Jimi Hendrix had a four-year recording career -- 1967 to 1970 -- and in that time released just four studio albums. Yet, he has arguably released more albums than any of his contemporaries, and there's another one on the way.
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is a deluxe box set with 39 songs -- 38 of which are previously unreleased. He recorded them with his new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums -- at his Electric Lady Studios in New York between June and August of 1970. It will be released on September 13th.
Among the highlights of this set, which will be available in numerous configurations, are 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays of the New Rising Sun album, plus three bonus tracks -- “Valleys of Neptune,” “Pali Gap,” and “Lover Man.” And the Blu-ray includes the new documentary, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, which will open at the Quad Cinema in New York City on August 9th as the start of a worldwide release. It focuses on the creation of the studio that has been the birthplace of dozens of classic albums.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with director and co-producer John McDermott, Jimi's half-sister, co-producer and president/CEO of Experience Hendrix, Janie Hendrix, and producer/engineer Eddie Kramer.
In celebration of the film, the City of New York will temporarily rename a portion of West 8th Street between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street, where Electric Lady Studios still stands, Jimi Hendrix Way.
And with the announcement of this new set comes the release of a previously unreleased version of “Angel [Take 7].” It includes the original performances recorded by Hendrix, Mitchell and Cox on July 23rd, 1970. It does not include any of the drums and additional percussion elements Mitchell opted to add to this master take after Jimi died.
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