The Jimi Hendrix Experience : Are You Experienced ? ( North American Deluxe Edition ) / Sessions

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Are You Experienced  ?

is the debut

 studio album

 by English-American 

rock band 

The Jimi Hendrix 

Experience

Released in 1967,

 the LP was an

 immediate critical 

and commercial success,

 and it is 
widely regarded

 as one of the

 greatest debuts 

in the history 

of rock music. 

The album features 

Jimi Hendrix's

 innovative approach 

to songwriting 

and 

electric guitar playing 

which soon

 established a

 new direction

 in psychedelic and

 hard rock music.

By mid-1966, 

Hendrix was struggling 

to earn a living

 playing the R&B circuit 

as a backing guitarist. 

After being referred to

 Chas Chandler,

 who was leaving 

the Animals

 and interested in 

managing and 

producing artists, 

Hendrix was signed to

 a management and 

production contract 

with Chandler

 and ex-Animals

 manager 

Michael Jeffery. 

Chandler brought 

Hendrix to London 

and began recruiting members

 for a band designed to 

showcase the guitarist's talents,

The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 

In late October, 

after having been rejected

 by Decca Records,

 the Experience

 signed with Track, 

a new label formed by

 the Who's managers

 Kit Lambert 

and 

Chris Stamp.

Are You Experienced 

and its preceding singles 

were recorded over a

 five-month period 

from late October 1966

 through early 

April 1967. 

The album was
 completed in 

sixteen 
recording sessions

 at three
 London locations,

 including 
De Lane Lea Studios, 

CBS, 

and Olympic. 

Released in the UK 

on May 12, 1967, 

Are You Experienced 

spent 33 weeks 

on the charts, 

peaking at number two. 

The album was issued in

 the US on 

August 23 by

 Reprise Records, 

where it reached

 number five

 on the Billboard 200,

 remaining on the chart 

for 106 weeks,

 27 of those

 in the Top 40.

 The album also 

spent 70 weeks

 on the US 

Billboard R&B chart,

 where it peaked at #10. 

The US version 

contained some of

 Hendrix's best known songs,

 including

 the Experience's

 first three singles,

 which, 

though omitted

 from the

 British edition 

of the LP,

 were top ten

 hits in the UK:

 "Purple Haze",

 "Hey Joe", 

and

 "The Wind Cries Mary".

In 2005, 

Rolling Stone

 ranked

 Are You Experienced 

fifteenth on

 its list of the

 500 Greatest Albums

 of All Time

. 

TRACK LIST 

CD 1

Hey Joe ( 1-4 )

Can You See Me ( 1-4 )

Can You See Me

Red House

51 th Anniversary ( 1-3)

51 th Anniversary

The Wind Cries Mary

Fire ( 1-6 )

Purple Haze

CD 2

Remember ( 1-6 )

I Don't Live Today ( 1-4 )

Manic Depression

Manic Depression

No No No No

Red House ( 1-4 )

Waterfall

Hey Joe

 ( Unreleased Vocal Reverence )

Gypsy Eyes ( Jam )

Castles Made of Sand ( Alt Mix )

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