Jimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant, Eric Barrett, breaks fifty-five years of silence. Eric Barrett was there when Hendrix set Woodstock ablaze, when paranoia crackled through Toronto Airport, when his music electrified a sea of 600,000 at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, and in the quiet hours backstage when he revealed the insecurities behind his genius.

Hendrix confided in few people. Barrett was one of them. Experienced is Barrett's long-awaited, unflinching memoir: the definitive inside account of Hendrix as friend, bandleader, and phenomenon.

It strips away the mythology to reveal the man in all his brilliance and contradiction - volatile, generous, insecure, incandescently creative, and always in pursuit of the next sound. His final years were tested and defined on British soil. Taking readers into performances that veered between transcendence and chaos, Barrett captures a Hendrix rarely seen, nervous before British crowds and afraid that the country that had once embraced him might be moving on.

While his journey with Hendrix forms the backbone of Barrett's narrative, his later decades on tour with artists including David Bowie, George Michael and Lenny Kravitz add another dimension: a sweeping sense of how Hendrix's short life set the template for rock 'n' roll excess - and survival - through the decades. The result is not just another rock memoir, but a once-in-a-lifetime backstage history of music's most transformative years, told through the prism of Barrett's life inside Hendrix's turbulent orbit. This is the Jimi Hendrix story from the man who lived it - a revealing portrait of brilliance, pressure and tragic decline

Sourced from electrifying live performances across October 10–12, 1968, this collection showcases Hendrix at peak creativity, delivering towering versions of his most iconic songs alongside extended improvisations that reveal new dimensions of his musicianship. From the blistering intensity of 'Fire' to the soulful sweep of 'Little Wing' and the psychedelic charge of 'Are You Experienced?', this curated single‑LP set offers a powerful snapshot of Hendrix in his prime.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fire (Live 10/12/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
2. Foxey Lady (Live 10/10/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
3. Like A Rolling Stone (Live 10/11/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
4. Hey Joe (Live 10/11/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
5. Little Wing (Live 10/12/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
6. Are You Experienced (Live 10/11/68, Winterland, San Francisco)
7. Purple Haze (Live 10/10/68, Winterland, San Francisco)

Experience the raw electricity and boundary‑pushing creativity of Jimi Hendrix with this definitive 1‑LP black vinyl edition of 'BBC Sessions' — a release showcasing some of the most dynamic and intimate performances ever captured by the BBC. Recorded between 1967 and 1969, these sessions highlight Hendrix at his most spontaneous and inventive, delivering explosive renditions of his classics, unexpected covers, and rare arrangements unique to these broadcasts.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hey Joe (BBC Sessions)
2. Foxey Lady (Alternate Take, BBC Sessions)
3. Alexis Korner Introduction
4. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (BBC Sessions)
5. Little Miss Lover (BBC Sessions)
6. Driving South (BBC Sessions)
7. Love Or Confusion (BBC Sessions)

8. Purple Haze (BBC Sessions)
9. Day Tripper (BBC Sessions)
10. Spanish Castle Magic (BBC Sessions)
11. Jammin’ (BBC Sessions)
12. I Was Made To Love Her (BBC Sessions)
13. Introducing The Experience (BBC Sessions)
14. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (BBC Sessions)

The Jimi Hendrix Bold As Love boxsets offer a premium collector experience in both a 5LP & Blu-ray or 4CD & Blu-ray package. Each set features 27 previously unreleased recordings from 1967, including demos and alternate takes, as well as television and radio performances. This deluxe edition includes the stereo and mono mixes for the Axis: Bold As Love album, all newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original flat master tapes. Both stereo and mono mixes are included in high-resolution 24bit/96kHz audio, as well as a newly created, immersive Dolby Atmos mix by Eddie Kramer and Chandler Harrod. A 36-page booklet rounds out the offering, filled with rare photos, detailed liner notes, and track-by-track insights. This release is ideal for Hendrix fans and vinyl enthusiasts looking for a definitive archival edition of one of Hendrix’s most iconic albums.

TRACK LISTING

LP Box Set Tracklist:

LP1 - Original Stereo Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

LP2 - Original Mono Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

LP3:
1. Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]
2. She’s So Fine [Take 4]
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Take 30]
4 The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]
5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]
6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]
7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo]
8. Up From The Skies [Take 2]
9. Ain’t No Telling [Demo]
10. Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]
11. Little Miss Lover [Demo]
12. One Rainy Wish [Take 1]
13. You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]
14. Untitled Guitar Experiment
15. Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]

LP4:
1. Bold As Love [Take 19]
2. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]
3. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]
4. Little Wing [Take 2]
5. Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]
6. Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]
7. Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]
8. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]
9. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]
10. Castles Made Of Sand [Backwards Guitar]
11. One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]
12. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]
13. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]

LP5:
1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden 9/5/67]
2. Fire [Sweden 9/5/67]
3. The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden 9/5/67]
4. Foxey Lady [Sweden 9/5/67]
5. Hey Joe [Sweden 9/5/67]
6. I Don’t Live Today [Sweden 9/5/67]
7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden 9/5/67]
8. Purple Haze [Sweden 9/5/67]
9. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]
10. Purple Haze [Hoepla]
11. Foxey Lady [Hoepla]
12. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops] 

CD Tracklisting:

CD1 - Original Stereo Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

CD2 - Original Mono Mix:
1. EXP
2. Up From The Skies
3. Spanish Castle Magic
4. Wait Until Tomorrow
5. Ain’t No Telling
6. Little Wing
7. If 6 Was 9
8. You Got Me Floatin’
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She’s So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

CD3:
1. Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]
2. She’s So Fine [Take 4]
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Take 30]
4. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]
5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]
6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]
7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo]
8. Up From The Skies [Take 2]
9. Ain’t No Telling [Demo]
10. Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]
11. Little Miss Lover [Demo]
12. One Rainy Wish [Take 1]
13. You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]
14. Untitled Guitar Experiment
15. Bold As Love [Take 19]
16. Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]
17. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]
18. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]
19. Little Wing [Take 2]
20. Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]
21. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]
22. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]

CD4:
1. Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]
2. Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]
3. Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]
4. Castles Made Of Sand [Backwards Guitar]
5. One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]
6. Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]
7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden 9/5/67]
9. Fire [Sweden 9/5/67]
10. The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden 9/5/67]
11. Foxey Lady [Sweden 9/5/67]
12. Hey Joe [Sweden 9/5/67]
13. I Don’t Live Today [Sweden 9/5/67]
14. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden 9/5/67]
15. Purple Haze [Sweden 9/5/67]
16. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops]
17. Purple Haze [Hoepla]
18. Foxey Lady [Hoepla] 

Axis: Bold As Love, the second album from The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the follow up to the hugely successful Are You Experienced. This masterpiece is home to the classics Little Wing, Castles Made Of Sand and Bold As Love. This edition of the album will be pressed on Electric Orange colour vinyl.

On September 13, Experience Hendrix L.L.C., in partnership with Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is releasing Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, a deluxe box set offering 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970, just before the legendary musician’s untimely death the following month.

In celebration of the forthcoming release, on August 8, the City of New York will be temporarily renaming the portion of West 8th Street between 6th Street and MacDougal Street JIMI HENDRIX WAY. This is the block on which Electric Lady Studios was built and still stands. There will also be a media screening event inside the studio that night.

The project also includes 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks [“Valleys Of Neptune,” “Pali Gap,” and “Lover Man”]. The Blu-ray includes the critically acclaimed, full-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision. The film chronicles the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to becoming a state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix’s desire for a permanent studio. Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), Experience bassist Billy Cox and original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as “Freedom,” Angel” and “Dolly Dagger” by recording engineer Eddie Kramer. The package includes an extensive booklet filled with unpublished photos, Hendrix’s handwritten song drafts, and comprehensive liner notes. The new release comes on the heels of another feature-length documentary that was created by the same team; Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui, which was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Music Film category in 2022.

Leading the project is a previously unreleased version of “Angel [Take 7].” This newly mixed, stripped down version includes the original performances recorded by Hendrix, Mitchell and Cox on July 23, 1970. It does not include any of the drums and additional percussion elements Mitchell opted to add to this master take after Jimi had died. 

Contained on the five vinyl LPs or three CDs in the Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision box set are 39 tracks recorded by Jimi and his band—consisting of bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell—at the studio within the last four months of the guitarist’s life. Hendrix was hard at work creating First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, the ambitious double album that would follow his 1968 masterwork Electric Ladyland. Inspired by the possibilities of the new studio, the Experience built classic fare such as “Night Bird Flying,” “Freedom,” and “Dolly Dagger” from the ground up. The set offers a comprehensive look at the work Hendrix undertook during that fruitful summer of 1970. The music ranges from four-track demo recordings of “Valleys Of Neptune” and “Heaven Has No Sorrow,” alternate arrangements of promising new songs such as “Come Down Hard On Me” and “Belly Button Window,” extraordinary, live in the studio takes of “Tune X/In From The Storm,” “Astro Man” and “The Long Medley,” a stirring, 26 minute spontaneous exploration of “Beginnings,” “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun),” “Keep On Groovin’” and “Freedom.” Additionally, the box set present many of the mixes the guitarist completed with engineer Eddie Kramer before leaving to begin a European tour on August 30 at the Isle Of Wight festival in England. Hendrix would never again return to Electric Lady Studios.

The newly mixed 5.1 audio tracks contained on the Blu-ray of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision include all 17 tracks from the posthumously released First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997, recorded 1968-70), as well as “Pali Gap” from Rainbow Bridge (1971, recorded 1970), “Lover Man” from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, (2000, recorded 1970) and “Valleys of Neptune” from Valleys of Neptune (2010, recorded 1969-70).
The documentary explains in depth that while Jimi Hendrix’s death robbed the public of so much potential music, the continued success of his recording studio provides a lasting legacy beyond his own music. John Lennon, The Clash, AC/DC, Chic, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and hundreds more made records at Electric Lady Studios, which speaks to one of Jimi’s lasting achievements in an industry that has radically changed over the course of the last half century.

“My brother had a musical vision,” Janie Hendrix reflects. “With this project, it felt appropriate to shed light not only on his own music, but also on his lasting contribution of Electric Lady Studios. He was driven internally to build a home base where he could record everything he felt. While his life was cut short, so many other talented artists continue to express themselves within those magical walls on 52 West 8th Street.”

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl:
DISC ONE
SIDE ONE
1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]* 6/15/70
3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
4) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70
5) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70
6) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70

SIDE TWO
1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70
2) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
3) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70
4) Further Up The Road* 6/24/70

DISC TWO
SIDE ONE
1) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70
2) Lover Man 7/20/70
3) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70
4) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70
5) Beginnings [Take 5]*

SIDE TWO
1) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70

DISC THREE
SIDE ONE
1) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/70
3) Tune X*/Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70
4) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
5) Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70

SIDE TWO
1) Tune X* / Just Came In (Take 8)* 7/22/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
3) Come Down Hard On Me [take 15]* 7/15/70
4) Heaven Has No Sorrow [Demo]* 6/70

DISC FOUR
SIDE ONE
1) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70
3) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70

SIDE TWO
1) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
2) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
3) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70
4) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70

DISC FIVE
SIDE ONE
1) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
2) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70

SIDE TWO
1) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
2) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70
3) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70
4) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/20/70
5) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70
*Previously Unreleased

3CD Tracklist:
DISC ONE
1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70
2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]* 6/15/70
3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
4) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70
5) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70
6) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70
7) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70
8) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70
9) Farther Up The Road* 6/24/70
10) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70

DISC TWO
1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70
2) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70
3) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70
4) Beginnings [Take 5]* 7/1/70
5) Lover Man 7/20/70
6) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70
7) Heaven Has No Sorry [Demo]* 6/26/70
8) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70
9) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/26/70
10) Come Down Hard On Me [Take 15]* 7/15/70
11) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
12) Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70
13) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 8]* 7/22/70
14) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
15) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70
16) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70

DISC THREE
1) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70
2) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
3) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70
4) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70
5) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70
6) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70
7) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
8) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
9) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70
10) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70
11) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70
12) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70
13) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70

*Previously Unreleased


First Rays Of The New Rising Sun + Bonus Tracks 5.1 Mixes (contained On Blu-ray With Both Vinyl And CD Versions Of Package)
1) Freedom
2) Izabella
3) Night Bird Flying
4) Angel
5) Room Full Of Mirrors
6) Dolly Dagger
7) Ezy Ryder
8) Drifting
9) Beginnings
10) Stepping Stone
11) My Friend
12) Straight Ahead
13) Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
14) Earth Blues
15) Astro Man
16) In From The Storm
17) Belly Button Window
18) Pali Gap (from Rainbow Bridge Album)
19) Lover Man (from Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set)
20) Valleys Of Neptune (from Valleys Of Neptune Album)

All 20 Tracks Available In 5.1 Surround Sound Audio For First Time Ever

Originally released in April 1997, First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, was the first album prepared under the direct supervision of the Hendrix Family. Drawing together seventeen songs whose creation spans from March 1968 through to Jimi’s final sessions at Electric Lady Studios in August 1970, the album marked the last graceful gesture by the innovative artist Jimi Hendrix. Features “Dolly Dagger,” “Angel,” “Ezy Rider” and “Freedom.” This release is a new, all analog edition mastered from the original 1/4" mixes by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 140-gram black vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Freedom
2. Izabella
3. Night Bird Flying
4. Angel
5. Room Full Of Mirrors

Side B
1. Dolly Dagger
2. Ezy Ryder
3. Drifting
4. Beginnings

Side C
1. Stepping Stone
2. My Friend
3. Straight Ahead
4. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)

Side D
1. Earth Blues
2. Astro Man
3. In From The Storm
4. Belly Button Window

Previously unreleased live concert from the Jimi Hendrix Experience from 1967. The concert, which took place at the Hollywood Bowl in California in August 1967, features the original Experience line up of Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass.

The concert followed their incendiary American live debut at the Monterey Pop Festival that June - and immediately preceded the US release of 'Are You Experienced', their debut album - and saw the Experience opening for The Mamas & The Papas.

Before a sold-out audience of 17,000 people, the Experience overwhelmed an unsuspecting audience with a superb show that encompassed his renditions of songs by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters as well as signature songs such as 'Purple Haze' and 'The Wind Cries Mary'. This recording has never been bootlegged and captures the Jimi Hendrix Experience at a unique moment in their illustrious career. 

'Live in Maui' is a live performance from 1970 featuring Hendrix, Billy Cox, and Mitch Mitchell at the height of their playing powers - restored and mixed by longtime Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer. 

Originally released on x2 CD and x3 LP in 2020 (to accompany the feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix In Maui), this new x1 LP Vinyl version presents highlights from two legendary live shows on 30th July 1970.

Los Angeles Forum - April 26, 1969 presents an extraordinary live performance by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Before a raucous, sold-out house, Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding tore through a unique set featuring highlights such as "I Don't Live Today," "Purple Haze," "Red House," and an astonishing medley of "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" and Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love". This pristine recording, newly mixed by Hendrix's long-time engineer Eddie Kramer, captures the original Jimi Hendrix Experience in their unrivalled, peak form.

A portion of this performance was previously included as part of a short-lived Westwood One radio documentary box set [Lifelines 1990-1992] but has been unavailable in any form for two decades. The CD release with a 24 page booklet--complete with liner notes from ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons who witnessed the show first hand--gives this seminal performance its proper platform, presenting the complete performance mixed directly from the original eight-track master tapes.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
Introduction
Tax Free
Foxey Lady
Side B
Red House
Spanish Castle Magic
Side C
Star Spangled Banner
Purple Haze
I Don’t Live Today
Side D
MEDLEY Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Sunshine Of Your Love / Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Band of Gypsys was originally released in March 1970, at a time when Hendrix was at the peak of his powers. Featuring a new line up consisting of drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox, it was recorded across two performances at the Fillmore East on New Year’s Day 1970. The resulting live album captured an incendiary mix of blues, rock, and funk.

The 50th anniversary edition of Band of Gypsys features an 8 page book featuring rare archival photos and an essay by Hendrix archivist John McDermott, and has been remastered from the original analogue stereo tapes by Eddie Kramer, long time engineer to Jimi Hendrix. 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Who Knows
Machine Gun
Recorded January 1, 1970 Early Show

SIDE B
Changes
Power To Love
Message To Love
We Gotta Live Together
Recorded January 1, 1970 Late Show

Legacy Recordings present this dynamic new album of 13 previously unreleased studio recordings, made between Jan '68 & Feb '70. Notable collaborators include Stephen Stills & more...

This is the third & final volume in a trilogy of previously unissued material (following "Valleys of Neptune" & "People, Hell & Angels").

This is a 20 track, double (140gm), vinyl format which includes a download code insert.

All the biggest & best hits are on here, including:- "All Along The Watchtower", "Crosstown Traffic", "Purple Haze", "Foxey Lady", "Hey Joe", "Voodoo Child", "Stone Free" & many more...

A 'Legacy Vinyl' release, painstakingly restored to its original 1969 format,

"Smash Hits" features 12 classic tracks, including "Purple Haze", "Hey" Joe", "Stone Free" and "Manic Depression".

Features a recreation of the poster included in the original LP release with Jimi, Mitch, and Noel dressed as cowboys from the Warner Brothers’ film studios in early 1969.

TRACK LISTING

1 Purple Haze
2 Fire
3 The Wind Cries Mary
4 Can You See Me
5 51st Anniversary
6 Hey Joe
7 Stone Free
8 Manic Depression
9 Highway Chile
10 Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
11 Foxey Lady

Jimi Hendrix's debut recording was an instant classic, and is as startling today as when it first hit the streets in 1967. "Are You Experienced?" is probably the most rock-oriented of Hendrix's official studio releases, but its influences are incredibly diverse. "Third Stone From The Sun" recalls the supple octaves of jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery; the churning Afro-Cuban polyrhythms of "Manic Depression" evoke John Coltrane and Elvin Jones; "I Don't Live Today" employs ritualistic Native American drum beats; and the title tune borrows the Eastern airs of sitarist Ravi Shankar.

Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding blast away with a barely controlled fury, and there's a distorted metallic edge to Hendrix's guitar timbre that has made "Are You Experienced?" a particular favourite among rock and heavy-metal guitarists. "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady" helped define the power-trio format, thanks to Hendrix's full-bodied rhythm guitar and his soaring solos. "Are You Experienced?" also established Hendrix as a singer-songwriter. His Dylanesque vocals and spacey imagery make each tune a little gem, especially on gentle outings such as the ballad "The Wind Cries Mary".

"Axis: Bold As Love" was the follow-up to "Are You Experienced?", and represented a much more conscious use of the recording studio's possibilities. Where his live shows continued to showcase the raw rocking power of the Experience, the recording studio gave Hendrix the composer/arranger a broader palette. There are still plenty of powerful blues/rock-inflected songs, such as the menacing "If 6 Was 9", the rolling "Spanish Castle Magic" and the spatial title tune. But "Up From The Skies" is a jazzy trio romp, featuring Hendrix's bluesy, vocalised wah-wah pedal. And on the ballads "Little Wing"and "Castles Made Of Sand", Hendrix shifts the focus from the band to the silvery chord/melody accompaniments he often employed to complement his vocals. They are an orchestral effect unto themselves.

On "Electric Ladyland" Jimi Hendrix stretched and experimented in the studio, going beyond the power-trio format on what would be his last studio album with the Experience. "Electric Ladyland" was revolutionary in its scope and execution. Using New York City's Record Plant as a gateway to free expression, Hendrix traversed an abstract landscape containing compositions as weird and wonderful as "...And The Gods Made Love" and "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)".  Simultaneously looking forwards and backwards, Hendrix mixed in a song reminiscent of his time on the chitlin' circuit (Earl King's "Come On [Part 1]"), a Bob Dylan favourite ("All Along The Watchtower"), and one of his snappiest singles ("CrosstownTraffic"). Although Hendrix produced and wrote most of this masterpiece, others weighed in with their own contributions. Noel Redding penned "Little Miss Strange", and other guests such as Al Kooper and Buddy Miles showed up to play. Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane also made cameos, appearing on this classic album's spiritual centre, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)".

This classic Jimi Hendrix album was released in 1971 & has been unavailable for a long time, before being remastered, with original artwork for these 'Legacy Recordings' releases.

Originally part of an ambitious double album project, "The Cry Of Love" is a ten track album compiled and mixed by Eddie Kramer & drummer Mitch Mitchell at Electric Lady Studios, New York.