The Jimi Hendrix Experience (album)


MCA continued the series of definitive masters of the Jimi Hendrix catalogue in 2000, releasing the self-titled box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience, consisting of four discs. The material includes alternative recordings, live performances and some rarities. Although most of the material had been released in earlier compilations, some previously unreleased material was also included.
The alternative recordings include some tracks from Hendrix's studio albums, even including some from First Rays of the New Rising Sun. This list includes "Purple Haze", "Highway Chile", "Little Wing", "Gypsy Eyes", "Stone Free", among others. The live songs are taken from performances such as the Monterey Pop Festival, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Isle of Wight and includes a near-complete version of Hendrix in the West.
On some tracks, especially on those from Hendrix in the West, the recordings have been slightly altered to clean up the sound, but even when modifications were made the result does not differ too much from the original masterings.
Another edition of this boxed set was released on 28 November 2005, which, under the Universal music group label, included an exclusive bonus DVD featuring a 30-minute documentary called "Hendrix and the Blues", originally created as part of the series. As well as this, this bonus DVD also includes several live tracks, including "Johnny B. Goode" which was recorded live at Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California on May 30. 1970, "Red House" and "In from the Storm", both of which were recorded live at Isle of Wight, England on August 30, 1970.
The set was re-issued with four bonus tracks on August 2013.

Album cover

The cover shot is by Karl Ferris, whose photos were used for the US/Canada release of Are You Experienced, the basis of the small group airbrush painting used in the cover art for , and the US/Canada cover of Electric Ladyland, which became the official international cover from 1997.

Track listing

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

Disc one

  1. "Purple Haze"– 3:26
  2. "Killing Floor " – 3:05
  3. "Hey Joe " – 2:52
  4. "Foxy Lady" – 3:27
  5. "Highway Chile" – 3:40
  6. "Hey Joe" – 3:06
  7. "Title #3" – 2:12
  8. "Third Stone from the Sun" – 9:18
  9. "Taking Care of No Business" – 3:42
  10. "Here He Comes " – 3:02
  11. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" – 1:30
  12. "If 6 Was 9" – 5:57
  13. "Rock Me Baby " – 3:20
  14. "Like a Rolling Stone " – 6:52
  15. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp " – 3:58
  16. "The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice" – 4:17
  1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band " – 1:51
  2. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp " – 4:06
  3. "Little Wing" – 3:23
  4. "Little Miss Lover" – 2:21
  5. "The Wind Cries Mary " – 4:11
  6. "Catfish Blues " – 5:26
  7. "Bold as Love" – 7:09
  8. "Sweet Angel" – 4:12
  9. "Fire " – 2:43
  10. "Somewhere" – 3:48
  11. "Have You Ever Been " – 1:28
  12. "Gypsy Eyes" – 3:43
  13. "Room Full of Mirrors" – 1:26
  14. "Gloria" – 8:53
  15. "Peace in Mississippi" – 7:15
  16. "It's Too Bad" – 8:52
  17. "Star Spangled Banner" - 4:12
  1. "Stone Free" – 3:43
  2. "Like a Rolling Stone " – 10:39
  3. "Spanish Castle Magic" – 5:50
  4. "Hear My Train A Comin'" – 6:58
  5. "Room Full of Mirrors" – 7:56
  6. "I Don’t Live Today " – 6:33
  7. "Little Wing " – 3:16
  8. "Red House " – 13:07
  9. "Purple Haze " – 4:03
  10. "Voodoo Child " – 7:53
  11. "Izabella" – 3:40
  1. "Message to Love" – 3:35
  2. "Earth Blues" – 4:08
  3. "Astro Man" – 4:11
  4. "Country Blues" – 8:27
  5. "Freedom" – 3:52
  6. "Johnny B. Goode " – 4:46
  7. "Lover Man" – 2:57
  8. "Blue Suede Shoes " – 4:28
  9. "Cherokee Mist" – 6:02
  10. "Come Down Hard on Me" – 3:18
  11. "Hey Baby/In from the Storm " – 8:56
  12. "Ezy Ryder" – 3:43
  13. "Night Bird Flying" – 4:24
  14. "All Along the Watchtower " – 4:22
  15. "In from the Storm " – 4:21
  16. "Slow Blues" – 1:46