little while ago. Bored out of my heid & suddenly this masterpiece was blasting from within. Instant groove! He is alive and well, I tell you.

[Ricky10106]

I heard this song many years ago, It blew my mind then and it still does now.

[syrenneWho]

um, wow

[heymisterderp]

This song is on 'War Heroes'.

[yourmotherslover1056]

man ive searched fucking everywhere and cant find the version of this song with the vocals! its given me headache

[UpFromTheSkiess]

@yourmotherslover1056 you're probably thinking of Midnight Ligtning, a different song.

[MrMymanalishi]

This is not as rare as people think, its on one of his postumuous albums releasd around 1975 on an album of which i had, the name escapes me as reprise pushed out a lot of Jimi stuff, to cash in, but the version was definatley not voodoo soup, that may have been released earlier,this track stuck in my mind for over39 years, so it still stands the test of time.

[succubus92]

@MrMymanalishi ya, man. I have it on the album called South Saturn Delta. Amazing fucking stuff. Jimi's the man.

[Carnivore898]

Why is this so rare, this is one of the greatest things I've ever heard!

[kubaroki]

@rickrossbach yeah, it's nice, but hendrix is much, much better

[rickrossbach]

IF you like this then check out John Frusciantes live remix/impro @ la cigale. "Red Hot Chili Peppers intro la cigale"

[FilmPriest]

@rickrossbach Yeah! Go Frusciante :D

[585858000]

being 60 now i grew up with jimi,lost touch with him when bringing up a family but gone back to him now,i have had 40+years to check out the rest but i know now he is still the best,.

[58riceman]

this is Jimi at his awesome best. all you radio geeks with "purple haze" go fuck yourselves. unless you've heard this before you don't get hendrix brillance.

[jayNcellyy559]

i wish i was a fukkn hippy but not a dirty 1 a clean 1 haha if that even makez sense id b a fukkn rebel!! 24/7 jammin out to thiz song when goin to all tha fests thay had..it b tight!! i love thiz guy hiz more than a beast at shreading a guitar i think he inventd rock music noo i bet wen he touched a guitar it just magicly startd playing music and startd fukkn shooting starts out!! love jimmy hendrix best there well eva well b period..long live jimmy hendrix!! only one legend named jimmy hendrix

[CurseOfSilence21]

Jimi Hendrix Is God.

[valleysofneptune]

@blackdude57, War heroes, cry f love , first rays etc etc ,are all postumous releases. Midnight would probably have made it onto "first rays" as Jimi did a rough sketch of the tracklisting before he died, it was due to be a double album { or triple } and jimi had called the title "first ray of the rising sun"...my point was that this version we have would probably been changed by jimi as he was clearly a perfectionist. thats all i ment to say.

[Detroitfarm]

I would have love to listen to Jimi perform this baby live!!!

[blackdude57]

@Detroitfarm imposible this was the time that he was alone with mitch and maybe he did all the bass parts himself they would record for days upsetting the f...kng manager he could do it but it would not be a great statement as it is now.

[voodoochild1311]

3:05 : ORGASMIC

[valleysofneptune]

blackdude57- The album Jimi was working on had the title First ray of the new rising sun, and this track would probably have made it on...although Jimi would tinker with tracks and mixes so we are kinda guessing...... peace

[blackdude57]

@valleysofneptune what do you mean by that ??/ the first version and only version of this song is this one as complete as you hear it ending with the phasing guitar and it came out in the 70,s in a brown package called war heroes the one you mentioned came out later but its still the same song from beginning to end there are no alterations for this one and nobody can play this sh...t like he did same for machine gun band of gypsies

[blackdude57]

@valleysofneptune what do you mean by that ??/ the first version and only version of this song is this one as complete as you hear it ending with the phasing guitar and it came out in the 70,s in a brown package called war heroes the one you mentioned came out later but its still the same song from beginning to end there are no alterations for this one and nobody can play this sh...t like he did same for machine gun band of gypsies

I aint guessing still have the Lp Im 54 yo

[blackdude57]

@blackdude57 Sorry for thwe comment I didnt hear the midnight lightning version you were reffering to thats fake for shure jimi wouild never played that sloppy keep on grooving bro any questions Im a hendrix historian since I was 12 so if you want to know a few things you never heard about hendrix you are welcome midnight is real midnight lightning is fake

[jgcaesar4]

He get's some nasty vibrato on this one. You can feel the power.

[blackdude57]

I think he did the basslines himself with mitch mitchell there was a time when every body left him and only mitch stayed till the end when the black panters came into the scene all the white guys fled like cockroaches nobody wanted to be around him

[ricketdicket]

I liked the War Heroes version a tee bit better. I love this version though!!

[peterpaulnmetal]

Pure Awesomeness

[blackdude57]

THIS IS INDEE THE BEST STATEMENT HE EVER DID AS AN INSTRUMENTAL YOU CAN FEEL THE POWER THROUGH HIS GUITAR LICKS AN ITS NOT EASY TO OVERDO YOU BETTER IMPROVISE AROUND THE BASSLINE THEN COPY IT NOTE FOR NOTE IS THER A BACKING TRACK FOR THIS ONE??????

[blackdude57]

THIS IS INDEE THE BEST STATEMENT HE EVER DID AS AN INSTRUMENTAL YOU CAN FEEL THE POWER THROUGH HIS GUITAR LICKS AN ITS NOT EASY TO OVERDO YOU BETTER IMPROVISE AROUND THE BASSLINE THEN COPY IT NOTE FOR NOTE

[Detroitfarm]

@blackdude57 STRAIGHT IMPROVISATION!!

[blackdude57]

@Detroitfarm I mean you keep the starting line and the first verse but when he goes for the solo you just follow the chord

[jarhead4u123]

This song was also on an album called "War Heros" back in I believe 1972. Hendrix at his most powerful indeed.

[able506]

one of my favorite jimi tunes

[iamearthbornami]

altogether fabulous

[CurtHenniganImpact]

For the four people who dont like this song Your pathetic

[Iasamei]

his best piece

[Repulver]

that break at 1:11 is probably the most powerful thing on earth !

[deherban123]

this is by far the best hendrix's instrumental

[lewars1912]

@deherban123 > ?!?! Listen to Trashman, or the instrumental version of Bold As Love.

[italiarosoneris]

jimi the kid

[ZeppelinFan6980]

This is on South Saturn Delta too along with some other great music. Funny how it seems like Jimi's music kept getting better after his death......

[lewars1912]

@ZeppelinFan6980 Yes! Very funny, lol.

[sumstuff46]

From the WAR HEROES Album :)

[JPMusiclife]

its got a good groove to it.

[jacobladders]

hendrix shines on anything he creates he still lives among us spiritually god bless you james marshall hendrix

[mivec25]

does anyone know what effects are used for this song? fuzz and half wah or a octavio?? i'm gonna play this as a performance piece at uni this week, i might need to buy some gear this weekend!

[jcp5012]

when I'm hurting I crank up Jimi..when I'm happy, need to power up, down, sideways, actually..anytime..and I'm 60 years old..ha!..I was weaned on Hendrix..and I thank my lucky stars..

c.

[tc112760]

thxs for the music very good

[The0Inner0Vash]

jimmy Hendrix is like the only artist i know of that can take you out of your time and makes you feel like he did. when i listen to his music i just sink in to a different world or a different zone in my mind. dude u guys feel the same way?

[ZeppelinFan6980]

@The0Inner0Vash Your not the only one pal :) \m/

[michaeldondeo]

This was my fav song on my War Heros 8-track

[tenormadness126]

this is fuckin awesome

[joshua626]

this sounds like heavy metal, before the so called four bears of the genre made it. HA HA

Man hendrix your the man!!!!

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

from memory those albums "Midnight Lightening" and "Crash landing" uses backing musicians , playing over Hendrix tracks. They contain some good material, but imagine how Hendrix "would have" felt about it

[jackbash138]

My favourite Hendrix track of all time...and I know them all!

[juergcmeier]

the greatest on electric guitar, in his way, theres no other like him, R.I.P.

[tonesbe]

I thought this came off "war heroes"

[TheUltimatestar1]

This is indeed the Alan Douglas version with the overdubbed background guitar.

[JokeOfDeath]

Sounds a little like Foxey Lady.

[TheCornCobbers]

Ya hear me!

[flathead59]

Some ultimate stuff Hendrix did,been diggin this shit since1976,never gets old,need to get all the songs from Crash Landing album...

[Heterogenius1]

Mississppi is also slammin'! There was aversion where the listener could hear the whistling of the tunes.....

[Heterogenius1]

I remeber back in the day when Winmx and Napster was in full effect. I will never, ever forget when I dwnlded Midnight. It was a different version where the tunes at the end where whistling and I was listen to this at hi volume! It was like I was in space and I wasn't under or over the influence of drugs, that's how powerful listening to this masterpiece was. I had this and the outakes of Hey Joe on cd. I will find them...I WILL FIND THEM! aMENrA!

[drskyshu]

the anthem of rock, this tune stands alone

[chaoshead666]

3 persons must die!

[voidforpurpose]

Hendrix fooling around like this is beyond the reach of most serious fretters.

Sublime!

[stevenrich1959]

awesome track,thank you Mhendeb

[blacknuss6]

this song defines the word INTENSE...FROM THE FIRST NOTE OF THE SOLO HE IS ALL OVER THAT STRAT LIKIE A CHEAP SUIT...

[SpelchekTD]

Amazing, and "only" 40+ years ago. My favorite of all his work, and I loved it all!

[rockanthems]

This song was actually released on the album "War Heros" before any other release. Hendrix at his finest! ROCK ON !!!

[croHDgaming]

lay down, close your eyes, put this on and you won't be on this planet for 6 mins...

[MrDoDilicious]

My God, what a genius

[classicrock64]

AMAZING!!

[SHITONASTICK1100]

my god this kid was talented. A natural genius with a gift.

[mikescruffy1]

my favorite hendrix my favorite guitar song my favorite all time stuff man !!!!! got to do a doobie

[elpipo4u]

the first 3minutes of this song is incredible

[ikaro171]

steve vai love this

[porkchopsrv]

1968 was a very defining year for Hendrix. Man he blew it up. One can only wonder where such genius tunes like this came from. Hell I have my lava lamp on and all when I play, nothing like this comes to mind from the depths of my peanut brain. Damn the luck....

[lespaulrock1998]

best metal better than fuckin slipknot or system of a down or shit like that

[guitarguy780]

Metal? Jimi hendrix, slipknot, and soad are all not metal. Jimi Hendrix started his own thing man acid rock, slipknot sucks idk wtf they're doing and soad is there own thing to.

[elpipo4u]

this was just sooo sick!

[popomczowzow]

Sorry about the double post but I just realized that this song has a lot of the same structure as Little Miss Lover. The key changes and stuff in the first minute and a half or so are the same I think.

[popomczowzow]

I'm pretty sure I've heard SRV play every single lick from this song at some point haha

[texanol75]

jimi....... is a damn legend. if only he were still alive. his influence on music would have been superb

[millhand1685]

Just another jimi fan, well put and i could'nt agree more. This 35+ yr. old track just kicks ass. What if if if if .

[JustAnotherJimiFan]

Here we find the definite end of the road, to questions like: Where does heavy metal come from? Who was the creator of hard rock guitar sound? Where originates the influence to all rock guitar played the past 40 years? Etc.

[jimipageplant]

this is perhaps the closest to jimi's soul bared, bar none - the epitome of the man and his music. the tempo is pure sex at its measured best.

[MrJohnthegreat22]

I have a War Hero's LP it is a little scratched but if some one is interested?

[sick60s]

I Grew Up Jammin to "MIDNIGHT- LIGHTNING" and "CRASH LANDING

AWSOME !!!

[ZZsBiggestFan]

I know why they took this off. It was a fake, a darn good one though. I met the guy that did all the vocals and instruments in Louisiana. It don't show how long it was now but it did show it was 6.03 long. The only release Hendrix did was on War Heros, it's 5.31 minutes. It was awful good, wish this was still here.

[Natalie78644]

You are correct, I met the person you are talking about. He uses the stage name, The Cajun Kid. I saw him open a ZZ top show once, and another for George Thorogood. I don't know why you say they took it off though. I just tried it and it played. It is an awesome version of Hendrix. The Cajun Kid must have better equipment and technolgy than Jimi did when he recorded the origional.

[112742Jimijoejimi]

It doesn't matter what technology you have if you can't use it.

[Natalie78644]

I'll agree with that. I have lots of guitars and all kinds of modern gadgets, but I'm far from being Hendrix.

[rjworks13]

@ZZsBiggestFan Interesting - I had a hard time finding this recording. I used to cruse in my car back in 1973 and listen to War Heroes on 8-track. I'd crank it up and have the car's suspension vibrating. I still think this is his best instrumental. It's strange - it was if they pulled this album in the late 70s and you couldn't find it anywhere. Stores couldn't special order it and I couldn't find it anywhere. Sometime in 2000, War Heroes reappeared. I still wonder what happened.

[blackdude57]

@ZZsBiggestFan this is Jimi hendrix you cannot fake this one as good no matter who you are

[58riceman]

@blackdude57 Hendrix will always be God to guitar players everywhere. Stevie Ray comes close.

[garlandpool]

Man, if anyone knows of any other song that Hendrix did that gets anywhere close to how killer this on is, please let me know because, if there is one out there, I am completely unaware. As far as I'm concerned this is the absolute best.

[malerba118]

trashman and slow version are somewhat similar and they kick ass

[Ricky10106]

@garlandpool Yes listen to star spanged banner studio version, and hear my train a comming studio version on you tube.

[AlexNeilEzell]

The best Hendrix song ever. Maybe the best song ever by anyone!

[mikescruffy1]

@AlexNeilEzell YOURE SO RIGHT IM 59 NOW I FIRST HEARD THIS SONG WHEN I WAS AROUND 30 I ALWAYS SAID TO MYSELF WHAT YOU POSTED THANKS FROM A FORMER GARAGE BAND DRUMMER AND GUITAR MAN

[blackdude57]

@AlexNeilEzell machine gun at fillmore is still number one for me this is studio material and it was done in bits while machine gun was life

[gatodelsol3]

Great Albumn, too. In the collection.

[heymisterderp]

That guitar cries like it's alive. Unbelievable sound; guitar pioneering legend.

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

WAR HEROES

[dannywoodstock]

the album war of heroes is out of print..

if someone haveit... i pay for it!!!

[XRCyrus]

Fucking intense, what a nice version of this jam.

[hemmet220]

This is the instrumental that Hendrix did that turned me on to his music. Absolutely amazing piece of guitar virtuosity!!

[midland88]

best song of jimi (instrumental)

[beliasso]

Nice !!

[Gronamintar]

Rest in peace, Jimi!

I love you!

[amusacat]

They made a fundamental mistake in JH career, they didnt mike (or mix) the drums as well as Led Z for instance.

[hue75]

I should say, this song from "War Heroes" is also here on YouTube at watch?v=ixfvdCkYvEs. Love it!

[hue75]

See watch?v=ixfvdCkYvEs

[burnout421]

I was very disappointed because it won't play! It's a great track and can be found on the album "War Heroes"

[HAVOLOK]

its not playing Y??

[shiannesdad]

he recorded midnight, hey baby, and pali gap all in the same session. imagine!

[valleysofneptune]

voodoo soup was never the name of the album....just a name alan douglas came up with after jimi's death...

the album, wouldve been called either -"cry of love" or "the first rays of the new rising sun"...

just thought i'd clear that up.

[Mhendeb]

Thanks for doing so. You learn something new everyday.

[TotzthePlaid]

It would've have to have been 'Cry of Love' because they already released the finished version of 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun'

[PAULOcbi]

@valleysofneptune are you saying the songs for CryofLove were not already picked out by Jimi b4 he died??

[blackdude57]

@valleysofneptune it was called WAR HEROES when it came out here

[Audiogenix]

Damn,i didn't know there was an "unedited " version,which i appreciate,i always wanted the begining to be longer.And theres a rhythm guitar in the mix ? One of Jimi'z greatest Improvz,thanx !!!!

[Audiogenix]

Allan Douglass did a great job editing this down for War Heros.

[HAVOLOK]

it doenst work

[Karmlik]

very unknown song but very raw. You could see him in the studio just coming up with it and the band falling in behind him

[madblunted]

Love that song, but wasnt it all chopped up by that douglas guy like the first song on that cd??

[Mhendeb]

Yeah, most of the tracks were actually still being worked on before Jimi's death. Afterwards they decided to release the music as is. Still not a bad album.

[thatacdcfan]

why won't it load?

[jhendrixfanatic]

Voodoo soup was after Jimi's death, I think. Alan Douglas didn't work on it til later. Great song!Check my favorites for other Jimi.