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{{Short description|Unofficial Little Richard album}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Friends from the Beginning – Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix
| type         = studio
| longtype     = (unofficial)
| artist       = [[Little Richard]]
| cover        = Littlerichardjimihendrixfriends.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1972
| recorded     = various dates 1964–1971
| genre        = [[Rock and roll]]
| length       = 34:55
}}
'''''Friends from the Beginning – Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix''''' is an album attributed to [[Little Richard]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]], purportedly recorded sometime between 1964 and its 1972 release date. Contrary to the album title and claims in the liner notes, Hendrix does not contribute anything to the recording.<ref name="Shapiro">
{{cite book
| last1 = Shapiro
| first1 = Harry
| last2 = Glebbeek
| first2 = Cesar
| title = Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy
| publisher = St. Martin's Press
| year = 1990
| isbn = 0-312-05861-6
| page = [https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/574 574]
| url = https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/574
}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/friends-from-the-beginning-mw0000040051
| last = Viglione
| first = Joe
| title = ''Friends from the Beginning'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = January 8, 2014
}}</ref> Little Richard's involvement in some of the songs has also been questioned.<ref name="Shapiro"/> Over the years, similar albums have been released in various formats by small record labels in many countries (see [[#External links|Discogs link]] at bottom of page).
[[AllMusic]] critic Joe Vilione describes the album as "totally bogus" and adds:
{{quote|Fraudulent recordings like ''Friends from the Beginning'' serve no purpose but to confuse the public and harm the reputations of the artists whose names appear on these travesties. It is a deception.<ref name="AllMusic"/>}}
Hendrix was an occasional member of Richard's backup band, [[The Upsetters (American band)|the Upsetters]], between late 1964 or January 1965, through June or July 1965.<ref name="Brown">
{{cite book
| title = Jimi Hendrix: 'Talking'
| last = Brown
| first = Tony
| author-link = Tony Brown (journalist)
| year = 2003
| location = London
| publisher = [[Omnibus Press]]
| isbn = 978-1-84449-006-6
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixtalki00hend/page/31 31–34]
| url = https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixtalki00hend/page/31
}}</ref><ref name="West Coast">
{{cite AV media notes
| title = [[West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology]]
| others = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| year = 2010
| first  = John
| last = McDermott
| type = CD set booklet
| publisher = [[Legacy Recordings]]
| id = 88697769272
| page = 7
}}</ref> Hendrix biographers have identified only two songs he recorded with Richard, but are uncertain about the recording dates. "I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me)", a two-part single released by [[Vee-Jay Records]] in November 1965, and "Dancing All Around the World".<ref name="West Coast"/> Neither song appears on this album, although they are included on the ''[[West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology]]'' (2010).<ref name="West Coast"/>
In July 1965, Hendrix played guitar during a [[WLAC-TV]] television appearance by Buddy & Stacy, two vocalists with the Upsetters.<ref name="McDermott">
{{cite book
| last1 = McDermott
| first1 = John
| last2 = Kramer
| first2 = Eddie
|author-link2= Eddie Kramer
| last3 = Cox
| first3 = Billy
|author-link3= Billy Cox
| title = Ultimate Hendrix
| location = San Francisco
| publisher = [[Backbeat Books]]
| year = 2009
| isbn = 978-0-87930-938-1
| page = 13
}}</ref>  They performed the [[Junior Walker]] hit "[[Shotgun (Junior Walker & the All Stars song)|Shotgun]]", which was broadcast on ''Night Train'', a Nashville, Tennessee, music variety show.<ref name="McDermott"/>  Soon thereafter, Hendrix moved to New York City, where he sent a postcard to his father:
{{quote|He [Little Richard] didn't pay us for five and a half weeks, and you can't live on promises when you're on the road, so I had to cut that mess loose.<ref name="Brown"/>}} Richard's brother, Robert Penniman, later claimed that Hendrix was fired because "he was always late for the bus and flirting with all the girls and stuff like that."<ref name="Brown"/>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Discogs master|262880|type=album}}
{{Little Richard}}
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