Sony Music’s attempt to block a copyright claim by the estate of Jimi Hendrix has been blocked again after the Court of Appeal dismissed their claim.

Rock guitar icon Jimi Hendrix passed away at 27 in September 1970. He formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966 with two other band members: Noel Redding on bass guitar and John ‘Mitch’ Mitchell on drums.

Redding died in May 2003 and Mitchell passed away in November 2008.

The bank recorded three albums: Are you Experienced; Axis: Bold as Love; and Electric Ladyland.

The estates of both Redding and Mitchell launched legal action against Sony back in 2022, seeking to establish that they own a share of the sound recording copyrights in the albums.

It was alleged there was an oral agreement around May 1967 between the band members regarding the ownership and division of monies, resulting in profits to be divided up as: 50 per cent to Hendrix, 25 per cent to Redding and 25 per cent to Mitchell.

The music label giant argues that after Hendrix death, his father James ‘Al’ Hendrix was the sole heir to his estate and that included any copyrights or share of copyrights that he owned. But Al Hendrix passed away in April 2002.

Sony Music has a licence from Experience Hendrix (Experience) to exploit, publish and/or distribute the albums.