Rainbow Bridge (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Rainbow Bridge
Type = studio
Artist = Jimi Hendrix

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Released = October 1971
Recorded = 1968–1970 at TTG Studios, Record Plant Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York and Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California
Genre = Rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length =
Label = Reprise
Producer = Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Eddie Kramer, John Jansen
Reviews =
*Review-Christgau|A-|album=1692
Last album = "Experience"
(1971)
This album = "Rainbow Bridge"
(1971)
Next album = "Isle of Wight"
(1971)

"Rainbow Bridge" (falsely sub-titled "Original Motion Picture Sound Track") is a posthumous studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in October and November 1971 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. It was the second Hendrix studio album released after his death and was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer, John Jansen and Mitch Mitchell.

Overview

The pairing of "Rainbow Bridge" with "The Cry of Love" comprises the bulk of the most complete tracks that Hendrix was intending to release on his next (double) LP, "First Rays of the New Rising Sun". All songs on the album were written by Hendrix, except the cover of "The Star-Spangled Banner", and recorded throughout 1969 and 1970, with the exception of "Look Over Yonder", which was recorded in 1968. "Hear My Train A Comin'" was recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theatre on May 30, 1970. The album was the second to be produced by Kramer and Mitchell, with the help of Jansen, and was again fairly well received, reaching #15 and #16 in the U.S. and the UK respectively. "Dolly Dagger" b/w "The Star Spangled Banner" was released as a single in the U.S., but only reached #74. Four songs from "Rainbow Bridge" are featured on the 1997 compilation "First Rays of the New Rising Sun". Two songs are featured on the also 1997 compilation "South Saturn Delta". The fact that the album's title is the same as the name of a 1970 concert by Hendrix suggests that "Rainbow Bridge" is a live album, though only "Hear My Train" was recorded live, and even that was not at the titled concert. All other songs are new material from studio sessions.

Track listing

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

ide one

#"Dolly Dagger" – 4:45
#"Earth Blues" – 4:20
#"Pali Gap" – 5:05
#"Room Full of Mirrors" – 3:17
#"Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith, arr. Hendrix) – 4:07

ide two

#"Look Over Yonder" – 3:28
#"Hear My Train A Comin'" – 11:15
#"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" – 6:05

Personnel

*Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals on tracks 1 and 2
*Mitch Mitchell – drums
*Billy Cox – bass
*Juma Sultan – congas, percussion
*Arthur Allen – backing vocals on track 1
*Albert Allen – backing vocals on track 1
*Buddy Miles – drums on tracks 2 and 4, backing vocals on track 2
*The Ronettes (Veronica Bennett, Estelle Bennett, Nedra Talley) – backing vocals on track 2
*Noel Redding – bass on track 6

Recording details

*Tracks 1, 3 and 8 recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, New York on July 1, 1970
*Track 2 recorded at Record Plant Studios in New York City, New York on December 19, 1969
*Track 4 recorded at Record Plant Studios on November 17, 1969
*Track 5 recorded at Record Plant Studios on March 18, 1969
*Track 6 recorded at TTG Studios in New York City, New York on October 22, 1968
*Track 7 recorded at Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California on May 30, 1970

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. 540-541 |chapter=Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography