War Heroes

Infobox Album
Name = War Heroes
Type = studio
Artist = 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 = Rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length = 35:20
Label = Polydor
Producer = Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, John Jansen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:p1q67uu0h0jf link]
*Review-Christgau|B|album=6999
Last album = "More Experience"
(1972)
This album = "War Heroes"
(1972)
Next album = "Sound Track Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix"
(1973)

"War Heroes" is a posthumous 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".

Track listings

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

ide one

#"Bleeding Heart" (Elmore James) – 3:18
#"Highway Chile" – 3:34
#"Tax Free" (Bo Hansson, Janne Karlsson) – 4:58
#"Peter Gunn Catastrophe" (Henry Mancini, Hendrix) – 2:20

ide two

#"Stepping Stone" – 4:11
#"Midnight" (Noel Redding) – 5:35
#"3 Little Bears" – 4:16
#"Beginning" (Mitch Mitchell) – 4:13
#"Izabella" – 2:51

Personnel

*Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals, bass on track 1, backing vocals on track 9
*Mitch Mitchell – drums
*Noel Redding – bass on tracks 2, 6 and 7
*Billy Cox – bass on tracks 4, 5, 8 and 9, backing vocals on track 9
*Buddy Miles – drums on tracks 5 and 9 (track 5 wiped), backing vocals on track 9
*Juma Sultan – percussion on tracks 1, 8 and 9 (track 8 wiped), bongos on track 8 (wiped)
*Jerry Velez – percussion on track 9

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

*cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Shapiro (author) |coauthors=Caesar Glebbeek |title=Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy |origdate=1990-09-17 |edition=3rd Edition |date=1995-08-15 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |isbn=9780312130626 |pages=pp. 537-538 |chapter=Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography