A new Jimi Hendrix album, Both Sides of the Sky, features unreleased studio recordings that Hendrix made from 1968 to 1970. A new music video for “Lover Man” supports the album from Hendrix.
Producer and engineer Eddie Kramer worked on the album’s release. Kramer worked as recording engineer on every Hendrix album released during the lifetime of the guitar great who died in 1970 when he was 27.
Songs on Both Sides of the Sky include a number of great musicians, with some songs supported by artists such as Johnny Winters, Stephen Stills, and original Jimi Hendrix Experience members Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding. Band of Gypsys, Hendrix’s group with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox, also appears on several of the songs.
Both Sides of the Sky completes a trilogy of recent releases from Hendrix’s vaults. The series also included Valleys Of Neptune
“Lover Man”
One of the previously unreleased songs on the album is “Lover Man.” John Vondracek directed the video, which features archival footage of Hendrix.
Paste magazine notes that Hendrix apparently included a riff from the Batman television series at around the 1:43 mark in “Lover Man.” Check it out.
Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings released Both Sides Of The Sky
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