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Are You Experienced was the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1967. The album highlighted Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic, feedback-laden electric guitar mastery, and launched him as a superstar.
After Jimi's father, Al Hendrix won back the rights to his son's musical catalogue, Are You Experienced was re-issued, now on Universal Records worldwide, preserving the UK and US versions in their respective territories and including the extra tracks missing from the respective editions.
Long considered by many to be perhaps the greatest debut album of the rock era, the TV channel VH1 named Are You Experienced? the 5th greatest album of all time in 2003. In 2003, the album was ranked number 15 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Hendrix was a brilliant player and composer and played the guitar like it was attached directly to his soul. This is the one cd I would own, if I could only choose one.
Electric Guitar / Rock
Axis: Bold as Love is the second album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1967 . Following the seminal Are You Experienced, the band delivered another classic, although Axis: Bold As Love is overshadowed by its predecessor and successor (Electric Ladyland). The group, however, undoubtedly sounds more confident and more proficient than it did on its debut.
Electric Guitar / Rock
Electric Ladyland is a rock album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968. This album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and it is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. Not only the last Jimi Hendrix Experience album, it was also the last of Hendrix's studio albums to be professionally produced under his own supervision.
Electric Guitar / Rock
Band of Gypsys is a live album by Jimi Hendrix. Released before his death in 1970, it was the last album Hendrix himself authorized. The recordings included on Band of Gypsys featured selections from the final two shows, which were performed on the evening of January 1, 1970.
Electric Guitar / Rock
BBC Sessions (1998) is a compilation album of recordings by the rock group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on MCA Records. It contains tracks from various appearances on BBC radio and television programmes, such as 'Saturday Club' and 'Top Of The Pops', mainly recorded in 1967.
Concert DVD
This 2 disc DVD contains the same footage as the other Live at Woodstock plus at least 30 minutes more. This DVD contains an interview of Jimi a few weeks after his Woodstock performance, and interviews of band members. This DVD contains all known footage from the Woodstock performance including a black and white CV video that was not known to exist before.
Concert DVD
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight documents the guitarist's legendary performance before 600,000 people at this massive outdoor music and arts festival in August 1970. This unforgettable concert experience draws heavily upon Academy Award-winning director Murray Lerner's vast archive of previously unseen performance footage and presents some of Hendrix's finest ever concert performances.