First Rays of the New Rising Sun
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Product Details
- Released on: 2002-11-04
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Import, Limited Edition
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
The guy was damn ingenious with a guitar, but not half as industrious as the folks who've packaged and repackaged his posthumous material. First Rays of the New Rising Sun, however, is an attractive assortment of "spiritual, very earthy" late recordings that surfaced in the '70s via The Cry of Love, Crash Landing, Rainbow Bridge, and War Heroes. Hendrix appeared to be in transition between flamboyant showman and serious musician personas at the time (meaning his work, had he lived, might have been twice as meritorious and half as fun), and that makes many of these tracks all the more interesting. --Steven Stolder
Chronique amazon.fr
First Rays Of The Rising Sun est le premier album posthume d'Hendrix supervisé par sa famille. On retrouve ici des morceaux enregistrés de mars 1968 à août 1970, présentés selon les indications laissées par le guitariste. Pour l'essentiel l'accompagnement se limite à la basse de Billy Cox du Band Of Gypsys et à la batterie de Mitch Mitchell de l'Experience. Hendrix continue ses explorations, délaisse un peu la pop pour se rapprocher des racines noires de sa musique : le funk dans "Izabella" et "Freedom", la soul dans "Drifting" et "Angel". Même "Room Full Of Mirrors", son dernier grand classique rock, n'a plus grand-chose à voir avec la période de l'Experience : sans doute est-ce lié au groove irrésistible de la basse de Billy Cox. --Hubert Deshouse
Album Description
Japanese reissue of the guitar legend's 1997 album, packaged in a limited edition gatefold sleeve for the first pressing . 2000 release.
