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Jimi Hendrix – West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology

Rating: NNN


Considering Jimi Hendrix’s music career lasted only seven years and spawned just three official studio albums, it’s hard to imagine there’s much in the vaults left to mine. Yet somehow here we are with another posthumous Hendrix collection stuffed with unreleased material.

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The compilation starts with a disc of Hendrix’s early work as a young musician, collecting his stints as a hotshot session guitarist for soul acts like Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. It’s an interesting place to begin, and a good first glimpse into his burgeoning career as a guitar hero.

After that, however, the word “anthology” seems like a misnomer. Rather than a comprehensive account of Hendrix’s career, the other three discs present a compendium of newly unfurled alternate takes, unfinished song sketches and live performances. They’ll interest diehard fans and completists but are hardly a place to begin for the uninitiated.

Top track: Are You Experienced?

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