The first two releases from Dagger Records were both Live albums but by the time of the third release the shift was on. MORNING SYMPHONY IDEAS is mostly a studio album of musical ideas, riffs and patterns Jimi kept pursuing during his life.
Several of the tunes had been on unauthorized bootlegs for years and were familiar to many a fan. They pre-told of Jimi's future. But the quality and the fidelity are commercial in their range. Jamming to Jimi was like you or me watching TV, just a normal part of our lives. Many recognizable musical phrases are heard on this album which later played out to their fullest on his later releases. Centered around Jimi's late 1969 jam sessions, these show the master at work, honing his artistry to even greater heights.
Ah, but the difference shows in the appealing, unheard ( as of 2000 ) "Scorpio Woman", a solo tape made personally for Melinda Merryweather, an actress Jimi befriended in Hawaii during the filming of the Michael Jeffery film RAINBOW BRIDGE. It shows Jimi as a vulnerable human soul with tender feelings not heard on other recordings. Melinda had kept the tape, for almost 40 years, as a keepsake of her time in Hawaii with Jimi.
If the first two albums were a home run and a bunt single, this is a triple, almost up to the standard of new listener acceptance. This puts most every unauthorized bootleg to shame for it's quality standard.
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