Valleys Of Neptune is Jimi Hendrix's 11th studio album, the eighth to be issued posthumously and first since 1980, it represents the Experience trio final recordings containing 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1969 before the untimely death of the legendary guitarist. Audiophile mastering from the Original Analog master Tapes by George Marino at Sterling Sound and pressed on 180g vinyl.

The Authorized Hendrix Family Edition (Experience Hendrix)*

• Double LP 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
• Audiophile LP Pressing at RTI USA
• Edited and mastered from the Original 2-Track Master Tapes
• Mastered by Jimi's Original Engineer, Eddie Kramer
• Cut by George Marino at Sterling Sound
• Complete Original Artwork with high quality Gatefold Cover
• 8 Page LP Sized Booklet with Rare Photos and extensive Liner Notes

The already insurmountable legacy of the greatest, most advanced rock guitarist to ever play a note just got better. Valleys Of Neptune, a newly curated album of 12 fully realized Jimi Hendrix studio recordings, contains more than 60 minutes of music never commercially available on any Hendrix album. Centered around tracks recorded during a pivotal and turbulent four-month period in 1969, Valleys Of Neptune unveils the original Jimi Hendrix Experience's final studio recordings for the very first time.

Just as importantly, no expense has been spared in making sure this monumental release sounds as good as humanly possible. Mastered from the original analog tapes, cut by legendary engineer George Marino on upgraded equipment at Sterling Sound, and pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl at RTI, this 2LP set is a sonic knockout on par with the very best audiophile recordings. It's no wonder that this release spearheads Legacy Recordings' unprecented 2010 Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project of reissues and new releases from the greatest guitar player in history. Albums don't get more essential than this.

Valleys Of Neptune provides a fundamental, compelling, and largely unseen view of what Jimi Hendrix was doing in the critical period between the release of Electric Ladyland in October of 1968 and the 1970 opening of his own Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village. The state-of-the-art facility is also where he would begin his final project, the ambitious double album First Rays of the New Rising Sun.

Here, the group lays down the foundation for its follow-up to Electric Ladyland, alongside the guitar superhero's first sessions with bassist Billy Cox, an army buddy Hendrix had recruited into his new ensemble. As such, Valleys Of Neptune offers more than an hour of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix music, newly mixed for this historic release by Hendrix's longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, who first worked with the guitarist on 1967's Are You Experienced? Valleys Of Neptune is produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott (who contributes detailed liner notes), and Kramer. The "Valleys Of Neptune" single has long been one of the most sought-after of Hendrix's recordings.

Other highlights encompass blazing studio covers of Elmore James' "Bleeding Heart" and Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love," as well as premier performances of original Hendrix compositions like "Ships Passing Through The Night," "Lullaby For The Summer," and the original recording of the Jimi Hendrix Experience rendition of "Hear My Train A Comin'." Also included is "Mr. Bad Luck," a Jimi Hendrix Experience track, produced by Chas Chandler during the 1967 Axis: Bold as Love sessions.

Track Listing:

01. Stone Free
02. Valleys of Neptune
03. Bleeding Heart
04. Hear My Train A Comin'
05. Mr. Bad Luck
06. Sunshine Of Your Love
07. Lover Man
08. Ships Passing In the Night
09. Fire
10. Red House
11. Lullaby For the Summer
12. Crying Blue Rain

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*This is the official US pressing from Legacy / Experience Hendrix label with "Sterling" stamp on the LP matrix of all sides.