Soon he was also jamming with London based band The VIPS and Eric Burdon and The New Animals. Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, The Who’s managers were in the audience and so impressed stumped up a £1,000 advance to tie Hendrix to their fledgling record company, Track Records. ![]() After touchdown at Heathrow, he got straight to it, jamming at the Scotch Of St James club. But no one could predict the tumult that would follow Hendrix’s arrival in the UK on September 24, 1966. He saw his golden opportunity in Hendrix, signed him up and flew him to London to launch a new career. ![]() By happy coincidence, The Animals’ career was winding down and Chandler was looking to move into management and record production. About a month later, Chas Chandler, bassist of The Animals, caught Hendrix’s set at Café Wha? in the Village, and heard him perform his version of Hey Joe.
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