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Rainbow Bridge
(subtitled Original Motion Picture Sound Track)
is a posthumous album
by the American musician
It was released in
October 1971
through Reprise Records,
and was produced by
Mitch Mitchell,
Eddie Kramer,
and John Jansen,
with Hendrix
receiving a
production credit
as well.
The album was the
second released
after Hendrix's death
to consist primarily
of previously
unreleased
studio material,
much of which
was intended for a
potential
fourth studio album.
Despite being labeled
as a soundtrack,
the album is
generally regarded
as a compilation.
While tracks included
do appear as
incidental music
within the
Rainbow Bridge film,
the album does not include
music from
Hendrix's Maui performance
which comprised his
appearance in the movie.
Five of the album's tracks
"Dolly Dagger",
"Earth Blues",
"Room Full of Mirrors",
"Hear My Train A Comin"
and
"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)"
were potential inclusions
for Hendrix's fourth album.
The majority of the album
sees Hendrix backed by
Billy Cox
on bass
and
Mitchell on drums.
Rainbow Bridge
was met with positive reviews
by critics and was a
commercial success.
The album peaked at number 15
on the Billboard 200,
while
"Dolly Dagger",
the album's only single,
reached number 74
on the Billboard Hot 100,
making it Hendrix's
last charting single.
Critics praised both
Hendrix's playing
along with the quality
of songwriting,
and the record continues
to be regarded as
one of the best
of the guitarist's
posthumous releases.
The album was reissued by
Experience Hendrix in 2014
on both vinyl and CD
while the material included
has appeared on various
other releases since,
including
First Rays of the New Rising Sun
and
South Saturn Delta
(both 1997).
Background
Despite the title,
Rainbow Bridge
was not a soundtrack
to the film
of the same name
but rather a compilation
of one
live song
and studio recordings f
rom a number of
sources between
1968 and 1970,
including some for his
planned but
unfinished
double album
First Rays of the New Rising Sun.
"Look Over Yonder"
began as
"Mr. Bad Luck"
while Hendrix
was performing in
Greenwich Village,
New York City,
with his group
Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
in the summer of 1966.
The version included on
Rainbow Bridge
was recorded by
the Experience in 1968.
"Room Full of Mirrors"
had been performed live
by the Experience,
with one recording
appearing on
Experience
(1971).
"Hear My Train A Comin'"
is another song
that dates back
to the Experience.
They had attempted
several studio recordings,
but these were passed over
along with a version
with Cox
and Buddy Miles
and a
live recording
from the first show
on May 30, 1970,
at the
Berkeley Community Theatre
was used instead.
An edited version
appears in the 1971
was used instead.
An edited version appears
in the 1971
concert film
Jimi Plays Berkeley.
A new studio recording of
"Room Full of Mirrors"
and
"Earth Blues"
are two of the few
largely completed
studio recordings
with Cox and Miles,
although Mitchell later
overdubbed
the drum parts
on the latter.
Two additional songs,
"Izabella"
and
"Stepping Stone"
had been released
as a single
(listed as "Hendrix Band of Gypsys"),
but Hendrix wished to
rework them for his
proposed fourth album.
However,
just as
"Dolly Dagger"
and
"Room Full of Mirrors"
were withheld from
The Cry of Love,
these were pulled from the
Rainbow Bridge
track listing in
the final stages.
Instead they were used
to improve the next
posthumous release
War Heroes.
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
is a 1969 solo
studio recording
by Hendrix
.The remainder of the songs
were recorded with
Mitchell and Cox
between June
and August 1970:
"Dolly Dagger",
"Pali Gap",
and "
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)".
The album was the second
to be produced by
Eddie Kramer
and Mitch Mitchell,
with
John Jansen assisting.
It was released in
October 1971
in the US,
and the following month
in the UK
where it reached numbers
15 and 16
respectively in the
album charts.
The album also
peaked at No. 9
on the U.S.
Best Selling
Soul LP's chart.
"Dolly Dagger"
with
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
as the B-side
was released as
a single in the US
in October 1971.
It appeared at
number 74
in the Billboard
Hot 100
pop chart.
TRACKLIST
Dolly Dagger
Earth Blues
Pali Gap
Room Full Of Mirrors
Star Spangled Banner
(Record Plant, New York, Ny, March 18, 1969)
(Studio)
Look Over Yonder
Hear My Train A Comin'
(Live At Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, Ca)
Hey Baby
(New Rising Sun)
* many scenes had to be cut
or silenced for
copyright reasons
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