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New Hendrix footage to be released
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 24 March 2009
A new DVD of candid footage of Jimi Hendrix, shot back in 1969, is to be released by the Hendrix estate. According to The Guardian, the film will be co-released with the Universal Music Group, and sees the musician relaxing off stage and in between gigs.
Elsewhere in unreleased Hendrix news, a tape of 14 previously unheard acoustic tracks is expected to raise between £50k and £100k when it goes up for auction next month. The tape, which the guitarist gave to his neighbour Carl Niekirk as a thank you after he lent him milk and sugar, features rehearsals of songs which would later appear on 1968 album ‘Electric Ladyland’.
According to The Independent, Niekirk gave the tape to his sister, who sold it for a nominal fee to Mark Sutherland and Paul Jackson, who run east London’s Cafe Music Studios. The pair have had to negotiate with the aforementioned Hendrix estate in order to be able to sell the item, which will be auctioned by the Fame Bureau on 28 Apr.
