Another from Whoopy Kat, one of the leaders in Hendrix ROIO releases. First Rays, The Sessions features 18 tracks, 14 songs and 4 alternate versions, of material Jimi was working on at the time of his death.
Most of these would be put together from other takes, and included on the 4 or 5 albums first released after Jimi's death, and later repackaged and assembled into a more proper form on First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, and South Saturn Delta.
I was very familiar with all these tracks from the official releases, but these alternate/demo versions are great! Some of these sound very similiar to the official released versions, while other are much different.
One track stands out, as it always will with me. The final track, Hey Gypsy Boy. An early version of Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun), this version is softer, and less developed from the released track. And yet, so intense.
This track alone makes buying this CD worthwhile, not even mentioning the other 17 great tracks.
Quality of Whoopy Kat CDs are usually very good, and this CD is no exception. I can sum up this review of First Rays, The Sessions in 3 words...BUY THIS CD!
- Freedom
- Freedom
- Freedom
- Drifting
- Drifting
- Ezy Rider
- Ezy Rider
- Angel
- Dolly Dagger
- Earth Blues
- Room Full Of Mirrors
- Bleeding Heart
- Izabella
- Message TO Love
- Power Of Soul
- Lover Man
- Valleys Of Neptune
- Hey Gypsys Boy
Catalog #: Whoopy Kat WKP-0002
