| | |  | Richie Havens | Home » » » » Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Japanese only SHM pressing. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. Universal. 2009. | | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| November 03, 1998 | | Studio:
| Experience Hendrix | | Number Of Discs:
| 1 | | Format:
| Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 250 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | 1. | Purple Haze | | 2. | Fire | | 3. | The Wind Cries Mary | | 4. | Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix, Roberts, Billy [1] | | 5. | All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix, Dylan, Bob | | 6. | Stone Free | | 7. | Crosstown Traffic | | 8. | Manic Depression | | 9. | Little Wing | | 10. | If 6 Was 9 | | 11. | Foxy Lady | | 12. | Bold as Love | | 13. | Castles Made of Sand | | 14. | Red House | | 15. | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | | 16. | Freedom | | 17. | Night Bird Flying | | 18. | Angel | | 19. | Dolly Dagger | | 20. | Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix, Key, Francis Scott | |
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 HENDRIX...RULES...FOREVERAug 30, 2010
MY GOD! MY GOD! MY GOD! MY GOD! GET THIS IF YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR BODY PARTS! All bow down to the Hendrix! You will comply! Hard rock from the 60's(the..60's!) that still rocks hard! "Star Spangled Banner", "Purple Haze", "Voodoo Child"(Hulk Hogan's entry music for several years in the past)"All Along The Watchtower" and a LOT MORE. F'N CLASSIC METAL THAT STILL SELLS! If you released this album even today, it would still sound not completely modern but very, very close. One of the best metal guitarists OF ALL TIME! If you like rock and do not have this collection, may the gods of metal strike you dead! I mean it! Shame on you for not buying this if you don't!
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influential GuitaristMay 12, 2010
This guy is one of the mose influential guitarists of all time.Alot of bands to come out in the 70's followed his style at various times.Here is another singer we were robbed of,it's a pity he wasn't around longer.There is some great guitar work in his tunes,that inspired people like Mark Knopfler.
There is alot of albums around with Jimi Hendrix,you could spend a fortune collecting them,they must have released everything he ever did.
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GreatApr 08, 2010
Came in great time and in plastic. Some songs skip a little, but were fine after putting them on my ipod.
There Will Never Be Anyone Quite Like Jimi !Apr 05, 2010
In 1966 I was watching UK TV programme Top Of The Pops and on came The Jimi Hendrix Experiance with Hey Joe.
Jimi playing his guitar behind his back and with his teeth was sensational to say the least, in fact the whole performance was outstanding.
Missing tracks, I would have liked to had Like A Rollin' Stone and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
2 of my choices here are Purple Haze and If 6 was 9.
However 3 others are some of the best rock music ever recorded, the aforementioned Hey Joe, the slower and considered The Wind Cries Mary and the barnstorming All Along The Watchtower.
Thanks Jimi.
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 Jimi Hendrix: not an experience to repeatDec 28, 2009
Hendrix was before my time, but we put his "best" on due to his reputation. We sat back and braced ourselves for "god." Maybe that was part of the problem - he'd been built up too much before we heard his "best."
I will start with the first concern we had - the vocals. After listening to part of the first song we skipped ahead (through each song) and we were disappointed to discover Hendrix sounded the same on every track. He yelled. Maybe his yelling does it for some people, like in Al Pacino movies; but for us, his voice was too deep and we wondered why he didn't hire a lead singer.
We started back at the first track to see if we could get into his music despite the vocals. The music was our second concern - no melody. Let me ask Jimi Hendrix fans this question: Have you ever had a song stuck in your head ... a half an hour later you find yourself still humming or whistling that same song and you say to someone - "Hey man, I got this song stuck in my head, man!" Now, was the song by Jimi Hendrix? I would be amazed if the answer were "Yeah, man!" because frankly I cannot pick up on any melody in his songs that would remain stuck in my head. The main composition of his songs sounds like his major musical influence was the U.S. Army Marching Band.
The lyrics: "If you won't do it, then your sister will!" There was no lyric by Hendrix that carried more impact to us than this lyric. While this line made us laugh (with him), I doubt this line would actually work on any women we know, i.e., sober women.
The lead guitar was Hendrix' best feature. The riffs build and are climatic - for the most part - but we could take the riffs from one song, say "Red House," and put those riffs in any other song and they would belong there equally as well. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most solo instrumentals fit a particular song? I don't know about that for sure, but as much as he rambled along the scales bending notes and sustaining feedback, there seemed to be no connection to any particular melody ... but then maybe the lack of melody was to blame. The exception was the national anthem ... also of a military influence.
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