The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two

The Essential Jimi Hendrix (Vol. 2)

Greatest hits album by Jimi Hendrix

Released

July 1979

Genre

Rock

Label

Warner Bros. Reprise Records

Jimi Hendrix chronology

The Essential Jimi Hendrix
(1978)

The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two
(1980)

Nine to the Universe
(1980)

Singles from The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two

"Gloria"
Released: 1979

Professional ratings
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The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two, released a year after Volume 1 in 1979, is a continuation of the greatest hits by Jimi Hendrix. When released on CD, both volumes were released together as a double-CD package.

The LP also contained a 7" 33¹⁄₃ RPM one-sided EP of The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing the song "Gloria".

Track listing

All songs composed by Jimi Hendrix except where noted.

Side One

"Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) - 3:25 (Are You Experienced?, 1967)
"Fire" - 2:41 (Are You Experienced?)
"Foxy Lady" - 3:15 (Are You Experienced?)
"The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:15 (Are You Experienced?)
"I Don't Live Today" – 3:49 (Are You Experienced?)
"Crosstown Traffic" – 2:17 (Electric Ladyland, 1968)

Side Two

"Wild Thing" (Chip Taylor) – 6:44 (Live at the Monterey Pop Festival, Monterey, California, June 18, 1967)
"Machine Gun" – 12:09 (Live at Fillmore East, New York City, New York, January 1, 1970) (Band of Gypsys, 1970)
"The Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith, arr. Hendrix) – 3:45 (Live at the Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, August 18, 1969) (Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, 1970)

Also included with the album was a 7" 33 1/3 RPM one-sided single of "Gloria" (Recorded at TTG Studios, Hollywood, CA, October 29, 1968).

"Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 8:47

Personnel

Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals
Noel Redding – bass, backing vocals
Mitch Mitchell – drums
Billy Cox – bass on "Machine Gun"
Buddy Miles – drums on "Machine Gun"

References

↑ The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two at AllMusic

Jimi Hendrix

Original 1966–1970 releases are marked in bold.

Studio albums	Are You Experienced Axis: Bold as Love Electric Ladyland The Cry of Love Rainbow Bridge War Heroes Loose Ends Crash Landing Midnight Lightning Nine to the Universe Voodoo Soup First Rays of the New Rising Sun South Saturn Delta Valleys of Neptune People, Hell and Angels

Live albums	Band of Gypsys Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival Experience Isle of Wight Hendrix in the West More Experience The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Jimi Plays Monterey Johnny B. Goode Band of Gypsys 2 Live at Winterland Radio One Stages Live Isle of Wight '70 Woodstock BBC Sessions Live at the Fillmore East Live at Woodstock Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight Live at Berkeley Live at Monterey Winterland Miami Pop Festival Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival

Compilations	Smash Hits Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix Musique Originale du Film Jimi Plays Berkeley Re-Experienced The Essential Jimi Hendrix The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two Stone Free The Singles Album Kiss the Sky Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show Cornerstones: 1967–1970 Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story Stages The Ultimate Experience Blues Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection The Singles Collection Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Official bootlegs	Live at the Oakland Coliseum Live at Clark University Morning Symphony Ideas Live in Ottawa Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 Hear My Music Live at the Isle of Fehmarn Burning Desire Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 Live at Woburn

Singles	"Hey Joe"/"Stone Free" "Purple Haze" "The Wind Cries Mary"/"Highway Chile" "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"/"The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" "Foxy Lady" "Up from the Skies"/"One Rainy Wish" "All Along the Watchtower" "Crosstown Traffic"/"Gypsy Eyes" "Fire" "If 6 Was 9" "Stepping Stone" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" "Freedom"/"Angel" "Dolly Dagger"/"Star Spangled Banner" "Johnny B. Goode"/"Little Wing" "Hear My Train A Comin'"/"Rock Me Baby" "Day Tripper" "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" "Valleys of Neptune" "Bleeding Heart" "Come On (Part 1)" "Like a Rolling Stone"/"Spanish Castle Magic"

Songs	"1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" "Are You Experienced?" "Blue Suede Shoes" "Bold as Love" "Born Under a Bad Sign" "Catfish Blues" "Castles Made of Sand" "Drifter's Escape" "Ezy Ryder" "Gloria" "God Save the Queen" "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" "Hoochie Coochie Man" "Hound Dog" "I Don't Live Today" "It's Too Bad" "Killing Floor" "Machine Gun" "Manic Depression" "Mannish Boy" "May This Be Love" "My Friend" "Peace in Mississippi" "Red House" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" "Sunshine of Your Love" "Third Stone from the Sun" "Voodoo Chile" "Wait Until Tomorrow" "Wild Thing"

Concert tours	The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour The Cry of Love Tour

Films, books, tributes	Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Hendrix Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix An Illustrated Experience Becoming Jimi Hendrix Jimi: All Is by My Side

Related people and acts	Curtis Knight Lonnie Youngblood Jimmy James and the Blue Flames The Jimi Hendrix Experience Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Chas Chandler Eddie Kramer Roger Mayer Michael Jeffery Billy Cox Buddy Miles Alan Douglas Leon Hendrix Kathy Etchingham

Related articles	Original discography Posthumous discography Videography "Testify" "Mercy, Mercy" Canadian drug charges and trial Electric Lady Studios Black Gold Death of Jimi Hendrix

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