Jimi Hendrix

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Real Name:
James Marshall Hendrix
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American modern electric blues guitar virtuoso; lyricist, vocalist.
Born: 27 November 1942, Seattle, USA – Died: 18 September 1970, London, UK.

A self-taught guitarist, Hendrix began his musical career backing such R&B greats as Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Little Richard, The Isley Brothers, and B.B. King. Brought to London from New York by former Animals bassist Chas Chandler, Hendrix quickly established himself as the brightest new star on the burgeoning progressive rock scene of the early '60s. Along with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell he formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

After a landmark appearance at the Monterey Pop festival, their debut album Are You Experienced was released in September 1967. The album, and its 1968 successors - Axis: Bold As Love and the seminal blues-oriented developments of Electric Ladyland - earned Hendrix international acclaim as a premier rock instrumentalist and innovator of his generation. A 'greatest hits' collection, "Smash Hits" (1969), and an in-concert memento of his historic Monterey appearance, "Otis Redding / Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey" (1970), followed before his untimely death. A posthumous studio album, "The Cry Of Love", was released in January of 1971, followed by the double album soundtrack to the documentary film "Jimi Hendrix" in June of 1973.
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Heaven Research
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Band Of Gypsys, Curtis Knight & The Squires, Gypsy Sun And Rainbows, Johnny Jones And The King Casuals, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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811-714-4 Are You Experienced? — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? (Album) Polydor 811-714-4 Netherlands 1967 Sell This Version
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T2856, T-2856 Get That Feeling — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix And Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix And Curtis Knight - Get That Feeling (Album, Comp) Capitol Records T2856, T-2856 US 1967 Sell This Version
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ST 2894, ST-2894 Flashing — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix And Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix And Curtis Knight - Flashing (Album, Comp) Capitol Records, Capitol Records ST 2894, ST-2894 US 1968 Sell This Version
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HA 8369 Strange Things — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight - Strange Things (Album) London Records, London American Recordings HA 8369 UK 1968 Sell This Version
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2RS 6307, No. 0933 Jimi Hendrix — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix (Album, EP) United Artists Records, Playtape 2RS 6307, No. 0933 US 1968 Sell This Version
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SV 1814 Day Tripper — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight - Day Tripper ‎(LP, Album) Quality SV 1814 Canada 1968 Sell This Version
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5E052-92031, 1 C062-92 031 Early Jimi Hendrix, Vol. 2 — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Early Jimi Hendrix, Vol. 2 (Album) Stateside, Stateside 5E052-92031, 1 C062-92 031 Germany 1970 Sell This Version
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3C 062-91631, 3C 062 - 91631 Jimi Hendrix "Live" Vol : 2 On The Killin' Floor (Album, Comp) Stateside 3C 062-91631, 3C 062 - 91631 Italy 1970 Sell This Version
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SJSL 155 Jimi Hendrix "Live" Vol:1 I'm A Man (Album, Comp) Stateside SJSL 155 Mozambique 1970 Sell This Version
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SHZE 293 Early Jimi Hendrix — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Early Jimi Hendrix (Album) Stateside, Stateside SHZE 293 Denmark 1970 Sell This Version
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STAO-472 Band Of Gypsys — Jimi Hendrix Hendrix* Band Of Gypsys (Album, Comp) Capitol Records STAO-472 US 1970 Sell This Version
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GLP-80009 Postumo — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix, Curtis Knight - Postumo ‎(LP, Mono) Groove (3) GLP-80009 Argentina 1970 Sell This Version
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PAN 6307 Impromptu — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Impromptu SagaPan PAN 6307 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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85034 V, 85.034-V, 85.034-H The Eternal Fire Of Jimi Hendrix — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix With Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix With Curtis Knight - The Eternal Fire Of Jimi Hendrix (Comp, Album) Hallmark Records, Hallmark Records 85034 V, 85.034-V, 85.034-H Spain 1971 Sell This Version
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TLP-9512 Moods — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Moods (Comp) Trip TLP-9512 US 1971 Sell This Version
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NR 5057 Original Sound Track 'Experience' — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Original Sound Track 'Experience' (Album, Comp, EP) Ember Records NR 5057 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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23 10 139 Isle Of Wight — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Isle Of Wight (Album) Polydor 23 10 139 Spain 1971 Sell This Version
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MP 9357/8 Legacy — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Legacy (Comp) Polydor MP 9357/8 Japan 1971 Sell This Version
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M 56004 Two Great Experiences - Together — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood - Two Great Experiences - Together (Album, Comp) Maple Records, Maple Records, Maple Records M 56004 US 1971 Sell This Version
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2302023 The Cry Of Love — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix The Cry Of Love (Album) Reprise Records, Reprise Records 2302023 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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K44159, K 44159 Rainbow Bridge / Original Motion Picture Sound Track — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Rainbow Bridge / Original Motion Picture Sound Track (Album, Comp) Reprise Records, Reprise Records K44159, K 44159 UK 1971 Sell This Version
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BYG 529 912 Faces And Places Vol. 12 — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Faces And Places Vol. 12 (Comp, Album) BYG Records, BYG Records BYG 529 912 France 1972 Sell This Version
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VR 54.208, Y 54.208 The Ballad Of Jimi — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix The Ballad Of Jimi (Album, Comp) Stateside, Jugoton, Jugoton, Stateside VR 54.208, Y 54.208 Spain 1971 Sell This Version
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SM3271, SM3272, SM3273 At His Best. Live — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix At His Best. Live (Comp) Joker (2) SM3271, SM3272, SM3273 Italy 1972 Sell This Version
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HSC 163 The Wild One... — Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix With Curtis Knight Jimi Hendrix With Curtis Knight - The Wild One... (Comp, Album) Hallmark Records HSC 163 UK 1972 Sell This Version

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drbluzer

drbluzer

March 20, 2023
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JAMES MARSHALL ( JIMI ) HENDRIX was the greatest guitarist to emerge from the 1960's . He was a naturally born 'leftie' ( left-handed person ) , who was rumored to have switched hands and played guitar from left-handed to right-handed ( ambidextrous ? ) in mid-song as well as playing guitar with his teeth . He recorded only four albums before his untimely death at the age of twenty-seven (27) . He was the top billed performer at WOODSTOCK (1969) , who ended up playing to a much smaller audience on Monday morning due to the various rainstorms that plagued the festival that weekend .
He pioneered the use of high-amplitude volume and feedback noted in songs like " PURPLE HAZE " (1967) and " FOXEY LADY " (1967) from his " ARE YOU EXPERIENCED ? " (1967) album . Feedback had been noted to be in songs like the BEATLES 's " I FEEL FINE " (1964) and THE WHO's " MY GENERATION " (1965) . Feedback from music amplification was highly undesirable in the 1950's and was seldom heard in the many 1950's recordings but in the 1960's feedback was harnessed and used in various recordings .
He used two (2) guitar accessories :the fuzzbox ( distortion ) and the wah-wah pedal .
He is an unfortunate member of the so-called "27 CLUB" ( musicians that died at the age of 27 ) which included Jim Morrison , Janis Joplin , Kurt Kobain , and Amy Winehouse .
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE lists him as NUMBER ONE on the list of the ONE HUNDRED GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME !
moduluxe

moduluxe

December 11, 2022
A tragic loss for the world. Jimi was not even close to his artistic heights and potentials at the time of his passing.
JorgAusfelt

JorgAusfelt

November 18, 2022
edited about 1 month ago
Jimi Hendrix - born as Johnny Allen, but in 1946 renamed James Marshall - probably after his uncle Leon Marshall Hendrix (1912-32) - by his father Al (James Allen Hendrix, b. 1919 in Vancouver, Canada) and buried next to Al's mother Nora Hendrix*, in the tiny suburb Renton, 30 mins. by bus south of central Seattle when I was there in Aug. '94 (there was no mausoleum back then, just a framed stone in the gound, as seen in the 1992 Cameron Crowe movie, Singles). Jimi - who would've been 80 next Sunday, on 27 Nov. 2022 - released 3 official albums as The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967-68, as well as Band of Gypsies in early 1970 while alive. He died just before he'd put his finishing touches (he was a control freak and a perfectionist) to The Cry of Love (1971) in his then hypermodern, 16-channel studio Electric Lady in Greenwich Village, NYC, New York.

All the other albums are, of course, released by the various companies - official an unofficial (there's lots of music from before 1966 without any copyright out there) - since his father Al in 1974 had sold all the rights to the at least 1,600 hrs of taped music for a mere $100,000, and since the interest in Jimi's music quickly had waned, it was considered a good deal at the time. By then, he was forgotten by most. An official LP or two a year were relesed by Reprise, and later Polydor. There was never any thought behind those releases, and songs from different sessions and time periods were just mixed together, sometimes even using outside musicians to fill the gaps.

His played his last festival, the German Love And Peace Festival** (4-6 Sept. 1969) on the tiny island of Fehmarn, near Denmark, 6 Sept. 1970 (released on several bootlegs with crappy sound). It didn't have much to do with neither love, nor peace, since it was tormented by bad weather and Hells Angels raising hell. He did a few gigs in London before his premature death 12 days later.

With the rise of CDs and the Seattle grunge scene (where Jimi Hendrix was often mentioned), some lawyers whispered into Al's ear that he'd been cheated (he hadn't...), and that he'd probably win a trial if he witnessed and said that he hadn't understood what he'd signed (he did...). Fast forward; They won, and in 1995, Al gained control of a multimillion-dollar franchise. Soon, Jimi sold more albums than in the 60s, but not only that, there was all the merch too. So when Al died in Renton 2002, aged 82, he left everything to his adopted daughter Janie, b. 1961, from his marriage to of a Japanese woman, and his nephew (Leon Mashall's son). None of Jimi's brother Leon (don't mix them up), his other siblings Joseph, Pamela or Kathy, or his Swedish son James Daniel Sunquist (b. 1969), got one cent. Through the years, she'd built up a reputation of fake childhood memories of her "beloved, big brother".

Actually, Jimi was forced (it was either that or prison...) to sign up for miitary service on 31 May, 1961 after having been caught twice, riding stolen cars. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Hendrix's rebellious attitude meant he slept while on duty, and he wasn't a particularly good marksman. Quote: According to reports, he was a "habitual offender" when it came to missing midnight bed checks and was unable to "carry on an intelligent conversation." True to his calling, he continued playing guitar while off-duty, which didn't endear him with the other men in the barracks, who just wanted a good night's sleep. His constant noodling led one of his commanding officers to comment, "This is one of his faults, because his mind apparently cannot function while performing duties and thinking about his guitar. Although Hendrix had signed up for three years of service, Captain Gilbert Batchman had had enough after one year, and made the case for Hendrix to be discharged, as his problems were judged to not be treatable by "hospitalization or counseling." An alleged ankle injury during a parachute jump gave young Hendrix the opportunity to bow out of active duty with an honorable discharge." Unquote*** Also, he met a certain Billy Cox there, and they formed a band together.

Jimi never returned to Renton, and only met "his beloved sister" Janie twice at different shows in 1968, and only a few minutes each time (photos with the two are available online). His poor, mistreated and since 1951 estranged mother Lucille L. Jeter (1925-58) had already died from cirrhosis to the liver from heavy drinking. 16-year-old Lucille never wanted to marry Al, but was already 3 months pregnant when they married 31 March 1942. Three days later, Al was shipped off to Fort Sill, OK, for basic training for WWII. He was a known brute, and jealous at that, something the shy, withdrawn Jimi inherited while drunk. She's buried ~100 meters from her son, and not in that butt-ugly "mausoleum" sis built. The fight over the Jimi Hendrix Estate (Experience Hendrix ended once and for all in 2004, when Jimi's oldest brother Leon lost a lawsuit. The lovely Janie started selling not only new, remastered CDs and DVDs, but also a home sex tape with Jimi on expensive DVD, as well as seeing to that no videos (except private or foreign shot) can be seen on YouTube. "Greed works."


*) Georgia-born Zenora "Nora" Rose Hendrix (née Moore) (1883-1984) married Bertran Philander "Ross" Hendrix (b. Hendricks in 1866 in Urbana, OH) in the 1900s, and settled in Vancouver in 1911 or 1912. They both belonged to the same traveling vaudeville troupe, and toured mainly in the Portland-Seattle area when economical hardship put an end to all of that in Seattle in 1912, why the decided to look for permanent, offstage work in Vancouver. They had four children 1912-19, the last one being Al, Jimi's father. A fifth child, a boy b. in 1926, died after two months. On Nov. 28 1922, they had become Canadian citizens. "Ross" Hendrix died 21 March, 1934 from a ruptured aorta. He was 67, and is buried at Burnaby Ocean View Burial Park. When Nora Hendrix died in Vancouver 24 July, 1984, she was 100. She was, however, buried next to her famous grandson, 27, who used to visit her in the 50s. Only a few years ago, neighbours still remembered Jimi rehearsing at her Vancouver house. Regarding the rumours of her being half-Cherokee, noone has found any evidence for it whatsoever, and it is now believed that it simply had been part of one of her acts. But Jimi took it very seriously, and never lost a chance to mention it with great pride.

**) Fehmarn is on the important, heavily trafficked route (the so called Bird Flight Line) between southernmost Sweden/the larger Copenhagen area and Hamburg, Germany. There's a memorial stone, Jimi Hendrix Gedenkstein, at the site;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jimi_Hendrix_memorial_stone_in_Fehmarn,_Germany

***) https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veterans-jimi-hendrix.html

JorgAusfelt

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LPWJ

LPWJ

September 13, 2022
Who's Jimmy? ahem
Just a few studio albums most of the rest are compilations or bootlegs but without the bootlegs archived correctly with the right worth etc discogs will never be 100%.
motifr

motifr

April 25, 2020
Are You Experienced was released in September 1967? Wrong.
Day of release: ‎ may 12th 1967
Records starts ‎ octobe 26th 1966
Thank you
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jackfrancis86

jackfrancis86

January 31, 2020
Quite possibly the only actual genius of the electric guitar
curly-head

curly-head

August 13, 2018
I don`t care, 14 is good ... not what i expected, but it`s ok.
Jimi had a big talent in song-writing and was also a badass guitar-picker, but people tend to forget that the Experience wouldn`t be that much of a experience without a badass drummer like Mitch, or an very talented calm anchor Noel.
The records were produced in a bad way to make Jimi look glamorous, the covers showed him mostly sitstanding above the other band members and in the Twosome "Are you experienced / Axis bold as love" lp Mitch isn`t even mentioned on the Cover or the plate.
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quickc57

quickc57

July 11, 2017
They say "The good die young". I think that maybe for some it's meant to be so we can only remember them at their very best as opposed to watching them age and in some small way take away from their legacies. Like champion fighters who stay in the ring too long. We had Jimi for a short time and in that short time he changed the course of rock history. Better to remember him as he was then every time you hear Red House, Little Wing or Purple Haze. Because as long as we have his music, we have him.

" If I don't see you no more in this, I'll see you in the next one so don't be late....
ceejay0227

ceejay0227

May 22, 2017
Does anyone know of an aucoustic intrsumental album he did? It's seems it's an urban myth. Just thought I'd try here. Thanks
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matthew.soden.73

matthew.soden.73

February 6, 2015
I'll always miss him.I have no one to believe in.

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