Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

==== ''Electric Ladyland'' ====
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Recording for the Experience's third and final studio album, ''[[Electric Ladyland]]'', began as early as December 20, 1967, at Olympic Studios.{{sfn|McDermott|2009|p=81}} Several songs were attempted; however, in April 1968, the Experience, with Chandler as producer and engineers Eddie Kramer and [[Gary Kellgren]], moved the sessions to the newly opened [[Record Plant Studios]] in New York.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|pp=102–103}}: Recording began with Chandler and Kramer; {{harvnb|McDermott|2009|pp=95–97}}: Kellgren.</ref> As the sessions progressed, Chandler became increasingly frustrated with Hendrix's perfectionism and his demands for repeated takes.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}} Hendrix also 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.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}} Redding later recalled: "There were tons of people in the studio; you couldn't move. It was a party, not a session."{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=157}} 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''.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}} The album's cover stated that it was "produced and directed by Jimi Hendrix".{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}}{{refn|group=nb|The [[Double album|double LP]] was the only Experience album to be mixed entirely in stereo.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=103}}}}
During the ''Electric Ladyland'' recording sessions, Hendrix began experimenting with other combinations of musicians, including Jefferson Airplane's [[Jack Casady]] and [[Traffic (band)|Traffic's]] [[Steve Winwood]], who played bass and organ, respectively, on the 15-minute slow-blues jam, "[[Voodoo Chile]]".{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}} During the album's production, Hendrix appeared at an impromptu jam with B.B. King, [[Al Kooper]], and [[Elvin Bishop]].{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=146}}{{refn|group=nb|In March 1968, [[Jim Morrison]] of [[the Doors]] joined Hendrix onstage at the Scene Club in New York.{{sfn|Black|1999|p=137}}}} ''Electric Ladyland'' was released on October 25, and by mid-November it had reached number one in the US, spending two weeks at the top spot.<ref>{{harvnb|McDermott|2009|pp=126–127}}: US release date; {{harvnb|Rosen|1996|p=108}}: peak chart position.</ref> The [[Double album|double LP]] was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his only number one album.{{sfn|Murray|1989|p=51}} It peaked at number six in the UK, spending 12 weeks on the chart.{{sfn|Roberts|2005|p=232}} ''Electric Ladyland'' included Hendrix's cover of a Bob Dylan song, "[[All Along the Watchtower]]", which became Hendrix's highest-selling single and his only US top 40 hit, peaking at number 20; the single reached number five in the UK.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=102}}: "All Along the Watchtower" was Hendrix's only US top 40 hit single; {{harvnb|Murray|1989|p=51}}: "All Along the Watchtower" was Hendrix's highest-selling single; {{harvnb|Roberts|2005|p=232}}: peak UK chart position for Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower"; {{harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p=294}}: peak US chart position for Hendrix's cover of "All Along the Watchtower".</ref> "[[Burning of the Midnight Lamp]]", his first recorded song to feature a [[wah-wah pedal]], was added to the album.<ref>{{harvnb|Shadwick|2003|p=118}}: "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" was Hendrix's first recorded song to feature the use of a wah-wah pedal.</ref> It was originally released as his fourth single in the UK in August 1967{{sfn|Shapiro|Glebbeek|1995|pp=526–527}} and reached number 18 on the charts.<ref>{{harvnb|Roberts|2005|p=232}}: peak UK chart position for "Burning of the Midnight Lamp".</ref>

In 1989, Noe Goldwasser, the founding editor of ''Guitar World'', described ''Electric Ladyland'' as "Hendrix's masterpiece".{{sfn|Whitehill|1989c|p=5}} According to author Michael Heatley, "most critics agree" that the album is "the fullest realization of Jimi's far-reaching ambitions."{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=102}} In 2004, author Peter Doggett wrote: "For pure experimental genius, melodic flair, conceptual vision and instrumental brilliance, ''Electric Ladyland'' remains a prime contender for the status of rock's greatest album."{{sfn|Doggett|2004|p=19}} Doggett described the LP as "a display of musical virtuosity never surpassed by any rock musician."{{sfn|Doggett|2004|p=19}}