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John Harchar
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Valleys of Numenor
Valleys of Numenor June 2024-History of Middle Earth recap
John looks at books and sees a lot of Tolkien, including almost all of the History of Middle Earth series.
2024-06-28
24 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 40-The 1969 European Tour-January
The Jimi Hendrix Experience returns to the road in the first month of 1969 in surprisngly strong form as a lead up to their big filmed show at Royal Albert Hall in February.
2024-01-19
17 min
Valleys of Numenor
Valleys of Numenor 2024 preview
A look ahead at what we'll be covering in the new year
2023-12-30
05 min
Keep On Grooving
Keep On Grooving Holiday Special 2023
Video podcast for this year's edition of the special featuring the Keep On Grooving Yule Log and a rundown of what videos make good gifts for the Hendrix fan in your life.
2023-12-23
22 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 44-The Other Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
We discussed the other series from the pen of Tarzan's creator, as well as the films from these books that reached the big screen.
2023-11-22
33 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 39-The US tour, August 1967 and Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Jimi goes back into the studio with Curtis Knight and opens for the Mamas and the Papas at the Hollywood Bowl, yielding his latest album.
2023-11-18
20 min
Valleys of Numenor
Valleys of Numenor 2023 Halloween Special Video Companion
Video component to this year's special showing off the DVDs (and Blu ray set) used for the reviews
2023-11-05
16 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 38-The US Tour June-July 1967
We go over the summer tour (or string of multi-night stands) including a week in San Francisco, the recording of a new single, on tour with a group of TV stars (and a look at their career) and a return to Curtis Knight.
2023-11-03
17 min
Valleys of Numenor
The Valleys of Numenor 2023 Halloween Special: Godzilla-The Showa Era 1954-1975
A look at the first series of Toho films festuring the giant radioactive breathing monster as well as a number of related films including Rodan, Mothra and King Kong Escapes.
2023-10-29
48 min
Keep On Grooving
Epsiode 37-The Visual Side of Jimi Hendrix-soundtracks, biographies and alternates (oh my)...
We take a look at a number of films that have used Hendrix songs on their soundtracks, then go over the two Hendrix biographies that were unable to use Jimi's music, and finally go over the extras on the 1973 film's DVD, the extra footage added to the Jimi Plays Berkeley Blu-ray and the original 123 minute version of Rainbow Bridge.
2023-10-01
36 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 43-Tarzan of the Movies and TV 1981 thru today
We go over Tarzan's portrayals on the big and small screen over the past 40 years, the crazy love life of John Derek and Phill Collins' Oscar revenge.
2023-10-01
33 min
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Episode 42 Foundation 0210 Creation Myths
With the destruction of Terminius, is there still a Foundation left to do the show about? And will Demerzel's programming save the Cleonic dynasty, or destroy it once and for all?
2023-09-21
12 min
Keep On Grooving
Keep On Grooving Season 3 promo
A look ahead to what's coming up in the next year: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at the Hollywood Bowl, the return of the Keep On Grooving Holiday Special, the 1969 European tour, a look at the band Traffic and maybe, hopefully, the Electric Lady Studios box set...fingers crossed.
2023-09-20
02 min
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Episode 41 Foundation 0209 Long Ago, Not So Far Away
Day goes to Terminus to confront Hari Seldon's ghost (hologram?) while Gaal and Salvor try to escape from Ignis.
2023-09-15
10 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 36-Jimi Hendrix on home video 1998 thru today
We take a look at the home video releases during the Experience Hendrix era on DVD and Blu-ray, plus a side by side look at the different versions of the concert films for Monterey, Woodstock, Atlanta Pop and Isle of Wight
2023-09-10
47 min
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Episode 40 Foundation 0208 The Last Empress
Poly & Constant face execution, Gaal and Salvor are captives of the mentalics and Dusk & Rue being to discover Demerzel's hidden secrets.
2023-09-07
11 min
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Episode 39 Foundation 0207 A Necessary Death
Hober Mallow meets Bel Riose, the clarics meet the emperors, Sareth meets the gynecologist and Salvor meets her doom...maybe
2023-08-30
08 min
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Episode 38 Foundation 0206 Why the Gods Made Wine
Hari discovers the mentalics may not be as much of an ally as they hoped, while Poly & Constant and Hober Mallow reach their destinations to begin their missions.
2023-08-23
09 min
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Episode 37 Foundation 0205 The Sighted and the Seen
Gaal, Hari and Salvor arrive on Ignis and discover they have been expected and Sareth tries to get to the bottom of the assassination attempt and finds an eons old secret.
2023-08-13
09 min
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Episode 36 Foundation 0204 Where the Stars Are Scattered Thinly
Hober Mallow goes tothe Vault and finds out what his part will be in Hari Seldon's plan, while Bel Riose goes to Siwenna to discover what he can about the rumored organization.
2023-08-10
08 min
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Episode 35 Foundation 0203 King and Commoner
We meet Bel Riose and Hober Mallow, two individuals closely tied to the fate of the Foundation as Gaal and Salvor deal with the disembodied Hari...but not for long...
2023-08-04
09 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 35 Jimi Hendrix on film, TV and video 1986-1998
The home video market of the 80s gave studios the opportunity to mine their back catalog for video footage and the Hendrix camp was no exception. Several major festival performances were finally released as was a Rockumentary on MTV.
2023-08-04
31 min
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Episode 34 Foundation 0202 A Glimpse of Darkness
Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin tryi to get off of their former home planet. The Cleons are about to go back to expand the dynasty the old fashioned way and the Vault is opening on Terminus, meaning we’re coming up on the Second Crisis.
2023-07-27
08 min
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Episode 33 Foundation 0201 In Seldon's Shadow
Hari is trapped in a Matrix of his own design, the Cleons plan expanding their empire the old fashioned way, an arranged marriage and Gaal and Salvor get to know each other as mother and daughter while the Second Crisis begins to emerge.
2023-07-18
11 min
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Episode 32 Tarzan of the Movies...and TV 1943-1976 or so
Johnny Weissmuller continues playing Tarzan thru the 40s, then a continuing series of actors picked up the mantle on film and on TV until the 70s when things took a break for nearly a decade.
2023-07-14
39 min
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Episode 31 Foundation Episode 10 The Leap
Hari Seldon's plan is working perfectly...except for the fact one of the main people leading it is nowhere to be found. The emperors also find out they're not so perfect after all.
2023-07-11
11 min
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Episode 30-Foundation Episode 9 The First Crisis
The Anacreons and Thespins gather on Terminus to settle things once and for all and Brother Dawn tries to make a great escape but can't run from himself...literally!
2023-07-08
09 min
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Episode 29 Foundation Episode 8 The Missing Piece...of what?
The emperor takes a religious journey, Hardin tries to save Trantor from attack and Gaal wants out of the whole thing after finding out there will be a Second Foundation.
2023-07-05
09 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 34 Jimi Hendrix at the movies...and on TV 1965-1973
We detail several sets of performances on TV in Europe and the US, talk about his three big screen appearances during his lifetimes and the three projects that came out in the years immediately after his death.
2023-07-01
53 min
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Episode 28 Foundation Episode 7 Mysteries and Matryrs and Men, da da da...
The Anacreons hijack a ship and pan to attack Trantor, while Brothers Day & Dawn face new challenges of their own to be...individuals?
2023-06-28
07 min
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Episode 27-Foundation Episode 6 Death and the Maiden
Brother Day learns about religion and the Foundation fights back against the Anacreons.
2023-06-22
09 min
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Episode 26-Tarzan of the Movies (and Radio and TV and the comics) 1918-1942
Tarzan hits the mass media during the silent film era, as well as the comic strips and radio. When the films began to talk, Tarzan spoke less than he did in the silent era.
2023-06-17
38 min
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Episode 21-Foundation Episode 1 The Emperor's Peace
Isaac Asimov's Foundation has finally made it to the screen. Does this adaptation do the story justice? We'll go over the premiere episode and see how they start off.
2023-06-13
15 min
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Episode 25-Upon Further Review...Awakening
Gaal Dornick awakens after 35 years and the Anacreons play their hand.
2023-06-13
07 min
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Episode 24-Foundation Episode 4 Barbarians at the Gate...literally!
The Anacreons threaten the Foundation at Terminus while the Emperor's clones all deal with different issues.
2023-06-09
08 min
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Episode 23-Foundation Episode 3 The Mathematician's Ghost
So what's that Vault thing already there on Terminus when no one was supposed to be there?
2023-06-04
07 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 33-Eric Clapton 1970 The Howlin' Wolf Sessions, All Things Must Pass and Derek & the Dominos
Eric plays on sessions with a blues legend and his best friend's epic solo album, while falling for his wife. He then turns that turmoil into a classic double album assisted by one the greatest guitarists of his generation. Then it all comes crashing down when addiction takes over his life.
2023-06-02
1h 00
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Episode 22-Foundation Episode 2 Preparing To Live
Hari Seldon's team prepares the Foundation while the Emperors launch an attack that will help further their downfall.
2023-05-27
09 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 20-Tarzan of the Books
We'll take a look at the original novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs plus a few extras along the way, some of them quite interesting.
2023-05-19
37 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 32-Eric Clapton 1969-1970 Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie and Eric Clapton (s/t)
Eric Clapton goes from one supergroup to the next, but Blind Faith ends before it could even get started. He then plays with various other artists and hooks up with good time rockers Delaney & Bonnie. With their help, he ends up gaining the confidence to make his own solo album.
2023-05-06
38 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 19-The World of Robert E. Howard
The connections between the characters created by Robert E. Howard run far and wide. Hear which ones are closely tied in and which ones aren't as tied in as you'd think
2023-04-21
34 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 31-Eric Clapton 1966-1968 Cream and the Beatles (and Mountain)
A look at Eric Clapton's career during the time Jimi Hendrix was on the scene. Part 1 deals with Cream and guest starring on the Beatles White Album, as well as a discussion of Mountain...wait, Eric wasn't in Mountain...
2023-04-08
49 min
Valleys of Numenor
The Story of Conan-Annotations
Where did a lot of the other ideas in the last few episodes come from if they weren't by Robert E. Howard. I go through the scripts and fill you in. Plus another Rings of Power update, this time some names join the cast.
2023-03-31
1h 17
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Episode 18-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria Part 7: Conan the Conqueror
Conan battles a resurrected wizard and hunts for a lost jewel to save his kingdom and sets out to travel across the western sea.
2023-03-19
21 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 30-Jimi Hendrix Live 1970 June 5 through August 1
The second half of the US tour takes Jimi from small venues to several giant festivals as well as the Rainbow Bridge shows in Maui for his last dates in America.
2023-03-17
25 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 17-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria Part 6: Conan the King
Conan goes from adventurer to mercenary general to king of Aquilonia, only to be threatened by man and wizard alike.
2023-03-10
28 min
Valleys of Numenor
Lord of the Rings update 2023
Warner Brothers (or Warner Discovery) has made a deal to make more Lord of the Rings related films. We'll go over what they might do, what they should do and what they shouldn't.
2023-02-26
11 min
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Episode 16-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria Part 5, Conan the Warrior
In the second part of the Saga of Black and Red, the Cimmerian leaves the sea to become a scout for Aquilonia, which brings him into conflict with his ancient enemies the Picts. His battles with them end up leading him back to the sea and eventually into partnership with a famed female adventurer.
2023-02-14
25 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 29-Jimi Hendrix Live 1970, April 25 to May 30, the LA Forum through Berkeley
We look at the first part of the Cry of Love tour as Jimi returns to the road for this first time in nearly a year, starting at the LA Forum and making a stop at UC Berkeley to film a movie and record an album.
2023-02-10
29 min
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Episode 15-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria Part 4, Conan the Adventurer
Conan goes from a tribal leader in the east to the monarch of a southern kingdom to a return to the western seas and the life of a buccaneer
2023-02-03
19 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 28-Jimi Hendrix Live August 30-September 6, 1970
We take a look at each song in each concert from the final week of Jimi's tour. There are some good shows, some bad ones and some of the best versions of songs Jimi ever did.
2023-01-23
29 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 14-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria Part 3, Conan the Wanderer
Conan goes from the captain of the guard to a desert chief, discovers a lost city and leads a band of outlaws against Turan
2023-01-08
15 min
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Episode 13-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmeria, Part 2-Conan the Mercenary
Conan returns to the Hyborian world as a soldier of fortune, selling his sword to the highest bidder. He becomes a general and a pirate, as well as meets the woman whose spirit will remain with him the rest of his life.
2022-12-30
14 min
Keep On Grooving
The Keep On Grooving Holiday Special-2022 Encore
Encore presentation of the holiday special with a new ending regarding the best box sets to get as presents
2022-12-24
16 min
Keep On Grooving
The Keep On Grooving Video Holiday Special
We take a look at the events that happened around the holidays during Jimi's career, plus a review of the box sets that have come out over the years...all with the Christmas tree in the background!
2022-12-24
32 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 12-The Nemedian Chronicles on Conan of Cimmera, Part 1-Conan the Thief
We tell the tsle of Conan as it appears in the Nemedian Chronicles as well as other legends attributed to the barbarian. Part 1 deals with his birth, his early travels in the north and his time as a young thief in Zamora
2022-12-24
15 min
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Valleys of Numenor Year End Update
Some quick bits of news regarding Rings of Power Season 2
2022-12-23
02 min
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Episode 11-Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian Construction of a Chronology Part 2-Fragments, Synopses and Drafts, Oh My!
We work out the Conan chronology by piecing it together in the order Howard wrote the stories and other material to see how things match up against the previous timeline and what needs to change and why.
2022-12-16
42 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 10-Conan the Barbarian Construction of a Chronology Part 1
In this episode we put together a chronology of the Conan stories based on their appearance in Weird Tales magazine in the 30s and see how it matches up with the Miller/Clark one that became the standard.
2022-12-03
21 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 27-The Sony era 2022 Live at the LA Forum, April 26, 1969
The Experience's show at the LA Forum gets a stand alone release, so we'll talk about that, its previous release on Lifelines as well as the events of that week that began the changes to Jimi's career that would soon follow.
2022-11-25
32 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 9A-John Looks At Books: Fall of Numenor
A discussion of the early work of Tolkien, how the Book of Lost Tales may have been a fantasy classic while Silmarillion needed 40 years before it got published, and a look at the new Fall of Numenor collection.
2022-11-21
22 min
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Episode 9-Tolkien Goes To Market
The marketing for the Rings of Power was wide ranging but did it get to the right audience and did it tell them what the show was really about?
2022-11-14
23 min
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Valleys of Numenor Halloween Special
A look at the horror and fantasy films of an unlikely duo with a Jersey connection.
2022-10-30
1h 02
Keep On Grooving
Episode 26-Hendrix's Helpers Part 2
Part two of the look at the other people in Jimi's working world, from the tour managers to his later bandmates...and Alan Douglas.
2022-10-28
24 min
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Episode 8-Who Are You...Times Two
The season finale (after 8 episodes?) and we get not one but TWO big reveals. But were they the right ones at the right time?
2022-10-17
16 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 25-Hendrix's Helpers Part 1
The first group of the most important people in Hendrix's professional career from his producers, managers and bandmates, how they helped him and the other bands they worked with as well. Plus in this episode a short dissertation on the career of Aynsley Dunbar.
2022-10-14
31 min
Valleys of Numenor
Episode 7-The Lady in Red...Ashes
The eruption of Mount Doom and the discovery of mithril leaves permanent scars among the beings of Middle Earth.
2022-10-08
13 min
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Episode 6-All Along the Watchtower
The Numenoreans come to the rescue of the men of the Southlands, but will they be in time to stop Adar's evil plan...whatever it is.
2022-10-02
13 min
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Episode 5-The Elvish Affair
Someone is searching for Nori's big friend, the men are split on whether to surrender or fight and the Numenoreans prepare to make the voyage to Middle Earth.
2022-09-25
14 min
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Episode 4-The Mithril Job
Galadriel succeeds in her mission, but at what price? Elrond discovers what the dwarves have been hiding from them. And Adar sends Arondir with a message to the men of the southlands.
2022-09-19
16 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 24-Jimi's last month
We go over the last month of Jimi's life, from the party at Electric Lady Studios through the final weeklong tour and the confusion surrounding his final days, including some of the crazy conspiracy theories.
2022-09-18
21 min
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Episode 3-ish: Galadriel's Island
Galdriel and Halbrand find Numenor and Elendil, Arondir is captured by orcs and the Harfoots begin their migration, with a giant tagging along.
2022-09-12
16 min
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Episode 2-The One After the Premiere
The second episode of Rings of Power has Galadriel adrift, Elrond meeting the dwarves and the giant causing all kind of problems for our Harfoots.
2022-09-06
15 min
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Episode 2 or 1B-The Premiere
The first episode of Rings of Power is out, we'll take a look at what's Tolkien and what's not and how it works.
2022-09-04
21 min
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Episode 1A-The Tolkien Resources Guide
Video of which books will be of use when watching Rings of Power and which ones won't
2022-09-04
06 min
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Episode 1-The Rings of Power: Book Tolkien Forgot...To Write
We discuss the writings Tolkien left behind that discuss the Second Age and the difficulties the creators of The Rings of Power may face bring it to Amazon Prime.
2022-08-27
26 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 23-Covers and Tributes Part 2-1993 thru today
The 1990s and 2000s brought us several tribute albums with a wide variety of artists providing their takes on Jimi's songs, plus his old pals Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood honor their fallen friend in their reunion shows,
2022-08-20
26 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 22-Guest appearances, covers and tributes Part 1-1966-1992
In the first of two episodes, we'll look at Jimi's guest appearances during his days with the Experiences, then at a number of different covers done by various artists through the 70s and 80s.
2022-08-05
34 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 21-The Curtis Knight era 1961-1966
Jimi's recordings with Curtis Knight and the Squires are discussed along with the numerous ways these songs have come out over the years.
2022-07-09
37 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 20-The Sony era 2019-2021: A Box of Gypsys, Royal Albert Hall and Live at Maui
2019 gave fans their first good look at the long promised Royal Albert Hall film and a box set featuring all four sets by the Band of Gypsys. 2020 was going to be a major anniversary year, but a world wide pandemic changed everyone's plans. Despite that, Jimi Hendrix managed to get FOUR releases out that year.
2022-06-10
31 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 19-Mixing It Up with the Jimi Hendrix Experience Part 1: Are You Experienced (and Smash Hits)
The Jimi Hendrix Experienced made a thunderous debut with their first album Are You Experienced. This episode goes over that album in depth, the difference between the UK and US versions and how Smash Hits was used differently in each area to give record buyers the full picture.
2022-05-27
38 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 18-Mixing It Up with the Jimi Hendrix Experience Part 2: Axis Bold As Love
We look at the Jimi Hendrix Experience's second LP, its stereo and mono mixes that both appear on the recent SACD plus a mystery mix that popped up along the way.
2022-05-13
17 min
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Episode 17-Mixing It Up with the Jimi Hendrix Experience Part 3-Electric Ladyland
This episode, we go over the making of Jimi's double album masterpiece track by track, as well as discussing the changes made when creating the 5.1 mix for the 50th anniversary edition.
2022-04-29
28 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 16-The Sony era 2018 (Both Side of the Sky, Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary and SACDs)
Sony goes to the well one more time with a third 'new' studio album, a 50th anniversary set is released for Electric Ladyland and high end SACDs are scheduled for Are You Expereinced and Axis: Bold As Love...but only one makes it out.
2022-04-16
34 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 15-The Sony era 2013-2017 (People, Hell & Angels, Miami Pop, Atlanta Pop, Machine Gun and the PPX Sessions)
Sony releases another "new" studio album to even more chart success, more live material makes its way out and we begin our discussion of the Curtis Knight era.
2022-04-01
27 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 14-The Sony Era 2011 (Winterland and Hendrix In The West Revised)
After a Top 5 album and career spanning box set, Sony returns to California for two live projects including a surprise reissue and an expansive look at a famous run of shows from 1968
2022-03-18
16 min
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Episode 13-The Sony Era 2010 (Valleys & Neptune and West Coast Seattle Boy)
Jimi's catalog switches labels again and the new label doesn't hold back, releasing a brand new album and a box set to show they mean business. And they're rewarded with a Top 5 album.
2022-03-05
31 min
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Episode 12-The Experience Hendrix Era 2002-2009 (Blue Wild Angel, Live at Berkeley, the Noel Redding Experience Sessions and Live at Monterey)
After taking care of box sets and bootlegs, Experience Hendrix returns to some of the big concert appearances with new audio and video combos, as well as Noel Redding getting his due with his own collection.
2022-02-17
16 min
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Episode 11-The Experience Hendrix era Dagger Records
Experience Hendrix gets into the bootleg business and releases some essential material to trace the growth of Jimi as an artist
2022-02-11
16 min
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Episode 10-The Experience Hendrix Era 2000-2001 (and 2003) Retrospectives (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Voodoo Child and Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues)
Listeners finally get the long awaited career spanning box set, but they also get another new best of and a segment on a PBS special done by one of America's most famous directors.
2022-02-04
22 min
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Episode 9-The Experience Hendrix Era 1997-1999 (First Rays of the New Rising Sun, South Saturn Delta, BBC Sessions, Live at the Fillmore East and Live at Woodstock)
Jimi's family takes control of his back catalog and begins to try to sort out his legacy by putting old pieces back in place, adding some new ones and attempting to correct the flaws of some of the previous posthumous albums, with mixed results.
2022-01-22
35 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 8-The Alan Douglas Era 1993-1995-Workin' For MCA (:blues, Woodstock and Voodoo Soup)
Jimi's catalog moves labels from Reprise to MCA with promises to build the catalog back better than ever. But after a promising start with a blues collection and a Woodstock album, the project comes to a crashing halt in some voodoo soup.
2022-01-07
30 min
Keep On Grooving
The Keep On Grooving Holiday Special
A quick rundown of the holiday themed songs and concerts Jimi performed in his career both before the Experience all the way through to the Band of Gypsys. Merry Christmas!
2021-12-24
08 min
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Episode 7-The Alan Douglas Era 1988-1991 Boxed In (Lifelines, Stages. Sessions and Footlights)
The late 80s led to a plethora of box sets and ressiues to fill up the CD shevles. What did Jimi's labels do to fulfill the audience's desire for new and unreleased material?
2021-12-16
25 min
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Episode 6: The Alan Douglas Era 1986-1988 (Jimi Plays Monterey, Johnny B. Goode, Band of Gypsys 2, Live At Winterland and Radio One)
The mid 80s brought forward a new batch of Hendrix releases. Some long awaited like the full set at Monterey and others like...interpretive dance! What? It took an upstart CD label to get the Hendrix legacy back pointed in the right direction.
2021-11-27
30 min
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Episode 5-The Alan Douglas Era 1980-1984 (Nine To The Universe, The Jimi Hendrix Concerts, The Singles Album & Kiss the Sky)
As a new decade begins, Jimi releases a jazz album, a double live album and a new greatest hits collection for a new medium: the compact disc.
2021-11-13
20 min
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Episode 4-The Alan Douglas Era 1975-1979 (Crash Landing, Midnight Lightning and The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volumes 1 & 2)
Alan Douglas, an old friend of Hendrix, comes into to manage the pile of material the guitarist left behind and ends up doing so for the next two decades.
2021-10-31
28 min
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Episode 3-The Mike Jeffrey era, 1972-1974 The End...of the Beginning (War Hereos, Soundtrack to a Film About Jimi Hendrix & Loose Ends)
The Mike Jeffrey era comes to a close and it looked like Jimi Hendrix's posthumous career would come to an end as well.
2021-10-21
35 min
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Episode 2-The Mike Jeffrey era, 1970-1972 Live (Band of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, Hendrix In The West and others)
Jimi Hendrix's legacy rests on his stellar live performances as well as his ground breaking studio work. This episode look at some of the early live releases, both in the last year of his life and soon after his passing and how these performances cemented his reputation and set the standard (both high and low) for releases to come.
2021-10-03
29 min
Keep On Grooving
Episode 1-The Mike Jeffery Era 1971 (Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge)
The passing of Jimi Hendrix in 1970 led to an unprecedented string of posthumous album releases that continues to this day. The first episode of Keep On Grooving looks at the first two LPs after his death, Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge and how they set the stage for future albums down the line.
2021-09-19
34 min