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Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix | ||||
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Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | October 1966 – October 1970 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 73:32 | |||
Label | Legacy | |||
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Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is a compilation album of Jimi Hendrix songs released in 1997. The single compact disc collects 20 songs spanning his career from his first recordings with the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966 to his last with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell in 1970.
It is the first comprehensive collection of Hendrix's songs overseen by Experience Hendrix, a family company that took over management of his recording legacy in 1997. Fifteen songs with the Experience are included and five with Hendrix's later groups, often referred to as Gypsy Suns and Rainbows and the Cry of Love touring band. No songs from the Band of Gypsys lineup with Buddy Miles are included.[1]
Reception[edit]
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Q | [3] |
In a review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder calls it the near 'perfect single-CD Jimi Hendrix anthology'.[2] He notes that includes some of Hendrix's noteworthy later work, but lacks a couple of songs from his earlier Smash Hits compilation.[2]
The album reached number 18 in the UK[4] and number 133 in the US.[5] In 2006, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it as '2x platinum' for shipping 2 million copies.[6]
Track listing[edit]
The titles and running times are taken from the original Experience Hendrix CD release. Other releases may show different information.
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix | |||
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No. | Title | Original release | Length |
1. | 'Purple Haze' | single | 2:51 |
2. | 'Fire' | Are You Experienced | 2:43 |
3. | 'The Wind Cries Mary' | single | 3:20 |
4. | 'Hey Joe' (Billy Roberts) | single | 3:29 |
5. | 'All Along the Watchtower' (Bob Dylan) | single | 3:58 |
6. | 'Stone Free' | B-side of 'Hey Joe' (UK single) | 3:35 |
7. | 'Crosstown Traffic' | Electric Ladyland | 2:19 |
8. | 'Manic Depression' | Are You Experienced | 3:42 |
9. | 'Little Wing' | Axis: Bold as Love | 2:25 |
10. | 'If 6 Was 9' | Axis: Bold as Love | 5:34 |
11. | 'Foxy Lady' | Are You Experienced | 3:18 |
12. | 'Bold as Love' | Axis: Bold as Love | 4:11 |
13. | 'Castles Made of Sand' | Axis: Bold as Love | 2:47 |
14. | 'Red House' | Are You Experienced (UK edition) | 3:50 |
15. | 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' | Electric Ladyland | 5:12 |
16. | 'Freedom' | The Cry of Love | 3:25 |
17. | 'Night Bird Flying' | The Cry of Love | 3:50 |
18. | 'Angel' | The Cry of Love | 4:22 |
19. | 'Dolly Dagger' | Rainbow Bridge | 4:45 |
20. | 'Star Spangled Banner' (John Stafford Smith (music)) | Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More | 3:46 |
Bonus discThe album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks, taken from The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set (2000).
All tracks are written by Jimi Hendrix except as noted.
Experience Hendrix bonus disc | |||
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No. | Title | Original release | Length |
1. | 'Highway Chile' (alternate recording) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3:41 |
2. | 'Gloria' (Van Morrison) | bonus single with The Essential Jimi Hendrix (UK) | 8:54 |
3. | 'It's Too Bad' (jam recording) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 8:53 |
4. | 'Spanish Castle Magic' (rehearsal recording) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 5:50 |
5. | 'Hear My Train A Comin' (rehearsal recording) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 6:58 |
6. | 'Lover Man' (demo recording) | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 2:58 |
7. | 'I Don't Live Today' (live) | Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story bonus disc | 6:34 |
8. | 'Purple Haze' (live) | Stages disc three | 4:03 |
Personnel[edit]
- Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, piano
- Mitch Mitchell – drums: all tracks, except 'It's Too Bad'
- Noel Redding – bass guitar, vocals: all tracks, except 16–20, 'All Along the Watchtower', 'Bold as Love', 'It's Too Bad', and 'Lover Man'
- Billy Cox – bass guitar, vocals: 16–20 and 'Lover Man'
- Buddy Miles – drums: 'It's Too Bad'
Photograph of front cover
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI)[7] | Gold | 50,000* |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[8] | Gold | 25,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[10] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone |
References[edit]
![Hendrix Hendrix](/uploads/1/2/5/2/125296751/913107453.jpg)
- ^'It's Too Bad' was recorded with Buddy Miles and Larry Young without Billy Cox.
- ^ abcEder, Bruce. 'Jimi Hendrix: Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix'. AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^Q review
- ^'Jimi Hendrix – Albums'. Official Charts. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^'Jimi Hendrix – Chart History Billboard 200'. Billboard.com. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^'Gold & Platinum Search – Jimi Hendrix'. RIAA. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^'Italian album certifications – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix' (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 23 February 2019. Select '2016' in the 'Anno' drop-down menu. Select 'Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix' in the 'Filtra' field. Select 'Album e Compilation' under 'Sezione'.
- ^'IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011' (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^'British album certifications – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 June 2018.Select albums in the Format field.Select Platinum in the Certification field.Type Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.
- ^'American album certifications – Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 February 2019.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
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