The cover was banned by several record dealers as "pornographic", while others sold it with the gatefold cover turned inside out, or in a brown wrapper. Hendrix expressed initial displeasure and surprise with this "naked lady" cover (but later told Rolling Stone magazine that he "dug it anyway"), much as he was displeased with the Axis: Bold as Love cover, which he found disrespectful. Track Records used its art department, which produced a cover image by photographer David Montgomery, who also shot the inside cover portrait of Hendrix, depicting nineteen nude women lounging in front of a black background. Jimi Hendrix Experience release ‘Electric Ladyland,’ their third and final album featuring ‘Crosstown Traffic’ ‘Voodoo Chile’ and ‘Burning of the Midnight Lamp’ (1968) Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Electric Ladyland’ is their third and final (and double) studio album released on Octoand released by Reprise, Track. It’s a handwritten note from Hendrix to Reprise Records. It is a shorter reprise of the lengthy blues jam Voodoo Chile from earlier in the album.
Hendrix had written to Reprise describing what he wanted for the cover art, but was mostly ignored. Open the booklet for the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, and you’ll find a curious image on the first page. The final track on Jimi Hendrix’s final album Electric Ladyland. 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 US, where it spent two weeks at the top spot. Released on 10/1/68 by Legacy Recordings Main artist: Jimi Hendrix Genre: Rock Distinctions: The Qobuz Ideal Discography Available in. Choose from multiple print sizes, border colors, and canvas materials. Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience. All canvas prints are professionally printed, assembled, and shipped within 3 - 4 business days and delivered ready-to-hang on your wall.
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Released by Reprise Records in North America on October 16, 1968, and by Track Records in the UK nine days later, the double album was the only record from the band produced by Hendrix. Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Greatest Albums Of All Time Minimalist Series Framed Canvas Print by Design Turnpike. Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Reprise Records.The double album was the only record from the band that was produced by Jimi Hendrix.By mid-November, it had charted at number one in the US, where it spent two weeks at the top spot.
JIMI HENDRIX: Electric Ladyland, 2 x LP, cover VG+, vinyl NM.Įlectric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the final studio album released in Hendrix's lifetime before his death in 1970.