What a shame that so much of this material has been held back so long; it would be interesting the back story behind this material taking over four decades to emerge.
I was going to say that this was the best release of his material in decades, but the four disc velvet box release that came out ten years ago or so comes in a close second. Another interesting release has been the ten disc "Story of Life". Yes, ten discs, some of being truly spectacular, like the original 20 minute long Voodoo Child jam that was pared down on the first side of Electric Ladyland (back when music had sides), as well as extended jams of that same time frame with Stevie Winwood and other members of Traffic. That being said, Story of Life also has some clunkers, including unquestionably the worst version of Machine Gun that I've ever heard. Nonetheless, it's definitely work picking up for the true Hendrixophile!
As is People, Hell and Angels. I had my doubts when I first heard about it, and more so when I saw the track listing, which seemed to be just re-releases of older material, as might be expected from a dead man. But this is really an exceptional album, binging up the sad question of where his music would have gone if he hadn't died so tragically young.
And speaking of where his music would have gone, if you can find a copy of "If Sixties Were Nineties", which came out in the 90s, not only is a unique mashing of some of his songs but adds a little spice of more modern musical tropes into the mix. Not true Hendrix, but not bad, not bad at all.
