SOUND BYTES
WHO: Jimi Hendrix
WHAT: Valleys of Neptune
WHO IT'S FOR: Hard-core fans compelled to possess every possible track recorded by Hendrix
WHAT TO EXPECT: Also-rans and retreads from the Hendrix vault
BACKGROUND: When Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, he had released three studio albums. In the four decades since his passing, the number of studio albums of Hendrix music now stands at nine with this release.
STANDOUT TRACKS: None, title track is OK, in fact everything is OK, but who really needs an eight minute, 20-second version of Red House, a sub-par version of Fire, and nearly seven minutes of Hendrix as Clapton on Sunshine of Your Love?
It's time for the Hendrix estate to give it a rest.
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