Here's my review.

So yeah I'm way into it. A friend of mine posted almost the exact opposite, saying he's heard these songs too many times (most of the versions are unreleased but a lot of the the tunes have come out before) and the parts he hadn't heard are just unfinished jams.

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I keep pretty close tabs on the late period Hendrix releases and all I can say is, this is one I enjoyed listening to a lot, it stayed in the car CD player all week, and I might play it again on my way home.

I got maybe a third of the way through and felt I'd heard most of it before and turned it off. I'll listen to the rest at some point, but how many versions of 'Lover Man' and 'Hear My Train A Comin' do we need? At this point, I'm more interested in live recordings of Hendrix than studio jams. I think the best stuff has been released now.

Have it and I'm disappointed. Most of the materials were previously released, if not all.

rlittler81 said:

I got maybe a third of the way through and felt I'd heard most of it before and turned it off. I'll listen to the rest at some point, but how many versions of 'Lover Man' and 'Hear My Train A Comin' do we need? At this point, I'm more interested in live recordings of Hendrix than studio jams. I think the best stuff has been released now.

Three songs are not Hendrix songs at all, with no vocals by Jimi - $20 Fine, Georgia Blues, and Woodstock. This version of Georgia Blues has already been released and is a Lonnie Youngblood song. $20 Fine and Woodstock are Stephen Stills songs with Jimi only contributing bass guitar on Woodstock.

Three instrumentals with no vocals from Jimi - Jungle, Sweet Angel, and Cherokee Mist. Jungle was already released in a full 9 minute version, but here we get a 3 minute version.

The three singles - Lover Man, Hear My Train A Comin' and Mannish Boy have all been previously released in superior versions. Lover Man & Hear My Train' A Comin' were both released as even more complete studio versions on the album they released just a few years back, Valleys Of Neptune. Hear My Train A Comin' has appeared as a studio version on ALL 3 of latest studio albums they've released. Lover Man has appeared on 3 out of the 4 "studio albums," they've released. Mannish Boy appeared in a superior version on the Blues album they have not only released, but re-released and which is currently in print. Additionally, that version also contains parts of this version on Both Sides Of The Sky. The Mannish Boy version on Both Sides Of The Sky has a much more lifeless guide vocal. The Blues version has much more heart & soul in the performance.

Things I Used To Do & Send My Love To Linda - These songs have been chopped up, badly. Things I Used To Do was released in a complete version on the Lifelines boxed set. The Both Sides Of The Sky version chops the song nearly in half, deleting 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the performance. Send My Love To Linda is a composite that has Eddie Kramer combing a solo demo version of the song with numerous chopped up takes of a later instrumental performance.