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Exclusive Satisfaction Rating: 80% Based on 134 reviews.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Release Date: March 9, 2010
Original Release: January 1, 2010
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Package Dimensions (in inches): 0.4 x 5.6 x 5
Package Weight: 0.05 pounds
Item Weight: 0.05 pounds
Other Details
EAN: 0886976405625
Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
MPN: 764056
Number Of Discs: 1
Package Quantity: 1
UPC: 886976405625
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Editorial/Description:Album Description: 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.
Tracks:Disc: 1
1. Stone Free
2. Valleys Of Neptune
3. Bleeding Heart
4. Hear My Train A Comin'
5. Mr. Bad Luck
6. Sunshine Of Your Love
7. Lover Man
8. Ships Passing In The Night
9. Fire
10. Red House
11. Lullaby For The Summer
12. Crying Blue Rain
Customer Reviews:
Ranks with Jimi's best albums
(3 of 3 Found this Helpful)
June 5, 2010
As you let the music and the sound of that guitar wash over you, you realize 40 years later that he is still the best.
No Scraps Here!
(1 of 1 Found this Helpful)
June 13, 2010
First off let me say up front I've been listening to the Great Jimi Hendrix all my life. Am I obsessed? Possibly, Am I crazy? Maybe, Am I the biggest Hendrix fan in the galaxy? Absolutely! I own everything Hendrix ever made that's out so far. From all the bootlegs, To the Dagger Stuff, And by the way the dagger concerts are great! Pick them up when you can. I also own all the Michael Jeffery Estate Tapes. And I can say with out a doubt that VALLEY'S OF NEPTUNE is one of Jimi's great album's!!! That's right a truly great recording. I was totally shocked when I listened to it the first time. Jimi sounds great and the songs in there different mixes is phenomenal. The song Valleys Of Neptune is excellent. I can truly say this album is a classic! I would list it like this - #1- Are you experienced #2- Electric Ladyland #3- Axis:Bold as Love #4- Band Of Gypsys #5- First Rays Of The New Rising Sun #6- Valleys Of Neptune. That's right it is that good/great! So don't listen to all the naysayers who say this is just scraps or unfinished songs they are dead wrong. And for all you Hendrix fans out there, There is alot more where this came from. In the book BLACK GOLD - THE LOST ARCHIVES OF JIMI HENDRIX - It states that there are thousands of hours of unreleased music in the vault. They will be releasing Jimi's music for the next 50 years!!! So go buy this now! You won't be sorry! Long Live The Master Of The Stratocaster!!! Peace!
The Man With The Blue Guitar
(1 of 1 Found this Helpful)
July 19, 2010
A Hendrix release is always a bit of an event and thankfully this one justifies all the praise. A blues-drenched psychedelic daydream of an album with the usual mighty guitar stylings of the maestro. The songs are OK, a lot of funky riffs and good-time "Yeah, yeah's" but the title track has a classic feel and all the versions of older songs are just wailing! The guitar playing and watershed of blues rock is what elevates this album and I think maybe the brightest burning moment of it all is his cover of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love. That's a must have for any Hendrix collection!
Nothing Less Than Fantastic !
(8 of 12 Found this Helpful)
March 18, 2010
All Hendrix Fans should enjoy this record. I can't understand why they would'nt The old songs are a pleasure to hear and the new songs are simply wonderful. Great riffs more than make up for the absense of long extended lead solos. The Hendrix Family should be proud of this one, money making scheme or not, just buy it. Anyway what's wrong with making money? I mean you don't have to buy it, nobody is forced.
Jimi Jam session = priceless
(2 of 3 Found this Helpful)
May 14, 2010
I am not sure what the people who gave this luke warm reviews were expecting or why they bought the album. If someone asked me if I wanted to sit on the studio floor while Jimi played some extended loose jams on Sunshine, Red House, Fire, etc. - hmmm - I think I might tend to say yes. With the clean, warm sound on this cd, that's exactly what it feels like. The takes bring something completely different (less focus but more "groove") to the originals, and the unreleased songs are a nice addition as well. I hope if there is more of this lying around, it will see the light of day.
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