Tape of Hendrix Stockholm Concert Found

[Gordon B]

Tape of Hendrix Stockholm Concert Found


The unmarked tape was recently found stashed on a shelf deep inside the station's enormous archives during a project to transfer archived material from tape and film to digital, SVT spokeswoman Catarina Wilson said Friday.

"They looked through the tape and found it had some Jimi Hendrix," Wilson said. "Then they saw it had a lot of Jimi Hendrix — the entire concert, which is what makes this tape unique."

The black-and-white recording from Stockholm's concert hall was ordered destroyed by a producer in 1969, a time when it was too expensive to keep all raw footage, Wilson said.

Hendrix died in 1970.

Wilson said it was likely that one of the state-run network's workers, perhaps a Hendrix fan, stashed it on the shelf, where it sat for 35 years gathering dust.

Part of the 56-minute concert was broadcast on SVT in 1969, before the Jimi Hendrix Experience disbanded, but it has never been shown in its entirety. SVT is determining if it still has the rights to show the entire broadcast of the concert.

"Of course we realize that this is great material that we would love to show," Wilson said.

[kedoane]

It's cool that this tape was found. Hopefully it is in good enough condition for it to be restored.

[BFrank]

I wonder if this will fall into the ownership of the Hendrix family or remains the property of STV. Either way, I'm hoping it gets released on DVD eventually.

[AntManBee]

I happened to see a snippet from the concert on the news last night, and it looked very good. If that clip's representative of the overall quality, then it's certainly good enough for official release (after whatever copyright problems are solved of course).

[AntManBee]

Originally Posted by Gordon B

The black-and-white recording from Stockholm's concert hall was ordered destroyed by a producer in 1969, a time when it was too expensive to keep all raw footage, Wilson said.

I just wonder how much great material was lost back then.

Personally, I'd love to see the Edgar Broughton Band show from the early 70's... legendary in the memory of those who are old enough to have seen the original broadcast.

[Ron Thorne]

Coolio!

[Pete C]

I have a good deal of the footage from the Stockholm show on a bootleg video. It must be the part that was broadcast, and there are reference times that display in one corner--not sure what the source was. It's an amazing performance.