First Rays of the New Rising Sun

First Rays of the New Rising Sun
Compilation album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	April 1997 (1997-04)[1]
Recorded	March 13, 1968 ("My Friend") December 18, 1969 – August 24, 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	69:27
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimi Hendrix Eddie Kramer Mitch Mitchell John Jansen
Jimi Hendrix chronology
Voodoo Soup (1995) First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997) Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997)

First Rays of the New Rising Sun is a compilation album^[2] credited to American rock musician Jimi Hendrix, issued in April 1997 on MCA Records.^[1] Featuring songs mostly intended for his planned fourth studio album, it was one of the first releases overseen by Experience Hendrix, the family company that took over management of his recording legacy. It reached the album charts in the United States, United Kingdom, and four other countries.

Hendrix recorded most of the songs at his new Electric Lady Studios in New York City with former Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and Band of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox, his regular backing for the final six months. All of the songs had been released previously on Hendrix's first posthumous albums The Cry of Love, Rainbow Bridge, and War Heroes; Cry of Love appears here in its entirety but within a different running order. First Rays of the New Rising Sun superseded Voodoo Soup, the 1995 attempt by controversial interim Hendrix producer Alan Douglas, to realize Hendrix's fourth album.