Jimi Hendrix : War Heroes

 

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War Heroes

 is a 

compilation album

 by American

 guitarist 

Jimi Hendrix 

Released in the UK

 in October 1972, 

and in 

December 1972

 in the US, 

it was the 

third album

 of mostly 

unreleased 

studio recordings

 to be issued after 

Hendrix's death.

 The album was engineered,

 mixed and compiled

 by Eddie Kramer 

and

 John Jansen, 

although biographer

 and later 

Hendrix producer 

John McDermott 

also identifies

 Hendrix as a producer.

War Heroes

 contains three songs

 that Hendrix proposed

 for his fourth

 studio album:

 "Stepping Stone",

 "Izabella", 

and

 "Beginnings" 

(listed as "Beginning"). 

These and songs

 from the two

 1971 albums, 

The Cry of Love 

and

 Rainbow Bridge, 

were included on

 First Rays of the New Rising Sun

 (1997). 

War Heroes

 reached number 23

 in the 

UK Albums Chart, 

number 48 

on the 

US Billboard 200, 

and number 51 

in Canada.

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