The Jimi Hendrix Experience reached the pinnacle of their visionary musical explorations with this mindblowing magnum opus. The success of 'Are You Experienced?' and 'Axis: Bold as Love' gave Hendrix the freedom to take his time with the recording of 'Electric Ladyland', experimenting in the studio in a painstakingly perfectionist process that eventually led co-producer Bryan "Chas" Chandler to quit the project and sell his share of Hendrix' management.
The sessions took place at Olympic Studios in London, and at Record Plant Studios and Mayfair Studios in New York with Jimi Hendrix on lead vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, comb and tissue paper kazoo, electric harpsichord, and bass on "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)", "Long Hot Summer Night", "Gypsy Eyes", "1983", "House Burning Down", and "All Along the Watchtower"; Noel Redding on backing vocals, bass on "Crosstown Traffic", "Little Miss Strange", "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", acoustic guitar, and lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"; Mitch Mitchell on backing vocals, drums (except on "Rainy Day Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming"), percussion, and lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"; with Jack Casady on bass on "Voodoo Chile"; Brian Jones on percussion on "All Along the Watchtower"; Al Kooper on piano on "Long Hot Summer Night"; Dave Mason on twelve string guitar on "All Along the Watchtower" and backing vocals on "Crosstown Traffic"; The Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"; Steve Winwood on organ on "Voodoo Chile"; Chris Wood on flute on "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"; and on "Rainy Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming": Larry Faucette on congas, Mike Finnigan on organ, Buddy Miles on drums, and Freddie Smith on tenor saxophone. The album was arranged by Hendrix, who mixed the album with engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren.
The sessions took place at Olympic Studios in London, and at Record Plant Studios and Mayfair Studios in New York with Jimi Hendrix on lead vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, comb and tissue paper kazoo, electric harpsichord, and bass on "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)", "Long Hot Summer Night", "Gypsy Eyes", "1983", "House Burning Down", and "All Along the Watchtower"; Noel Redding on backing vocals, bass on "Crosstown Traffic", "Little Miss Strange", "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)", acoustic guitar, and lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"; Mitch Mitchell on backing vocals, drums (except on "Rainy Day Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming"), percussion, and lead vocals on "Little Miss Strange"; with Jack Casady on bass on "Voodoo Chile"; Brian Jones on percussion on "All Along the Watchtower"; Al Kooper on piano on "Long Hot Summer Night"; Dave Mason on twelve string guitar on "All Along the Watchtower" and backing vocals on "Crosstown Traffic"; The Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"; Steve Winwood on organ on "Voodoo Chile"; Chris Wood on flute on "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)"; and on "Rainy Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming": Larry Faucette on congas, Mike Finnigan on organ, Buddy Miles on drums, and Freddie Smith on tenor saxophone. The album was arranged by Hendrix, who mixed the album with engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren.
Hendrix described his daily discipline on The Dick Cavett Show: "It's getting more spiritual. Pretty soon I believe people will have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind, or satisfaction, or direction, actually. More so than politics, the big ego scene. You know it's an art of words... Meaning nothing. Therefore you will have to get an earthier substance, like music or the arts...We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds... 'Cause there are so many sleeping people...I don't really live on compliments. As a matter of fact, they have a way of distracting me. I know a whole lot of musicians, artists out there who hears the compliments and thinks 'wow, I must have been really great' and so they get fat and satisfied and they get lost and forget about their actual talent and start living in another world."
'Electric Ladyland' found its way to number six in the UK and became Hendrix' only number one album in the US. The diverse mix of psychedelic blues, funk, rock, soul, and jazz still defies categorization. Hendrix considered: "There's no such thing as revival. I'm playing all i know. I'm just playing the way i feel. "
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"Crosstown Traffic" made it to fifty-two in the US and thirty-seven in the UK.
Crosstown Traffic from Robert Marshall on Vimeo.
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" charted at number eighteen in the UK.
"All Along the Watchtower" saw its way to number twenty in the US and number five in the UK.
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" was a number one hit in the UK.
'Electric Ladyland'
full album:
All songs written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted.
Side one
1. "...And the Gods Made Love" 1:21
2. "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)"
2:11
3. "Crosstown Traffic" 2:25
4. "Voodoo Chile" 15:00
Side two
5. "Little Miss Strange" (Noel Redding) 2:52
6. "Long Hot Summer Night" 3:27
7. "Come On (Part I)" (Earl King) 4:09
8. "Gypsy Eyes" 3:43
9. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" 3:39
Side three
10. "Rainy Day, Dream Away" 3:42
11. "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" 13:39
12. "Moon, Turn the Tides... Gently Gently Away" 1:02
Side four
13. "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" 4:25
14. "House Burning Down" 4:33
15. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) 4:01
16. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 5:12
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmm9iJ3xpjk29o5_HyPiEtmZM_VMVK4TkSide four
13. "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" 4:25
14. "House Burning Down" 4:33
15. "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) 4:01
16. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 5:12
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