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Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see 1968 in music). A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Record Plant Studios (also known as just " The Record Plant " were three famous Recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren (who The City of New York A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of Psychedelic rock and soul / Funk music For "acid rock" as a geologic term see Igneous rock. Acid rock is a form of Psychedelic rock, which is characterized In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Track Records was an "Independent" Record label founded in 1967 by Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp (managers of The Who) and Pete Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Smash Hits is the first compilation album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Band of Gypsys is a Live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrix's "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder It is not only the last of his albums released as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but also the last of Hendrix's studio albums to be professionally produced under his own supervision. After Electric Ladyland, Hendrix spent the remaining two years of his life attempting to organize a new band and recording a breadth of new songs.

Released as a double album, Electric Ladyland is a cross-section of Hendrix's wide range of musical talent. A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. It includes samples of several genres and styles of music, including the psychedelia of "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (previously a UK single in the summer of 1967), the bluesy guitar jam "Voodoo Chile", the New Orleans-style rock and roll of "Come On", the epic studio production of "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)", and the political commentary of "House Burning Down". " Voodoo Chile " is a Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Come On also known as Let the Good Times Roll is a song written and first performed by New Orleans R&B artist Earl King. " 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be " is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album Electric Ladyland The album also features a cover version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" that was widely praised by many, including Dylan himself,^[1] as well as "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", a staple of both radio and guitar repertoire. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major " All Along the Watchtower " is a folk song written and recorded by Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. " Voodoo Child (Slight Return " is the last track on the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland.

1 Recording and production
2 Release and reception
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
- 4.1 Production
5 Charts
- 5.1 Album
- 5.2 Singles
6 References
7 See also

Recording and production

After a troubled tour of Scandinavia, a brief period of recordings for Electric Ladyland at Olympic studios in London, England and a prestigious concert at the Paris Olympia, Hendrix moved back to the USA for the start of his first proper tour there. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Three months later he began work on the LP at the newly opened Record Plant Studios, situated close to his favourite clubs and with his favourite engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren. Record Plant Studios (also known as just " The Record Plant " were three famous Recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren (who During the recording of the album Jimi fell out with Chas and Noel.

With a hectic tour schedule and also trying to record a masterpiece, Hendrix still wanted to have a life, so he combined work with pleasure by inviting his friends and acquaintances to the studio. Chas obviously hated spending so much time in the studio and partly blamed it on these guests, but Jimi was determined to have his way and so his regular producer, manager and mentor Chas Chandler eventually quit in May 1968. Bryan James "Chas" Chandler ( 18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English Musician, Record producer Chandler later complained that Hendrix's insistence on doing multiple takes of every song (very similar to Bob Dylan and no doubt other perfectionists. "Gypsy Eyes" apparently took 43 takes, and he still wasn't satisfied with the result), combined with what Chandler saw as Hendrix's drugged incoherence, led him to sell his share of the management company to his partner Michael Jeffery. " Gypsy Eyes " is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album Electric Ladyland, and based Michael Jeffery (died 5 March 1973) was a music business manager of the 1960s who is best known for his management of British band The Animals and But then Hendrix went on to produce his most successful LP himself^[2] and several very successful tours, mostly sold out.

Hendrix's studio perfectionism was indeed legendary – he reportedly made guitarist Dave Mason do over 20 takes of the acoustic guitar backing on "All Along the Watchtower" – yet he was always insecure about his voice and often recorded his vocals hidden behind studio screens. David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1944) is an English Musician, singer songwriter, and Guitarist from Worcester Hendrix sings all the backing vocals himself on the title track and on "Long Hot Summer Night. " He was said to be very happy with the vocal results on the title track.

Despite having to go back on tour before the album was finished, many of the album tracks show Hendrix's vision expanding far beyond the scope of the original trio and saw him collaborating with a range of outside musicians including Dave Mason, Chris Wood and Steve Winwood from Traffic; future Band of Gypsys drummer Buddy Miles; Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady; and former Dylan organist Al Kooper. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Band of Gypsys is a Live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrix's George Allen Miles Jr ( September 5, 1947 &ndash February 26, 2008) known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt, February 5 1944, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Songwriter,

Co-operation between Hendrix and bassist Noel Redding (who was of the same opinion about time spent in the studio as Chandler) was strained during the production of the album. Hendrix plays bass tracks (on a right-handed bass guitar) on many tracks including the bass solo parts on "1983. " While recording "All Along the Watchtower" Redding went to a nearby bar for a beer and Hendrix used his bass. ^[3] Sometimes Hendrix recorded bass tracks just in order to make things go on faster. Redding plays acoustic guitar and sings lead vocals with Mitchell on his own track, "Little Miss Strange. "

Release and reception

Cover art of 1st UK 2CD edition (Polydor)

Electric Ladyland was first released in the U. S. in October 1968 and became a massive hit becoming Hendrix's only #1 album. The UK edition reached #5 upon its October release amid considerable controversy. Hendrix's letter to Reprise describing exactly what he wanted for the cover, was mostly ignored. He expressly asked for a colour photo by Linda Eastman of the group sitting with children on a sculpture from Alice In Wonderland in Central Park NY,^[4] even drawing a picture of it for them, instead receiving a blurred red & yellow photo of his head by Karl Ferris. Track Records had their own art department and produced a cover of naked women lounging in front of a black background that was issued in its place. ^[5] The U. S. cover by Karl Ferris, has since become the official cover of Electric Ladyland internationally. Experience Hendrix the company, who own the rights to the album and most of his catalogue, has stated that the original UK cover will not be used anymore since Hendrix himself did not like it. The original UK & German CD release from the 1980s features the original UK artwork cover, and Allan Douglas' re-master CD issue from 1993 features the front half of the cover.

A similar event nearly happened with the album's title. In the final stages of the album's production, a studio technician renamed the album "Electric Landlady. "^[6] The album was almost released under this title until Hendrix noticed it, which upset him considerably. Kirsty MacColl later used this alternate title for an album of her own. Kirsty Anna MacColl ( 10 October, 1959 &ndash 18 December, 2000) was an English Singer-songwriter. Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl 's fourth Studio album. Released in 1991 it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration

In 2005 Q magazine readers voted Electric Ladyland the 38th greatest album of all time; in 2003 the TV network VH1 placed it at number 72. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 A television network is a distribution network for Television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many Television stations VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television In 2003, Rolling Stone declared it the 54th greatest album of all time. The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

All songs composed by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

Side one

". . . And the Gods Made Love" – 1:21
"Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)" – 2:11
"Crosstown Traffic" – 2:13
"Voodoo Chile" – 15:05

As was traditional with multi-LP albums, Sides one and four were pressed back to back on the same platter, likewise sides two and three. " Crosstown Traffic " is the 3rd Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland. " Voodoo Chile " is a Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland. Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Come On also known as Let the Good Times Roll is a song written and first performed by New Orleans R&B artist Earl King. Earl King ( February 7[[ 934]] – April 17[[ 003]] was a Singer, Guitarist, and Songwriter, most active in Blues music " Gypsy Eyes " is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album Electric Ladyland, and based " Burning of the Midnight Lamp " is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, first released as a mono single b/w " The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see " 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be " is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album Electric Ladyland Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see " All Along the Watchtower " is a folk song written and recorded by Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major " Voodoo Child (Slight Return " is the last track on the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland. This has led to some CD releases^[7] to have the tracks in the incorrect one-four-two-three order (e. g. "Voodoo Chile" followed by "Still Raining. . . ").

Personnel

The following credits are from the CD booklet. ^[8]

Jimi Hendrix – electric guitar, bass guitar (on tracks 2, 6, 8, 11, 14 and 15), electric harpsichord (on track 9), percussion, lead vocals (on all non-instrumental tracks except 5 in which Mitch and Noel sing), background vocals, kazoo made of comb and paper (track 3), a slide used in "All Along the Watchtower" is actually a cigarette lighter
Mitch Mitchell – drums (on all tracks except 10 and 13), percussion, background vocals, lead vocals (with Redding on track 5)
Noel Redding – bass guitar (on tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 16), background vocals, acoustic guitar (on track 5), lead vocals (with Mitchell on track 5)

Jack Casady – bass (on track 4)
Steve Winwood – organ (on track 4)
Al Kooper – piano (on track 6)
Cissy Houston and The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (on track 9)
Larry Faucette – congas (on tracks 10 and 13)
Mike Finnigan – organ (on tracks 10 and 13)
Freddie Smith – tenor saxophone (on tracks 10 and 13)
Buddy Miles – drums (on tracks 10 and 13)
Brian Jones- percussion {on track 15}
Dave Mason – Acoustic 12-String guitar (on track 15), backing vocals (on track 3)
Chris Wood – flute (on track 11)

Production

Producers - Jimi Hendrix & Chas Chandler
Engineers - Eddie Kramer & Gary Kellgren
Mixed by - Jimi Hendrix & Eddie Kramer
Arranged by Jimi Hendrix
US cover liner note by Jimi Hendrix
US cover design - Karl Ferris
US cover inside photos - Linda Eastman (McCartney) & David Sygall
US art direction - Ed Thrasher
UK cover design - David King, Rob O'Connor
UK cover inside photos - Richard Montgomery

1st remaster by Allan Douglas

Remastering - Joe Gastwirt
Liner notes - Michael Fairchild

2nd remaster by Experience Hendrix

Remastering supervisors - Janie Hendrix, John McDermott
Remastering - Eddie Kramer & George Marino
Art direction - Vartan
Liner notes - Jeff Leve
Essay - Derek Taylor

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Billboard Top 200 Albums	1
1968	UK Albums Chart	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"Burning of the Midnight Lamp"	UK Singles Chart	18
1968	"All Along the Watchtower"	Billboard Hot 100	20
1968	"All Along the Watchtower"	UK Singles Chart	5
1969	"Crosstown Traffic"	UK Singles Chart	37
1970	"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"	UK Singles Chart	1
1971	"Gypsy Eyes/Remember"	UK Singles Chart	35
1990	"All Along the Watchtower EP (with "Hey Joe" & "Voodoo Chile")	UK Singles Chart	52
1990	"Crosstown Traffic"	UK Singles Chart	61

References

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^ Classic albums Electric Ladyland DVD
^ Liner notes of Alan Douglas supervised CD edition of the album, that was published in the early 1990s
^ sleeve notes to Experience Hendrix/MCA re-release of Electric Ladyland
^ Classic Albums Electric Ladyland DVD
^ Electric Ladyland - television document about the making of the album
^ Polydor 823359-2 double disc, "Nudes" cover
^ Some detailed information, including bass playing credits, is based on liner notes of Alan Douglas supervised CD edition of the album, that was published in the early 1990s

UK Chart positions
Rice, Tim; Gambaccini, Paul & Rice, Jonathan (1995), Guinness British Hit Singles (10th ed. ), London: GRR Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-85112-633-2

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