1972 UK Import Housed In A Front Laminated Jacket. Nice VG++ Copy! Light Lamination Bubble And Gentle Corner Crease. "This Release On The Music For Pleasure Label Is Culled From The 1965 Live Recordings Made In New Jersey By Producer Ed Chalpin. Mfp Was Manufactured By EMI, And This Curtis Knight Material Featuring Jimi Hendrix Is Different From The Flashing And Get That Feeling Studio Recordings Released On Capitol In The U.s.a., But Does Include Tracks That Were Issued On Mfp's Birth Of Success And Emi/stateside's Early Jimi Hendrix, Vol. 2. Stateside Is An Interesting Name For A European Label, As These Tapes, Allegedly, Are Not For Sale In The U.s.a. -- The Licensing Provides For Their Manufacture And Sale Elsewhere And They Only Come To The United States As Imports. Side One Opens With 12 Minutes And 38 Seconds Of "Driving South" And "California Nights," Two Songs Credited To A Mcnear. A Voice, Perhaps Singer Curtis Knight, Opens The Disc By Saying, "I'd Like To Let Everyone Know That You're Being Recorded. This Is Being Recorded Live Here In The Fabulous George's Club 20 In Hackensack, New Jersey." Muffled Drum And Bass Come Through The Speakers Along With Guitar And Vocals. It May Be Historic, But It Is Not The Holy Grail. Unlike The Treat Jimi Hendrix Fans Have When The Official Experience Hendrix Company Issues Material With Love And Affection, All These Curtis Knight Recordings Are Carelessly Pushed Out To The World With No Sense Of History, No Chronological Order, No Liner Notes That Identify Just Where And When Each Track Was Recorded, And No Documentation Of Who Else Performs On This Live Show. Where Is Curtis Knight's Picture? On The What I'd Say Album There's A Beautiful Color Photo Of Jimi Hendrix On Front And Back, But It's Not Truly A Jimi Hendrix Album -- It Is A Live Tape Of Curtis Knight With Jimi Hendrix On Guitar. The Public And The Hendrix Legacy Would Be Better Served With Photos Of Curtis Knight, Some Sense Of History, And A Better Edit Of These Tapes. The Songs Fade Before They Are Finished, The Recordings Are Drum-heavy, With The Vocals And The Guitar Poorly Recorded, And It Is Utter Confusion Having This Material Strewn Over So Many Different Albums, Something That Adds Insult To Injury And Is Just Totally Disgraceful. This Version Of Marvin Gaye's "I'll Be Doggone" Is Not Something You Are Going To Play At Parties When The Original Motown Track Sounds So Much Better, While "Bright Lights Big City" Has No Flashes Of Inspiration From Anyone. The Cymbals Are Too Present And So Annoying That When It Does Fade Early It Enhances The Listener's Experience. Are The Tapes Historic? Yes. Does This Packaging Do Justice To Jimi Hendrix? Absolutely Not. The Verdict? Someone Should Take Control Of This Stuff And Put It Out Once And For All With Proper Liner Notes -- And A Warning To Artists. That Warning: No Matter How Influential And Valuable Your Work Is, Unless It Is In The Hands Of People Who Care About It And Appreciate It, There Is No Telling How It Will Be Represented. Ed Chalpin Should Turn His Masters And The Licenses Over To Experience Hendrix And Allow Hendrix's Family The Chance To Make These Recordings An Important Part Of The Hendrix Library That They Deserve To Be." AMG - Joe Viglione.