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! - amazon.de

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.

VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE: Track by Track
All of the 12 recordings featured on the album have never before been released on a CD/LP. The songs document the pivotal time period after Electric Ladyland and before Electric Lady Studios and the recordings made there that would later take form as Cry of Love and First Rays.

Valleys of Neptune documents both the final studio recordings Jimi made in 1969 with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience and the first efforts with new bassist Billy Cox. As a number of the song titles will be familiar to fans and buyers alike, the following details the key characteristics of each of the tracks on Valleys of Neptune.

"Stone Free": The original 1966 recording by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience is best known as one of Jimi’s signature songs. The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000) featured a new remake by the original group. Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Billy Cox recorded this version in May 1969. It is a different recording entirely.

"Valleys of Neptune": This track was recorded in September, 1969, and May, 1970. This full-band version has never been released. An extract of a demo Hendrix made of this song -- featuring just Mitchell on drums and percussionist Juma Sultan -- was part of the short-lived Reprise/Polydor album Lifelines, which was in the marketplace between 1990 to 1992.

"Bleeding Heart": This cover of the classic blues song by Elmore James is different entirely from the versions featured on South Saturn Delta and (originally) on War Heroes. This recording has never been issued and features Jimi, Billy Cox, and drummer Rocky Isaac. It was recorded in April, 1969.

"Hear My Train A Comin’": This electric, full-band version is different from the famous 12-string acoustic version that was featured in the 1973 documentary Jimi Hendrix and subsequently on the album Jimi Hendrix: Blues.

"Mr. Bad Luck": Like “Valleys of Neptune”, a different version of this song was part of Lifelines in (1990). Jimi would later develop this song as “Look Over Yonder,” issued as part of South Saturn Delta.

"Sunshine of Your Love": A stage favorite for the group during the 1969 period which has never been released.

"Lover Man": Jimi recorded many different arrangements of this song, including the versions on both the Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000) and South Saturn Delta. This is an entirely different recording made in February, 1969.

"Ships Passing Through the Night": A never-before-released track taken from the last recording session by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience on 4/14/69.

"Fire/Red House": Both of these songs by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience were recorded at the same February, 1969, session. They feature the expanded stage arrangements Jimi had developed and are not alternate takes of the original 1967 recordings.

"Lullaby for the Summer/Crying Blue Rain": These April, 1969, recordings by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience have never been released.
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Ich mag sowas irgendwie nicht, wenn nach dem Tod eines Künstlers "neues" Material veröffentlicht wird. Das wird einzig allein gemacht um Geschäft mit einem Toten zu machen, finde ich pietätslos. Mit Michael Jackson isses genau so, und mit vielen anderen auch. Ausserdem weiss man gar nicht, ob er gewollt hätte dass das veröffentlicht wird.

und die american VI wird auch hochgelobt - ich werde die CD bald bei amazon marketplace reinstellen, das werk ist einfach eine riesige enttäuschung nach den fünf american recordings-reihen.

greetinx, s.