Original version(s)

• Originally released as a 7" single by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Track Records 604 001, March 17, 1967)

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Hammersmith Odeon (2010), quoted in I Have Been In You, performed in London, UK, January 26, 1978
• Halloween 81 (2020), quoted in We're Turning Again, performed in New York, NY, October 31, 1981, early show
  • same version in The Torture Never Stops (1982/2007), as We're Turning Again
• Halloween 81 (2020), quoted in We're Turning Again, performed in New York, NY, November 1, 1981
• Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985), quoted in We're Turning Again, performed in Santa Monica, CA, December 11, 1981
  • same version on Understanding America (2012) as We're Turning Again
  • same version, remixed, on Have I Offended Someone? (1997) as We're Turning Again
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992), quoted in We're Turning Again, performed in Mannheim, Germany, May 25, 1988
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991), as Purple Haze, performed in Linz, Austria, May 28, 1988

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• January-February 1978 (Europe)—known quotations: 3
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 2

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1988; This song is only performed once during the tour, and it is not the performance captured on TBBYNHIYL. That performance is from a sound check, and is a more confident performance than the 5/26 "in-front-of-an-audience" version. Despite its somewhat clumsy nature, however, the 5/26 performance is great because it comes in the midst of an unusual, much better than normal "Willie the Pimp". During this show's performance of the "Hot Rats" classic, the band segues into "Flight of the Valkyrie" immediately upon entering what should be the guitar solo section. Following this brief Wagner quote, the band then finds itself in the midst of "Purple Haze", and manages to work its way through a rather sloppy performance of the tune. The arrangement is essentially the same as that Best Band version, but the results are not as good. Finally, to end this mini-Monster performance of "Willie the Pimp", Frank takes a better-than-average guitar solo, and the show continues.