Label: MCA Records (Canada), MCASD-11602
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Seattle, Washington, U.S. (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970)
Time: 60:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 398 Mb
Charts: US #5, UK #2, CAN #15, GER #17, NOR #3. US: 5x Platinum; UK: Gold.
An extraordinary debut by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Classic Rock Review has named Are You Experienced? as our Album of the Year for the phenomenal music year of 1967. On this album, the sound is harder and heavier than anything else from 1967, yet it is not in the slightest bit unfocused. Led by the extraordinary talent of Jimi Hendrix, the Experience was an unheralded act as a group, especially when it came to the wild and entertaining drumming of Mitch Mitchell. Along with bassist Noel Redding, this power trio released the most stunning debut in rock history and one of the greatest albums of all time.
The sound forged on the album synthesized elements of 1967 psychedelic rock with traditional rock, blues, and soul. This was all topped off by the proficient and original guitar work by Hendrix, who used cutting edge techniques and technology to create sounds never before heard. Hendrix also composed solid songs, rooted in heavy blues and roots rock. This, along with the frantic but solid rhythm by Redding and Mitchell, gave Hendrix the perfect canvas on which to paint his guitar masterpieces.
Producer Chas Chandler helped form the Jimi Hendrix Experience in England in 1966 and signed the group with Track Records, a label run by The Who’s managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. The group started with three singles, recorded in-between tours of England in late ’66 and early ’67. All three (“Hey Joe”, “Purple Haze”, and “The Wind Cries Mary”) reached the top 10 on the UK charts. The original album was released in the UK in May, 1967 without the three singles (or B-sides), but the subsequent US version did include the singles in order to maximize the impact of the group in the States, where they were still relatively unknown. At the suggestion of Paul McCartney, the Experience debuted in America at the Monterrey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967.
Some of the tracks not included on the US version (but available on other versions) include the pure blues “Red House” with its wailing lead guitar and the Cream-influenced “Can You See Me”, with double-tracked vocals over a strong, riff-driven rocker. “Stone Free” is frenzied but with a good hook and “Highway Chile” has a more modern sound with a funky shuffle and R&B pattern.
(Full version: classicrockreview.com/2012/08/1967-jimi-hendrix-experienced/)
01. Purple Haze (02:50)
02. Manic Depression (03:42)
03. Hey Joe (03:30)
04. Love Or Confusion (03:12)
05. May This Be Love (03:10)
06. I Don't Live Today (03:54)
07. The Wind Cries Mary (03:20)
08. Fire (02:43)
09. Third Stone From The Sun (06:44)
10. Foxey Lady (03:18)
11. Are You Experienced (04:15)
12. Stone Free (bonus track) (03:35)
13. 51st Anniversary (bonus track) (03:15)
14. Highway Chile (bonus track) (03:32)
15. Can You See Me (bonus track) (02:32)
16. Remember (bonus track) (02:48)
17. Red House (bonus track) (03:50)
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