Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. Biographer and reissue producer John McDermott is featured along with one of the last interviews with dear sweet Experience drummer John “Mitch” Mitchell in the first of our two-part In the Studio special on Electric Ladyland.The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland 2 x LP Nude Gatefold SleeveĮlectric Ladyland is the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968. These very un-British touches include the falsetto background vocals of “Crosstown Traffic”, the rave up rhythm and blues of Earl King‘s “Come On pt 1”, the jazz of “Rainy Day Dream Away/ Still Raining, Still Dreaming” with Buddy Miles laying down an Elvin Jones-like groove, and the steamy hot midnight blues of “Voodoo Chile” featuring the thunderous bass of Jefferson Airplane‘s Jack Casady, the soulful Hammond organ of Traffic’s Steve Winwood, and the wettest, widest lead guitar ever captured on tape courtesy of James Marshall Hendrix. Hendrix’s return to the homeland security of New York City after living and recording Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love in London is reflected in his embracing so many Afro-American musical touchstones on Electric Ladyland. “A fever dream of underwater electric soul…” is how Rolling Stone editors describe the double album when ranking Electric Ladyland at #55 on their Top 500 Albums of All Time. E lectric Ladyland‘s sound was quite varied, at times more muscular, earthier, bluesier, jazzier, less psychedelic, more…well…American sounding. The album’s covers ( there were several, front, back, and inside, and not without controversy ) looked different than either RUX? or Axis. For starters, Electric Ladyland was double in size.
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