New Jimi Hendrix album out in March

Jimi Hendrix fans, rejoice: An album of previously unreleased studio recordings by the guitar virtuoso will be released in March. Valleys of Neptune, which arrives on March 9, includes recordings with the original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup, primarily from 1969 sessions. The album’s title track will be released as a single on February 2, beginning a retrospective of Hendrix’s work that commemorates the 40th anniversary of his death on September 18, 1970.

More, here: http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/jimi-hendrix-explores-new-valleys-1004057960.story

Please read the article. What do you think?

As Mr. McDermott says, Jimi just left this whole, completed stuff. Apparently nobody noticed it (while scavenging for studio scraps to record bass/drums over in order to obtain Hendrix music).

...any material from bygone heros is cool as long as they are not rehashed compilations trying to rake in more bucks....Beatles and Floyd spring to mind

Hey, I thought he was dead. 

This looks like a good one, thanks to Expeience Hendrix, Jimi's posthumous 'career' is back on track. All the right people are involved, Kramer, Cox etc and no sign of Alan Douglas.

For those who are wondering where the material keeps coming from, Hendrix lead lengthy recording sessions at various studios almost every night for most of his adult life, there is still tons of material out there.

I was slightly disappointed that most of the 'new' material was blues, I'd love to hear some more of his fusion work with McLaughlin, Larry Young etc, but if Experience Hendrix can bring in more money for his family and friends ... good!

Edited by Easy Money - January 13 2010 at 18:07

Well I'm pretty skeptical, but if there actually is fresh stuff out there, bring it on.

Slartibartfast wrote: I've got the posthumous First Rays of the New Rising Sun and it's fairly decent.  I get the feeling if he hadn't croaked he might have gone in a more proggy direction.

Hendrix jammed with Miles Davis and I don't know what ever became of that. From our track record of Hendrix releases in the last 3 decades, you would think that someone has a tape of this. There are lots of recordings from the Alan Douglas days that haven't been re-released by the estate. They are mostly deleted and expensive.

TODDLER wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: I've got the posthumous First Rays of the New Rising Sun and it's fairly decent.  I get the feeling if he hadn't croaked he might have gone in a more proggy direction. Hendrix jammed with Miles Davis and I don't know what ever became of that. From our track record of Hendrix releases in the last 3 decades, you would think that someone has a tape of this. There are lots of recordings from the Alan Douglas days that haven't been re-released by the estate. They are mostly deleted and expensive.

Easy Money wrote: This looks like a good one, thanks to Expeience Hendrix, Jimi's posthumous 'career' is back on track. All the right people are involved, Kramer, Cox etc and no sign of Alan Douglas.

I always loved the recordings of Hendrix with Traffic... the estate needs to officially release that haha.