Customer Reviews
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2008-07-16
Great CD i love the songs and etc. Only thing is it took a while to get it shipping wasn't very fast.
The Best Album or CD I've Ever Heard 2008-07-06
Electric Ladyland is, in my humble opinion, the single greatest recording ever made. 'nough said.
What can I say about Jimi ??? He is insuperable !!! Quality is Superb !!! 2008-06-14
I 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 EXCELLENT ,,, IT WILL NOT DISAPPOINT !!! enough said, peace
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Electric Ladyland" 1968 2008-05-31
A 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 Traffic 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
New Horizons 
2008-05-02
Jimi Hendrix's third and final album with the original 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 original musical vision at its absolute apex. When revisionist rock critics refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're referring to.
But Electric Ladyland is so much more than just background music for chemical intake. Kudos to engineer Eddie Kramer (who supervised the remastering of the original 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 achieved on this record expanded the concept 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 influential (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown Traffic," his reinterpretation 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 concept album to new horizons.
I'm giving this album 5 perfect stars 2008-04-19
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. . . being there . . . 2008-03-28
. . . the thing that I love is that for whatever reasons, Hendrix was able to produce this music the way he wanted without a backseat driver or a commercial perspective, which resulted in the best chronicle of the psychadelic era imaginable. I never felt that this recording was diffuse: It has always been and will always be the benchmark for acid rock. By the way . . . I was 14-years old and lived in Germany with my US Military dad, and was a "bad" boy, hanging out in underground rock clubs in 1969 when Hendrix did this album. We all loved it. It still has the effect of impressing listeners with a sense of original and fresh musianship, even stacked against all the cumulative wizardry of today's studio work. Also, the most popular cover in 1969, and the best one to me, was on the LP, and was not the orange Hendrix headshot (which was then the back page), but was the group shot of Mitch Mitchell, Hendrix (seated elevated), and Noel Redding. I am perplexed as to how it happened that the headshot is the most common cover??? Who has been monkeying around with this?
I am happiest knowing that this music came straight to us from the artist and absolutely is not the product of corporate suits. I'm out.
A GREAT CD FROM JIMI HENDRIX 2008-03-20
I think that Jimi Hendrix is GOD and he was one of the most talented guitar players ever. He influenced many great guitarists how to play like him, and he was very famous. I was so sad that he died so young too, he was too talented to die. Anyway, to this CD, this CD is great. I like the blues version of Voodoo Chile, that's one of his best. On Rainy Day, Dream Day just before he starts playing he even coughs on it, it doesn't bother me at all. I think that Still Raining, Still Dreaming is one of his greatest songs, and is one of the greatest songs on this CD. Then I love the classics All Along the Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return). Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is more hard rocking and metal compared to the earlier on this CD Voodoo Chile which is all blues. Anyway, that's all I feel like commenting it. Buy this CD.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968, "Electric Ladyland". 2008-03-02
This Hendrix album being the last with the Experience is one of the most tripped out albums he ever did with the song 1983 containing over 10 minutes of weird noises some drums and a guitar solo and having a beginning of three minutes. Containting tons of wah-wah pedal usage in this album its a true classic 60s album. Such songs as House is Burning down represent what was really happening back in 1968. Other songs such as Still Raining still Dreaming show strong usage of the wah-wah pedal. A great all around album and perfect for anyone who loves late 60s music.
Thank you Beatles! 2008-02-25
I know, you're thinking 'Hey, wait..this is supposed to be about Electric Ladyland'. It is in a round about way, just suffice it to say I love Electric Ladyland!
Others may disagree but I have always felt the the period of 1965-1975 was the Golden Age of Albums and that the amazing number of great albums that came out during that time has not and will never be equaled, but it never would have happened if not for The Beatles.
By 1965 The Beatles were getting tired of the perception that they were a kid's band, tired of the touring, tired of the overwhelming press of fans and the control of the studio. Prior to that time artists were given very little freedom to make the kind of music they wanted. It even lead Elvis to disappear only to reemerge years later, all in black as a way of telling people he wanted to make music for adults.
But by 1965, The Beatles had gained so much power it garnered them a certain amount of freedom to pursue the kind of music they really wanted to make and do something very few artists have been able to do, transition from a teeny-bopper band to a band that made music for adults.
While the label was reluctant it really had no choice but to allow The Beatles the freedom they wanted.
Rubber Soul was the beginning of that transition that continued with Revolver. Ironically, not only did they continue to sell records at their previous levels but even surpassed it. This was a big wake-up call for all the studios and labels! They realized that not only did music listeners want to hear more adventurous music, they demanded it and rewarded it in sales numbers.
What happened then is the greatest 10 years in music history. So many artists had music they wanted to make and the studios sought them out. And this brings us back to Jimi Hendrix and Electric Ladyland, arguably one of the most important albums ever made and never would have been made if the studios and labels had kept going down the same path they had been, prior to 1965. Thank you Beatles!
