The Jimi Hendrix Experience [BOX SET] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
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• Label: Experience Hendrix
• ASIN: B00004WKII
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (112 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,759 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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The arc of Jimi Hendrix's cometlike career is captured on the four-disc Jimi Hendrix Experience box set, which showcases the musician's mercurial brilliance and offers new angles from which to appraise his artistry. That the great guitarist's unreleased musings have been explored since his death three decades ago wouldn't seem to bode well for a multidisc collection such as this. But this retrospective boggles the mind merely by presenting how much Hendrix accomplished in a few short years and, in doing so, questioning what he would have achieved had he lived. --Steven Stolder

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Media Type: CD
Artist: HENDRIX,JIMI
Title: JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
Street Release Date: 09/12/2000
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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103 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably valuable addition to the Hendrix catalog, September 12, 2000

By	Kevin Rathert (Carbondale, IL USA) - See all my reviews

It would seem impossible that some 30 years after his death, and with so many posthumous releases, there could be a meaningful compact disc of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix recordings. With "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" MCA Records has collected not one but four discs, 56 tracks, more than 4 hours of incredible sounding alternate takes, alternate mixes, and indeed songs previously unreleased except on bootleg recordings. The box opens with an extended version of "Purple Haze" which sets the tone for the box. Alternate versions of "Fire" and "Hey Joe" follow closely, and the listener is immediately aware of the fact that this is not your average collection of previously unreleased "diamonds in the rough" or "home demos" but rather a 56 track collection of songs which are in some cases superior to the previously released version, and without exception of great interest to fans of rock music. The box follows a chronological order and is a fine mix of studio and live recordings, blending works by the original Experience with recordings by his short-lived Gypsy Sun & Rainbows, Band of Gypsys, and the reformed Experience (minus Noel Redding). Eddie Kramer's painstaking remastering job (aided by George Marino) gives the sound the vitality it deserves and is worthy of official release. The set chronicles Jimi's career from his earliest Experience recordings in 1966 through his final concert, 1970's Isle of Wight gig. The accompanying 80 page booklet is full of interesting track by track annotations by John McDermott, wonderful photos, and an interesting essay by Dave Marsh. The artwork accompanying the discs is vintage 60s psychedelia as is the design of the box itself. Alternate recordings of nearly all of Jimi's best known songs are contained in the set and it certainly offers not just something, but lots, for everyone. While the overall playing time of the set may be a bit short, averaging about 65 minutes per disc, that shortcoming (if it is one) is more than offset by the sheer quality of the material and performances. Without any reservations I consider this THE release of the year for 2000. No fan of rock music should be without a copy of "The Jimi Hendrix Experience," as it truly lives up to its name.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 30 years later; Jimi still the best!, September 12, 2000

By	Brian J Kern (Jacksonville, NC United States) - See all my reviews

30 years almost to the week of the death of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix, MCA & Experience Hendrix release the first 4 disc box set "The Jimi Hendrix Experience". Almost immediately after removing the set from it's wrappings and feeling the velvet textured purple box cover you can tell that this set was done with an exacting attention to detail. All of the four disc's jewel cases are loaded with rare photo's of Jimi and the band. The 79 page book that is provided with the set is filled once again with rare photo's and unique perspectives into the magic that was Jimi performing. The 56 songs included in the set are all either previously unreleased studio versions or unreleased live versions all have been lovingly remastered by long-time Hendrix studio engineer Eddie Kramer. The sound was like these recordings had just been made, not 25 to 30 years ago! There is a great deal of Jimi's playful spirit in the studio shown throughout the disc's as he jokes with band members and studio crew and all of this is captured in the set. If you currently have none of Jimi's recordings in your collection, I strongly recommend that you start with this set! Musical highlights of the set are the Hendrix "modified" version of "Purple Haze", the live 1967 version of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", Jimi's cover of the Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the amazing unreleased version of the classic "Little Wing". My hat is off to Jimi, MCA and Experience Hendrix, 30 years later he is still the best!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars essential rarities for the Hendrix nut, October 29, 2000

By	G. Wallace (Hilliard, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

'South Saturn Delta' was the first disk of Hendrix rarities released by his sister and Eddie Kramer in their effort to restore the Hendrix catalog. Here are four more disks in a similar vein. While critics often scorned posthumous Hendrix releases after 'Cry of Love', most Hendrix fans could name tracks on those releases that were big favorites. I would consider "Like a Rolling Stone", "Star-Spangled Banner", and "Message of Love" essential Hendrix recordings. Tracks I hadn't heard that really knocked me out include an early version of "Little Wing", an instrumental early version of "Bold as Love" and a long blues improvisation "Country Blues". Nearly all the live tracks included in the set are of high quality, from the late 1966 show in Paris to 1970 Isle of Wight and Maui.

Hendrix dabblers should stick to the "Experience Hendrix" set and serious listeners should have the three studio disks released while Jimi was alive plus the "First Rays" set. But for those like me who think he may have dropped in from outer space this set is a must. I'm docking it one star for including too many inferior soundalike alternate takes. I don't mean to include several alternate early versions on the final disk, such as "Astro Man" and "Freedom", which are very different from the eventual releases.

Of course the guitar playing is astonishing. The man thought with his fingers and he's the most harmonically interesting guitar player I've ever heard in any genre.