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Valleys Of Neptune | 
| Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Label: Sony Legacy
Category: Music
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Rating:  41 reviews
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Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 764056
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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 Great Guitar Playing March 15, 2010
Charles Favetta III (USA)
Jimi's approach to guitar playing was so free and loose, yet so precise and dfficult to emulate. What this album is or isn't is not important. What is great about this release is that we get to keep hearing what Jimi was up to in the studio long after he left us. I hope his estate keeps more music coming, because it is better than anything else being released today. Fly on!
Tales from Topographic Oceans March 11, 2010
Amaranth (Northern California)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
"Valleys of Neptune" is the final posthumous release of '60s guitar god Jimi Hendrix. Even in his final album, Hendrix shone brilliantly. He was the psychedelic rock shaman. While Jim Morrison radiated leather-clad eroticism, Hendrix turned his electric guitar into an otherworldly channel of supernatural incantations. "Valleys of Neptune" was intended to be a sequel to the revolutionary Electric Ladyland CD/DVD The music is still incredibly powerful. It's tragic that "Valleys of Neptune" was unreleased in Hendrix's lifetime, and that he died before making more great musical achievements. Always pushing the envelope, his psychedelic blues rock revolutionized and inspired musicians. Today's artists, such as Prince and Carlos Santana, are indebted to him. What made Hendrix unique was that he was powerful in the studio as he was onstage.
In the liner notes, "Valleys of Neptune" tantalizingly hints to fantastic music that might, tragically, still remain unheard. They mention the controversial "Midnight Lightning", its follow-up "Crash Landing" and the "Lifelines" compilation. While the Hendrix family says this is the final album, there are hints of more.
"Valleys of Neptune" opens with the powerful, anthemic "Stone Free." The title track is oceanic and otherworldly. "Hear my train a-comin'" sounds like a potent blend of blues and gospel. "Mr. Bad Luck" is a humorous take on ill-fated love. "Sunshine of your love" has an electrifying guitar solo. "Lover Man" has a driving,chant-like opening riff. What's striking is that a lot of the music is predominantly instrumental--not something you'd hear on Top 40 these days. Hendrix's music is also intricate--perhaps that's why there are Beatles and QUEEN Rock Band--but not Jimi Hendrix Experience. One would have to be experienced. Hendrix was indebted to the blues-especially in songs like "Hear my train a-comin'" and "Ships passing through the night",but he took it to a new level. There are also bonus tracks such as "Slow Version" and "Trash Man."
"Valleys of Neptune" is one of the best releases of 2010. It's tragic that Jimi Hendrix is not here to enjoy it. It's a bittersweet posthumous masterpiece.
40 Years on, Hendrix still blowin' minds... March 12, 2010
M. Parafin (Detroit)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Tie dyed Hendrix fans have been given a rare treat with this album. This isn't the typical hack-n-slash release of Jimi's so-called "lost recordings" that have tainted his legacy for the last forty years. This is genuine material that was intended for his listeners ears--but sadly collected dust until now.
Kudos to the engineers who mixed and mastered these tracks--they sound hauntingly modern--probably not a difficult feat considering todays technology--I think Jimi would have been suitably impressed.
It may take some time for fans to get used to the new versions of "Stone Free" and "Fire", but if the liner notes can be believed, this is the way Hendrix intended them to sound originaly. It's left to the imagination how he would've approached the rest of his backlog had he still been around.
But in the end, the best thing about this new material is that it's going to take guitarists another four decades of arguing and debate as to how to properly play this stuff!!
Bottom line: Buy it. If you worship at the alter of Jimi, you're gonna love it.
New and Familiar March 15, 2010
Reverie
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's interesting how a Hendrix fan can listen to this and know what era of his career it's from.
Many of these archival releases are evolutions of the Jimi still hammering out an unfinished track.
Mr. Bad Luck became Look Over Yonder.
Crying Blue Rain is a workup of what would become Gettin' My Brothers Shoes Together
which would become Hear My Train A Comin'.
And that track is here, the superior electric version previously released on Warner Bros.
posthumous Midnight Lightning.
This isn't a collection of outtakes.
This is the latest Jimi Hendrix album, work from a man who is done too soon.
My Speakers can't play this loud enough !!! March 13, 2010
The Dude (Rocky Mountains)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wow I LOVE this !!! It is blow your face out ROCK N ROLL!! Do your self a favor and get the Target version with the 2 outstanding extra tracks "Slow Version and Trash Man".These two extra tracks total 12 and half minutes of jammin Jimi!
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