The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced - Sealed but with 1" split starting to form on top, priced accordingly (see photo)

Label:

Experience Hendrix – 88765441751, Legacy – 88765441751

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 200g

Country:

US

Released:

Mar 5, 2013

Genre:

Rock, Blues

Style:

Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the rock band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. The album features Jimi Hendrix's innovative approach to songwriting and electric guitar playing which soon established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music. Coming after three successful European singles, it helped introduce him as a new international star. 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 sixteen recording sessions at three London locations, including de Lane Lea Studios, CBS, and Olympic. Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, Are You Experienced spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. The album was issued in the US on August 23rd by Reprise Records, where it reached number five on the Billboard 200, remaining on the chart for 106 weeks, 27 of those in the Top 40. The US version contained some of Hendrix's best-known songs, including the Experience's first three singles, which, though omitted from the British edition of the LP, were top ten hits in the UK: "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", and "The Wind Cries Mary". In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked Are You Experienced fifteenth on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. They placed four songs from 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). That same year, the record was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in recognition of its cultural significance to be added to the National Recording Registry. Writer and archivist Rueben 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."

Tracklist

A1

Foxy Lady

3:19

A2

Manic Depression

3:42

A3

Red House

3:42

A4

Can You See Me

2:33

A5

Love Or Confusion

3:11

A6

I Don't Live Today

3:55

B1

May This Be Love

3:11

B2

Fire

2:43

B3

3rd Stone From The Sun

Voice [Uncredited, Scout Ship] – Chas Chandler

Voice [Uncredted, Star Fleet] – Jimi Hendrix

Voice [Uncredited, Scout Ship] – Chas Chandler

Voice [Uncredted, Star Fleet] – Jimi Hendrix

6:44

B4

Remember

2:48

B5

Are You Experienced

4:14

Companies, etc.

Licensed To – Sony Music Entertainment Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment Copyright © – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. Recorded At – De Lane Lea Studios Recorded At – CBS Studios, London Recorded At – Olympic Studios Remixed At – Olympic Studios Remastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering Lacquer Cut at – Bernie Grundman Mastering Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings

Credits

Bass Guitar, Vocals – Noel Redding Drums – Mitch Mitchell Engineer [Uncredited, C B S Studio, London] – Mike Ross-Trevor Engineer [Uncredited, De Lane Lea Studio, London] – Dave Siddle Engineer [Uncredited, Olympic Studios, London] – Eddie Kramer Lead Guitar, Vocals – Jimi Hendrix Liner Notes – John McDermott Management [Uncredited] – Chas Chandler Plated By – Gary Salstrom Producer [Uncredited] – Chas Chandler Remastered By, Lacquer Cut By – Bernie Grundman Written-By – Hendrix*

Notes

Original release 1967.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 887654417510