Songs of Experience ... Jimi Hendrix in 1967. Photograph: Marc Sharratt/Rex Features This year will see a spate of new – sorry, old – Jimi Hendrix material, according to his estate, honouring the 40th anniversary of the guitarist's death. Valleys of Neptune, the first compilation of unreleased music, will be issued in March.
"It's wonderfully fresh material," Eddie Kramer, a former Hendrix engineer, told USA Today. "You hear the pure essence of the band, an in-your-face vibrancy. There were only four tracks and no overdubs, with Jimi singing as if he's in concert. He's at the top of his game." Valleys of Neptune's 12 songs were taken mostly from sessions at London's Olympic Studios and New York's Record Plant in 1969. Intended for the follow-up album to Electric Ladyland, they feature Hendrix's first work with bassist Billy Cox and his final recordings with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup. Kramer, who recorded the tracks, was brought back for new digital mixes.
Besides the title track, a favourite of Hendrix collectors, Valley of Neptune's highlights include the only Jimi Hendrix Experience studio recording of Hear My Train a Comin', an instrumental rendition of Cream's Sunshine of Your Love, new versions of Fire and Red House, and the early original Mr Bad Luck. According to Hendrix's sister Janie, who now oversees his estate, the guitarist's "brilliance shines through on every one of these precious tracks".
The compilation will be released on 9 March, together with deluxe reissues of Are You Experienced, Axis, Electric Ladyland and First Rays of the New Rising Sun, each with a bonus documentary directed by Beatles Anthology creator Bob Smeaton. More re-releases are planned for later in the year, including the 1968 best-of Smash Hits, a Blu-Ray edition of Live at Woodstock. As for the rest of the unreleased music, Kramer claims there's loads to sort through. "[It's] a strong vault," he said, "a lot of live stuff, that we have yet to tap into." The estate made similar promises last year, announcing a DVD with backstage footage of Hendrix, which has yet to be released.
in: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/12/new-jimi-hendrix-material
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