Jimi Hendrix Music:

				Label: Polydor Salesrank: 299221
		Our Price: $99.99
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		Media: Audio CD

Editorial Review:
1993 release on Polydor (catalog number 847 242-2) was made in Germany and features the following tracks: 1. Freedom (3:25) 2. Drifting (3:48) 3. Ezy Rider (4:10) 4. Night Bird Flying (3:50) 5. My Friend (4:38) 6. Straight Ahead (4:42) 7. Astro Man (3:32) 8. Angel (4:25) 9. In From the Storm (3:41) 10. Belly Button Window (3:37). Jimi Hendrix (vocals, electric guitar), Gers (harmonica), Buzzy Linhart (vibraphone), Billy Cox, Noel Redding (electric bass), Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles (drums), and Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, The Ghetto Fighters, Emeretta Marks (background vocals). Produced by Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and Mitch Mitchell. All songs written by Jimi Hendrix. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York. - - - - - The Cry Of Love includes Hendrix's final recordings. The rough tracks, recorded at Hendrix's own recording studio, remained unfinished when Hendrix died in September 1970. Mitch Mitchell and Eddie Kramer pieced together some mixes and the album was given a posthumous release in early 1971. In spite of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding its release, The Cry Of Love is not only perfectly representative of the new directions Hendrix was pursuing, but is also among the finest, most underappreciated recordings in his catalog. The beautifully orchestrated "Drifting" ranks among his finest ballads and points to the type of ethereal "sky church music" Hendrix wanted to create. Among the rockers, there's the stinging "Ezy Rider", the funkified "Freedom", the driving "In From The Storm", and the sensual "Night Bird Flying", with its lush tapestry of multi-tracked guitar harmonies. In many ways, these arrangements anticipate the jazz-rock breaktrhoughs of John McLaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1972. Oddly enough, the most poignant tracks are two simple blues--"My Friend" and "Belly Button Window."