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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = War Heroes
| name = War Heroes
| Type = compilation
| type = compilation
| Artist = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| artist = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| Cover = War_heroes.jpg
| cover = War_heroes.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|1972|10}}
| released = {{Start date|1972|10}}
| Recorded = April 1967 to July 1970
| recorded = April 1967 – July 1970
| Venue = [[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]], [[Record Plant]], [[The Hit Factory|Hit Factory]], and Olmstead Sound Studios in New York, [[Olympic Studios]] in [[London]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=35|s=20}}
| length = 35:20
| Label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| label = [[Polydor]] (UK)<br/>[[Reprise Records|Reprise]] (US)<br/>[[Barclay (record label)|Barclay]] (France)
| producer =
| Producer = Jimi Hendrix, [[Eddie Kramer]], [[John Jansen (producer)|John Jansen]]
*[[Eddie Kramer]]
| Chronology = [[Jimi Hendrix]] American
*[[John Jansen (record producer)|John Jansen]]
| Last album = ''[[Hendrix in the West]]''<br />(1972)
| chronology = [[Jimi Hendrix]] US
| This album = '''''War Heroes'''''<br />(1972)
| prev_title = [[Hendrix in the West]]
| Next album = ''[[Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix]]''<br /> (1973)
| prev_year = 1972
| Misc = {{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Jimi Hendrix]] British
| next_title = [[Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix]]
| next_year = 1973
| Type = compilation
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| Last album = ''[[More Experience]]''<br />(1972)
| artist = [[Jimi Hendrix]] UK
| This album = '''''War Heroes'''''<br />(1972)
| type = compilation
| Next album = ''[[Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix]]''<br />(1973)
| prev_title = [[More Experience]]
}}}}
| prev_year = 1972
| title = War Heroes
| year = 1972
| next_title = [[Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix]]
| next_year = 1973
}}
}}


{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9222 |title=War Heroes - Jimi Hendrix &#124; AllMusic |first=Greg |last=Prato |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=27 August 2011}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r9222 |title=War Heroes - Jimi Hendrix &#124; Review|first=Greg |last=Prato |work=[[AllMusic]] |year=2011 |access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: H|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=H&bk=70|access-date=February 26, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|B}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6999 |title=Robert Christgau: Album: Jimi Hendrix: War Heroes |first=Robert |last=Christgau |work=robertchristgau.com |year=2011 |accessdate=27 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''War Heroes''''' is a [[compilation album]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Faralaco|first=John|page=125|chapter=Appendix 5: Selected Post-1971 Compilation Albums|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dmG1TRqhjAC&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Jimi Hendrix Story: New Edition, Including Updated Discography|publisher=[[IPS Books]]|year=2010|accessdate=August 11, 2015|isbn=1890988391}}</ref> by [[United States|American]] [[guitarist]] [[Jimi Hendrix]] which was released two years after his death (on October 1 and December 1972 in the UK and the US, respectively). It was engineered, mixed and compiled by [[Eddie Kramer]] and [[John Jansen (producer)|John Jansen]]. Though Hendrix produced many of the songs, he was not credited for such.
'''''War Heroes''''' is a compilation album<ref>{{cite book|last=Faralaco|first=John|page=125|chapter=Appendix 5: Selected Post-1971 Compilation Albums|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dmG1TRqhjAC&pg=PA125|title=The Jimi Hendrix Story: New Edition, Including Updated Discography|publisher=[[IPS Books]]|year=2010|access-date=August 11, 2015|isbn=978-1890988395}}</ref> by American guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Released in the UK in October 1972, and in December 1972 in the US, it was the third album of mostly unreleased studio recordings to be issued after Hendrix's death. The album was engineered, mixed and compiled by [[Eddie Kramer]] and [[John Jansen (record producer)|John Jansen]], although biographer and later Hendrix producer John McDermott also identifies Hendrix as a producer.<ref name="McDermott">
{{cite book
| last1 = McDermott
| first1 = John
| last2 = Kramer
| first2 = Eddie
| author-link2 = Eddie Kramer
| title = Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight
| url = https://archive.org/details/hendrixsettingre00kram
| url-access = limited
| year = 1992
| publisher = [[Warner Books]]
| location = New York City
| isbn = 978-0-446-39431-4
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/hendrixsettingre00kram/page/n325 305]–306, 336–337
}}</ref>


''War Heroes'' contains the three remaining tracks featured on ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]'' which were not included on ''[[The Cry of Love]]'' or ''[[Rainbow Bridge (album)|Rainbow Bridge]]'': "Stepping Stone", "Izabella" and "Beginnings" (listed as "Beginning").
''War Heroes'' contains three songs that Hendrix proposed for his fourth studio album: "[[Stepping Stone (Jimi Hendrix song)|Stepping Stone]]", "Izabella", and "Beginnings" (listed as "Beginning"). These and songs from the two 1971 albums, ''[[The Cry of Love]]'' and ''[[Rainbow Bridge (album)|Rainbow Bridge]]'', were included on ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]'' (1997). ''War Heroes'' reached number 23 in the [[UK Albums Chart]], number 48 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>
{{cite book

| last1 = Shapiro
The album reached #23 in the [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=37446 |title=UK chart history - Jimi Hendrix ''War Heroes'' |publisher=www.chartstats.com |accessdate=5 September 2011|archiveurl=https://archive.is/u2HK|archivedate=23 July 2012}}</ref> and #48 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r9222|tab=charts-awards|label=Billboard album charts info - Jimi Hendrix ''War Heroes''|accessdate=5 September 2011}}</ref>
| first1 = Harry

| author-link1 = Harry Shapiro (author)
According to the book Setting The Record Straight by John McDermott with Eddie Kramer, The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice was considered for this release but was pulled by Mike Jeffery to enhance the next posthumous release, ''[[Loose Ends (Jimi Hendrix album)|Loose Ends]]''. Instead, tracks like "3 Little Bears" and "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" were used.
| last2 = Glebbeek
| first2 = Cesar
| title = Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy
| publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]]
| location = New York City
| year = 1990
| edition = 1st
| isbn = 978-0-312-05861-6
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/544 544–545]
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/544
}}</ref> and number 51 in Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5314.pdf|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|title=RPM Top 100 Albums|date=February 17, 1973|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Jimi Hendrix]], except where noted.<ref>
{{tracklist
{{Cite AV media notes
| all_writing = [[Jimi Hendrix]], except where noted
| headline = Side one
| year = 1972
| title = War Heroes
| title1 = [[Bleeding Heart (song)|Bleeding Heart]]
| type = Album notes
| writer1 = [[Elmore James]]
| others = [[Jimi Hendrix]]
| length1 = 3:12
| location = New York City
| title2 = [[Highway Chile]]
| publisher = [[Reprise Records]]
| note2 = re-processed stereo
| length2 = 3:34
| id = MS 2103
| at = Record labels}}
| title3 = Tax Free
</ref>
| writer3 = [[Bo Hansson]], [[Janne Carlsson]]
{{Track listing
| length3 = 4:58
| extra_column = Later release
| title4 = [[Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn Catastrophe]]
| headline = Side one
| writer4 = [[Henry Mancini]]; arranged by Jimi Hendrix
| title1 = [[Bleeding Heart (song)|Bleeding Heart]]
| length4 = 2:20
| extra1 = ''[[South Saturn Delta]]''
| title5 = [[Stepping Stone (Jimi Hendrix song)|Stepping Stone]]
| length5 = 4:11
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = [[Highway Chile]]
| extra2 = ''[[Are You Experienced]]'' (CD reissues)
| length2 = 3:30
| title3 = Tax Free
| note3 = Hansen, Carlsen {{a.k.a.}} [[Bo Hansson]], [[Janne Carlsson]]
| extra3 = ''South Saturn Delta''
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = [[Peter Gunn (song)|Peter Gunn]]
| note4 = [[Henry Mancini]]
| extra4 = ''[[West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology|West Coast Seattle Boy]]''
| length4 = 2:18
| title5 = [[Stepping Stone (Jimi Hendrix song)|Stepping Stone]]
| extra5 = ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]''
| length5 = 4:07
}}
}}


{{Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Later release
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Midnight
| length1 = 5:35
| title1 = Midnight
| extra1 = ''South Saturn Delta''
| title2 = 3 Little Bears
| length2 = 4:16
| length1 = 5:32
| title2 = 3 Little Bears
| title3 = Beginning
| extra2 = ''Merry Christmas and Happy New Year''
| writer3 = [[Mitch Mitchell]]
| length3 = 4:13
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Beginning
| title4 = Izabella
| note3 = [[Mitch Mitchell]]<ref>On ''First Rays...'' album this song is credited to Hendrix.</ref>
| length4 = 2:51
| extra3 = ''First Rays of the New Rising Sun''
| length3 = 4:13
| title4 = Izabella
| extra4 = ''First Rays of the New Rising Sun''
| length4 = 2:55
}}
}}

==Appearances of these mixes on newer releases==
*"Bleeding Heart" appears on ''[[South Saturn Delta]]'' under the title "Bleeding Heart (Peoples, Peoples, Peoples)"
*"Tax Free" appears on ''[[South Saturn Delta]]''
*"Peter Gunn Catastrophe" appears on the ''[[West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology]]'' box set
*"Stepping Stone" appears on ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]''
*"Midnight" appears on ''[[South Saturn Delta]]''
*"3 Little Bears" appears on the "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" single <ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/4546213 Discogs - ''Merry Christmas And Happy New Year'' reMastered 10"-vinyl 2012, Music On Vinyl (MOVLP225) Europe]</ref>
*"Beginning" appears on ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]''
*"Izabella" appears on ''[[First Rays of the New Rising Sun]]''


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Jimi Hendrix]] - [[guitar]]s, [[lead vocals]], [[bass guitar]] on "Bleeding Heart", [[backing vocals]] on "Izabella"
*[[Jimi Hendrix]]{{snd}}guitars, vocals
*[[Mitch Mitchell]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Mitch Mitchell]]{{snd}}drums
*[[Billy Cox]] - bass guitar on "Peter Gunn Catastrophe","Stepping Stone" and "Izabella"
*[[Billy Cox]]{{snd}}bass guitar on "Bleeding Heart", "Peter Gunn Catastrophe", "Stepping Stone", "Beginning", and "Izabella"
*[[Noel Redding]] - bass guitar on "Highway Chile", "Tax Free" and "Midnight"
*[[Noel Redding]]{{snd}}bass guitar on "Highway Chile", "Tax Free", "Midnight", and "3 Little Bears"


==Recording details==
==Recording details==
*Track 1 recorded at [[Record Plant Studios|Record Plant]] in [[New York City]], on March 24, 1970
* "Bleeding Heart" recorded at [[Record Plant Studios|Record Plant]] in New York City, on March 24, 1970
*Track 2 recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] in [[London]], on April 3, 1967
* "Highway Chile" recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] in London, on April 3, 1967
*Track 3 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on May 1, 1968
* "Tax Free" recorded at Record Plant, on May 1, 1968
*Track 4 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on May 14, 1970
* "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" recorded at Record Plant, on May 14, 1970
*Track 5 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on November 14, 1969 and on June 26, 1970 (overdubs)
* "Stepping Stone" recorded at Record Plant, on November 14, 1969 and on June 26, 1970 (overdubs)
*Track 6 recorded at Olmstead Studios, on April 3, 1969
* "Midnight" recorded at Olmstead Studios, on April 3, 1969
* "3 Little Bears" recorded at Record Plant, on May 2, 1968
*Track 7 recorded at Record Plant Studios,<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/release/5236647 Discogs - ''Merry Christmas And Happy New Year'' limited edition 7"-vinyl 1999, Experience Hendrix (5651-7) US]</ref> on May 2, 1968
*Track 8 recorded at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in [[Greenwich Village|New York City]], on June 16 and/or July 1, 1970
* "Beginning" recorded at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in [[Greenwich Village|New York City]], on June 16 and/or July 1, 1970
*Track 9 recorded at [[The Hit Factory]] in New York City, on August 28 and 29, 1969
* "Izabella" recorded at [[The Hit Factory]] in New York City, on August 28 and 29, 1969


==References==
==References==
*{{cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Shapiro (author) |author2=Caesar Glebbeek |title=Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy |origyear=1990-09-17 |edition=3rd |date=1995-08-15 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-13062-6 |pages=537–538 |chapter=Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography}}

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Latest revision as of 01:59, 5 May 2024

For the comic book, see War Heroes (comics).
War Heroes
Compilation album by
Jimi Hendrix
ReleasedOctober 1972 (1972-10)
RecordedApril 1967 – July 1970
GenreRock
Length35:20
LabelPolydor (UK)
Reprise (US)
Barclay (France)
Producer
Jimi Hendrix US chronology
Hendrix in the West
(1972) 		War Heroes
(1972) 		Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
(1973)
Jimi Hendrix UK chronology
More Experience
(1972) 		War Heroes
(1972) 		Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

War Heroes is a compilation album[3] by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Released in the UK in October 1972, and in December 1972 in the US, it was the third album of mostly unreleased studio recordings to be issued after Hendrix's death. The album was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen, although biographer and later Hendrix producer John McDermott also identifies Hendrix as a producer.[4]

War Heroes contains three songs that Hendrix proposed for his fourth studio album: "Stepping Stone", "Izabella", and "Beginnings" (listed as "Beginning"). These and songs from the two 1971 albums, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, were included on First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997). War Heroes reached number 23 in the UK Albums Chart, number 48 on the US Billboard 200,[5] and number 51 in Canada.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.[7]

Side one
No.TitleLater releaseLength
1."Bleeding Heart"South Saturn Delta3:15
2."Highway Chile"Are You Experienced (CD reissues)3:30
3."Tax Free" (Hansen, Carlsen a.k.a. Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson)South Saturn Delta4:58
4."Peter Gunn" (Henry Mancini)West Coast Seattle Boy2:18
5."Stepping Stone"First Rays of the New Rising Sun4:07
Side two
No.TitleLater releaseLength
1."Midnight"South Saturn Delta5:32
2."3 Little Bears"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year4:09
3."Beginning" (Mitch Mitchell[8])First Rays of the New Rising Sun4:13
4."Izabella"First Rays of the New Rising Sun2:55

Personnel

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  • Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals
  • Mitch Mitchell – drums
  • Billy Cox – bass guitar on "Bleeding Heart", "Peter Gunn Catastrophe", "Stepping Stone", "Beginning", and "Izabella"
  • Noel Redding – bass guitar on "Highway Chile", "Tax Free", "Midnight", and "3 Little Bears"

Recording details

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  • "Bleeding Heart" recorded at Record Plant in New York City, on March 24, 1970
  • "Highway Chile" recorded at Olympic Studios in London, on April 3, 1967
  • "Tax Free" recorded at Record Plant, on May 1, 1968
  • "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" recorded at Record Plant, on May 14, 1970
  • "Stepping Stone" recorded at Record Plant, on November 14, 1969 and on June 26, 1970 (overdubs)
  • "Midnight" recorded at Olmstead Studios, on April 3, 1969
  • "3 Little Bears" recorded at Record Plant, on May 2, 1968
  • "Beginning" recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, on June 16 and/or July 1, 1970
  • "Izabella" recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City, on August 28 and 29, 1969

References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg (2011). "War Heroes - Jimi Hendrix | Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 26, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Faralaco, John (2010). "Appendix 5: Selected Post-1971 Compilation Albums". The Jimi Hendrix Story: New Edition, Including Updated Discography. IPS Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1890988395. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  4. ^ McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie (1992). Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight. New York City: Warner Books. pp. 305–306, 336–337. ISBN 978-0-446-39431-4.
  5. ^ Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (1st ed.). New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 544–545. ISBN 978-0-312-05861-6.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM. February 17, 1973 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  7. ^ War Heroes (Album notes). Jimi Hendrix. New York City: Reprise Records. 1972. Record labels. MS 2103.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ On First Rays... album this song is credited to Hendrix.
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