Electric Ladyland [LP]

by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimi Hendrix

Overview

Jimi Hendrix's third and final album with the original Experience found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also Hendrix's original musical vision at its absolute apex. When revisionist rock critics refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're referring to. But Electric Ladyland is so much more than just background music for chemical intake. Kudos to engineer Eddie Kramer (who supervised the remastering of the original two-track stereo masters for this 1997 reissue on MCA) for taking Hendrix's visions of a soundscape behind his music and giving it all context, experimenting with odd mic techniques, echo, backward tape, flanging, and chorusing, all new techniques at the time, at least the way they're used here. What Hendrix sonically achieved on this record expanded the concept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as Phil Spector had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. As an album this influential (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown Traffic," his reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," the spacy "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)," and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," a landmark in Hendrix's playing. With this double set (now on one compact disc), Hendrix once again pushed the concept album to new horizons. ~ Cub Koda

Product Details

Release Date:	03/09/2010
Label:	Experience Hendrix / Legacy / Sony Music
UPC:	0886976239817
Rank:	10610

Tracks

Disc 1

1. ...And the Gods Made Love
2. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
3. Crosstown Traffic
4. Voodoo Chile
5. Little Miss Strange
6. Long Hot Summer Night
7. Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
8. Gypsy Eyes
9. Burning of the Midnight Lamp

Disc 2

10. Rainy Day, Dream Away
11. 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
12. Moon, Turn the Tides...Gently Gently Gently
13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming
14. House Burning Down
15. All Along the Watchtower
16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Jimi Hendrix Experience   Primary Artist
Jimi Hendrix   Primary Artist,Bass,Kazoo,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Timpani,Director,Mellotron,Percussion,Harpsichord,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Electric Harpsichord
Al Kooper   Guest Artist,Piano,Keyboards
Buddy Miles   Guest Artist,Drums
Jack Casady   Guest Artist,Bass,Bass (Electric)
Chris Wood   Guest Artist,Flute
Steve Winwood   Guest Artist,Organ
Paul Caruso   Harmonica
Stephen Stills   Bass
Fred Smith   Horn,Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Mitch Mitchell   Drums,Tambourine,Temple Blocks,Vocals (Background)
Noel Redding   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Mike Finnigan   Bass,Organ
Mike Mandel   Piano
The Sweet Inspirations   Vocals (Background)
Dave Mason   Guitar,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Jack Cassady   Guitar (Bass)
Larry Faucette   Congas,Conductor,Percussion
Jeanette Jacobs   Vocals
Freddie Smith   Horn,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Bob Dylan   Composer
The Jimi Hendrix Experience   Performer
Janie Hendrix   Remastering Supervisor
Chas Chandler   Producer
Joe Gastwirt   Remastering
Eddie Kramer   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Remastering,Tape Transfer
Earl King   Composer
Derek Taylor   Essay,Liner Notes
Jimi Hendrix   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Noel Redding   Composer
Gered Mankowitz   Photography
George Marino   Remastering
Glen Kolotkin   Engineer
Gary Kellgren   Engineer
Linda McCartney   Back Cover,Photography
Vartan   Art Direction,Reissue Art Director
Michael Fairchild   Liner Notes
Rob O'Connor   Design
Karl Ferris   Back Cover,Photography,Cover Design
Michael Diehl   Reissue Design
David Montgomery   Photography
Jeff Leve   Writer
Axel Rad   Photography
David King   Design
Gary Kelgren   Engineer
Tom Muccio   Engineer
Ed Thrasher   Photography,Art Direction
David Sygall   Photography
John Adler   Photography
Richard Montgomery   Back Cover,Photography
Angel Sandoval   Engineer
John McDermott   Producer,Remastering Supervisor
Lenny Stea   Engineer
Vincent Gagliano   Engineer