ANGEL CAME DOWN FROM
HEAVEN YESTERDAY
SHE STAYED LONG ENOUGH
TO RESCUE ME...
The Cry of Love
is the
first
posthumous album
of music by
the American
rock
singer-songwriter
and guitarist
Recorded primarily
in 1970,
it features
new material
that Hendrix
was working on
for his planned
fourth
studio album
before his death
later that year.
While most of the songs
were included on
proposed
track listings
by Hendrix,
the final selection
was made by
recording engineer
Eddie Kramer
and drummer
Mitch Mitchell,
with input
from manager
Michael Jeffery.
Hendrix,
Kramer,
and Mitchell
are credited
as the
album's producers,
with Jeffery as
the executive producer.
Released on
March 5, 1971,
six months after
his death
on
September 18, 1970,
by Reprise Records
in the
United States
and
Track Records
in the
United Kingdom,
The Cry of Love
was successful
on the record charts
in both countries
and was certified platinum
by the
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)
in 1998.
Critics responded
favorably to the album,
viewing it as an
impressive tribute
to Hendrix.
Several of its songs
were later featured
on other efforts
to recreate the album
Hendrix had been
working on,
including
Voodoo Soup
in 1995
and
First Rays of the New Rising Sun
in 1997.
Recording and production
The Cry of Love
featured songs
Hendrix had been
working on
at the time
of his death
and was the
first attempt at
presenting his
planned
first studio recording
since the breakup
of the
Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The Cry of Love
is composed mostly
of songs which
Hendrix recorded
in 1970
at his new
Electric Lady Studios
in New York City
with drummer
Mitch Mitchell
and bassist
Billy Cox.
About half
of the album's
ten songs
were nearly completed
with mixes prepared
by Hendrix.
The balance were in
varying stages
of development
and were mixed
(and some overdubbed with new parts)
after his death.
Two songs
originally planned
for
The Cry of Love,
"Dolly Dagger"
and
"Room Full of Mirrors",
were instead held
for the next
planned
Hendrix release,
Rainbow Bridge;
they were replaced by
"Straight Ahead"
and
"My Friend".
The album credits
Hendrix as a producer,
as well as
long-time recording
engineer
Eddie Kramer
and Mitchell,
who prepared
the final mixes
and track selection,
with input from
manager
Michael Jeffery
although all of the songs
had been compiled
on the more
comprehensive
First Rays collection,
"there is something
satisfying about having
this first
posthumous
Hendrix release
as a distinct object
that illuminates
the brush strokes
of a genius"
TRACKLIST
Freedom
Drifting
Ezy Rider
Night Bird Flying
My Friend
Straight Ahead
Astro Man
Angel
In From The Storm
Belly Button Window
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