Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland - vinyl LP
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Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 Track Record (Polydor) 613 009 . It is the last Hendrix studio album professionally produced under his supervision. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks in November 1968. The controversial original UK album cover photograph was of a group of nude women, which was soon replaced by a more modest fiery portrait of Hendrix singing.

Released as a double album, Electric Ladyland is a cross-section of Hendrix's wide range of musical talent. It includes examples of several genres and styles of music: the psychedelic "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," previously a UK single in the summer of 1967; the extended blues jam "Voodoo Chile;" the New Orleans-style R&B of Earl King's "Come On;" the epic studio production of "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be);" the social commentary of "House Burning Down;" and the Sixties-era Britpop of Noel Redding's "Little Miss Strange." The album also features an avant-garde reworking of the Bob Dylan classic "All Along the Watchtower," which has been well received by critics as well as by Dylan himself, as well as "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", a staple of both radio and guitar repertoire.

A dispute nearly occurred over the album's title. In the final stages of production, a studio technician renamed the album "Electric Landlady. The album was almost released under this official title until Hendrix noticed the error, which upset him considerably. Kirsty MacColl later used this alternate title for an album of her own.

Disc one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "...And the Gods Made Love"   Jimi Hendrix 1:22 2. "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)"   Hendrix 2:11 3. "Crosstown Traffic"   Hendrix 2:25 4. "Voodoo Chile"   Hendrix 15:02 5. "Still Raining, Still Dreaming"   Hendrix 4:25 6. "House Burning Down"   Hendrix 4:33 7. "All Along the Watchtower"   Bob Dylan 4:00 8. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"   Hendrix 5:13

Disc two No. Title Writer(s) Length 9. "Little Miss Strange"   Noel Redding 2:51 10. "Long Hot Summer Night"   Hendrix 3:27 11. "Come On (Part 1)"   Earl King 4:10 12. "Gypsy Eyes"   Hendrix 3:43 13. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"   Hendrix 3:40 14. "Rainy Day, Dream Away"   Hendrix 3:42 15. "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"   Hendrix 4:49 16. "Moon, Turn the Tides....Gently Gently Away"   Hendrix 9:54

 

Credits taken from the 1993 MCA compact disc booklet.

  • Jimi Hendrix – vocals, electric guitar, piano, percussion, comb and paper kazoo, electric harpsichord, bass on Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland), Long Hot Summer Night, Gypsy Eyes, 1983, House Burning Down, and All Along the Watchtower
  • Noel Redding – backing vocals, bass on Crosstown Traffic, Little Miss Strange, Come On (Let the Good Times Roll), Burning of the Midnight Lamp, Rainy Day Dream Away, Still Raining Still Dreaming, and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), acoustic guitar and lead vocals on Little Miss Strange
  • Mitch Mitchell – backing vocals, drums except as below, percussion, lead vocals on Little Miss Strange

Additional personnel

  • Jack Casady – bass on Voodoo Chile
  • Larry Faucette – congas on Rainy Day Dream Away and Still Raining Still Dreaming
  • Mike Finnigan – organ on Rainy Day Dream Away and Still Raining Still Dreaming
  • Brian Jones - percussion on All Along the Watchtower
  • Al Kooper – piano on Long Hot Summer Night
  • Dave Mason – twelve string guitar on All Along the Watchtower, backing vocals on Crosstown Traffic
  • Buddy Miles – drums on Rainy Day Dream Away and Still Raining Still Dreaming
  • Freddie Smith – tenor saxophone on Rainy Day Dream Away and Still Raining Still Dreaming
  • The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals on Burning of the Midnight Lamp
  • Steve Winwood – organ on Voodoo Chile
  • Chris Wood – flute on 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

 

Condition

Cover is very good

Labels are very good

Vinyl is very good with light surface marks. There is an audible scratch across parts of 2 tracks on side 2.

 

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