Jimi Hendrix

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Among his final and most enduring acts as a musician, Jimi Hendrix purchased a Greenwich Village nightclub with the intention of transforming it into a recording studio. A new documentary tells that story of its creation, and the accompanying box set highlights an unreleased trove of recordings from his few but pivotal sessions there.  Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, available as a 3CD or 5LP set, offers 39 demos and early takes from Hendrix's summer 1970 sessions at the studio of the same name, recorded with a reconstructed version of The Jimi Hendrix Experience that included original drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox, part of the guitarist's short-lived Band of Gypsys project. (All but one of the tracks are previously unreleased.) A Blu-ray available with either version of the box will offer the feature-length documentary of the same name, directed by Hendrix archivist John McDermott and featuring new interviews with Cox, Steve Winwood (who was present at Hendrix's first session in the studio), Hendrix's engineer Eddie Kramer, and original studio staff members. As a further bonus, the Blu-ray will feature a new 5.1 surround mix of First Rays of the New Rising Sun, the 1997 reimagining of Hendrix's planned fourth studio album, along with three remixed bonus tracks from Electric Lady sessions. The box will feature new liner notes alongside unpublished photos and copies of Hendrix's handwritten song drafts. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.