The double LP was the only Experience album to be mixed entirely in stereo. The album's cover stated that it was "produced and directed by Jimi Hendrix". It was a party, not a session." Redding, who had formed his own band in mid-1968, Fat Mattress, found it increasingly difficult to fulfill his commitments with the Experience, so Hendrix played many of the bass parts on Electric Ladyland. Redding later recalled: "There were tons of people in the studio you couldn't move. Hendrix allowed numerous friends and guests to join them in the studio, which contributed to a chaotic and crowded environment in the control room and led Chandler to sever his professional relationship with Hendrix. As recording progressed, Chandler became increasingly frustrated with Hendrix's perfectionism and his demands for repeated takes. Recording sessions for the Jimi Hendrix Experience's third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, began at the newly opened Record Plant Studios, with Chas Chandler as producer and engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren. 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. 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. It peaked at number six in the UK, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart.Įlectric 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. Electric Ladyland was the Experience's most commercially successful release and their only number one album. By mid-November, it had charted at number one in the United States, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. The double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Track Records/ Polydor, and Reprise Records in North America.
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