Jimi Hendrix - The Cry Of Love
Jimi Hendrix – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals on "In from the Storm", piano on "Freedom", production, mixing on "Freedom", "Nightbird Flying", "Ezy Ryder", "Astro Man", "Belly Button Window" [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Jimi Hendrix]
Billy Cox – bass guitar on all tracks (except "My Friend", "Belly Button Window")
Mitch Mitchell – drums on all tracks (except "Ezy Ryder", "My Friend", "Belly Button Window"), posthumous production, mixing on "Angel"
Juma Sultan – percussion on "Freedom", "Astro Man"
The Ghetto Fighters a.k.a. Arthur and Albert Allen – backing vocals on "Freedom"
Buzzy Linhart – vibraphone on "Drifting"
Buddy Miles – drums on "Ezy Ryder"
Billy Armstrong – percussion on "Ezy Ryder"
Steve Winwood – backing vocals on "Ezy Ryder"
Chris Wood – backing vocals on "Ezy Ryder"
Noel Redding – bass guitar on "My Friend"
Kenny Pine – twelve-string guitar on "My Friend"
Jimmy Mayes – drums on "My Friend"
Stephen Stills – piano on "My Friend"
Paul Caruso a.k.a. Gers – harmonica on "My Friend"
Emeretta Marks – backing vocals on "In from the Storm"
Written by Jimi Hendrix
1 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Legacy
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York City
Produced by Eddie Kramer, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Tracks :
2. Drifting
3. Ezy Ryder
4. Night Bird Flying
5. My Friend
2. Astro Man
3. Angel
4. In From the Storm
5. Belly Button Window
Reviews :
« This was the first of the posthumous releases in the Jimi Hendrix catalog and probably the best as it collected most of the studio tracks that were either completed or very near completion before Hendrix died. Some of these tunes, like "Angel" and "Ezy Rider," have become well-known pieces in the Hendrix canon, but they sit alongside lesser-known gems like "Night Bird Flying" and the Dylanesque "My Friend." Cry of Love as an album has been rendered as a footnote, since the Hendrix estate has recompiled, to Hendrix's specifications, First Rays of the New Rising Sun. This (originally) double-album set contains not only the entire Cry of Love LP, but the best studio tracks from Rainbow Bridge, War Heroes, and Crash Landing, presented in drastically improved sound. » AllMusic Review by Sean Westergaard
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