Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
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| Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix | ||
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| Studio album by Jimi Hendrix | ||
| Released | September 16, 1997 (UK) November 3, 1998 (US) | |
| Recorded | October 1966 - October 1970 | |
| Genre | Psychedelic Rock | |
| Length | 1:13:32 | |
| Label | MCA | |
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Jimi Hendrix chronology | ||
| The Ultimate Experience (1993) |
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997) |
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix (2003) |
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is the definitive career-spanning compilation of Jimi Hendrix's best known music from 1966 to 1970. Issued in Europe in 1997, it saw North American release a year later. A healthy seller, it reached #10 in the UK and #133 in the US where it ultimately went platinum. It is noted as one of the most successful posthumous greatest hits albums ever released for any single artist or otherwise.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
- "Purple Haze" – 2:52
- "Fire" – 2:43
- "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:20
- "Hey Joe" (Roberts) – 3:30
- "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan) – 3:59
- "Stone Free" – 3:36
- "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:19
- "Manic Depression" – 3:42
- "Little Wing" – 2:25
- "If 6 Was 9" – 5:34
- "Foxy Lady" – 3:19
- "Bold As Love" – 4:11
- "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:47
- "Red House" – 3:50
- "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:12
- "Freedom" – 3:25
- "Night Bird Flying" – 3:50
- "Angel" – 4:22
- "Dolly Dagger" – 4:45
- "The Star Spangled Banner" (Key, Smith) – 3:46 [Recorded live at Woodstock]
- Tracks 1 - 15 are performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
- The version of "Red House" found here derives from a different take than the one found on the UK edition of Are You Experienced.
[edit] Personnel
- Jimi Hendrix - guitar, vocals, bass, piano
- Mitch Mitchell - drums
- Noel Redding - bass, vocals
- Billy Cox - bass guitar, vocals
- Buddy Miles - drums
[edit] Bonus Disc
The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks:
- Highway Chile - 3:41
- Gloria (Morrison) - 8:54
- It's Too Bad - 8:53
- Spanish Castle Music - 5:50
- Hear My Train A Comin' - 6:58
- Lover Man - 2:58
- I Don't Live Today (Live) - 6:34
- Purple Haze (Live) - 4:03
