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New Jimi Hendrix Album (and Video): “Both Sides of the Sky”

Jimi Hendrix Posthumous

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 (2010) and People, Hell & Angels (2013).

“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 on March 9, 2018.

What is your favorite posthumous Jimi Hendrix release? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Tom Jones Long Time Gone

    On May 10 in 1749, the tenth and final volume of the novel Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was published. Many consider the comic story, whose full name was The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, one of the earliest and most influential English novel. When many people hear the name “Tom Jones” today, they are likely to think of the Welsh singer with that name.

    Tom Jones, the singer, was born as Thomas John Woodward on June 7, 1940. People know Jones for a number of hits ranging from “It’s Not Unusual” in 1965 and “Green Green Grass of Home” in 1966 to a cover of Prince’s “Kiss” in 1988 with Art of Noise. But from 1969 to 1971, Jones also hosted a TV variety show, This is Tom Jones.

    Jones’s show featured a variety of guests that led to some great pairings that allowed Jones to show off his vocal range, such as an amazing duet with Janis Joplin. Another unusual pairing from 1969 that surprisingly works well is Jones singing with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

    Check out Jones singing “Long Time Gone” with CSNY, which also features great vocals by Stephen Stills. I wonder if Jones and Neil Young ever shared a stage again. But based on this performance, I would buy a ticket.

    David Crosby wrote “Long Time Gone” as a response to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. The group, without Tom Jones, performed the song at Woodstock. “Long Time Gone” is a political song challenging authority that remains relevant through the decades.

    And it appears to be a long,
    Such a long, long, long time before the dawn.
    Speak out, you got to speak out against
    The madness, you got to speak your mind,
    If you dare.

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