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Rock Legend Jimi Hendrix Back on the Charts
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame guitarist and vocalist James Marshall Hendrix, better known as Jimi, made a triumphant return to music recently with the release of his posthumous album entitled "People, Hell and Angels."
Released March 5, the album marks Hendrix's fourth release from Legacy Recordings as part of the "Experience Hendrix" deal. The album includes 12 previously-recorded-but-never-released songs that Hendrix was working on when he died in 1970 of drug-related complications. The music was supposed to be included on the then-highly anticipated follow up to "Electric Ladyland," his third and final album before his death.
The album, which was slated to be called "First Rays of the New Rising Sun" in 1970, was recorded in parts between March 1968 and August 1970, when Hendrix could spare time during extensive touring. "People, Hell and Angels," like most of Hendrix's other music, was recorded by producer and sound engineer Eddie Kramer, who has worked with some of...