SEALED Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland Reprise Columbia Record Club Double Album

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 From Wikipedia:  "James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".

The album up for sale had at least four incarnations: 1) the mono promotional copy, which is worth beaucoup bucks, to be sure, and was issued in 1968; 2) the earliest Reprise stereo issue, with"W7" and "r" logos on two-tone orange label, which came out in 1968; 3) the 1970 issue with only the "r" logo on an all-orange (tan) label; and 4) the latest Reprise issue which came out in the 1980s.

I'm assuming the latest reissue of Electric Ladyland would have a UPC label somewhere on the back of the jacket. Since my item does not have a UPC label on its jacket, I'm assuming that it is either the 1968 or the 1970 issue. Without slitting the shrinkwrap, I am unable to tell which issue it is. What I do know is that the Columbia Record Club (CRC) sold this item, and the initials, CRC, appear on the back of the jacket at the very bottom, about four inches from the far left.

Here's some additional information from Wikipedia about the album you'll be bidding on:

"Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Reprise Records. The double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. By mid-November, it had charted at number one in the United States, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. Electric Ladyland was the Experience's most commercially successful release and their only number one album. It peaked at number six in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart."

 And still more information from classicalablumsundays.com:

Hendrix Takes the Reins

Jimi Hendrix’s third album with The Experience is considered to be his definitive opus as this was the first time he had full control.

He also spent more time both writing and recording. Jimi compared his albums to ‘personal diaries’ and would scribble down lyrics

about psychedelic things like spaceships on pads, napkins or any surface available. In the studio he would record multiple takes

of each part and this painstaking attention to detail caused his producer and manager Chas Chandler (formerly of The Animals)

to lose patience and split. Now Hendrix was holding the reins and ‘Electric Ladyland’ was the first and only studio album to be

produced and “directed” by Jimi himself. The album remains his artistic high point as he had the autonomy to try new ideas.

The Studio and The Crew

Most of ‘Electric Ladyland’ was recorded in The Record Plant, engineered in part by owner Gary Kellgren and mostly

by engineer Eddie Kramer. At the time, New York City’s The Record Plant was a brand new twelve-track studio and was

a mighty jump from London’s Olympic Studio’s four tracks where a few of the songs were initially mapped out. The studio’s

modern technology would become a key ingredient in the experimental nature of the resulting album. The guest musicians

would also help adjust the flavour of the music. Tensions between Hendrix and bassist Noel Redding were running high as

Redding was getting tired of the inordinate amount of time being spent in the studio and sometimes preferred not to attend at all.

Sometimes Hendrix would play bass himself but he also welcomed guests such as drummer Buddy Miles of The Electric Flag,

Traffic’s Dave Mason, Chris Wood and Steve Winwood, former Dylan organist Al Kooper and Jefferson Airplane bassist

Jack Casady amongst others into the mix. ‘Electric Ladyland’ was the last album with The Experience.

The Recording

‘Electric Ladyland’ is Hendrix’s most experimental album and most musically varied. Hendrix had a clear idea of what

he wanted and with the studio’s modern technologies, the engineers were able to realise his vision by pushing the technological

envelope to its limits and trying new ideas. As Kramer told Sound on Sound, “In the moment we didn’t give a damn about

convention or anything, we just did it, and tape was running most of the time.” They used echo, flanging, phasing, unconventional

microphone placements and even ran the tape backwards. This heavy dose of sonic experimentation created a varied textural soundscape

that complimented Hendrix’s lead. The musicians also pushed boundaries stylistically as the finished album was a unique blend of

blues, rock, pop, funk and in response to the cultural zeitgeist of the moment, psychedelia.

Label information:  Reprise: 2RS 6307, two stereo records in a gatefold album; sealed and unplayed.

Composer(s) and featured works: 

. . . And the Gods Made Love

Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)

Crosstown Traffic

Voodoo Chile

Little Miss Strange

Long Hot Summer Night

Come On (Part 1)

Gypsy Eyes

Burning of the Midnight Lamp

Rainy Day, Dream Away

1983 . . . (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

Moon, Turn the Tides . . . gently, gently away

Still Raining, Still Dreaming

House Burning Down

All Along the Watchtower

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 

Performers:  The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Visual grade:  Still sealed, unopened, unplayed

Play grade:  Should play at least NM

Jacket grade:  Excellent minus. Just a small piece loose paper on top of spine (see picture number three).

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Record Play-Grades

SS = Still sealed; unopened and un-played; condition unknown.

NM+ = Near Mint Plus. Extraordinarily clean, quiet, and virtually unmarked, except perhaps for a very light spindle track on the label; may not have been played.

NM = Near Mint. Clean and quiet, regardless of scuffs, hairline scratches or apparent defects.

NM- = Near Mint Minus. Less quiet than NM, with a bit more background noise, regardless of its source.

VG++ = Very good plus plus. Noisier than NM-; may say why.

VG+ = Very good plus. Noisier than VG++; will say why.

VG = Very good. Record has some challenges, mostly crackle and ticking, but it should play through, with no skipping or getting stuck.

G = Good. Good isn’t necessarily bad, but the challenges of a VG record are more pronounced in a G record: deeper scratches, louder ticking, maybe even a short skip or two. A G record is at best a good “filler copy,” which serves you only until you can find a better copy.

Sleeve Grades

Exc = Excellent. Virtually perfect; may be shrink-wrapped or not; looks almost new.

Exc- = Excellent minus. No major defects; clean, sound, and mark-free; perhaps a slightly bent corner or two.

VG + = Very Good Plus. May have a couple small defects, such as a little writing or a little staining or yellowing, but it's quite presentable.

VG = Very Good. Defects are more noticeable; may have needed seam repair with hot glue.

G = Good. Sleeve has some obvious challenges but is still somewhat presentable.

F = Fair. Need I say more?