Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix

Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Greatest hits album by Jimi Hendrix
Released	September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)
Recorded	October 1966 – October 1970
Genre	Psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul, blues-rock, hard rock
Length	73:32
Language	English
Label	MCA
Producer	Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix chronology
First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997) Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1997) South Saturn Delta (1997)

Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is a greatest hits career-spanning compilation of Jimi Hendrix's best known music from 1966 to 1970 released on September 16, 1997, in the United Kingdom and on November 3, 1998, in the United States.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Q	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

It reached #10 in the UK^[4] and #133 in the US.^[5] It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 13, 2006.^[6]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.

1. "Purple Haze" – 2:52
2. "Fire" – 2:43
3. "The Wind Cries Mary" – 3:20
4. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:30
5. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:59
6. "Stone Free" – 3:36
7. "Crosstown Traffic" – 2:19
8. "Manic Depression" – 3:42
9. "Little Wing" – 2:25
10. "If 6 Was 9" – 5:34
11. "Foxy Lady" – 3:19
12. "Bold as Love" – 4:11
13. "Castles Made of Sand" – 2:47
14. "Red House" – 3:50
15. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" – 5:12
16. "Freedom" – 3:25
17. "Night Bird Flying" – 3:50
18. "Angel" – 4:22
19. "Dolly Dagger" – 4:45
20. "The Star Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith) – 3:46 [Recorded live at Woodstock]

Bonus disc

The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks:

1. "Highway Chile" – 3:41
2. "Gloria" (Morrison) – 8:54
3. "It's Too Bad" – 8:53
4. "Spanish Castle Magic (Live)" – 5:50
5. "Hear My Train A-Comin'" – 6:58
6. "Lover Man" – 2:58
7. "I Don't Live Today" (Live) – 6:34
8. "Purple Haze" (Live) – 4:03

• Tracks 1–15 are performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
• Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11 and 14 are from the album Are You Experienced?.
• Tracks 9, 10, 12 and 13 are from the album Axis: Bold as Love.
• Tracks 5, 7 and 15 are from the album Electric Ladyland.
• Tracks 16, 17, 18 and 19 are from the posthumous album First Rays of the New Rising Sun.
• Track 20 is from the album Live at Woodstock.

• The version of "Red House" found here derives from a different take than the one found on the UK edition of Are You Experienced.

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, piano

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

• Mitch Mitchell – drums
• Noel Redding – bass guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Billy Cox – bass guitar, vocals
• Buddy Miles – drums

References

Jimi Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix Experience | Band of Gypsys Noel Redding · Mitch Mitchell · Billy Cox · Larry Lee · Juma Sultan · Jerry Velez · Buddy Miles Studio albums Are You Experienced · Axis: Bold as Love · Electric Ladyland · The Cry of Love · Rainbow Bridge · War Heroes · Loose Ends · Crash Landing · Midnight Lightning · Nine to the Universe · Valleys of Neptune Live albums Band of Gypsys · Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival · Experience · Isle of Wight · Hendrix in the West · More Experience · The Jimi Hendrix Concerts · Jimi Plays Monterey · Johnny B. Goode · Band of Gypsys 2 · Live at Winterland · Bleeding Heart · Woodstock · Live at the Fillmore East · Live at Woodstock · Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight · Live at Berkeley · Live at Monterey · Winterland Compilations Smash Hits · Electric Jimi Hendrix · Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix · Musique Originale du Film Jimi Plays Berkeley · Re-Experienced · The Essential Jimi Hendrix · The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two · Stone Free · The Singles Album · Kiss the Sky · Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show · Cornerstones: 1967–1970 · Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story · Sessions · Footlights · Stages · The Ultimate Experience · Blues · Voodoo Soup · First Rays of the New Rising Sun · South Saturn Delta · Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix · BBC Sessions · The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection · The Singles Collection · Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix · West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology Official bootlegs Live at the Oakland Coliseum · Live at Clark University · Morning Symphony Ideas · Live in Ottawa · Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions · Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 · Hear My Music · Live at the Isle of Fehmarn · Burning Desire · Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 · Live at Woburn Singles "Hey Joe" · "Purple Haze" · "The Wind Cries Mary" · "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" · "Foxy Lady" · "Up from the Skies" · "All Along the Watchtower" · "Crosstown Traffic" · "Stone Free" · "Fire" · "Stepping Stone" · "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" · "No Such Animal" · "Freedom" · "Angel" · "Gypsy Eyes" · "Dolly Dagger" · "Johnny B. Goode" (live) · "Hear My Train a Comin'" · "Day Tripper" · "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" · "Valleys of Neptune" · "Bleeding Heart" · "Love or Confusion" · "Fire" · "Like a Rolling Stone" Songs "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" · "Are You Experienced?" · "Bold as Love" · "Castles Made of Sand" · "Come On (Part 1)" · "Ezy Ryder" · "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" · "Highway Chile" · "I Don't Live Today" · "If 6 Was 9" · "Little Wing" · "Lover Man" · "Machine Gun" · "Manic Depression" · "My Friend" · "Red House" · "Spanish Castle Magic" · "The Star-Spangled Banner" · "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" · "Third Stone from the Sun" · "Voodoo Chile" · "You Got Me Floatin'" Related articles Discography · Posthumous discography · An Illustrated Experience · Black Gold · The King Casuals · The Blue Flame · Chas Chandler · The Cry of Love Tour · Curtis Knight · Dagger Records · Electric Lady Studios · The Jimi Hendrix Experience French Tour 1966 · The Isley Brothers · Michael Jeffery · Monika Dannemann · Karl Ferris · Jimi Hendrix · Rainbow Bridge · Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix · Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix · Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Book:Jimi Hendrix  · Category:Jimi Hendrix  · Portal:Rock and Roll