This is a more blues-jam version of the album closer "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)".
It was a party, not a session.” Some of Hendrix's guests can even be heard on the song "Voodoo Child". Bassist Noel Redding, who started to experience some problems with Jimi himself, once said “There were tonnes of people in the studio you couldn’t move. Guest musicians such as bassist Jack Cassidy (from Jefferson Airplane) and organist Steve Winwood (from Traffic), but also Jimi’s taxi driver who happened to play the conga. The insecurity about his voice shows in the fact he recorded all the vocal parts from behind a studio wall.īesides Hendrix’s demand of doing many retakes, another reason manager Chas Chandler decided to part from Jimi was because of his habit to invite a bunch of people to the studio. He demanded many retakes “Gypsy Eyes” for example took Jimi and drummer Mitch Mitchell 50 takes before Jimi was satisfied with the result. The whole album was a great experiment for Jimi, learning and discovering while playing. Jimi Hendrix showed to be a perfectionist, insecure about his own voice and at the same time very determined to do things his way. But the recordings of the album were not without friction. Jimi Hendrix filled four sides of the double record with his genius. The studio in New York where the album was produced, is now called Electric Ladyland because of that.Īlthough all three Jimi Hendrix studio albums should be part of your collection considering the musical genius of this rock legend, the Electric Ladyland album best shows his versatility and innovative mind. Electric Ladyland was Jimi Hendrix’ bestselling album, but it is mostly remembered for Jimi’s musical genius and the influence the music on the album had on future rock. It would be the last studio album Jimi Hendrix produced before dying an accidental drug-related death in 1970, and it would reach the top spot of the album charts in the United States in just a few weeks. In 1968 MCA released double album Electric Ladyland, recorded in the studio by Jimi Hendrix and his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. So, what is the story behind this controversial album? Keep reading to find out. Whether you agree is up to you of course, but the album also shocked the world, and even Jimi Hendrix himself, with the nude ladies on the cover. Jimi Hendrix’s third and last album, Electric Ladyland, is regarded as one of the most ground-breaking rock albums of all time.
In collaboration with Jeroen Hamelink - Records / Vinyl Expert
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