Jimi Hendrix's first two posthumous studio albums, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge – which both originally came out in 1971 – will be available as newly remastered CD, LP and digital reissues next month. Audio engineer Bernie Grundman, whose mastering credits include Prince's Purple Rain and Michael Jackson's Thriller, went back to the original analog masters for each album to get the best sound possible, and each reissue will feature the original album art and track orders. It will also be the first time that Rainbow Bridge has been available as an official CD.

The Cry of Love originally came out less than six months after Hendrix's death in September 1970. The guitar icon recorded the majority of the songs on the album between December 1969 and the summer of the following year at his New York studio Electric Lady, with the intention of releasing it as a double album titled First Rays of the New Rising Sun.

Rainbow Bridge originally came out in October 1971 and contained more music from the sessions that made up The Cry of Love.

Both reissues will be available on September 16th.