Artist:  JIMI HENDRIX

Title:   “The Essential Jimi Hendrix”

Label:   WARNER BROS ~ 2RS 2245.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl, with gatefold jacket.  Labels are brown with black text.

Year:  1978 

NOTE:  This disc came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade colored vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISCS:  Both discs are NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Stock Labels are pristine, as you would expect with the discs likely unplayed.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous promo package you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  Gatefold jacket is NEAR MINT with nice bright artwork.  Front panel has Gold “Promotional Copy” stamp embossed at the upper right corner.  Seams, spine, and corners are nice.  Inner and outer panels are clean and bright.  No writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  Overall a beautiful jacket to accompany the beautiful discs.  

Includes both the original factory inner sleeves in top condition.

Track Listing:

Side 1: 

• Are You Experienced
• Third Stone from the Sun
• Purple Haze
• Little Wing
• If 6 Was 9

Side 2:

• Bold as Love
• Little Miss Lover
• Castles Made of Sand
• Gypsy Eyes
• Burning of the Midnight Lamp
• Voodoo CHile

Side 3: 

• Have You Ever Been to Electric Ladyland
• Still Raining, Still Dreaming
• House Burning Down
• All Along the Watchtower
• Room Full of Mirrors
• Izabella

Side 4:

• Freedom
• Dolly Dagger
• Stepping Stone
• Drifting
• Ezy Rider

Review:

“During the late '70s, it became clear to executives at Warner/Reprise and also to the Jimi Hendrix estate (then under the archival control of producer Alan Douglas) that the late guitarist had acquired a whole new generation of fans in the years since his death -- and, equally important, that few members of Hendrix's original audience had forgotten him. Bootleg LPs of live performances were still appearing with frustrating regularity, and the Reprise-generated posthumous compilations Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning had both sold well; what's more, the original catalog, including the compilation Smash Hits, was all in demand; and the double-LP Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix, five years after its release, was still a perennial favorite acquisition. And so in 1978, Reprise issued The Essential Jimi Hendrix, a double-LP set that bridged the gap between Smash Hits, which covered the basics of Hendrix’s popularity, and the posthumous excavations (and the more outre FM radio favorites from his repertory) that had cropped up in the years since. It was like a dream come true for serious fans and a listener's best opportunity for total immersion, two hours' deep, in the guitarist's history. It was also a very respectful release, highlighted by a reprint of Don Menn's lengthy and astute Guitar Player magazine overview of Hendrix's career, and fans new and old could revel in its content, which made this one of the forerunners of the modern box set. And it sold so well that a single-LP follow-up, The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Vol. 2, appeared from Reprise in 1979, this one covering the few major studio bases left untouched by its predecessor, along with an acknowledgment of Hendrix’s legacy of live recordings ("Wild Thing," "The Star Spangled Banner," etc.). As an addendum to the double set, it was fine, if not always quite as essential…The Hendrix catalog has since moved to two subsequent labels, Universal and Sony Music, but the appeal of this set, in content and packaging, remains undiminished.”

(courtesy Bruce Eder, allmusic.com.)

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The records are removed from the jackets to protect the cover.
Both the LP and jacket are sandwiched between additional layers of cardboard.

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