BFrank Posted September 18, 2004 Report Share Posted September 18, 2004 September 18, 2004 Tape of Hendrix Stockholm Concert Found By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Technicians at Sweden's public television have unearthed an unexpected delight for music lovers -- a complete original recording of a Jimi Hendrix concert in Stockholm from 1969 on a tape long thought to have been destroyed. The unmarked tape was recently found stashed on a shelf deep inside the station's enormous archives during a project to transfer archived material from tape and film to digital, SVT spokeswoman Catarina Wilson said Friday. "They looked through the tape and found it had some Jimi Hendrix,'' Wilson said. "Then they saw it had a lot of Jimi Hendrix -- the entire concert, which is what makes this tape unique.'' The black-and-white recording from Stockholm's concert hall was ordered destroyed by a producer in 1969, a time when it was too expensive to keep all raw footage, Wilson said. Hendrix died in 1970. Wilson said it was likely that one of the state-run network's workers, perhaps a Hendrix fan, stashed it on the shelf, where it sat for 35 years gathering dust. Part of the 56-minute concert was broadcast on SVT in 1969, before the Jimi Hendrix Experience disbanded, but it has never been shown in its entirety. SVT is determining if it still has the rights to show the entire broadcast of the concert. "Of course we realize that this is great material that we would love to show,'' Wilson said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Jimi Hendrix died 34 years ago today -- September 18, 1970. The discovery of Experience concert footage long believed destroyed is a remarkable coincidence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEK Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 The black-and-white recording from Stockholm's concert hall was ordered destroyed by a producer in 1969, a time when it was too expensive to keep all raw footage, Wilson said.... Wilson said it was likely that one of the state-run network's workers, perhaps a Hendrix fan, stashed it on the shelf, where it sat for 35 years gathering dust. Once again, history benefits from somebody who refuses to follow the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 That is a great show and it will be wonderful to see the film one day. . . hope hope hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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