Out now
22/03/21
Hendrix/1969: Day By Day is the latest project by leading authority Ben Valkhoff, in collaboration with Italian researcher and collector Luigi Garuti. The previous book by the Valkhoff/Garuti team – Hendrix/1968: Day By Day – won them a 5-star rating in UK magazines Classic Rock and Record Collector: “Meticulously-detailed, forensically-checked,” “The new gold standard for Hendrix books.”
Valkhoff’s book One Last Experience – The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At The Royal Albert Hall won him a 4-star rating in UK music magazines Mojo and Record Collector: “Forensic account of the day’s events”, “beautifully presented labour-of-love.”
Hendrix/1969: Day By Day is a 424-pages accounting of Jimi’s life during this tumultuous year. The Valkhoff/Garuti team has documented in detail the concerts of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, studio recordings, after-midnight jam sessions, and interviews. Performance details include: setlists, support acts, eyewitness accounts, and anecdotes by fans. This book also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Jimi’s love life, leisure time, and his encounters with fans.
Updated with new information, thoroughly researched and highly detailed, Hendrix/1969: Day By Day sets the benchmark for all publications to come, indispensable to all future Hendrix scholars.
★ Pages: 424
★ Size: 170 x 240 mm
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Record Collector, April 2021.