I am sitting here listening to Jimi Hendrix’s “NEW” studio effort “People, Hell & Angels” and while I am sitting here, I am thinking one thing…..Why is there STILL music people have never heard after 43 years. Don’t get me wrong…I am one of the biggest music fans in the land and I am all about hering new &
unreleased songs. BUT…take Jimi for example…during his life, he made 3 records….then in the last 43 years since he died there have been something like 12 “new” studio albums.
With bands like the Grateful Dead, The Doors & Elvis Presley….we have gotten a few unreleased compositions over the years….mostly various compilations & unreleased concerts and shows nowadays. BUT to release a studio album of never before heard songs 43 years after a person died is bizarre at best. My thoughts are to release the stuff…but do it alot sooner after his death. I am sure there are or were diehard fans, no longer alive, who would have LOVED to had the chance to hear these songs before they died.
I don’t know, but it just seems abit odd….I mean..I can understand if some recordings were found hidden someplace and remastered and put out into the peoples’ hands and thats great…but….I am sure greed (to some extent) played a role in all these new records…maybe on the family’s part but definately on the
record companies side. But it worked….and how I know it did…is because I have bought most everything Jimi has released in the past say 20 years.
So in 5-10 years…I would imagine we’ll see yet more “new” recordings…and of course..I will still be buying them…..
But one thing is certain….Jimi Hendrix was & is an extremely talented artist….and I am glad for the music that he has put out….and I will always be excited for the chance to get my paws on more…..
unreleased songs. BUT…take Jimi for example…during his life, he made 3 records….then in the last 43 years since he died there have been something like 12 “new” studio albums.
With bands like the Grateful Dead, The Doors & Elvis Presley….we have gotten a few unreleased compositions over the years….mostly various compilations & unreleased concerts and shows nowadays. BUT to release a studio album of never before heard songs 43 years after a person died is bizarre at best. My thoughts are to release the stuff…but do it alot sooner after his death. I am sure there are or were diehard fans, no longer alive, who would have LOVED to had the chance to hear these songs before they died.
I don’t know, but it just seems abit odd….I mean..I can understand if some recordings were found hidden someplace and remastered and put out into the peoples’ hands and thats great…but….I am sure greed (to some extent) played a role in all these new records…maybe on the family’s part but definately on the
record companies side. But it worked….and how I know it did…is because I have bought most everything Jimi has released in the past say 20 years.
So in 5-10 years…I would imagine we’ll see yet more “new” recordings…and of course..I will still be buying them…..
But one thing is certain….Jimi Hendrix was & is an extremely talented artist….and I am glad for the music that he has put out….and I will always be excited for the chance to get my paws on more…..
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