Jimi Hendrix - Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision (3CD/1Bluray Box Set) - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists - The King R&B Box Set [COMPACT DISCS] Boxed Set date 09/07/2010

5LP/1BR. Electric Lady Studios A Jimi Hendrix Vision is the latest in-depth project from Experience Hendrix, encompassing 5 LP / 1 Blu-Ray of previously unreleased music Jimi Hendrix recorded at his newly created recording facility in 1970. The deluxe box set offers 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970, just before the legendary musician's untimely death the following month. - The project also includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks [InchValleys Of Neptune,Inch InchPali Gap,Inch and InchLover ManInch]. The Blu-ray includes the critically acclaimed, full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios A Jimi Hendrix Vision. The film chronicles the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix's desire for a permanent studio. Directed by John McDermott and Produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood [who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio], Experience bassist Billy Cox, and original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as InchFreedom,Inch InchAngelInch and InchDolly DaggerInch by recording engineer Eddie Kramer. The 5LP's were pressed on audiophile grade vinyl by Quality Record Pressings and the box set includes an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix's handwritten song drafts, and comprehensive liner notes. 5LP+blu-ray version

A week before Electric Ladyland came out, Hendrix, Redding and Mitchell took the stage at the 5,400-capacity Winterland in San Francisco for six sold-out shows over three nights. Even though those sets are known to be among the best Jimi ever played with the Experience, the recordings of them were shelved for decades. Now, at long last, here is the first official in-depth presentation of that legendary October 1968 stand. Leading up to an audio interview with Jimi (from a month later at the Boston Garden) are absolutely ferocious renditions of Fire; Foxey Lady; Like a Rolling Stone; Hey Joe; Hear My Train A Comin'; Sunshine of Your Love; Little Wing; Are You Experienced? Manic Depression; Voodoo Child (Slight Return); Purple Haze, and more. All those are on the single-CD Inchbest-ofInch; the 4-CD version is the only place to hear the interview and multiple versions of those songs plus Tax Free; Star Spangled Banner; Red House; Lover Man, and more.