Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, today announces its most ambitious line-up of collectible releases for Record Store Day, to be released Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 independently owned record stores in the U.S.

“…a chance to be awed, all over again…No rock figure before or since could breathe fire like Hendrix does.” – NPR Music

Head to NPR Music for an exclusive first listen to Both Sides of the Sky. The album is available everywhere March 9!

Exclusively on USAToday.com, listen to the premiere of “Hear My Train A Comin'” from the upcoming new Jimi Hendrix album Both Sides of the Sky, out March 9. The never-before-heard rendition was recorded in New York in April 1969.

Ultimate Classic Rock and Eddie Kramer take fans behind the scenes of the late guitar legend’s upcoming Both Sides of the Sky LP in an interview clip sharing his thoughts on the session that produced the album’s lead-off track, a previously unreleased cover of Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy.”

“There was an exuberance to the creative process.” Eddie Kramer visits Electric Lady Studios to explore Jimi Hendrix’s creativity behind the recordings found on the March 9th release: Both Sides Of The Sky. Pre-Order one of the exclusive bundled releases today at: https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/jimi-hendrix

“Jimi’s true home was the studio; that’s where the music and the magic happened,” notes Eddie Kramer. “He loved everything about recording, and it’s been my distinct pleasure and an honor to play a part in that process both then and now.”

Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys is among 25 albums and singles inducted this year into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame® in recognition of their historical significance. Band of Gypsys joins the albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, and Electric Ladyland, all previously inducted in the Hall of Fame.

LISTEN TO GLOBAL PREMIERE OF “MANNISH BOY” – PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK FROM FORTHCOMING JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM BOTH SIDES OF THE SKY (OUT MARCH 9)

Earlier today legendary engineer/producer Eddie Kramer premiered “Mannish Boy” by Jimi Hendrix on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Shaun Keaveny Breakfast Show.

NEW JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM OUT MARCH 9
“BOTH SIDES OF THE SKY” COMPLETING THE TRILOGY STARTED WITH VALLEYS OF NEPTUNE AND PEOPLE, HELL AND ANGELS

On March 9, Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, proudly release Both Sides of the Sky, a dynamic new Jimi Hendrix album featuring 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970—10 of which have never before been released.