Jimi Hendrix : War Heroes

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.

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.

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