JIMI HENDRIX - "Reality TV" Footage To Be Released
March 23, 2009, 15 years ago
Guardian.co.uk is reporting:
Candid, "reality TV"-style footage of JIMI HENDRIX at home, backstage and "hanging out" will soon be released, according to the late musician's sister.
The footage dates from 1969, when a camera crew followed Hendrix for a month, catching him both on and off stage. The Hendrix estate will release the footage in a DVD later this year, as part of a new deal with Universal Music Publishing Group.
Universal is taking over from Sony/ATV Music Publishing, who have represented Hendrix outside of the USA since 1998. Experience Hendrix, a company run by the late guitarist's sister, Janie Hendrix, continues to represent his music within the US.
Experience Hendrix have "10 more years of Hendrix music" in their archives, according to Janie. "Currently I am in the studio transferring tapes of Band of Gypsys performances that have never been released before," she said, referring to Hendrix's final band. The company plans to release at least two albums this year, and a Jimi Hendrix Experience concert DVD of the band's Royal Albert Hall gig in February 1969.
Hendrix's albums remain popular, with about 1.2 million albums selling each year.
