Vinyl lovers who are also big fans of Jimi Hendrix--and the move he made to a funkier rock sound with Band of Gypsys in 1970--may want to pencil this in for their Christmas wish-lists.

On December 13, Sony's Legacy Recordings will release Songs For Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts, an eight-LP box set that assembles the debut concerts by Hendrix's Band of Gypsys at the historic Fillmore East in Manhattan (the place where the Allman Brothers played some seriously smokin' gigs, you may recall).

The four Hendrix gigs--two from New Year’s Eve 1969 and two from New Year’s Day 1970--are presented in their original performance sequence and feature over two dozen tracks that have either never before been released commercially or have been newly remixed.

Band of Gypsys saw Hendrix in the company of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles, and resulted in such killer tunes as "Changes", "Machine Gun", and "EZ Ryder":

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The lavish package is filled with unseen photos from talent such as Fillmore East house photographer Amalie Rothschild, Jan Blom (whose iconic, color saturated images provided the original artwork for 1970’s Band of Gypsys) as well as Marshall Amplifier representative Marc Franklin, who had full access to the group in their dressing room backstage. The booklet features remembrances from bassist Billy Cox and liner notes by author/journalist/filmmaker Nelson George. Songs For Groovy Children was produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, the trio that has overseen every project for Experience Hendrix since 1995. The box set was mastered by Grammy-winning engineer Bernie Grundman.

TRACK LISTING:

12/31/69 1^st Set:

DISC ONE/SIDE ONE

1) Power Of Soul

2) Lover Man

3) Hear My Train A Comin’

DISC ONE/SIDE TWO

1) Changes

2) Izabella

3) Machine Gun

DISC TWO/SIDE ONE

1) Stop

2) Ezy Ryder

3) Bleeding Heart

DISC TWO/SIDE TWO

1) Earth Blues

2) Burning Desire

12/31/69 2^nd Set:

DISC THREE/SIDE ONE

1) Auld Lang Syne%

2) Who Knows%

3) Fire

DISC THREE/SIDE TWO

1) Ezy Ryder*

2) Machine Gun%

DISC FOUR/SIDE ONE

1) Stone Free

2) Changes*

DISC FOUR/SIDE TWO

1) Message To Love*

2) Stop*

3) Foxey Lady

1/1/70 1^st Set:

DISC FIVE/SIDE ONE

1) Who Knows+

2) Machine Gun+

DISC FIVE/SIDE TWO

1) Changes+

2) Power Of Soul%

3) Stepping Stone%

4) Foxey Lady+

DISC SIX/SIDE ONE

1) Stop%

2) Earth Blues+

3) Burning Desire%

1/1/70 2^nd Set:

DISC SIX/SIDE TWO

1) Stone Free%

2) Power Of Soul#

DISC SEVEN/SIDE ONE

1) Changes#

2) Message To Love#

DISC SEVEN/SIDE TWO

1) Machine Gun%

2) Lover Man*

3) Steal Away*

DISC EIGHT/SIDE ONE

1) Earth Blues%

2) Voodoo Child (Slight Return)%

3) We Gotta Live Together#

DISC EIGHT/SIDE TWO

1) Wild Thing%

2) Hey Joe*

3) Purple Haze*

*previously unreleased

+first time on CD/LP/streaming (previously only available as part of concert film)

#longer, unedited versions of previously released material, and newly remixed

%back in print on CD/LP for the first time in a decade, and newly remixed