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Released
  
October 1972 (1972-10)

Artist
  
Jimi Hendrix

Label
  
Reprise Records

Length
  
35:20

Release date
  
1 October 1972

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Recorded
  
April 1967 to July 1970

Venue
  
Electric Lady, Record Plant, Hit Factory, and Olmstead Sound Studios in New York, Olympic Studios in London

Producer
  
Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, John Jansen

War Heroes(1972)
  
Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix(1973)

Genres
  
Rock music, Psychedelic rock, Blues rock, Hard rock, Acid rock

Similar
  
Jimi Hendrix albums, Acid rock albums, Other albums

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War Heroes is a compilation album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released on October 1 and December 1972 in the UK and the US, respectively. It was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen. Though Hendrix produced many of the songs, he was not credited for such.

Contents

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 as "Beginning").

The album reached #23 in the UK Albums Chart and #48 on the US Billboard 200.

According to the book Setting The Record Straight by John McDermott with Eddie Kramer, The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice was considered for this release but was pulled by Mike Jeffery to enhance the next posthumous release, Loose Ends. Instead, tracks like "3 Little Bears" and "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" were used.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Appearances of these mixes on newer releases

  • "Bleeding Heart" appears on South Saturn Delta under the title "Bleeding Heart (Peoples, Peoples, Peoples)"
  • "Tax Free" appears on South Saturn Delta
  • "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" appears on the West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology box set
  • "Stepping Stone" appears on First Rays of the New Rising Sun
  • "Midnight" appears on South Saturn Delta
  • "3 Little Bears" appears on the "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" single
  • "Beginning" appears on First Rays of the New Rising Sun
  • "Izabella" appears on First Rays of the New Rising Sun

    • Personnel

  • Jimi Hendrix - guitars, lead vocals, bass guitar on "Bleeding Heart", backing vocals on "Izabella"
  • Mitch Mitchell - drums
  • Billy Cox - bass guitar on "Peter Gunn Catastrophe","Stepping Stone" and "Izabella"
  • Noel Redding - bass guitar on "Highway Chile", "Tax Free" and "Midnight"

    • Recording details

  • Track 1 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, on March 24, 1970
  • Track 2 recorded at Olympic Studios in London, 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 and on June 26, 1970 (overdubs)
  • 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, on June 16 and/or July 1, 1970
  • Track 9 recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City, on August 28 and 29, 1969

    • Songs

    1Bleeding Heart3:18
    2Highway Chile3:35
    3Tax Free4:58

    References

    War Heroes Wikipedia
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