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Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune

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Label: Experience Hendrix LLc.
Released: 2010.03.09
Time:
 62:02
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jimihendrix.com
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Purchase date: 2010.03.10
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Stone Free (Hendrix) - 3:46
[2] Valleys of Neptune (Hendrix) - 4:04
[3] Bleeding Heart (James) - 6:23
[4] Hear My Train A Comin' (Hendrix) - 7:32
[5] Mr. Bad Luck (Hendrix) - 2:58
[6] Sunshine of Your Love (Brown/Bruce/Clapton) - 6:47
[7] Lover Man (Hendrix) - 4:17
[8] Ships Passing Through the Night (Hendrix) - 5:52
[9] Fire (Hendrix) - 3:12
[10] Red House (Hendrix) - 8:22
[11] Lullaby for the Summer (Hendrix) - 3:48
[12] Crying Blue Rain (Hendrix) - 4:56
 

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Jimi Hendrix - Guitar, Drums, Overdubs

Billy Cox - Bass
Buzzy Linhart - Vibraphone
Buddy Miles - Drums
Mitch Mitchell - Drums
Noel Redding - Bass
Juma Sultan - Piano, Conga

Janie Hendrix - Producer
Eddie Kramer - Producer, Engineer
John McDermott - Producer, Liner Notes, Essay
Ulvis Alberts - Photography
James Davenport - Photography, Back Cover Photo
Barry Gruber - Research Assistant, Photo Research
Chandler Harrod - Assistant Engineer
Jimi Hendrix - Paintings, Quotation Author
Willis Hogan, Jr. - Photography
Willie Jinka - Research Assistant, Photo Research
Rick Kwan - Second Engineer
Derik Lee - Second Engineer
George Marino - Mastering
Linda McCartney - Cover Photo
Graham F. Page - Photography
Steve Pesant - Research Assistant, Photo Research
Peter Riches - Photography
Jerry Schatzberg - Photography
Jonathan Stathakis - Photography
Charlie Stavish - Second Engineer
John Sullivan - Photography
Aaron Walk - Second Engineer
Phil Yarnall - Design

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2010 CD Experience Hendrix 64056

This brand-new, completely unreleased studio album features 12 previously unreleased studio recordings totalling over 60 minutes of unheard Jimi Hendrix. Ten of these recordings were made between February and May, 1969, as the Jimi Hendrix Experience set out to create the sequel to their groundbreaking 1968 double-album Electric Ladyland. The album features “Valleys Of Neptune,” one of the most sought after of all of Hendrix’s commercially unavailable recordings, and includes exciting 1969 arrangements of the classic signature songs “Red House,” “Fire,” and “Stone Free.” Also includes unheard studio versions of Hendrix’s inspired interpretations of “Bleeding Heart” (Elmore James) and Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love.” Mixed by Eddie Kramer, the engineer for all of Hendrix’s albums throughout the guitarist’s lifetime. Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, the team behind all of the acclaimed Jimi Hendrix CD and DVD releases since 1996.

Die rührigen Nachlassverwalter von Jimi Hendrix, der im September 1970 im Alter von nur 27 Jahren verstarb, haben in den vergangenen Jahren so manchen Schatz aus den umfangreichen Archiven des Gitarristen gehoben. Neuester und gewiss spektakulärster Fund sind die bislang unveröffentlichte Studioaufnahmen, die größtenteils zwischen Februar und Mai 1969 entstanden sind. Die Songs von "Valleys Of Neptune" schließen die Lücke zwischen dem 1968 releasten "Electric Ladyland" und Hendrix unvollendetem Longplayer "First Rays Of The New Rising Sun" von 1970. "Valleys Of Neptune" entstand im Record Plant in New York und den Londoner Olympic Studios. Das virtuos eingespielte Album glänzt mit einer erlesenen Songsammlung, u.a. dem Cream-Cover "Sunshine Of Your Love", dem Elmore James-Klassiker "Bleeding Heart" sowie den exzellenten Hendrix-Kompositionen "Ships Passing Through The Night", "Lullaby For The Summer" und "Hear My Train A Comin'" - der Titelsong selbst ist eine der gesuchtesten Hendrix-Aufnahmen überhaupt. Desweiteren sind aufregende Neuarrangements der Signature-Songs "Red House", "Fire" und "Stone Free" enthalten. "Valleys Of Neptune" wurde für diese Veröffentlichung von Jimis langjährigem Toningenieur Eddie Kramer neu abgemischt, die Linernotes stammen von John McDermott, der vor gut 40 Jahren gemeinsam mit Hendrix und Kramer diese Tracks produziert hatte. Abgerundet wird das neue Album durch das Opendisc-Feature: Legen Sie die CD in ihren Computer ein und genießen sie kostenlos zusätzliche exklusive Hendrix-Inhalte!



After 40 years, a number of ill-conceived posthumous albums, and countless bootlegs, one would almost have to be skeptical of a new album billed as "12 previously unreleased studio recordings - almost 60 minutes of unheard Jimi Hendrix!" The good news is that Valleys of Neptune largely delivers on that promise. Even hardcore collectors will likely be surprised at how much of this album they haven't heard. But much of this material has been available before in some form, official and otherwise. Although there were tons of posthumous overdubs, elements of these very versions of "Stone Free" and "Hear My Train Comin'" were used as building blocks for the versions on Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning, respectively. Additionally, this version of "Stone Free" was included on 2000's The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, the only difference being that Noel Redding's bass and vocals were replaced with Billy Cox's bass from a slightly later studio session. An excerpt of the tune "Valleys of Neptune" was released as part of the Lifelines radio program box set, but that track ("Mr. Bad Luck" [aka "Look Over Yonder"]) and "Lullaby for the Summer" (basically an instrumental version of "Ezy Rider") were all well-known to collectors. However, Eddie Kramer's fresh mixes make them all sound better than ever. "Fire," "Red House," and "Sunshine of Your Love" are obviously well-known tunes, but these versions will most likely be new even to collectors. "Ships Passing Through the Night" (later transformed into "Night Bird Flying") and "Crying Blue Rain" are easily the rarest tracks here, and may well be surfacing for the very first time. The songs all sound mostly to completely finished; they definitely aren't just rough demos that got added to after the fact (although Mitch and Noel did do additional recording in 1987 for three of these tunes). Most of the tracks have multiple guitar parts, although Jimi probably would have replaced some of these guitar parts. It's not that they're at all bad, but some aren't perfect, and Jimi Hendrix was a perfectionist. "Crying Blue Rain" feels like just a studio jam (albeit a good one), and "Sunshine of Your Love" goes on just a bit too long with an unnecessary bass solo, but the rest sounds surprisingly finished and complete (and being studio recordings, the sound quality is excellent throughout). While it doesn't rise to the level of his other studio albums, Valleys of Neptune is a welcome catalog addition from a tremendous talent who died too young.

Sean Westergaard - All Music Guide
 

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