are you experienced?

The Jimi Hendrix Experience changed the face of music with the mindblowing psychedelic blues and revolutionary electric guitar explorations of their legendary debut.  The left-handed Hendrix had taught himself to play guitar by using turning a standard guitar upside down.  Hendrix said:  "When I first started playing guitar is was way up in the Northwest, in Seattle, Washington. They don’t have too many of the real blues singers up there. When I really learned to play was down South. Then I went into the Army for about nine months, but I found a way to get out of that. When I came out I went down South and all the cats down there were playing blues, and this is when I really began to get interested in the scene."   He was playing as Jimmy James with the Blue Flame when he was discovered in New York by Chas Chandler of the Animals, who brought him to England and introduced him to bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.  Chandler produced 'Are You Experienced?' over five months at De Lane Lea, CBS, and Olympic Studios in London while the power trio toured Europe to rave reviews.  The fusion of the different members' blues, rock, and jazz backgrounds created something completely new.  Hendrix explained: "This is more like a free-style thing. We know what song we’re gonna play and what key it’s in and the chord sequences, and we just take it from there. And so far it hasn’t bugged me in any way like saying, 'Oh, no! There he goes playing that rock and roll bass pattern again.' Everybody’s doing pretty cool."   

Hendrix used electronic feedback in a controlled style that had not been heard before, using his Stratocaster to evoke emotional nuance as well as playful riffs and searing anthems.  Every song on the debut is a classic, with varied styles giving rise to musical movements like heavy metal, hard rock, funk rock and psychedelic soul.  The UK version of the album excluded the three singles 'Hey Joe, 'Purple Haze', and 'The Wind Cries Mary', replacing them with 'Red House', 'Remember', and 'Can You See Me?'.  The album was finally rereleased on CD as 'Experience Hendrix' with all of the songs including the B-sides of the singles:  'Stone Free', '51st Anniversary', and 'Highway Chile'.  









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"Purple Haze"

"Foxy Lady"

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"Fire"


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 "Hey Joe"

 "The Wind Cries Mary"

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'Are You Experienced?' 
full album


Original UK and international edition

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix.

Side one
1. "Foxy Lady" 3:22
2. "Manic Depression" 3:46
3. "Red House" 3:44
4. "Can You See Me" 2:35
5. "Love or Confusion" 3:17
6. "I Don't Live Today" 3:58
Side two
7. "May This Be Love" 3:14
8. "Fire" 2:47
9. "Third Stone from the Sun" 6:50
10. "Remember" 2:53
11. "Are You Experienced?" 4:17



Original North American edition

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix except where noted.

Side one
1. "Purple Haze" 2:46
2. "Manic Depression" 3:46
3. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) 3:23
4. "Love or Confusion" 3:15
5. "May This Be Love" 3:14
6. "I Don't Live Today" 3:55
Side two
7. "The Wind Cries Mary" 3:21
8. "Fire" 2:34
9. "Third Stone from the Sun" 6:40
10. "Foxy Lady" 3:15
11. "Are You Experienced?" 3:55

Monterey 1967

Jimi hendrix Monterey pop festival 1967-FULL... by ivanBoston

1. "Killing Floor" (Howlin' Wolf) 5:55 
2. "Foxy Lady" 3:36 
3. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan) 6:51 
4. "Rock Me Baby" (Joe Josea, B. B. King) 3:45 
5. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) 
6. "The Wind Cries Mary" 3:40 
7. "Wild Thing" (Chip Taylor) 9:46 
8. "Purple Haze"