Alan Douglas (record producer)
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Alan Douglas is an American
record producer
who has worked with Jimi Hendrix
, Miles Davis
, Lenny Bruce
and the Last Poets. He runs his own record label, Douglas Records.
Douglas' production work on a few of Hendrix's posthumous releases is sometime considered controversial. This controversy is primarily due to tracks on the Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning
LP releases. On these releases Douglas replaced the original drum and bass tracks and added guitar overdubs newly recorded by session musicians, and additional added female backing singers to one track. On the much later Voodoo Soup
compilation album Douglas is known to have wiped original drum tracks on two songs and replaced them with Bruce Gary.
Second, on the 1993 CD releases of Hendrix’s three studio albums, the original album artwork and packaging were scrapped in favor of new renderings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
However, Douglas's supporters credit him with maintaining, if not reviving, Hendrix’s musical legacy during the 1980s and 1990s and note that many younger fans appreciated the access to the then out-of-print material included on many of Douglas’ releases.
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record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
who has worked with Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider , better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist...
and the Last Poets. He runs his own record label, Douglas Records.
Douglas' production work on a few of Hendrix's posthumous releases is sometime considered controversial. This controversy is primarily due to tracks on the Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning
Midnight Lightning
-Personnel:*Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals*Mitch Mitchell – drums on track 3Added in 1975:*Jeff Mironov – guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8*Lance Quinn – guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6 and 7...
LP releases. On these releases Douglas replaced the original drum and bass tracks and added guitar overdubs newly recorded by session musicians, and additional added female backing singers to one track. On the much later Voodoo Soup
Voodoo Soup
Voodoo Soup is a posthumous album by Jimi Hendrix. It was released on April 11, 1995 by MCA Records and was compiled by Alan Douglas, who was also responsible for the posthumous Hendrix releases Midnight Lightning and Crash Landing in the 1970s...
compilation album Douglas is known to have wiped original drum tracks on two songs and replaced them with Bruce Gary.
Second, on the 1993 CD releases of Hendrix’s three studio albums, the original album artwork and packaging were scrapped in favor of new renderings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
However, Douglas's supporters credit him with maintaining, if not reviving, Hendrix’s musical legacy during the 1980s and 1990s and note that many younger fans appreciated the access to the then out-of-print material included on many of Douglas’ releases.