The company instead used a blurred red and yellow photo of his head while performing at Saville Theatre, taken by Karl Ferris. He expressly asked for a color photo by Linda Eastman of the group sitting with children on a sculpture from Alice in Wonderland in Central Park, and drew a picture of it for reference.
Hendrix had written to Reprise describing what he wanted for the cover art, but was mostly ignored. He sang backing vocals himself on the title track and on "Long Hot Summer Night". Hendrix was insecure about his voice and often recorded his vocals hidden behind studio screens. Hendrix was famous for his studio perfectionism he and drummer Mitch Mitchell recorded over 50 takes of " Gypsy Eyes" over three sessions. Hendrix appeared at an impromptu jam with B.B. Hendrix experimented with other combinations of musicians, including Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady and Traffic's Steve Winwood, who played bass and organ on the fifteen-minute slow-blues jam " Voodoo Chile". The double LP was the only Experience album mixed entirely in stereo. The album's cover states that it was "produced and directed by Jimi Hendrix". Redding, who had formed his own band in mid-1968, Fat Mattress, found it increasingly difficult to fulfill his commitments with the Experience, so Hendrix played many of the bass parts on Electric Ladyland. Redding recalled: "There were tons of people in the studio you couldn't move.
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Hendrix allowed friends and guests to join them in the studio, which contributed to a chaotic and crowded environment in the control room and led Chandler to sever his professional relationship with Hendrix. As recording progressed, Chandler became increasingly frustrated with Hendrix's perfectionism and his demands for repeated takes. Recording resumed April 18, 1968, at the newly opened Record Plant Studios in New York City, with Chas Chandler as producer and engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren. The Experience began recording the songs that later appear on Electric Ladyland at several studios in the US and UK in between July 1967 and January 1968. Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest-album lists, including Q magazine's 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, on which it was ranked 55th. Hendrix's best work and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Although the album confounded critics in 1968, it has since been viewed as It peaked at number six in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart.Įlectric Ladyland included a cover of the Bob Dylan song, " All Along the Watchtower", which became the Experience's highest-selling single and their only top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 20 the single reached number five in the UK.
Electric Ladyland was the Experience's most commercially successful release and their only number one album. By mid-November, it had charted at number one in the United States, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. Released by Reprise Records in North America and Track Records in the UK in October 1968, the double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. So now to kick off.Įlectric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
I'd also like to hear how you discovered this album and Hendrix in general. Please elaborate beyond "This rocks" or "This sucks" as this leads to more fruitful discussions.Please stick to the song at hand or songs already discussed so as to not disrupt the flow of the thread.Before we start, I want to lay some Ground Rules: Have you ever been to Electric Ladyland? Well, we'll be taking a trip in this thread, covering the third and final Jimi Hendrix Experience album, released in 1968.