Jimi Hendrix

 

Artist:  Jimi Hendrix
Birth Name:  Johnny Allen Hendrix
Born:  November 27, 1942.  Seattle, Washington, USA
Died:  September 18, 1970 (Aged 27).  Kensington, London, England
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Blues
Occupation:  Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Jimi Hendrix was an American Rock Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter.  He is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarist in the history of popular music and expanded the vocabulary of the Electric Rock Guitar more than anyone before and best known of the Hard Rock Trio Band The Jimi Hendrix Experience.  In 1967, reader of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone Magazine declared him The Performer of the Year, Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969, and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist Of The Year.  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.  Rolling Stone ranked him as the Greatest Guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.

Title:  First Rays Of The New Rising Sun (2024)

Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Blues

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:  

Side One:

 1.  Freedom (3:26)

 2.  Izabella (2:50)

 3.  Night Bird Flying (3:50)

 4.  Angel (4:21)

 5.  Room Full Of Mirrors (3:21)

Side Two:

 1.  Dolly Dagger (4:44)

 2.  Ezy Ryder (4:07)

 3.  Drifting (3:48)

 4.  Beginnings (4:12)

LP 2:

Side Three:

 1.  Stepping Stone (4:12)

 2.  My Friend (4:36)

 3.  Straight Ahead (4:42)

 4.  Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) (6:04)

Side Four:

 1.  Earth Blues (4:21)

 2.  Astro Man (3:34)

 3.  In From The Srorm (3:41)

 4.  Belly Button Window (3:36)

Personnel:

Jimi Hendrix:  Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass on Track 3/2, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  4/1, 3

Billy Cox:  Bass except Tracks:  3/2, 4/4, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  4/1, 3

Mitch Mitchell:  Drums on All Tracks, except Tracks:  1/5, 2/2

Additional Musicians: 

Albert & Arthur Allen (The Ghetto Fighters):  Backing Vocals o. Tracks:  1/1, 2, 2/2, 3/1

The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley):  Backing Vocals on Track 4/1

Juma Sultan:  Percussion on Tracks:  1/12, 2/1, 4, 3/4, 4/2

Buddy Miles:  Drums on Tracks:  1/5, 2/2, 4/1

Billy Armstrong:  Percussion on Track 2/2

Buzzy Linhart:  Vibraphone o Track 2/3

Emmerette Marks:  Backing Vocals on Track 4/3

Steve Winwood:  Backing Vocals on Track 2/2

Chris Wood:  Backing Vocals on Track 2/2

Kenny Pine:  Twelve-String Guitar on Track 3/2

Jimmy Mayes:  Drums on Track 3/2

Stephen Stills:  Piano on Track 3/2

Paul Caruso:  Harmonica on Track 3/2

First Rays Of The New Rising Sun is a compilation album by Jimi Hendrix, originally released on April 1997 by MCA, remastered and reissued on May 10, 2024 by Sony Music.  The Authorized Hendrix Family Edition 140 Gram Audiophile LP Pressing.