Valleys Of Neptune

This brand new Jimi Hendrix Album, I say is not "unreleased material",but rather GREAT studio masters of unofficially released material via bootlegs and other posthumous albums. That being said, I think this is a great album,maybe a notch below "Are You Experienced" or "Electric Ladyland" but still great! Alot more Blues Jam oriented than psychedelic, but outstanding production,very clear modern sounding cuts and Hendrix singing and guitar playing is superb!

I only saw Jimi live once, but it was an experience that remains forever with me. Now as an aging fan the release of "Valley of Neptune", takes me instantly back to my youth. What an EXPERIENCE! Buy it you will not be disappointed.

Yes these are unfinished and retouched recordings but I agree with others that the sound quality is excellent. Especially considering the source material. Frankly I like the 2 bonus instrumental tracks the best of all. It's great to hear Jimi stretch out and jam. His guitar soars straight to my soul. I also like the instrumentals Sunshine Of Your Love and Lullaby for Summer despite the reused Easy Rider riff. The other tracks have there ups and downs and its great to hear other versions of some of his classics. Any true Jimi fan would want this.

This Hedrix Neptune cd stinks! The family wanted money. No wonder these songs never became anything back then. I just wasted over $10 counting shipping.

Tie dyed Hendrix fans have been given a rare treat with this album. This isn't the typical hack-n-slash release of Jimi's so-called "lost recordings" that have tainted his legacy for the last forty years. This is genuine material that was intended for his listeners ears--but sadly collected dust until now.

Kudos to the engineers who mixed and mastered these tracks--they sound hauntingly modern--probably not a difficult feat considering todays technology--I think Jimi would have been suitably impressed.

It may take some time for fans to get used to the new versions of "Stone Free" and "Fire", but if the liner notes can be believed, this is the way Hendrix intended them to sound originaly. It's left to the imagination how he would've approached the rest of his backlog had he still been around.

But in the end, the best thing about this new material is that it's going to take guitarists another four decades of arguing and debate as to how to properly play this stuff!!

Bottom line: Buy it. If you worship at the alter of Jimi, you're gonna love it.