Are Posthumous Album Releases Ever A Good Idea?

Last week saw the release of 'Valleys Of Neptune', an album which the marketing buzz would have you believe features 'new' Jimi Hendrix material - although if familiar tracks such as opener 'Stone Free' (originally the B-side to 'Hey Joe') are 'new' to you, you might be better off starting with the greatest hits. In a bid to lend a bit of multimedia zip to what is essentially a collection of anorakish studio offcuts, two videos have been made. The first, for the title track, contains so much in...

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