The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Electric Ladyland" Polydor ? 2657-012 2XLP 1973
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience ? "Electric Ladyland" Polydor ? 2657-012 2 × Vinyl, LPs, reissued by Polydor in 1973.
Both albums have surface marks which can lead to a bit of crackle between tracks and in some quieter passages. They both play without a hop, skip, or jump on my Crosley player. The gate-fold sleeve shows minimal signs of wear and is in great condition. The spine is completely intact. Matrix / Runout (A-side): 2310269 A 613008 A//4?420 05 11 Matrix / Runout (B-side): 2310270 A 613009 A?2 420 12 11 Matrix / Runout (C-side): 2310270 B 613009 B//2 420 12 22 Matrix / Runout (D-side): 2310269 B 613008 B?2 420 12 34
"Electric Ladyland" is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Reprise Records. The double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. By mid-November, it had charted 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 Bob Dylan song, "All Along the Watchtower," 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 Q magazine's 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, on which it was ranked 54th.
Hendrix had written to Reprise describing what he wanted for the cover art, but was mostly ignored. He expressly asked for a colour photo by Linda Eastman of the group sitting with children on a sculpture from Alice in Wonderland in Central Park, and drew a picture of it for reference. The company instead used a blurred red and yellow photo of his head, taken by Karl Ferris. Track Records used its art department, which produced a cover image by photographer David Montgomery, who also shot the inside cover portrait of Hendrix, depicting nineteen nude women lounging in front of a black background. Hendrix expressed displeasure and embarrassment with this "naked lady" cover, much as he was displeased with the Axis: Bold as Love cover which he found disrespectful. The cover was banned by several record dealers as "pornographic", while others sold it with the gate-fold cover turned inside out.
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