Tracklist

01 Stone Free
02 Valleys Of Neptune
03 Bleeding Heart
04 Hear My Train A Comin
05 Mr. Bad Luck
06 Sunshine Of Your Love
07 Lover Man
08 Ships Passing Through The Night
09 Fire
10 Red House
11 Lullaby For The Summer
12 Crying Blue Rain

During his four-year career before his untimely death, Jimi Hendrix released only three official albums with the Experience, followed by just one live release with his newly formed Band of Gypsys in 1970. Many posthumous albums, compilations and box sets have followed, and now Hendrix's camp has announced that 12 fully-realized, previously-unreleased studio recordings will see the light of day.

Material for 'Valley of the Sun' is from studio sessions that largely took place during a volatile four-month period in 1969. Hendrix was famously being torn in many different directions at that time, embattled with legal issues over various contracts on the business side of things that wouldn't be settled until years -- or even decades -- after his death.

The album features 12 studio tracks and more than 60 minutes of previously unreleased, originally recorded music, newly mixed and produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott and Eddie Kramer. All the tracks were recorded within a four-month period back in 1969, shortly after the release of 1968's 'Electric Ladyland.' Many of the new tracks feature bassist Billy Cox, suggesting that Hendrix was, in fact, moving away from the Jimi Hendrix Experience in favor of Band of Gypsies. In addition to the title track, other notable singles include studio covers of Elmore James' 'Bleeding Heart' and Cream's 'Sunshine of Your Love,' as well original Hendrix arrangements 'Ships Passing Through The Night,' 'Lullaby For The Summer,' and 'Crying Blue Rain,' among others.