In this episode we dig into Jimi Hendrix’s First Rays of the New Rising Sun and ask a big question: should this count as his true fourth album, or is it just the best posthumous compilation we have?

We talk about the songs Hendrix was working on at the end of his life, the Electric Lady era, and how these tracks were originally scattered across posthumous releases like The Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge and War Heroes before being reconstructed as First Rays in the ’90s. We also get into why, despite the quality of the material, this record doesn’t seem to have the same emotional weight in the fanbase as his three lifetime studio albums.

In this episode:

– Standout tracks and moments across First Rays of the New Rising Sun

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