First Rays of the New Rising Sun

1997 compilation album by Jimi Hendrix
MusicAlbum album Q1001664
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First Rays of the New Rising Sun

Summary

First Rays of the New Rising Sun is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's genre is rock music[4].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's genre is hard rock[5].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's genre is blues rock[6].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's genre is psychedelic rock[7].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's genre is acid rock[8].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was produced by Eddie Kramer[9].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was produced by John Jansen[10].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was performed by Jimi Hendrix[11].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's record label is recorded as MCA Records[12].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun is part of Jimi Hendrix's albums in chronological order[13].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was distributed by compact disc[15].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was distributed by 2 × LP[16].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's review score is recorded as 4[17].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun was published on April 22, 1997[18].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Room Full of Mirrors[19].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Drifting[20].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as My Friend[21].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Straight Ahead[22].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Earth Blues[23].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Astro Man[24].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's tracklist is recorded as Belly Button Window[25].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun'}[26].
  • First Rays of the New Rising Sun's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+17'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation[29]

  • First release date: 1997-04-15[30]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, psychedelic rock, rock[31]

  • Community tags: blues rock, psychedelic rock, rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7ae02a2b-241b-36a5-b17c-2320dd1c4ca4[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

First Rays of the New Rising Sun was performed by Jimi Hendrix[11]. Producers include Eddie Kramer[9] and John Jansen[10].

Publication

First Rays of the New Rising Sun was released on April 22, 1997[18]. Genres include rock music[4], hard rock[5], blues rock[6], psychedelic rock[7], and acid rock[8]. It is part of Jimi Hendrix's albums in chronological order[13]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[14], compact disc[15], and 2 × LP[16].

Reception

First Rays of the New Rising Sun's review score is recorded as 4[17].

Why It Matters

First Rays of the New Rising Sun ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (377 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . musicmp3.ru. musicmp3.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . musicmp3.ru. musicmp3.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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