Английская Википедия:First Rays of the New Rising Sun
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox album First Rays of the New Rising Sun is a compilation album[1] credited to American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, issued in April 1997 on MCA Records.[2] Featuring songs mostly intended for his planned fourth studio album, it was one of the first releases overseen by Experience Hendrix, the family company that took over management of his recording legacy. It reached the album charts in the United States, United Kingdom, and four other countries.
Hendrix recorded most of the songs at his new Electric Lady Studios in New York City with former Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and Band of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox, his regular backing for the final six months. All of the songs had been released previously on Hendrix's first posthumous albums The Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge, and War Heroes; Cry of Love appears here in its entirety but within a different running order. First Rays of the New Rising Sun superseded Voodoo Soup, the 1995 attempt by controversial interim Hendrix producer Alan Douglas, to realize Hendrix's fourth album.
Background
At the time of his death in 1970, Hendrix was working on enough songs for a double album, with one proposed title First Rays of the New Rising Sun.[3] The tracks were in varying stages of development, with only about six believed to be near completion. Long-time Hendrix recording engineer Eddie Kramer and drummer Mitchell selected 17 of what they felt were the best tracks, which were first released on The Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge, and War Heroes.[3] From the 1970s through the 1990s, the songs also appeared on other posthumous compilations supervised by producer Alan Douglas, who wiped bass and drums performances by Mitchell, Cox and Miles and overdubbed them with parts newly recorded by session musicians. He also added female backing singers to one track, and claimed co-composer credit on several tracks. For the 1997 compilation, Kramer instead used the original master recordings and sequenced the songs to realize Hendrix's plans to the best of his abilities.[4] He selected tracks based on their original level of completion and Hendrix's personal notes.[5]
According to Richie Unterberger in his Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix (2009), "Some Hendrix fans might take issue with First Rays of the New Rising Sun being classified as a compilation, rather than as a studio album, consisting as it does solely of studio recordings, most of them cut and/or polished shortly before his death in September 1970Шаблон:Nbsp... Yet when all is said and done, [it] is not what Hendrix would have issued as his fourth album. No such record could be posthumously compiled, as nobody knows with absolute certainty what songs he would have included, and what additional production work he might have done on the ones he had laid down in the studio, no matter how complete they might have seemed to others."[6]
Several additional songs that appeared on Hendrix's proposed track listings for his fourth studio album were later released by Experience Hendrix: "Valleys of Neptune", "Cherokee Mist", "Bleeding Heart", "Hear My Train A Comin'" (also known as "Getting My Heart Back Together Again"), "Lover Man", "Midnight Lightning" (demo), and "Send My Love to Linda".[7][8] Another three, "Come Down Hard on Me Baby", "The Drifter's Escape", and "Burning Desire", were issued on Loose Ends (1974).[9]
Release and reception
Шаблон:Album ratings When First Rays of the New Rising Sun was released in 1997, it charted at number 49 on the Billboard 200 in the United States,[10] and at number 37 on the UK Albums Charts in Britain.[11] In 2010, the album was remastered and re-released by Sony Legacy and included a DVD with a mini-documentary titled An Inside Look: First Rays of the New Rising Sun.[12]
According to Robert Christgau in Blender, First Rays of the New Rising Sun was Kramer's reimagination of Hendrix's projected double LP, which was not as remarkable musically as his last studio album Electric Ladyland (1968) and "not too profound lyrically".[13] Nonetheless, Christgau deemed it a suitable successor to The Cry of Love,[14] as well as "a powerful collection by a genius whose songwriting kept growing and whose solos rarely disappoint."[13] Sean Murphy from PopMatters believed it was more successful than The Cry of Love in realizing Hendrix's vision. He highlighted the "liberating presence" of bassist Billy Cox, deeming him an improvement over Noel Redding. According to Murphy, Cox allowed the band to "spread out and chase the guitarist as he soars above, around and beneath them".[15] Rolling Stone magazine called the album "a cohesive cosmic missive", writing that it "illuminates what would have been a transitional phase for Hendrix".[16]
Track listing
Details are taken from the liner notes to the original MCA CD and may differ from other sources.[17] Шаблон:Track listing
Recording details
Song | Recording date(s) / studio(s) (All in 1970 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, except as noted) |
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"Freedom" | June 25, July 14 & 19, August 14 & 20 |
"Izabella" | January 17 at Record Plant, New York City |
June (overdubs) at Electric Lady | |
"Night Bird Flying" | June 16, July 19, August 22 |
"Angel" | July 23 |
October 19 (drums overdub) | |
"Room Full of Mirrors" | November 17, 1969, at Record Plant |
June, July, August 20 (overdubs) at Electric Lady | |
"Dolly Dagger" | July 1, 15, 19, 20; August 14, 18, 20, 24 |
"Ezy Ryder" | December 18, 1969; January 20 at Record Plant |
June 15 & 18, July 2, August 22 (overdubs) at Electric Lady | |
"Drifting" | June 25 & 29, July 23, August 20 |
November 20 (vibes overdub) | |
"Beginnings" | July 1, August 22 |
"Stepping Stone" | January 7, 17, 20 at Record Plant |
June 26 (overdubs) at Electric Lady | |
"My Friend" | March 13, 1968, at Sound Center, New York City |
"Straight Ahead" | June 17, July 19, August 20 |
"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" | July 1 |
"Earth Blues" | December 19, 1969, at Record Plant |
January 20 (overdubs) at Record Plant; June 26 (overdubs) at Electric Lady | |
"Astro Man" | June 25, July 19, August 22 |
"In From the Storm" | July 22, August 20 & 24 |
"Belly Button Window" | August 22 |
Personnel
From the original MCA Records First Rays of the New Rising Sun CD booklet:[17]
Band members
- Jimi HendrixШаблон:Sndlead vocals, guitar, bass guitar on "My Friend", backing vocals on "Earth Blues" and "In from the Storm", production, mixing on "Freedom", "Nightbird Flying", "Dolly Dagger", "Room Full of Mirrors", "Ezy Ryder"
- Billy CoxШаблон:Sndbass guitar (except "My Friend" and "Belly Button Window"), backing vocals on "Earth Blues" and "In from the Storm"
- Mitch MitchellШаблон:Snddrums on all tracks (except "Room Full of Mirrors" and "Ezy Ryder"), production (except "Izabella", "Beginnings", "Stepping Stone"), mixing on "Angel"
Additional musicians
- Albert and Arthur Allen (the Ghetto Fighters)Шаблон:Sndbacking vocals on "Freedom", "Izabella", "Dolly Dagger", and "Stepping Stone"
- The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley)Шаблон:Sndbacking vocals on "Earth Blues"
- Juma SultanШаблон:Sndpercussion on "Freedom", "Dolly Dagger", "Beginnings", "Hey Baby (The New Rising Sun)", "Earth Blues", "Astro Man"
- Buddy MilesШаблон:Snddrums on "Room Full of Mirrors" and "Ezy Ryder", backing vocals on "Earth Blues"
- Billy ArmstrongШаблон:Sndpercussion on "Ezy Rider"
- Buzzy LinhartШаблон:Sndvibraphone on "Drifting"
- Emmeretta MarksШаблон:Sndbacking vocals on "In from the Storm"
- Steve WinwoodШаблон:Sndbacking vocals on "Ezy Ryder"
- Chris WoodШаблон:Sndbacking vocals on "Ezy Ryder"
- Kenny PineШаблон:Sndtwelve-string guitar on "My Friend"
- Jimmy MayesШаблон:Snddrums on "My Friend"
- Stephen StillsШаблон:Sndpiano on "My Friend"
- Paul CarusoШаблон:Sndharmonica on "My Friend"
Additional personnel
- Eddie KramerШаблон:Sndproducer, engineering, mixing, photography, remastering
- John JansenШаблон:Sndproduction on "Izabella", "Room Full of Mirrors", "Dolly Dagger", "Beginnings", "Stepping Stone", "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)", "Earth Blues"; mixing on "Izabella", "Beginnings", "Stepping Stone", "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)", "Earth Blues"
- Tony BongioviШаблон:Sndengineering on "Room Full of Mirrors"
- Jack AbramsШаблон:Sndengineering on "Ezy Ryder" (1969)
- Bob HughesШаблон:Sndengineering on "Ezy Ryder" (1970), "Earth Blues" (1970)
- Bob CottoШаблон:Sndengineering on "Earth Blues" (1969)
- John McDermottШаблон:Sndliner notes, remastering supervisor
Notes
References
External links
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