Just announced by the Hendrix family that a lost, previously unreleased recording by the late Jimi Hendrix is being prepared for release. The album, titled “People, Hell and Angels”, was the last recording done before we lost Jimi Hendrix back in 1970. Rolling Stone reports that the new Jimi Hendrix album will be released March 5, 2013. This news released on November 26, to commemorate what would have been Jimi Hendrix’s 70th birthday.
[blockquote]We’re thrilled to be able to release ‘People, Hell & Angels’ during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of my brother’s birth. – Janie Hendrix, Jimi’s Sister[/blockquote]
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Tracklisting
The tracklisting for People, Hell and Angels has also been leaked. The lost Jimi Hendrix album will feature the following songs:
01. Earth Blues
02. Somewhere
03. Hear My Train A Comin
04. Bleeding Heart
05. Baby Let Me Move You
06. Izabella
07. Easy Blues
08. Crash Landing
09. Inside Out
10. Hey Gypsy Boy
11. Mojo Man
12. Villanova Junction BluesVideo
Eddie Kramer, Producer of the lost Jimi Hendrix album talks about his experience with Jimi making the album.
Audio
A variety of Jimi Hendrix songs, including some from
the tracklist and some personal favorites.
Hendrix wrote these songs for the album that was supposed to follow Electric Ladyland, titled “First Days Of The New Rising Sun”, however since we lost Jimi Hendrix to a court-ruled suicide, but likely murder, back in the 1970’s the songs were never released or finished.
Recorded in new York from ’68-’69, the songs are sure to be funky as hell. Hendrix decided that for his next album he was going to steer away from his classic, legendary style. In People, Hell and Angels Hendrix experiments incorporating new instruments such as horns, keys and even an additional guitarist for some tracks.
Additionally Eddie Kramer, who mastered all three of Hendrix’s full length album releases also helped Hendrix in the production of the songs on People, Hell and Angels. Hendrix also kept the familiar company of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles alongside him for the recordings and brought an old friend to feature in one song. Larry Lee, a friend of Hendrix from their “Chitlin’ Circuit” days, is featured on guitar for the tracks “Izabella” and “Easy Blues”.
The legends performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival is being remastered and prepared for release. Scheduled for a cinematic release later this month, we can expect to have the film released on Blu Ray and DVD by the holidays or at the latest, early 2013. The release will feature interviews wil band mates such as Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, recalling memories of their own and Jimi’s. Screenings for the film are scheduled November 29 and December 4 in dozens of theaters across the UK and several world-wide.
[blockquote]The brilliance of the album serves to underscore what we’ve known all along: that there has never been and never will be a musical force equal to his and that we cherish and take inspiration of what he left us both now and for many generations to come… simply eternity. – Janie Hendrix[/blockquote]
What are your thoughts on the release? Do you think the material will all be 100{790f71337e6d98064c4c8714ea5ae8212dc273c8f6afc851cec3faf612e5f056} original and unheard? Will the album sound as Jimi wanted it to seeing as to how he was never able to finish it? Leave your comments, favorite Hendrix quotes, videos or anything else below.