

As bassist Noel Redding remarked in a 1997 documentary about the making of the album, he had to fight these assorted groupies for couch space in the control room. Hendrix would wander in as the spirit moved him, hours after the rest of the band and often accompanied by an entourage of hangers-on. And when The Experience were in the studio (primarily the Record Plant in New York City), there were copious distractions and frustrations to go around. When the trio wasn’t in the studio, they were on the road, fulfilling the demands of promoting their second album and the demand by rock audiences to absorb the impact of Hendrix’s guitar necromancy.
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Jimi Hendrix and The Experience started laying down tracks for the record a month after they wrapped up work on 1967’s Axis: Bold as Love, and it would be a full year before they were finished. The sessions for the double album took forever by the otherwise quick-hit production standards of the ‘60s. Pick up a copy here.Įlectric Ladyland shouldn’t be as amazing as it is. Jimi Hendrix Experience “Electric Ladyland” 1968 US / UK Psych Blues Rock double viinyl (The 40 Greatest Psychedelic Albums of All Time,The 40 Trippiest Albums Ever, Mojo magazine) (500 Greatest Albums of All Time,Rolling Stone) (plays Dave Mason,Al Kooper,Steve Winwod,Chris Wood,Jack Casady,Buddy Miles,Brian Jones)Įarlier this month, The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1968 double album, Electric Ladyland, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a new box set featuring previously unreleased demos, alternate takes, and a live bootleg.
