I thought #1 Infidel would have commemorated the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's passing. So I guess I have to come out of hiding and do it myself.
Showing posts with label jimi hendrix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jimi hendrix. Show all posts
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Jimi Hendrix 27/11/42 - 18/09/70
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Jimi Hendrix !
Valleys of Neptune is the reason why Jimi Hendrix was the Best Guitarist of his times ( And still far better than many out there today )
This IMO is the best sounding Hendrix EVER ,(been listening to it for a couple days now).
The instrumental of Sunshine of your love is amazing , as with the rest of the tracks Hendrix absolutely Cut loose on these , except for a wah wah , no effects at all and it sounds like a lot of live cuts (no edits ), just Hendrix doing what he did best , Molest , rape , and obliterate a Stratocaster and a wall of Marshall amps ! 
WSJ.com
News of a new Jimi Hendrix album could be greeted by fans of the rock guitarist with understandable skepticism. Hendrix only released three studio albums during his lifetime, but more than ten have been issued under his name after his death. Fans want to hear his work, but they also want to see his legacy respected by only putting out material from the vaults that’s worthy of his talent.
“Valleys of Neptune,” the newest new Hendrix album, due out tomorrow, features twelve tracks that have never before been officially commercially available. Some of the songs are covers (such as a version of Elmore James’ “Bleeding Heart” and an instrumental rendering of Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love”), others are new takes on already-released songs (including alternate versions of “Fire” and “Hear My Train a Comin”). But the new album also features originals, including the title track, “Lullaby for the Summer,” and “Ships Passing through the Night.”
The bulk of the tracks were recorded around 1969, roughly between the release of the Hendrix album “Electric Ladyland” and his appearance at Woodstock. The sessions captured the final recordings of Hendrix’s band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which featured bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. (Redding and Mitchell added to their parts on one of the “Neptune” tracks, “Crying Blue Rain,” in 1987, long after Hendrix’s death in 1970.)
“Valleys of Neptune” has a raw, muscular sound. Hendrix gets caught up in the groove, letting his vocals slide into scat and unleashing his guitar. The recordings are largely free of studio trickery, which can date an album by tying it to trends of the moment. This may be as close to a new Hendrix album as his fans will ever get.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New Jimi Hendrix Album To Be Released
Awesome , Been waiting for this for years !
Ultimate guitar.com
A new Jimi Hendrix album featuring a host of unreleased studio material is to be released on March 8.
Tracks featured on "Valleys Of Neptune", which is produced by Hendrix's stepsister Janie, along with John McDermott and Eddie Kramer, include covers of Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" and Elmore James' "Bleeding Heart".
The original version of The Jimi Hendrix Experience rendition of "Hear My Train A Comin'", along with alternate cuts of "Ships Passing Through The Night" and "Lullaby For The Summer" are also included on the album, which was recorded at several studios in London and the US between 1968 and 1970.
Janie Hendrix said that the album offers a "deep insight into [Jimi's] mastery of the recording process and demonstrates the fact that he was as unparalleled a recording innovator as he was a guitarist."
The tracklisting for "Valleys Of Neptune" is:
01. Stone Free
02. Valleys Of Neptune
03. Bleeding Heart
04. Hear My Train A Comin'
05. Mr. Bad Luck
06. Sunshine Of Your Love
07. Lover Man
08. Ships Passing Through The Night
09. Fire
10. Red House
11. Lullaby For The Summer
12. Crying Blue Rain
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, found dead
Now he can Experience Jimi again!
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band's 1967 debut album "Are You Experienced?" as well as the trio's albums "Electric Ladyland" and "Axis: Bold As Love." He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hard-charging songs such as "Fire" and "Manic Depression."
The Englishman had been drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast part of the tour.
Hendrix died in 1970. Bass player Noel Redding died in 2003.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Old Jimi Hendrix guitar fetches $497,557
Just shy of 500,000 ! not bad ! I'm surprised it did not get more!
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p2pnet news view | Music:- A tatty, battered old guitar which’d been set on fire 43 years ago has netted almost half-a-million dollars.
That’s because it once belonged to Jimi Hendrix.
In March, 1967, at the end of a concert in England, “Hendrix produced a bottle of lighter fuel, squirted it over his Fender Stratocaster and put a match to it,” says The Telegraph.
And, “For the next 40 years, the charred guitar sat in a garage in Hove of the parents of his former publicist”.
But this week it was bought for £280,000, “by a 51-year-old rock memorabilia collector called Daniel Boucher,” says the story.
Even at that, it didn’t reach the expected price.
“The Fame Bureau, the British specialist auction house, said the scorched guitar was found last year at the home of a relative of Tony Garland, Hendrix’s former press officer,” says the Boston Herald.
“It had been predicted to sell for up to $900,000.”
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