Valleys Of Neptune features the last studio recordings by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience as well as the first sessions the guitar maestro recorded with Band of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox. The tracks were recorded at New York City’s Record Plant and London’s Olympic studios.

Scheduled for release by Experience Hendrix LLC and Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings March 9, Valleys of Neptune marks the first release from the 2010 Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project.

Called the “opening wave” of the project, March 9 will also see the release of new deluxe CD/DVD editions of the classic Hendrix albums Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland and First Rays Of The New Rising Sun. The discs will also be available in vinyl.

Each of the reissued Hendrix titles will include a bonus DVD featuring new documentaries directed by Bob Smeaton (Beatles Anthology, Festival Express, Beatles: The Studio Recordings) and feature interviews with Experience members Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, original producer Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer.

Originally recorded and newly mixed by Kramer, Valleys Of Neptune includes a cover of Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love” and “premier performances” of “Ships Passing Through The Night” and “Lullaby For The Summer” as well as an original Experience rendition of “Hear My Train A Coming.”

“Mr. Bad Luck” – an Experience track produced by Chris Chandler during the 1967 Axis: Bold As Love Sessions – is also included.

For more information, please click here for Experience Hendrix LLC and here for Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings.