Jimi Hendrix Both Sides of the Sky - new album coming March 9, 2018

The YouTube posting has this noted as the first single from the album, what'll be on the B-side? Another unreleased song we'll like better?

 

I'm looking forward to Cherokee Mist in better fidelity than the boot versions. I like Jimi's sound experiments.

 

Is this the final mix? Sounds like it's mono. The Blues version is much more spacious sounding.

 

Will there be a Target store version with bonus track and a Wal-Mart exclusive single non-album b-side?

 

Absolutely!

 

Here's the link to the Target release if someone wants to keep
an eye on it.

Target : Expect More. Pay Less.

It has the same UPC (190758141923) as the one listed on
the Best Buy site.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/both-sides-of-the-sky-cd/6174545.p?skuId=6174545

No listing on the Walmart site yet.

 

Getting the Wal-Mart single for "Valleys Of Neptune" was quick and easy. Getting the single for "Somewhere" required me going to five different stores. I kind of hope that they don't do Target and Wal-Mart exclusives this time. They don't really carry CDs anymore anyway.

 

I think the bricks and mortar bonus single disc is no longer a viable marketing option. Probably a download only this time around.

A long shot would be a Best Buy exclusive, but I don' t expect that will happen either.

 

"Mannish Boy" is on Spotify if you want to hear
somewhat better quality than the YouTube video.

 

Was just going to post the same, here is a Spotify direct link as well: Mannish Boy

Spotify also has some of those "single/bonus only" tracks, like "12 Bar With Horns", "Peace In Mississippi", shame they aren't all available that way.

 

RSD in April can still move Hendrix 45 singles.

 

Well that was exactly as expected; another hatchet job from the failed Mannish Boy recording. Very similar to but maybe not as good as the Blues version. Nonplussed. Keep 'em coming.

 

Oh so you're on Yazid's facebook too?

 

Not a great taste tester lol barrel scraping 101

 

that will be the best track on the album, otherwise they wouldn't have pushed it out first. the single is always meant to be the best track. i listened on my phone ealier. is there any bass on it?

 

I find it...curious....that people are enjoying these releases. I thought the first two were completely dismal. Not a single track that I enjoyed.

Not to be a party pooper, but this stuff is crap. (see what i did there?)

 

not true at all. without knowing any marketing strategy I will never says that the reason a song is released as the first single is because its always the best track on the album. for instance def leppard released "women" as the first single from hysteria and not only is it not the best track on the album its not even the best single from the album.

 

Really enjoyed the sample I heard of Mannish Boy. Kramer works the sound really well [yes, mp3 and only through the TV speakers but it already has me hooked!].

I didn't expect to be as pleased as I was as this song is generally uninspiring plus the full session outs are a little mind numbing after one listen!

Looking forward to getting this to a HiFi near me for a "better" listen.

I wont pre-judge this release, I'll leave that to others to do as its become a good hobby for some!
The previous two [in this trilogy, funny how we only hear of it as a trilogy with the LAST???? release] have some fine material on them though the set lists and edits to some tracks is highly dubious.

 

That sample track isn't by Hendrix. It's by Jimmy Kravitz. Look at the photo on the album cover!

 

You really find Band of Gypsies' Hear My Train, Earth Blues and Bleeding Heart... dismal? Or Hear My Train from April 1969? Easy Blues from Gypsy Sun isn't a bit fun? Crash Landing vs Freedom?
You may be right, it may be dismal, but I sure enjoy them. I mean, it's no Schubert last quartet, for sure, but what do you expect from posthumous Hendrix release, after 50 years?
You cannot listen to them with the same mindset you would have for finished album.

 

Or in vain hope?

Yep, it sounds c**p to me too!

It might be the best but we can vainly hope for better.

There have been a few gems on the last two but god knows I think they should stop releasing these albums now.

As was the abysmal, clueless sequencing and disgraceful marketing hoopla.

Agree generally.

 

True, however the discussion was about a CD single.

 

The Mannish Boy is basically what I expected. I've heard the whole session so whatever came out was not going to be a surprise. I'm wondering what might have better to lead with. Probably the only other track that would've been of real interest and something most people hadn't heard was Linda. But maybe they're saving that, figuring that's the thing people are really looking forward to and don't want to give it away. Otherwise, everything else is of varying interest: another version of Lover Man or Train may be really good but it's nothing earth-shaking. The Stills songs may be interesting but they're just jams in the end. Power of Soul has been out before, as has Georgia Blues and Things I Used To Do. Maybe the Stepping Stone they have on here.

After hearing it, I'm also thinking why aren't we going with a take of Midnight Lightning with the band, Lower Alcatraz (or ML2/Keep On Groovin') or the GSR version of Jam Back at the House/Beginning? I'd prefer they clean up what's missing from the back catalog in its (somewhat) original form. Does anybody think another box set may be in the offing? The purple box was 2000, WCSB was 2010, something for 2020? Not sure there's enough that's not long form jams to fill up 4 more CDs, but I'd like to be wrong on that.

 

I like this version of "Mannish Boy." It's got a relaxed swing to it and I can definitely hear it as the lead off track from the album.

I don't know what everybody's bitching about. It's this or nothing.

 

Also, so many hours and hours of Hendrixian ideas could and will be left to dust and dissolve.
Yes, so much is booted but to "officiate" the music allows more accessibility and less grey area restrictions for streaming, podcasts and internet, terrestrial and satellite radio.