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5 unusual facts about The Jimi Hendrix Experience


Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2

Released at a perilous moment in the Beach Boys' career, the appearance of their past glories on Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 perhaps helped confirm to the general public that the band was not up to the challenge of the new psychedelic music, spearheaded by The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Jimi Hendrix Experience's radical debut Are You Experienced.

Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection

Released on June 7, 2010, the album features 20 songs from throughout the career of The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Hendrix as a solo musician, including "Valleys of Neptune", only officially released on the album of the same name in March 2010.

Let Me Roll It

During the Summer Live '09 tour, which included the Citi Field performances released on Good Evening New York City, McCartney added an instrumental version of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Foxy Lady" as a coda to "Let Me Roll It."

Neville Chesters

Neville Chesters is a former rock music manager and road manager who has worked with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who, Cream, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bee Gees, The Merseybeats, Stray Dog and numerous other bands.

The Ultimate Experience

It features 20 of his greatest hits, most of them recorded with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and live renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Wild Thing".


Ezy Ryder

The completed song was originally released on the 1971 album The Cry of Love – the first posthumous album of original material compiled by The Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and engineer Eddie Kramer.

Gypsy Eyes

"Gypsy Eyes" (spelt as "Gipsy Eyes" on the UK edition) is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album Electric Ladyland, and based on the field holler.

Isaac Bitton

Les Variations opened for some of the top billed rockers of the day, such as Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Kiss, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Taste and Aerosmith.

One Rainy Wish

"One Rainy Wish" (also known as "Golden Rose") is a song by English/American psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on their 1967 second album Axis: Bold as Love.

Storefront Hitchcock

The songs themselves include five not previously released in any form by Hitchcock, one of which is an acoustic cover of Jimi Hendrix' "The Wind Cries Mary".

Wait Until Tomorrow

"Wait Until Tomorrow" is a song by English/American psychedelic rock band The Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on their 1967 second album Axis: Bold as Love.


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