IF YOU CAN JUST YOUR
MIND TOGETHER
THEN COME ON OVER TO ME
Are You Experienced
is the debut
studio album
by
released in
May 1967.
The album was an
immediate critical
and
commercial success,
and is
widely regarded
as one of the
greatest albums
of all time.
It features
Jimi Hendrix's
innovative approach
to songwriting
and
electric guitar playing,
which soon
established a
new direction
in psychedelic
and rock music
as a whole.
After struggling
to earn a living
on the R&B circuit
as a backing guitarist,
Hendrix signed a
management and
production contract
in 1966
with former
Animals bassist
Chas Chandler
and
ex-Animals manager
Michael Jeffery.
Chandler brought Hendrix
to London and
recruited members
for
the Jimi Hendrix Experience,
a band designed to
showcase the
guitarist's talents.
In late October,
after having been rejected
by Decca Records,
the Experience signed with
Track,
a new label formed
by the Who's managers
Kit Lambert
and
Chris Stamp.
Are You Experienced
and its preceding singles
were recorded over
a five-month period
from late
October 1966
through early
April 1967.
The album was completed
in 16 recording sessions
at three London locations:
De Lane Lea Studios,
CBS Studios,
and
Olympic Studios.
. Hendrix was unhappy
with the cover artwork
for the UK edition,
and solicited
photographer
Karl Ferris
to create a more
"psychedelic"
cover
for the
US release.
In the decades
since its release,
Are You Experienced
has continued to
receive acclaim.
It was voted
number 63
in Colin Larkin's
All Time Top
1000 Albums in 2000.
Rolling Stone
ranked
Are You Experienced
30th on its
2020 list of the
"500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
In 2010,
the magazine placed
four songs from the
US version
of the album
on their list of the
"500 Greatest Songs of All Time":
"Purple Haze"
(17),
"Foxy Lady"
(153),
"Hey Joe"
(201),
and
"The Wind Cries Mary"
(379).
In 2005,
the album was
one of
50 recordings
chosen by the
Library of Congress
to be added to the
National Recording Registry
for being
"culturally, historically,
or aesthetically significant".
Writer and archivist
Reuben Jackson
of the
Smithsonian Institution
wrote
: "it's still a landmark recording
because it is of the rock,
R&B, blues ...
musical tradition.
It altered the
syntax of the music ...
in a way I compare to
James Joyce's Ulysses.
TRACK LIST
Purple Haze
Manic Depression
Hey Joe
Love or Confusion
May This Be Love
I Don't Live Today
The Wind Cries Mary
Fire
Third Stone from the Sun
Foxey Lady
Are You Experienced?
Stone Free
51st Anniversary
Highway Chile
Can You See Me
Remember
Red House
BONUS TRACKS
Foxey Lady
(Alt Take)
Fire
(Alt Take)
Hey Joe
(Alt Take)
Purple Haze
(Alt Take)
https://mega.nz/folder/aqgwkBbK#3YSkLtM3N7maQwQh5uzVaw
No comments:
Post a Comment