On March 9th, 2018,  a new posthumous Jimi Hendrix album, Both Sides of the Sky, will be released with 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970, ten of which have never been released. The album will be available via Sony Legacy Recordings on multiple formats including digital, CD, and a double vinyl. It’s the third album in a trilogy intended to present the best and most significant unissued studio recordings that remain in the music legend’s archive.

Jimi Hendrix’s desire to push the boundaries of blues music can be heard throughout. Many of the album’s tracks were recorded by the trio known as Band of Gypsys with Hendrix on guitar and vocals, Billy Cox on bass, and Buddy Miles on drums. For their first ever recording session on April 22, 1969, Hendrix turned to their shared musical root, delta blues.

Their previously unreleased, up-tempo reworking of Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy” opens the album and sets the tempo for what follows. “Lover Man” was a favored Hendrix original and the guitarist was determined to realize a finished master. Previous attempts by the original Experience had yet to yield this for Hendrix but this December 1969 effort by the Band of Gypsys — complete with its homage to the popular Batman theme song—was his strongest effort to date.

Both Sides of the Sky features an assortment of notable guest musicians including Stephen Stills, Johnny Winter, drummer Dallas Taylor of Crosby Stills Nash & Young, vocalist/sax player Lonnie Youngblood, and more.

Both Sides of the Sky was produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott, and Eddie Kramer. Kramer served as recording engineer on every Jimi Hendrix album made during the artist’s life. In order to preserve the integrity and continuity of the Hendrix legacy, this same team has produced every Jimi Hendrix audio and visual release since 1996.

Eddie Kramer said, “Jimi’s true home was in the studio, that’s where the music and the magic happened. He loved everything about recording and it’s been my distinct pleasure and an honor to play a part in that process both then and now.”

Jimi Hendrix–Both Sides of the Sky track list:

1.     Mannish Boy
2.    Lover Man
3.    Hear My Train A Comin’
4.    Stepping Stone
5.    $20 Fine
6.    Power Of Soul
7.    Jungle
8.    Things I Used to Do
9.   Georgia Blues
10.  Sweet Angel
11.  Woodstock
12.  Send My Love To Linda
13.  Cherokee Mist

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