War Heroes
| War Heroes |
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| Studio album by Jimi Hendrix |
| Released |
October 1, 1972 |
| Recorded |
1967–1970 at De Lane Lea Studios in London, England, Olmstead Sound Studios, The Hit Factory, Record Plant Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York, USA |
| Genre |
Psychedelic rock, funk rock, blues rock, hard rock, acid rock |
| Length |
35:20 |
| Label |
Polydor |
| Producer |
Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, John Jansen |
| Jimi Hendrix chronology |
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War Heroes is a posthumous sixth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released on October 1 and December 1972 in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively. It was the third Hendrix studio album released after his death and was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen. Though Hendrix produced many of the songs, he was not credited for such.
War Heroes contains the three remaining tracks featured on First Rays of the New Rising Sun which were not included on The Cry of Love or Rainbow Bridge: "Stepping Stone", "Izabella" and "Beginnings" (listed on War Heroes as "Beginning").
The album reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart[3] and No. 48 in the Billboard 200.[4]
Track listings
All songs written and composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
| 1. |
"Midnight" |
5:35 |
| 2. |
"3 Little Bears" |
4:16 |
| 3. |
"Beginning" (Mitch Mitchell) |
4:13 |
| 4. |
"Izabella" |
2:51 |
Personnel
Recording details
- Track 1 recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York City, New York, USA on March 24, 1970
- Track 2 recorded at Olympic Studios in London, England on April 3, 1967
- Track 3 recorded at Record Plant Studios on May 1, 1968
- Track 4 recorded at Record Plant Studios on May 14, 1970
- Track 5 recorded at Record Plant Studios on November 14, 1969
- Track 6 recorded at Olmstead Studios on April 3, 1969
- Track 7 recorded at Record Plant Studios on May 2, 1968
- Track 8 recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York, USA on June 16 and/or July 1, 1970
- Track 9 recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City, New York, USA on August 28 and 29, 1969
References
- Shapiro, Harry; Caesar Glebbeek (1995-08-15). "Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography". Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (3rd Edition ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 537–538. ISBN 9780312130626.
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