Out now is the new Jimi Hendrix vault collection Valleys Of Neptune which features previously unreleased tracks recorded by the guitarist between October 1968 and 1970. The 12-song, 60-minute set also features covers of Elmore James' blues classic "Bleeding Heart," Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love," as well as such Hendrix originals as "Ships Passing Through The Night," "Lullaby For The Summer" and the original undubbed Jimi Hendrix Experience rendition of "Hear My Train A Comin'."
Hendrix's step-sister, Janie Hendrix, the CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, says that fans can look forward to many more Hendrix releases in the future: "At least 15 more years of releases we have left, and every year will be, surprisingly, material you've never heard. Jimi was a workaholic when it came to his music . . . and he had his own studio -- he was very blessed, one of two artists that did at his time. So, we have a lot of music in the vaults. . . People need to sit back and hold on."
Legendary producer-engineer Eddie Kramer was working the boards for the sessions that comprise Valleys Of Neptune -- among many other sessions -- and explained what it was like during Hendrix's groundbreaking heyday: "In the heat of battle, when you're in the studio and you're running tape and you know we're up to take 20 -- by the time we finish, take 27 -- who knew that take 21 or take 22 was gonna be a gem that you'd find 30 years later as being just absolutely phenomenal as an illustration of how Jimi was able to bring the band up to a certain level and have expectations from them beyond what a normal human being would want, you know?"
The tracklisting for Jimi Hendrix's Valleys Of Neptune is: "Stone Free," "Valleys Of Neptune," "Bleeding Heart," "Hear My Train A Comin'," "Mr. Bad Luck," "Sunshine Of Your Love," "Lover Man," "Ships Passing Through The Night," "Fire," "Red House," "Lullaby For The Summer," and "Crying Blue Rain."
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Also out now are CD/DVD editions of Hendrix's official catalogue -- Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, and First Rays Of the New Rising Sun.
The remasters -- which are also available as vinyl editions -- feature newly-produced mini-documentaries packaged with each disc.
The soundtrack to Tom DiCillo's upcoming Doors documentary When You're Strange will be released on April 6th, three days before the film opens. When You're Strange features never-before-seen footage of the band -- including band rehearsals, live concert and TV appearances, and digitally-remastered clips from Highway - An American Pastoral, a 1969 art film made by and starring Jim Morrison.
Pink Floyd is suing their one time record label EMI for online sales from the band's catalogue. NME.com reported that the band claims that under their 1999 agreement their music was not to be sold as single songs -- but only as full album song bundles. 
Released in time for all the new Runaways fans the upcoming biopic will be earning next week, is the new collection Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Greatest Hits. The double-disc features such '80s classics as "Bad Reputation," "(I'm Gonna) Run Away," "Crimson And Clover," "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)," "The French Song," "I Hate Myself For Loving You," Jett's cover of Sly & The Family Stone's "Everyday People," the Bruce Springsteen-written theme to her movie 1987 with Michael J. Fox Light Of Day, and of course her 1982 Number Hit "I Love Rock N' Roll."
Elton John will wrap up his Face-to-Face tour with Billy Joel tomorrow in Albany, New York, and will then hit the boards with his band for dates later this month in South Africa, followed by more U-S dates in April and May, then onto Europe in late May, June and September.
Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford and bassist Stu Cook are still trying to put out a DVD of their 1970 show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The concert was filmed, but contractual issues have kept it from being released. Clifford tells us, "We're the only major band that doesn't have a video... It's really crazy that we don't have something out there." 
A London tabloid says Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is thinking of getting married for a third time. A so-called source tells the Daily Express that Ronnie thinks 30-year old Ana Araujo could "be the woman to make a life with... She's such a positive influence on him, and they're very relaxed in each other's company. They're happy enjoying the simple things in life, like staying in, making meals and watching films." The source adds that they could get married as early as this summer. 
Are Guns N' Roses playing three private shows in South America? According to reports published on Billboard.com and other outlets, they are. But according to Blabbermouth, spokesperson Fernando Lebeis, son of Axl Rose's personal assistant Beta Lebeis, has denied the reports, saying they're not. 
