John Lennon - Walls and Bridges

Despite a slow start, this one really picks up on and after "Scared". Probably due to the fact that it's recorded during his "lost weekend" with May Pang (a long-time supporter of his reunion with Macca), this one is the most Beatles-esque album of the three I have, "Imagine" and "Plastic Ono Band".

All songs bar the Elton John duet and short playful coda with son Julian on drums(Ya Ya), could have fit on "White Album". Nice! The remix cleans it up somewhat. Bonus trax are a bit superfluous, the live version of "Whatever Gets you Thru the Night" (that Elton duet) and an alternate "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)". Pretty good for me also as I only heard "#9 Dream" from the "Shaved Fish" comp (I'm a virgin to most songs here).

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Fillmore East

Other songs from the New Year's Eve and Day 1970 concerts apart from the "Band of Gypsys" tracks. Can be a bit superfluous as Hendrix already picked the best tracks for that release. Some tracks suffer from mic problems and Billy Cox missing a note here and there.

Remarkable only for the blistering "Auld Lang Syne" and the work in progress songs "Stepping Stone" (called "Tryin' To Be" by Hendrix here) and "Earth Blues", both of which are miles better than the studio versions (found on "First Rays of the Rising Sun"). The unintentional instrumental version (due to mic failure) of "Who Knows" is also pretty good. Two versions of "Machine Gun" are a bit too much and both lack the "bombing" finale on the BOG version.