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It’s not everyday you get a “new” album*from late rock icon Jimi Hendrix. But*Valleys of Neptune is as close as you’re*going to get. This is the first in an ambitious schedule of releases by the*new partnership between the Hendrix*estate and Sony/Legacy. It’s billed as “a*newly curated album of 12 fully realized*studio recordings,” and though many of*the tracks have been often bootlegged*before, none have been previously issued*commercially. Some may question whether*they’re “fully realized”; the album kicks*off with a 1969 version of “Stone Free,”*with bassist Billy Cox replacing original*Experience member Noel Redding, that*sounds incomplete—more like a studio*demo than a fleshed-out track. The title*track, recorded shortly before Hendrix’s*death in 1970, features Cox, drummer*Mitch Mitchell, and percussionist Juma Sultan. A 1969 recording of “Hear My*Train a Comin’,” which has appeared*on several live Hendrix albums, uses the*original Experience lineup. Other original*Experience studio outtakes include “Red*House,” 1967’s bluesy “Mr. Bad Luck,”*and 1969 recordings of “Sunshine of*Your Love,” “Lover Man,” “Ships Passing*Through the Night” (the blueprint for*“Night Bird Flying”), and the intriguing*slow blues instrumental “Crying Blue Rain.”*</p>
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Nothing revelatory here, but still a*strong set of remastered Hendrix outtakes in first-rate sound.</p>
[Source: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune/]
It’s not everyday you get a “new” album*from late rock icon Jimi Hendrix. But*Valleys of Neptune is as close as you’re*going to get. This is the first in an ambitious schedule of releases by the*new partnership between the Hendrix*estate and Sony/Legacy. It’s billed as “a*newly curated album of 12 fully realized*studio recordings,” and though many of*the tracks have been often bootlegged*before, none have been previously issued*commercially. Some may question whether*they’re “fully realized”; the album kicks*off with a 1969 version of “Stone Free,”*with bassist Billy Cox replacing original*Experience member Noel Redding, that*sounds incomplete—more like a studio*demo than a fleshed-out track. The title*track, recorded shortly before Hendrix’s*death in 1970, features Cox, drummer*Mitch Mitchell, and percussionist Juma Sultan. A 1969 recording of “Hear My*Train a Comin’,” which has appeared*on several live Hendrix albums, uses the*original Experience lineup. Other original*Experience studio outtakes include “Red*House,” 1967’s bluesy “Mr. Bad Luck,”*and 1969 recordings of “Sunshine of*Your Love,” “Lover Man,” “Ships Passing*Through the Night” (the blueprint for*“Night Bird Flying”), and the intriguing*slow blues instrumental “Crying Blue Rain.”*</p>
<p>
Nothing revelatory here, but still a*strong set of remastered Hendrix outtakes in first-rate sound.</p>
[Source: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune/]
