Something Jimi Hendrix fans never thought they'd see or hear - a brand new album of previously unreleased recordings.

Valleys Of Neptune goes on sale in March, some four decades after Hendrix's death.

It contains 12 tracks and almost 60 minutes of music from the critical period between the release of Electric Ladyland in October 1968 and the 1970 opening of his own Electric Lady Studios.

The album marks the start of a series of projects marking 40 years since Hendrix died aged 27 on September 18, 1970.

- AFP