Sunday, September 16, 2012

September 16, 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's LP Are You Experienced? enters the charts…




As emblematic of its time as of its sorcerer-like creator, 1967's Are You Experienced unleashed Jimi Hendrix onto a world in the midst of such cultural and musical shakeups that it really didn't seem as "far out" as it actually was. 

It wasn't just Hendrix's virtuosic skill as a pure player that was so impressive; it was, even more, the range and scope of sheer sound that he coaxed, cajoled, and ripped out of his instrument. "Purple Haze," "Manic Depression," and "I Don't Live Today" filled ears with indelible sonic images, and songs like "Foxey Lady" and "Fire" pointed the way toward a new brand of rock-charged soul music. And how about a hand for drummer Mitch Mitchell…
British Album Cover

"The Jimi Hendrix Experience are a musical labyrinth—you either find your way into the solid wall of incredible sound, or you sit back and gasp at Hendrix’ guitar antics and showmanship, wondering what it’s all about,"
--Billy Altman

French Album Cover











Check out the full album while you read the rest...



The album was recorded over a five month period, but relative to his later work, little time was spent in the studio. According to the background information in the 180 gram vinyl re-release as of 2010, Hendrix stated he wanted to record with "the best gear and musicians available"…


Are You Experienced has been cited as one of the greatest debut albums of the rock era…

  



The TV channel VH1 named it the fifth greatest album of all time in 2001…

 In 2003, the US version of the album was ranked #15 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, having been ranked as #5 in their twentieth anniversary listing The Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years published in 1987…

 Kerrang! magazine listed the album at #41 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time"…

 Guitarist magazine named the album #1 on their list of "the most influential guitar albums of all time" in 1994…

 Mojo magazine listed it as the greatest guitar album of all time in 2003…

Creem magazine named the album number six on the Top Ten Metal Albums Of The 60s…

 Vibe (12/99, p. 156) included it in its list of 100 Essential Albums of the 20th century…

 NME (10/2/93, p. 29) ranked it #29 in its list of the "Greatest Albums of All Time"…

 In March 2000 a poll from Guitar World Magazine named Are You Experienced the greatest album of the Millennium…

GOLD and Then Some!!

 In 2006, a reader's poll from Guitar World Magazine  placed the album at #3 on a list of the Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time…

In 2005 Are You Experienced was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in the United States…

BOTTOM LINE: IT'S ONE GREAT ALBUM!!!

R.I.P. Jimi...
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