Dolly Dagger/Earth Blues/Pali Gap/Room Full Of Mirrors/Star Spangled Banner/Look Over Yonder/Hear My Train A Comin'/Hey Baby
Rainbow Bridge was a posthumous Jimi Hendrix album featuring unreleased tracks from the 1968-70 period. Contrary to the claims made on the cover it does not include any soundtrack songs. (US:15 UK:16)
“This one misses the mark by just a bit. The beautiful guitar is still there but the material is a little weak, hippy dippy stuff that seems a little contrived. Not a bad listen but not the bombastic stuff of some of his earlier work. This LP goes well with a buzz and a mellow attitude.”
“Surprisingly good collection of stuff recorded between 1968-1970. Side one is really good whilst side two contains only one complete studio cut, Look Over Yonder, featuring the original Experience. Hear My Train is a long blues jam and album closer and movie theme Hey Baby feels like a first take or demo. There's never been a shortage of Hendrix material to be cash-in worthy but, even though it feels like he's sleepwalking this stuff to some extent, it's still a fine record.”
“Though not his best, or even most coherent album, this is nonetheless a great collection of material recorded between 1968~70. It features mostly his blues rock driven stuff.”
“The performance of Hear My Train A Comin' is one of the few posthumous cuts that sends me to Venus and back. Star Spangled Banner is not the live Woodstock version but a truly horrible studio attempt, the rest is OK.”
“The most accessible Hendrix I've heard probably because it steers nearer to his blues roots and is more relaxed than the more adventurous studio albums, yet still exhibits his enormous talent. As an album it's a little patchy due to the nature of the project.”
“It’s been stitched together from studio and live material recorded in different years so it sounds a bit patchy and inconsistent. There’s one live track, but basically the songs are excellent and the versions are better than I’ve heard on other LPs.”
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