The estates of two of Jimi Hendrix’s former bandmates have lost a high court case against a major record label. Owners of the estates of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell took legal action against Sony Music Entertainment UK (SMEUK), claiming they were entitled to copyright and performers’ rights. The case related to about 40 studio recordings of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s performances recorded in the 1960s. Redding and Mitchell, who both died in the 2000s, formed the band with Hendrix in 1966 and the group broke up shortly before the Seattle guitarist died at the age of 27, following a drug overdose in 1970. The two estates sought a declaration over shares in the ownership of the copyrights for the recordings themselves, and the ownership of rights related to the performance involved in making that recording. The estates of Redding and Mitchell also sought an inquiry as to what they could have been owed.…