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DISC 1: ORIGINAL ALBUM:
1. And the Gods Made Love - (with Jimi Hendrix)
2. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) - (with Jimi Hendrix)
3. Crosstown Traffic - (with Jimi Hendrix)
4. Voodoo Chile
5. Little Miss Strange - (with Jimi Hendrix)
6. Long Hot Summer Night - (with Jimi Hendrix)
7. Come on (Let the Good Times Roll) - (with Jimi Hendrix)
8. Gypsy Eyes - (with Jimi Hendrix)
9. Burning of the Midnight Lamp - (with Jimi Hendrix)
10. Rainy Day, Dream Away
11. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
12. Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Away - (with Jimi Hendrix)
13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming
14. House Burning Down - (with Jimi Hendrix)
15. All Along the Watchtower
16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - (with Jimi Hendrix)
DISC 2: THE MAKING OF ELECTRIC LADYLAND DOCUMENTARY:
1. Prologue
2. Burning of the Midnight Lamp
3. And the Gods Made Love
4. All Along the Watchtower
5. Rainy Day, Dream Away
6. Still Raining, Still Dreaming
7. Voodoo Chile
8. Crosstown Traffic
9. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
10. Little Miss Strange
11. Gypsy Eyes
12. South Saturn Delta
13. House Burning Down
14. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
15. Long Hot Summer Night
16. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
17. Epilogue
Album Notes
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, guitar, bass); Noel Redding (vocals, bass); Mitch Mitchell (vocals, drums).
Additional personnel: Chris Wood (flute); Freddie Smith (tenor saxophone); Al Kooper (piano); Mike Finnigan, Steve Winwood (organ); Jack Casady (bass); Buddy Miles (drums); Larry Faucette (congas).
Principally recorded at the Record Plant, New York, New York in April and May 1968.
With his third album, 1968's ELECTRIC LADYLAND, Jimi Hendrix reached the creative peak of his tragically short career. One of the most momentous releases in the classic-rock canon, it flits easily from driving blues-rock ("Voodoo Chile") to shimmering psychedelia ("1983... [A Merman I Should Turn To Be]") and beyond. Hardcore Hendrixites for whom the album itself isn't enough can avail themselves of this collector's edition, which comes packaged with a video documentary about the trailblazing artist.
Personnel: Noel Redding (bass guitar); Mitch Mitchell (drums).
Audio Remasterer: George Marino.
Liner Note Author: Derek Taylor.
Recording information: The Record Plant, NYC.
On ELECTRIC LADYLAND Jimi Hendrix stretched and experimented in the studio, going beyond the power-trio format on what would be his last studio album with the Experience. ELECTRIC LADYLAND was revolutionary in its scope and execution. Using New York City's Record Plant as a gateway to free expression, Hendrix traversed an abstract landscape containing compositions as weird and wonderful as "...And The Gods Made Love" and "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)."
Simultaneously looking forwards and backwards, Hendrix mixed in a song reminiscent of his time on the chitlin' circuit (Earl King's "Come On [Part 1]"), a Bob Dylan favorite ("All Along The Watchtower"), and one of his snappiest singles ("Crosstown Traffic"). Although Hendrix produced and wrote most of this masterpiece, others weighed in with their own contributions. Noel Redding penned "Little Miss Strange," and other guests such as Al Kooper and Buddy Miles showed up to play. Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane also made cameos, appearing on this classic album's spiritual center, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)."
Industry Reviews
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...ELECTRIC LADYLAND doubles back to develop Hendrix's pre-Experience preoccupation with the grittiest R&B...
Q (12/01/1993)
...for folks who've never heard Jimi on vinyl, the rainbow fantasia world of Hendrix awaits you in all its polyphonic peacock glory...
Vibe (02/01/1994)
5 stars (out of 5) - ...[Electric Ladyland] finds him freed form the confines of AM radio's three-minute song length, boldly jamming with jazz sensibilities...
Down Beat (08/01/1997)
Included in Vibe's Essential Black Rock Recordings.
Vibe (02/01/2002)
Included in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Ever
Q (01/01/2003)
Ranked #54 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time - ...LADYLAND showcases Hendrix's further explorations of the guitar...
Rolling Stone (12/11/2003)
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