Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune (2 LP)
- LP
- 2 piece(s)
- 2010
- 12 tracks
- 1 uur, 1 min
- psychedelic rock
Valleys Of Neptune
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This is a superb sounding audio release. I'm legally blind but from what I can see so far I believe I have one of the US pressings. I bought it brand new (12 years after it was originally released). But I don't see any Made in Germany stickers or any other mentions of anything in Europe on it. At least so far.My copy has a really great mix with a good, heavy hitting base and the highs and mid-range sound just perfect also. I haven't heard any surface noises on my copy so far. I'm halfway through Side 4 right now.I've been buying a lot of Hendrix LPs, brand new, since I started getting back into LPs last year. Just about all of the 180g pressings have sounded good. Some sound better than others but I definitely do like the sound of this one.I don't see any mention of Eddie Kramer having anything to do with this LP release. I don't know if he did or not but it's not advertised like it is on many of the other Experience Hendrix LLC releases.I think this is a great 2XLP set that sounds, as I already said, spectacular!
I brought out my air guitar and danced after 5 sec. On side one.The music is fantastic. My pressing was quiet. The sound quality was very good, but I wanted more after repeated listening.
One for the aficionados: there some nice playing, albeit fairly loose in places, an interesting and pleasant enough listen for Hendrix heads, but like the majority of his posthumous releases I expect that these are works in progress rather the final products.
Like most of the Hendrix archival reissues, this is a random shuffle of notes and sketches towards a potential album, rather than anything that really hangs together and has a flow, or otherwise makes sense. Variable sound and some rhythm section recorded in the 1980s doesn't help. Some have said this might have been mastered in digital; I can believe that. There are some good tracks here, but I can't help but feel that this is really for completists. ~*~
One should never expect an unfinished studio album--in which many tracks were recorded after Hendrix's death--to compare with a legendary artist's established classics. However, this album deserves a 5 out 5 regardless, as this is not simply an album but a document of time. The music is a rare glimpse into the future that Hendrix could have headed towards. Nostalgic, skillful, inspiring... These are words that only serve as a fraction of the "Experience".
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This 2019 Reissue 2LP set is housed in a gatefold, pressed on 180g vinyl.