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1 JANUARY • MONDAY
★ London W1, ‘BBC Broadcasting House,’ Great Portland Place. JHE radio interview recording. DONORS CONTINUE HERE.
2 JANUARY • TUESDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and his band collect visas from the Swedish Embassy in London, UK. • Hendrix writes a deposition attacking Capitol Records' recent release of tracks recorded before he was famous, on the album Get That Feeling. • London - Jimi Hendrix Experience photocall. CONTINUED HERE.
★ Flying from London, England, to Göteborg, Sweden. • Gösta Hanson interviews Hendrix for Goteborgs-Tidningen. • In the evening Jimi and Mitch went clubbing in Göteborg. Jimi and Mitch arrived back at “Hotel Opalen” from their club tour at 02.00 in the morning of 4 January. Jimi went to Mitch’s room where the tension built up until Jimi flipped and started smashing […] CONTINUED HERE.
4 JANUARY • THURSDAY
★ Lorensbergs Cirkus, Göteborg, Sweden. Concert (two shows of 45 minutes each - 19.00 and 21.30). CONTINUED HERE.
5 JANUARY • FRIDAY
★ Travelling from Göteborg to Sandviken. • Jernvallen, Sandviken, Sweden. Concert. CONTINUED HERE.
6 JANUARY • SATURDAY
★ Travelling from Sandviken to Göteborg; flying from Göteborg, Sweden, to Copenhagen, Denmark. • The group is interviewed by Sven Wezelenburg for Berlingske Tidende • Jimi Hendrix is interviewed by Frantz Secher at the hotel for Nye Børge. • Carsten Grolin also interviewed Jimi in the afternoon for Ekstra Bladet • Jimi Hendrix Experience interview conducted by Carsten Grolin for TV program ‘Peberkværnen' ('The Pepper Quern'). Live transmission (between 17.15 and 17.40) on Danish TV • “Star Club,” Copenhagen - The Jimi Hendrix Experience jam with the house-band. CONTINUED HERE.
7 JANUARY • SUNDAY
★ Tivolis Koncertsal, København, Denmark. Concert (two shows of 45 minutes each - 19.00 and 21.30). CONTINUED HERE.
8 JANUARY • MONDAY
★ Flying from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Stockholm, Sweden. • Stora Salen, Stockholm, Sweden. Concert • Stockholm - Radio interview with Jimi by Leif H. Andersson for the program ‘Pop 68 Special,’ transmitted on 14 January 1968 (between 18.30 and 19.30) on Sveriges Radio III. CONTINUED HERE.
9 JANUARY • TUESDAY
★ Travelling from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Göteborg, Sweden • Göteborg, police station - Jimi and Chas Chandler are being questioned regarding the “Hotel Opalen” incident on 4 January. Between now and 15 January, Jimi has to show his face each day at 14.00 hours at the ‘Report Room’ in the police station. Noel and Mitch return to England by boat at 16:30. CONTINUED HERE.
10 JANUARY • WEDNESDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. CONTINUED HERE.
11 JANUARY • THURSDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. CONTINUED HERE.
12 JANUARY • FRIDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. CONTINUED HERE.
13 JANUARY • FRIDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. CONTINUED HERE.
14 JANUARY • FRIDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. CONTINUED HERE.
15 JANUARY • MONDAY
★ Jimi Hendrix and Gerry Stickells stay at the Esso Motor Hotel, Göteborg. Jimi reports at the ‘Report Room’ of the Gothenburg police station at 14.00 hours. • Axis: Bold As Love is released in the U.S.A. on Reprise RS6281. CONTINUED HERE.