Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (West German Import LP) Polydor 25459 390

Are You Experienced is the debut album by the rock band . 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 . It featured vocalist 's distortion and -laden electric guitar playing and introduced him as a new international star.

By mid-1966, Hendrix was struggling to earn a living playing the circuit as a backing guitarist. After being referred to , who was leaving and interested in managing and producing artists, Hendrix was signed to a management and production contract with Chandler and ex-Animals manager . Chandler brought Hendrix to London and began recruiting members for a band designed to showcase the guitarist's talents, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In late October, after having been rejected by , the Experience signed with , a new label formed by 's managers and .

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 , CBS, and . 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 23 by , where it reached number five on the , 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: "", "", and "".

In 2005, magazine ranked Are You Experienced number fifteen in a list of the . ~Wikipedia
Tracklist  A1
Foxy Lady 3:10 A2
Manic Depression 3:31 A3
Red House 3:45 A4
Can You See Me 2:30 A5
Love Or Confusion 3:05 A6
I Don't Live Today 3:48 B1
May This Be Love 2:55 B2
Fire 2:30 B3
3rd Stone From The Sun 6:30 B4
Remember 2:43 B5
Are You Experienced 4:02

Condition
(I tend to be conservative)

This is a superb pressing. The vinyl is excellent, clean, free of scratches and scuffs. You will see no imperfections and hear very little surface noise. Lead-in grooves are clean and finger-print free. This is a perfect example of why so many people prefer vinyl to CD. There's simply no better way to hear analog recordings.

I rate the cover as excellent as well: a few small wrinkles from handling but it is clean, crisp, glossy and fingerprint free.

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