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Valleys Of Neptune | 
| Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Label: Sony Legacy
Category: Music
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 1
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 886976405625
EAN: 0886976405625
ASIN: B00328G4V6
Release Date: March 9, 2010 (New: This Week)
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| Tracks:
| • | Stone Free | | • | Valleys Of Neptune | | • | Bleeding Heart | | • | Hear My Train A Comin' | | • | Mr. Bad Luck | | • | Sunshine Of Your Love | | • | Lover Man | | • | Ships Passing In The Night | | • | Fire | | • | Red House | | • | Lullaby For The Summer | | • | Crying Blue Rain |
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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.
Album Description
2010 release from the legendary Rock guitarist containing 12 previously unreleased studio recordings. Ten of these recordings were made between February and May 1969 as the Jimi Hendrix Experience set out to create their sequel to the groundbreaking 1968 double album Electric Ladyland. Features 'Valleys Of Neptune,' one of the most sought after of all of Hendrix's commercially unavailable recordings. Includes exciting 1969 arrangements of classic signature songs 'Red House', 'Fire' and 'Stone Free'. Also includes unheard studio versions of Hendrix's inspired interpretations of 'Bleeding Heart' by 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.
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Lullaby For Jimi March 11, 2010
Andre S. Grindle (Brewer Maine)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well here we have another Jimi Hendrix album of unreleased material from later in his career. This is literally what?The fifth,sixth time this has happened following his death? Yet at the same time there's a big difference between discussing the music on this album and merely having an opinion on it. This album comes from a very awkward period in Jimi's sadly short musical career. Most of these songs feature Noel Redding but here you also see the transition to Billy Cox (the liner notes explain what happened during that time) and interestingly enough,as the bassists change you also notice a difference in in the way Hendrix's rhythmic patterns work. By the way the versions of "Stone Free" and "Fire" here are not the heavily psychedelic versions as presented previously but rather very different,more concetrated versions of the song that have a more live in the studio type of flavor to them. In speaking of Hendrix's music Miles Davis often referred to what he called "hillbilly/country music" influences in the sound Jimi had when he was with the Experience and on the album closer you can definately here that country-blues style of playing in the bridge. Now if this album had come out in it's day it would've been the Experience's follow up to Electric Ladyland and therefore followed a somewhat harder groove centered sound on "Bleeding Heart","Mr.Bad Luck" and a great and largely instrumental take on "Sunshine Of Your Love" and these also make another point for the album. Aside from the very radio friendly title song none of the songs on this album really focus as much on songwriting as the development of Hendrix's guitar work and his rhythm section. So there's more musically said here than in the composition necessarily. So if you like Jimi's music as I do and want to hear some things you never heard from him before,this is a good place to go to get it. If you are just getting into him this would'nt be the place to start either. It is,as with any pothumous Hendrix volume designed for the fan and serious collector and that should be taken duely into note before you buy this.
 Where did this come from? March 11, 2010
Alan N. Basile (Greenville, NC)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been listening to Jimi for 42 years. I saw him live in NYC as a "Band Of Gypsys". It is amazing that this material was never released. If you are a fan, you need to listen to this. I saw Eric Clapton live a few nights ago. It's obvious that Eric's inspiration did not only come from Robert Johnson; but the true Guitar God, Jimi Hendrix. I hope there are more of these quality studio recordings in hiding!
OH MY GOD March 10, 2010
Robert E. Kirk
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE, Get your headphones on and kick back on a rainy day baby you are gonna get all grooovy with JIMI with this album. It is all here baby, Eddie Kramer I love you Man. Hopefully this album will see some airplay on some of our rock stations. i got this album yesterday it is in my windows media library and I have made a copy for the car already. If you can spend 9.99.00 in a better baby I'd like to know how. Hello to all my friends who love JAMES MARSHAL HENDRIX.
Best Jimi ever- Really! March 10, 2010
Bidjje (MD,)
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
The new Jimi is really amazing and unbelievable, quite possibly, arguably his best recordings EVER...
The mix and sound quality is incredible. Mitch Mitchell's drumming- phenominal, all the chops AND groove.
Bleeding Heart (Elmore James) is my favorite.
I listened to the whole disc twice (62.02), it was that good of a listening EXPERIENCE.
First 3 songs are with Billy Cox on the bass, and for all the tension and discontent between Noel and Jimi, Noel does a really good job of laying down some great bass parts throughout.
And really, some, most of us have been experienced, but when you listen to some of these tunes -you will hear some of the best lead guitar playing Jimi has ever done. Really.
So, so Happy - Real Music
Just another reminder of how great Jimi was. March 10, 2010
R. Mullinix (mburgwva)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
I agree with some of the other reviewers that it's doubtful that this was Jimi's "final vision " of an album. But boy-oh-boy this is some great Jimi Hendrix jam and I think we get hints of where he was going(although we'll never know). Well worth the money to hear Jimi's searing guitar licks and quiet blues mastery. If you're on the fence about buying it or afraid this will somehow not measure up, rest assured this is a welcome addition to anyone who loves blues-rock, BUY IT or download it , you won't be sorry. (Red House alone is worth the price)
That being said, I remain angry at him for leaving us so needlessly. God only knows what he had in store for us that we'll never get to hear. And for that I'm am sad.
Enjoy!
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