War Heroes

For the comic book, see War Heroes (comics).

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War Heroes is a compilation album by 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. Though Hendrix produced many of the songs, he was not credited for such.

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: "Stepping Stone", "Izabella" and "Beginnings" (listed as "Beginning").

The album reached #23 in the UK Albums Chart and #48 on the US Billboard 200.

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. Instead, tracks like "3 Little Bears" and "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" were used.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bleeding Heart"	Elmore James	3:12
2.	"Highway Chile" (re-processed stereo)		3:34
3.	"Tax Free"	Bo Hansson, Janne Carlsson	4:58
4.	"Peter Gunn Catastrophe"	Henry Mancini; arranged by Jimi Hendrix	2:20
5.	"Stepping Stone"		4:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Midnight"		5:35
2.	"3 Little Bears"		4:16
3.	"Beginning"	Mitch Mitchell	4:13
4.	"Izabella"		2:51

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
• "Beginning" appears on First Rays of the New Rising Sun
• "Izabella" appears on First Rays of the New Rising Sun

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix - guitars, lead vocals, bass guitar on "Bleeding Heart", backing vocals on "Izabella"
• Mitch Mitchell - drums
• Billy Cox - bass guitar on "Peter Gunn Catastrophe","Stepping Stone" and "Izabella"
• Noel Redding - bass guitar on "Highway Chile", "Tax Free" and "Midnight"

Recording details

• Track 1 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, on March 24, 1970
• Track 2 recorded at Olympic Studios in London, on April 3, 1967
• Track 3 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on May 1, 1968
• Track 4 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on May 14, 1970
• Track 5 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on November 14, 1969 and on June 26, 1970 (overdubs)
• Track 6 recorded at Olmstead Studios, on April 3, 1969
• Track 7 recorded at Record Plant Studios, on May 2, 1968
• Track 8 recorded at Electric Lady Studios in 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

References

• Shapiro, Harry; Caesar Glebbeek (1995-08-15) [1990-09-17]. "Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography". Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy (3rd ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 537–538. ISBN 978-0-312-13062-6.