's third and final album with the original found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also 's original musical vision at its absolute apex. When revisionist rock critics refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're referring to.

Robert holden biography. 'Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At the Hollywood Bowl 9/14/68' is part of Experience Hendrix's Dagger Records official bootleg series. The live album documents the band's Los Angeles concert held a few weeks before 'Electric Ladyland' was released. Stream Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with Amazon Music Unlimited. Exclusive discount for.

But is so much more than just background music for chemical intake. Kudos to engineer (who supervised the remastering of the original two-track stereo masters for this 1997 reissue on MCA) for taking 's visions of a soundscape behind his music and giving it all context, experimenting with odd mic techniques, echo, backward tape, flanging, and chorusing, all new techniques at the time, at least the way they're used here. What sonically achieved on this record expanded the concept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. As an album this influential (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: 'Crosstown Traffic,' his reinterpretation of 's 'All Along the Watchtower,' 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp,' the spacy '1983.(A Merman I Should Turn to Be),' and 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return),' a landmark in 's playing. With this double set (now on one compact disc), once again pushed the concept album to new horizons.

• ' Released: 1968 (US) • ' Released: 1968 (US) • ' [ ]' Released: 1970 (UK) Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American band. Released by in North America and in the UK in October 1968, the was the only record from the band produced. By mid-November, it had at number one in the United States, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. Electric Ladyland was the Experience's most commercially successful release and their only number one album.

It peaked at number six in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart. Electric Ladyland included a cover of the song, ', which became the Experience's highest-selling single and their only top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 20; the single reached number five in the UK. Although the album confounded critics in 1968, it has since been viewed as Hendrix's best work and one of the greatest rock records of all time. Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest-album lists, including magazine's 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and 's list of, on which it was ranked 55th. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Recording and production [ ] The Experience began recording Electric Ladyland at several studios in the US and UK in between July 1967 and January 1968. Recording resumed on April 18, 1968, at the newly opened in New York City, with as producer and engineers. Hendrix was famous for his studio perfectionism; he and drummer recorded over 50 takes of ' over three sessions.