Blues (Jimi Hendrix album)

Blues
Compilation album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	April 26, 1994 (1994-04-26)
Recorded	1966–1970
Genre	Blues, blues rock
Length	72:17
Label	MCA - Polydor
Compiler	Alan Douglas, Bruce Gary
Jimi Hendrix chronology
The Ultimate Experience (1992) Blues (1994) Woodstock (1994)

Blues is a compilation album of blues songs recorded by American singer/songwriter/musician Jimi Hendrix. Compiled by interim Hendrix producer Alan Douglas, it was released April 26, 1994, by MCA Records. The album contains eleven songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970, six of which were previously unreleased. Hendrix wrote seven of the pieces; other writers include Muddy Waters, Booker T. Jones, and Elmore James. Most are demos, jams, and live recordings, which Hendrix may or may not have completed for release.

Upon its release, Blues was met with favorable reviews and chart successes, 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.^[1] The album was re-released by Experience Hendrix Records in 1998, following the Hendrix family's acquisition of the musician's recordings, and again in October 2010, as part of the project to remaster Hendrix's discography.