'Lost' Jimi Hendrix Song Found

An eight track recording has been discovered which allegedly contains a version of the Welsh national anthem by Jimi Hendrix.

Producer Dave Chapman discovered the songs by the band the New Flames when he was looking through tapes in a tea chest at London’s Crouch Hill studios.

Hendrix was close friends with New Flames bassist Viv Williams who is believed to have drafted the legendary guitarist in for a psychedelic interpretation of "Hen Wlyd Fy Nhadau" – "The Land Of My Fathers."

As the Guardian reports, the tape’s owner Marin Davies wants to confirm the authenticity of the recording with Williams.

He said: “We would know exactly who made the recording if we could find Viv Williams. He must be about 64 years old. If anyone knows his whereabouts, please let us know.”

Thanks for the report to GIGWise.com.

Comments

[Gypsy Eyed]

I've heard that recording, it's not Hendrix who plays on it. I can assure you...

[shugo449]

wow...

[sashki]

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

[guitarist41]

Gypsy Eyed wrote:

I've heard that recording, it's not Hendrix who plays on it. I can assure you...

How/Where did you hear it?

[sashki]

http://www.thereddragonhood.com/pages/jimi.html

wait for it to load.

[Eddy Hitler]

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

as far as i know , its different instruments on each different track , played 2gether.

[CraveUK]

Old news. And I severely doubt that is Hendrix from the recording I heard, plain awful!

[unknownalone]

^hendrix wasnt always good..so maybe it was before he was ever great? who knows. i havent heard it, so i cant say

[Supernova5]

I think it sounds damn good and it has the effect of jimi's American national anthem sort of.

[Godbe]

I've heard it, and it just hasn't got that psycadelic virtuosity that's in Hendrix's playing; it's just a few sustained notes with some distortion. I can't see it being confirmed but you never know.

[eisaac]

its a recording of a very good welsh guitarist called tich gwilym, not hendrix

[blakwyte]

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

don't you know what an 8 track tape is? somone is clearly not in touch with his retro roots

[gwitersnamps]

That's definitely not 'Drix playing. The red dragon hood site says that the guy was a friend of hendrix. Maybe he was influenced by him and did it himself?

[exe67]

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

man... are me and blakwyte the only people who know what an eight track is?

if you don't know, its how music was listened to before cassette tapes were around.

[WCS_Is_Worse1]

ummmm are we forgeting vinyls?

[Redferret]

i like how everyone is relating the song from the story with one on the internet. If has just been found there is absolutely no way it would be on the net right now. What you guys have heard is probably another band but Hendrix certainly could have done a version too

[vantage4]

it doesn't sound too much like hendrix to me...sure, same sort of style and it's an idea that sounds like something he might have done but i don't think the playing sounds like his.

[caught22]

I know where Viv Williams is...


I hope thats not Hendrix

[Surrylic]

Redferret wrote:

i like how everyone is relating the song from the story with one on the internet. If has just been found there is absolutely no way it would be on the net right now. What you guys have heard is probably another band but Hendrix certainly could have done a version too

My thought exactly! I was confused about how everyone thought they'd already heard it.

[TheGuitaristMan]

dude, I hope they find more lost tracks so then there would be another CD. that would be awesome

[(()()lY]

no way you no where viv is shes some has-been-60-year-old-dead
-beat-man-with a womans name and how can you just happen to find this link to this site to this forum on this particular subjesct out of 1,000,000 forums on this site and you know this not-so-famous bassist and just cuz i dosent sound like hendrix dosnt mean it isnt hendrix and if you know where viv is why dont you tell us...at least you will have proof because there are alot of people who just write down crap on websites because you know a guy who knows a guy whos knows a guy who had a cousin who had an uncle who had a great grandson who had a cousin twice removed who might have had a friend who knew hendrix who knew viv...you dont know where she is.
And half of you are talking about eight tracks wich has nothing to do with the subject were on and who really cares its 2007 not the stone age.

checked

[Chickenfrmheck]

its a prehistoric casette tape thing...lol

[Room On Fire]

god, 8 tracks sucked.

[5thhorseman]

My Mustang has an 8 track in it. The cd player is in the glove box. I thought they were awesome.

[l)ragonForce]

didnt he already have a national anthem song

[big-red]

^ that was the american one. and tehre are probally hundreds of unreleased hendrix songs

[Voodoo_Chile42]

You have to remember that Hendrix really hadn't developed his style by the time this recording would have taken place. So don't be surprised if it underwhelms.

[Gutch220]

sashki wrote:

http://www.thereddragonhood.com/pages/jimi.html

wait for it to load.

that doesn't even sound like Hendrix

[Minds_iron]

are you some kind of retard

[komander kaos]

exe67 wrote:

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?


man... are me and blakwyte the only people who know what an eight track is?

if you don't know, its how music was listened to before cassette tapes were around.

even i know, and i was born waaaaay after they went out of date

[Lucas_Crouse]

I'm a fan of hendrix and all but honestly could care less about it...It may suck ass but hendrix wasn't all that good till he became famous.

[SnowHeyOh]

Proud to be Welsh

[king_O_dudes]

big-red wrote:

^ that was the american one. and tehre are probally hundreds of unreleased hendrix songs

this is probably true, at least i hope

[Monkeygone2hvn]

exe67 wrote:

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?


man... are me and blakwyte the only people who know what an eight track is?

if you don't know, its how music was listened to before cassette tapes were around.

i have an 8 track recorder, so i definitly know what it is

[Suspended Chaos]

FallingHard wrote:

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

this guy is ignorent!!

Or maybe he just didn't know? I sure didn't.

What you said makes YOU ignorant.

[Ryo_Davis]

Suspended Chaos wrote:

FallingHard wrote:

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

this guy is ignorent!!


Or maybe he just didn't know? I sure didn't.

What you said makes YOU ignorant.

ig·no·rant–adjective 1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned


dictionary.com > you

[Ultimate_Taffy]

Go Wales! i love being welsh =]

[Panny180]

That hurt my ears and made me sad. That's not Hendrix, his corpse can play better than that.

Oi, calm down. Some people don't genuinely know what an 8-track is. No need to flame.


Checked.

[ArcherTheVMan]

exe67 wrote:

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?


man... are me and blakwyte the only people who know what an eight track is?

if you don't know, its how music was listened to before cassette tapes were around.

you do realise that that is also a very innaccurate definition?

[Satchpwnsnoobs]

That recording, to me, sounds more like something an inexperienced steve vai would play. I say this because of all of the whammy usage. Jimi never used the whammy bar like that. I also love how everyone on here is arguing about what an 8-track is. LMAO

[Kutanmoogle]

I get the feeling that the recording on the website is Gwilym's, but that the 8-track recording found is not the same.

Tich Gwilym died last year (RIP) and had a recording of the welsh anthem already.

[artcore]

I looked this up on google cause that red dragonhood website wasn't working for me. Anyway heres what i found just to help settle the deal about this thing being earlier or later during Hendrix's career it says:

If this is Jimi Hendrix on the recording then it would be one of his last recordings before his death on September 18, 1970.

I dunno if this source has any evidence as to this being one of his LAST recordings but thought I'd help. Here's the website url if anyone wants to read a more. http://bandweblogs.com/blog/2007/01/02/jimi-hendrix-and-the-wels
h-national-anthem-mystery
/

[Td_Nights]

Uh,correct me if i'm wrong,but why the hell are people talking about 8 tracks on here when this is about the alleged recording?

^I know someone will quote that.

[SurfinWithSatch]

It's not hendrix.....full stop
It was played on the BBC Wales news several times with many guitarist's including Phil Campbell from Motorhead.
All of which agreed that it is not Hendrix at all, and having heard it myself, I also agree that it isn't Hendrix....It's a very good rendition, and it sounds similar to something Hendrix would do, but end of story, it's not

[robman21007]

gh

[robman21007]

you guys are a bunch of dicks why are you even arguing over this. Bunch of stupid morons. I heard the song, and judgin by the sound of it, it definitely is Hendrix. I would know because im basically an expert in music, and in life in general, as a matter of fact. End of story. It's him. All you fags that think it's not are wrong.

[robman21007]

SurfinWithSatch wrote:

It's not hendrix.....full stop
It was played on the BBC Wales news several times with many guitarist's including Phil Campbell from Motorhead.
All of which agreed that it is not Hendrix at all, and having heard it myself, I also agree that it isn't Hendrix....It's a very good rendition, and it sounds similar to something Hendrix would do, but end of story, it's not

you're gay

[guitar champ104]

robman21007 wrote:

SurfinWithSatch wrote:

It's not hendrix.....full stop
It was played on the BBC Wales news several times with many guitarist's including Phil Campbell from Motorhead.
All of which agreed that it is not Hendrix at all, and having heard it myself, I also agree that it isn't Hendrix....It's a very good rendition, and it sounds similar to something Hendrix would do, but end of story, it's not



you're gay

no ur gay

[metal_freak_cam]

sashki wrote:

Does it mean 8 tracks as in recorded in 8 tracks, or is it 8 pieces of music?

retard....

[angusjr127]

wow i hope hendrix has a ****in shitload of songs that arnt recorded yet.
where are you guys hearing this song at?
i wanna hear it.

[TehShiz]

guitar champ104 wrote:

robman21007 wrote:

SurfinWithSatch wrote:

It's not hendrix.....full stop
It was played on the BBC Wales news several times with many guitarist's including Phil Campbell from Motorhead.
All of which agreed that it is not Hendrix at all, and having heard it myself, I also agree that it isn't Hendrix....It's a very good rendition, and it sounds similar to something Hendrix would do, but end of story, it's not



you're gay
no ur gay

Best. Arguement. Ever.

Lol.