THE VAULTS / CD REISSUES : Jimi Hendrix, “Band of Gypsys,” Capitol. ** 1/2
Released for the first time on CD, this is Hendrix’s last great album. Already a rock guitar god, Hendrix signaled in this 1969 recording with drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox that he was moving into funk with an imagination that might have redefined the form if he had lived.
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