Jimi Hendrix :Blues
: Blues
is a posthumous
compilation album
by musician
Jimi Hendrix,
released
April 26, 1994,
on MCA Records.
The album contains
eleven blues songs
recorded by
Hendrix between
1966 and 1970.
Out of these eleven,
six were
Previously unreleased.
The tracks include
seven of
Hendrix's compositions
along with covers
of famous blues songs
such as
"Born Under a Bad Sign"
and
"Mannish Boy".
Most of the album's material
consists of
leftover studio tapes
that Hendrix
might have never
intended to release.
Compiled by MCA
and released in 1994,
Blues
was met with
favorable criticism
and multiple
chart success,
selling over
500,000 copies
in its first two
years of release.
On February 6, 2001,
Blues
was certified platinum
in sales by the
Recording Industry
Association of America.
The album was
re-released
on Experience
Hendrix Records in 1998,
Following the
Hendrix family's
acquisition of the
musician's recordings
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