Continuing inwards the vein of The Cry of Love, the showtime official posthumous Hendrix album, Rainbow Bridge explores novel guitar styles as well as textures. All the songs, except for a solo studio version of "The Star Spangled Banner", are written past times Hendrix as well as by as well as large performed alongside Mitch Mitchell on drums as well as Billy Cox on bass.
The songs on Rainbow Bridge stand upwards for textile inwards diverse stages of evolution as well as were never finalized or approved for unloose past times Hendrix. Four of the songs on the album, along alongside the 10 songs from The Cry of Love as well as 3 from War Heroes, were planned for Hendrix's follow-up album to the alive Band of Gypsys, released inwards March 1970. These songs were afterwards included on Voodoo Soup inwards 1995 as well as First Rays of the New Rising Lord's Day inwards 1997, which were attempts at completing the double album Hendrix was working on at the fourth dimension of his death.
Back when Rainbow Bridge was originally released, it was genuinely amidst the best of the posthumous Hendrix releases. Billed every bit "the original motion moving painting soundtrack" (it wasn't, really), it was a mix of excellent, finished studio tracks as well as a twain of alive tracks. Despite this, it's understandable why it didn't appeared inwards the digital realm until 2014 (officially, at least).
Once the estate went dorsum to the Hendrix identify unit of measurement inwards the '90s, 3 of the tracks from Rainbow Bridge were used on the album First Rays of the New Rising Sun, which had previously alone existed every bit Jimi's hand-written rail listing. The remaining tracks were orphaned out on diverse box sets as well as compilations. So land all the tracks on Rainbow Bridge convey been made available elsewhere, it's overnice to in conclusion convey it assembled the agency the original LP was, alongside first-class remastered audio (not only for the old-timers who had the LP the showtime fourth dimension around, but for others who don't necessarily desire to rhythm out out for the box laid needed to gather these tracks). Highlights include overlooked gems similar "Pali Gap" as well as Jimi's rarely heard studio version of "The Star Spangled Banner," which is made of multi-tracked guitars as well as basses.
Since The Jimi Hendrix Experience dissever up, Jimi had been working on many songs as well as recorded a lot of demos. However, without wanting to give about other studio album to the producer Ed Chaplin, he decided to brand a alive album of novel textile alongside a few novel songs as well as thus that he could fulfill his contract. But, unfortunately, Jimi died 9/11/1970, leaving all those demos unfinished , yet alongside a non bad position out of amazing songs. With him dead, a race to unloose posthumous albums of that textile started. The showtime 1 to exercise it, as well as the most honest, was Eddie Kramer. Together alongside Mitch Mitchel, Hendrix's drummer, he produced a trilogy of posthumous albums alongside the most consummate demos as well as about jams too. "Rainbow Bridge" was the 2nd 1 of these albums as well as has a adept position out of Hendrix classics, including songs that he planned to unloose inwards his adjacent studio album. The album starts alongside "Dolly Dagger", a rail that feels finished as well as complete; this difficult rocking slice shows that Hendrix had already changed a chip his manner since his Experience days. The lyrics seem to hold upwards talking nearly a witch as well as rituals, a thematic that Hendrix had talked nearly before. Other highlights include a xi 2nd long alive version of "Hear My Train a Comin'" which shows Hendrix's incredible alive performances, as well as Hey Baby (New Rising Sun), which past times the long intro as well as the fact that he asks "Is the microphone on?" arrive feels similar it's a early on demo, it feels similar it could plough out to hold upwards the best songs of the ones inwards this album.
Recording information: Berkeley Community Center (01/20/1970); Electric Lady Studios (01/20/1970); Record Plant (01/20/1970); TTG Studios (01/20/1970); Berkeley Community Center (03/18/1969); Electric Lady Studios (03/18/1969); Record Plant (03/18/1969); TTG Studios (03/18/1969); Berkeley Community Center (05/30/1970); Electric Lady Studios (05/30/1970); Record Plant (05/30/1970); TTG Studios (05/30/1970); Berkeley Community Center (07/01/1970); Electric Lady Studios (07/01/1970); Record Plant (07/01/1970); TTG Studios (07/01/1970); Berkeley Community Center (10/22/1968); Electric Lady Studios (10/22/1968); Record Plant (10/22/1968); TTG Studios (10/22/1968); Berkeley Community Center (11/17/1969); Electric Lady Studios (11/17/1969); Record Plant (11/17/1969); TTG Studios (11/17/1969).
Tracklisting:
CD 1
01 - Rainbow Band - It's a Beautiful Day
02 - Chuck Wein - Introduction
03 - Castilian Castle Magic
04 - Lover Man
05 - Hey Baby
06 - In From The Storm
07 - Message To Love
08 - Foxy Lady
09 - Hear My Train Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Comin'
10 - Voodoo Republic of Chile (Slight Return)
xi - Fire
12 - Purple Haze
thirteen - Dolly Dagger
xiv - Villanova Junction Blues
xv - Ezy Rider
CD 2
01 - Red House
02 - Freedom
03 - Jam Back at the House
04 - Land Of The New Rising Sun
05 - Dolly Dagger (Wight 70)
06 - Hey Baby (Wight 70)
07 - Hear My Train Comin (Berkeley 70)
08 - Message Of Love (Fillmore 69)
09 - Easy Rider (Fillmore 69)
10 - Room Full Of Mirros (B.O.G. 69)
xi - Stepping Stone (B.O.G. 69)
12 - Earth Blues (B.O.G. 69)
thirteen - Hey Baby (C.O.L.B. 70)
Personnel
Jimi Hendrix – guitars, Pb vocals, backing vocals (tracks 1, 2)
Mitch Mitchell – drums (all tracks except 4, 5)
Billy Cox – bass guitar (all tracks except 5, 6)
Juma Sultan – congas, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 6)
Buddy Miles – drums (track 4), backing vocals (track 2)
Noel Redding – bass guitar (track 6)
The Ghetto Fighters (Albert Allen as well as Arthur Allen) – backing vocals (track 1)
The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley) – backing vocals (track 2)
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