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Welcome to Just Ask the Axis. Ever wondered how many live recordings
of "Little Wing" there are? How many times the Experience played in New York? What day
of the week did they play at the Olympia, Paris in October 1966? Well,
now you can find out at the click of a button - let the database do the hard work for you.
At the moment, just ask the Axis contains events (gigs, interviews, jams etc)
which are known to have taken place, along with details of known audio recordings.
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It's really easy to use - specify your search criteria then
click the ask the Axis button.
Details of any known matching events
are listed in the top right frame.
Clicking on the date hyperlink on an entry in the
list shows any setlist and audio
recording details for that event
in the bottom right frame. If you specify a song name, only events having a setlist
will be searched. This doesn't mean the song wasn't performed at any other events, just
that the information isn't held so can't be searched.
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Part words/phrases are OK. For example, entering "junction" in
the Song box would be sufficient to find all occurrences of
"Villanova Junction Blues". In fact, this is the recommended way for entering song titles as
different people have different ways of typing the same song name - more details below.
Entering "mont" in the Town box will match Monterey and Montreal.
Watch out for punctuation and commonly
shortened words. For example the Olympia in Paris is stored as L'Olympia, so a
search for "the olympia" would fail. Just searching for "olympia" will do the trick.
Another example is the word "Saint" which could be stored in full or shortened to "St."
To search for "Saint Paul" you're better off just entering "Paul".
You get the idea. If you're feeling adventurous, you can use % (the percent sign) as a
wild card character - entering "S%Paul" would match "St Paul", "St. Paul" and "Saint Paul".
Usually, you're better off entering just a part of a song title or venue,
as some of these can be written in different ways - Driving South, Drivin' South, Drivin South
- which way is it stored in the database? If you just enter "South" or "Drivin%South"
you should hit them all.
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The State box works
differently depending on where the event took place.
For Europe, specify the county, (eg Yorkshire) for USA/Canada,
specify the state (eg California). All the states are stored in full, not with the two character code,
so Texas is "Texas", not "TX".
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The majority of events in the database are concerts performed by a particular line-up.
There are a couple of other categories which merit a bit of explanation.
The Line-up type "Interviews" finds interviews which are not
related to a particular gig. Some gig setlists, however, also contain interviews
which are associated with that gig. These can be found by specifying "interview" as
a song title. The Line-up type "Jam Session" finds jams which are not part of a gig.
Again, some gigs contain jammed versions of songs -
these can be found by entering "jam" as a song title.
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| If the database proves useful,
details of film/video recordings, reviews and photographs of events could be added.
An extra category for studio events could also be added, indexing the date and
recording studio(s) where songs were recorded.
It's all up to you... |
| If you notice any errors or omissions,
please email me with corrections or missing info and I'll update the database. Feel free to email
me any comments or suggestions. Please note, however, that I do not possess many of the recordings
referred to in the database, I've just loaded it up with details compiled from several
highly regarded sources of info.
email: Paul w
Thanks go to Jon Price who provided the initial
set-list & recording details, Saville & Maple Leaf reviews, and interview transcripts.
Thanks also to Chris Dixon for providing
copies of his "30th Anniversary Series" reviews, and Mark Jepson for transcribing the words in "..And now for our next song".
Key to quality ratings
E+ EXCELLENT + Master quality
E EXCELLENT CD quality
VG+ VERY GOOD + Vinyl. Very slight noise or distortion.
VG VERY GOOD Generally very good but not professional quality.
G+ GOOD + All instruments audible but with some distortion.
G GOOD All instruments audible but with excessive tape hiss, compressed sound or distortion.
R REASONABLE Usually an audience recording with good instrument balance but sound quality below average.
F FAIR Audience recording, poor balance with at least one instrument, bad distortion.
P POOR Only the main instrument clearly audible. Very distorted with bad hall ambience.
A ABYSMAL Virtually inaudible.
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Links
Up From The Skies Unlimited is the home
of Ben Valkhoff's revered "Plug Your Ears" web site, a comprehensive guide to all known audio and
video recordings of Jimi Hendrix, including studio recordings.
Ben has compiled two excellent books, Eyewitness: The Illustrated Jimi Hendrix Concerts 1969-1970
and Eyewitness - The Illustrated Jimi Hendrix Concerts 1968. Have you got your copies?
Ordering info
The Jimi Hendrix Record Guide
Purple Jim's comprehensive discography, loads of info and an alphabetical song index.
In From the Storm
Hans-Peter Johnsen's reference of unofficial and official releases.
Jimpress Towers - the home of JimPress magazine
and the invaluable reference From the Benjamin Franklin Studios.
Jimi Pass It On
A Yahoo group dedicated to trading Jimi's music - no pirates or bootlegs, just the best from collectors' trading circles.
also see... Jimi Pass It On 2
Univibes - the International Jimi Hendrix Magazine.
Site includes in depth write-ups of over a dozen shows.
Early Hendrix - Niko Bauer & Doug Bells's excellent site with information about the pre-fame career of Jimi Hendrix.
Ante Bubalo's Jimi Hendrix Music site.
Wolfgang's Vault amazing collection of handbills and posters.
The Hendrix Collection Great image archive.
Mitch Mitchell new site by Olve Strelow, June 2007.
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