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2008-07-16Great CD i love the songs and etc. Only thing is it took a while to get it shipping wasnt very fast.
2008-07-06Electric Ladyland is, in my humble oppinion, the single greatest recording ever made. 'nough said.
2008-06-14I am at a loss for words [speaking of Jimi]. I've purchased this recording at least 4 times !!! Since it first came out on vinyl !!! The only question to ask is, Quality of the reproduction?
YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU GET !!! If you buy a cheap quality reproduction ,,, it will sound like poop.
Pay the money and get GREAT QUALITY ,,, take it from a wise man who has traversed the trials and tribulations of a ca. 60's baby-boomer !!!
THIS CD IS AWESOME, MOST excellLENT ,,, IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT !!! enough said, peace
2008-05-31A great album timeless. Its not just a rock album but a, jazz, blues, funk, and mainly psychedelic rock album. Coming out in the summer of 68' this was a huge hit. This album is also really experiementing with the wah-wah pedal a lot. Some key tracks on here are, voodoo child(slight return), still raning still dreaming, rainy day dream away, gypsy eyes, all along with the watchtower, 1983 a merman i should turn too be, house burning down etc.
1. ... And The Gods Made Love 4/5 stars
2. Have you ever been to electric ladyland 4/5 stars
3. Crosstown trafic 5/5 stars
4. Voodoo Chile 5/5 stars
5. Little Miss Strange 4/5 stars
6. Long Hot Summer Night 5/5 stars
7. Come On Let The Good Times Roll 4/5 stars
8. Gypsy Eyes 5/5 stars
9. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 5/5 stars
10. Rainy Day Dream Away 5/5 stars
11. 1983(a merman i should turn to be) 5/5 stars
12. Moon Turn The Tides Gently, 4/5 stars
13. Still Raining Still Dreaming 5/5 stars
14. House Burning Down 5/5 stars
15. All Along The Watchtower 5/5 stars
16. Voodoo Child(Slight Return) 5/5 stars
2008-05-02Jimi Hendrix's third and final album with the orginal Experience found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also Hendrix's orginal musical vision at its absolute apex. When revisionist rock criticists refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're refering to.
But Electric Ladyland is so much more than just background music for chemcial intake. Kudos to engineer Eddie Kramer (who supervised the remastering of the orginal two-track stereo masters for this 1997 reissue on MCA) for taking Hendrix's visions of a soundscape behind his music and giving it all context, experimenting with odd mic techniques, echo, backward tape, flanging, and chorusing, all new techniques at the time, at least the way they're used here. What Hendrix sonically achived on this record expanded the consept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as Phil Spector had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. As an album this influencial (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown trafic," his reinterpetation of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," the spacy "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)," and "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," a landmark in Hendrix's playing. With this double set (now on one compact disc), Hendrix once again pushed the consept album to new horizons.
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Bursting with ideas and energy, Jimi Hendrix's second album release of 1968 (following Axis: Bold as Love) was a double-LP set that showcased virtually everything the guitar genius had to offer: blistering blues ("Voodoo Chile"), galaxy-patrolling space jams ("1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be"), psychedelic soul ("Crosstown Traffic"), and skyscraping rock ("Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"). In the midst of all this was even a hit song--Hendrix's remarkable reading of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," featuring a series of baton-passing guitar solos, all distinct and brilliant. Seemingly diffuse when first released; in hindsight, kaleidoscopically eclectic. --Billy Altman
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