Hendrix with Buddy Miles? Please help.

I'm on a quest for the version of Stepping Stone with Buddy playing drums. I know it was released as a single back in 1970 or so. I think the B-side was Room Full of Mirrors.

It's on an LP I have called Kiss the Sky but is there a current cd with the Buddy version? I checked out the sample track of First Rays on Amazon and I couldn't tell if that was Mitch or Buddy. Room Full on that record is definitely Buddy.

I have War Heroes where Mitch recorded over Buddy but I gotta have that solid ass train beat that Buddy laid down.

C'mon Jimi-philes. Help me!

 

Thanks for the reply, Jerry. You're right: After listening closely, that's definitely Mitch on First Rays. It's the same version I have on War Heroes.

You know, Mitch actually recorded over Buddy's track on Stepping Stone. Both versions are identical except for the drums. Mitch plays more of a straight rock beat on that cut. Buddy played this killer double-time, train beat, almost Country groove that just MAKES it.

Anyway, I found the Buddy version on mp3 on Amazon. I gladly coughed up 99 cents for the download. It's from a cd called, "Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection."

Thanks again!

 

Cool, fellas. Can we add anything else to this list of Buddy Miles drumming on studio recordings?

1. Room Full of Mirrors
2. Ezy Ryder
3. Stepping Stone
4. Izabella

 

Wow! Thanks, Jerry, for the list. I thought my thread was dead in the water. I get "subscribed thread" emails all the time from TalkBass. After my last post, I never got an email saying someone replied to this thread. Go figure.

I checked out the box set samples on Amazon and sure enough, it's definitely Buddy on the tracks you listed. Thanks so much for the info. I'm downloading the mp3's as I write this.

 

Sorry to beat this in the ground, fellas. I'm just trying to get a definitive Band of Gypsys studio recordings list together.

BTW, I don't mean to disparage Mitch's playing. Axis: Bold as Love is my favorite Jimi album. Are You Experienced and Electric Ladyland are right behind.

I just dig Buddy's hard-hitting, no-frills, solid back-beat style. It complimented Billy's bass playing so well. It really anchored the groove and let Jimi take off and do what he did so well - as is evident on the original Band of Gypsys Lp.

With y'all's help, I've compiled the following list of available studio recordings of Buddy, Billy and Jimi:

1. Stepping Stone
(First appeared as a 45 released on Capitol in 1970, b/w Izabella. Currently available on Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection. Mitch Mitchell recorded over Buddy's tracks and that version appeared on War Heroes, Voodoo Soup and First Rays)

2. Izabella
(see above. The Mitch re-record appeared on War Heroes and First Rays)

3. Room Full of Mirrors
(I can't prove it but I'm pretty sure it was released on another Capitol 45, b/w Message to Love. It also Appeared on the Rainbow Bridge soundtrack. Currently available on First Rays of the New Rising Sun)

4. Message To Love
(see above. Currently available on the MCA box set, The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

5. Astro Man
(Currently available on the MCA box. A different version with Mitch appeared on Cry of Love and later, First Rays)

6. Earth Blues
(Currently available on the MCA box. A different version with Mitch appeared on the Rainbow Bridge soundtrack)

7. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne
(Two different takes of this medley appeared on an EP called, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, released by MCA in 1999. It was taken from a rehearsal recorded just before the Band of Gypsys concert at the Fillmore)

Anyway, forgive me for getting all anal retentive about this. Hopefully some (one or two?) of my bass brothers will give a sh!t. Any corrections or additions are more than welcome.

 

Cool! I actually have that set. Rainy Day Shuffle is one of my favorite cuts. I should've known that was Buddy. His shuffle groove is on top!

For those that aren't hip, Lifelines is a 4 disc set taken from a radio documentary. It has all kinds of rare cuts on it and the 4th disc is the complete L.A. Forum concert in '69. The documentary is really good but after the first or second listen I was wishing the songs weren't edited - faded out prematurely or voiced over.

Outstanding! Thanks for the clip. I used to own both Nine to the Universe and Loose Ends but unfortunately lent them out and never saw 'em again.

Anyway, thanks to everybody, especially Jerry, for all the input.

Ben