The cover shot is by Karl Ferris, whose photos were used for the US/Canada release of Are You Experienced, the basis of the small group airbrush painting used in the cover art for Axis: Bold as Love, and the US/Canada cover of Electric Ladyland, which became the official international cover from 1997.Īll songs are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted. The set was re-issued with four bonus tracks in August 2013. 1970, "Red House" and "In from the Storm", both of which were recorded live at Isle of Wight, England on August 30, 1970. Goode" which was recorded live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California on May 30. As well as this, this bonus DVD also includes several live tracks, including " Johnny B. On some tracks, especially on those from Hendrix in the West, the recordings have been slightly altered to clean up the sound, but even when modifications were made the result does not differ too much from the original masterings.Īnother edition of this boxed set was released on 28 November 2005, which, under the Universal music group label, included an exclusive bonus DVD featuring a 30-minute documentary called "Hendrix and the Blues", originally created as part of the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues series. The live songs are taken from performances such as the Monterey Pop Festival, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Isle of Wight and includes a near-complete version of Hendrix in the West. This list includes " Purple Haze", " Highway Chile", " Little Wing", " Gypsy Eyes", " Stone Free", among others. The alternative recordings include some tracks from Hendrix's studio albums, including some from First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Although most of the material had been released in earlier compilations, some previously unreleased material (such as live versions of " Killing Floor" and " The Wind Cries Mary") was also included. The material includes alternative recordings, live performances and some rarities. The Jimi Hendrix Experience is a box set by the British-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 2000 by MCA. With Electric Ladyland, Hendrix once again pushed the concept album to new horizons.Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)," and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," a landmark in Hendrix's playing. As an album this influential (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown Traffic," his reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," the spacy "1983. What Hendrix sonically achieved on this record expanded the concept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as Phil Spector had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. Kudos to engineer Eddie Kramer for taking Hendrix's visions of a soundscape behind his music and giving it all context, experimenting with odd mike techniques, echo, backward tape, flanging, and chorusing, all new techniques at the time, at least the way they're used here. But Electric Ladyland is so much more than just background music for chemical intake. When revisionist rock critics refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're referring to. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also Hendrix's original musical vision at its absolute apex. Jimi Hendrix's third and final album with the original Experience found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit.