A new Jimi Hendrix record boasting 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970 will be released next spring.
Following 2010’s ‘Valleys of Neptune’ and 2013’s ‘People,
Hell and Angels’, the new album ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ is the third and
final release in a trilogy of albums that present the best and most
significant unissued studio recordings remaining in Jimi’s distinguished
back catalogue.
Available to buy on CD, digital and normal 180-gram audiophile vinyl
2LP formats on Friday 9th March 2018, ten of the 13 songs on the record
have never been released before.
John McDermott, one of the album’s co-producers, together with
long-term Hendrix collaborator Eddie Kramer and Jimi’s step sister Janie
Hendrix, says: “Since Experience Hendrix began its restoration of the
Jimi Hendrix music catalogue in 1997, our goal has been to present these
important recordings to Jimi’s fans in the best possible quality.
“We are excited about achieving that. We’ve also been intent on
generating album releases which present this amazing music in its proper
context.”
Opening with a cover of Muddy Waters’ ‘Mannish Boy’, much of the
album was recored by the trio that would eventually dub themselves Band
of Gypsys; Jimi on guitar and vocals, Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles
on drums.
Previously unheard versions of Hear ‘My Train A Comin’’, ‘Stepping
Stone’, ‘Jungle’, ‘Cherokee Mist’ (featuring Hendrix on both electric
guitar and sitar) as well as the January 1968 recording of ‘Sweet Angel’
also feature.
Guest performers on album tracks include Stephen Stills, Johnny Winter and Lonnie Youngblood.
Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C, says:
“We have a growing commitment to preserve the legacy of Jimi and also to
continue to give the worldwide family of Jimi fans quality releases.
That’s what ‘Both Sides of The Sky’ reflects…our ongoing commitment. In a
deeper sense, it’s the keeping of a promise.
“Jimi and I once made a promise to each other. He said he would take
care of me and I told him I would take care him. Through his music and
our preservation of his work, my brother and I honour one another. We
are now in our third decade of watching over Jimi’s creative works and
our resolve to maintain the integrity of what he left us has only grown
stronger with time.”
Eddie Kramer says: “Jimi’s true home was the studio, that’s where the
music and the magic happened. He loved everything about recording and
it’s been my distinct pleasure and an honour to play a part in that
process both then and now.”
The ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ track-listing is as follows:
1. Mannish Boy*
2. Lover Man*
3. Hear My Train A Comin’*
4. Stepping Stone*
5. $20 Fine* (ft. Stephen Stills)
6. Power Of Soul
7. Jungle*
8. Things I Used to Do (ft. Johnny Winter)
9. Georgia Blues (ft. Lonnie Youngblood)
10. Sweet Angel*
11. Woodstock* (ft. Stephen Stills)
12. Send My Love To Linda*
13. Cherokee Mist*
* previously unreleased
