Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

==== ''Are You Experienced'' ====
{{Main|Are You Experienced}}

After the UK chart success of their first two singles, "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze", the Experience began assembling material for a full-length LP.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=64}} In London, recording began at [[De Lane Lea Studios]], and later moved to the prestigious [[Olympic Studios]].{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=64}} The album, ''[[Are You Experienced]]'', features a diversity of musical styles, including blues tracks such as "[[Red House (song)|Red House]]" and the R&B song "Remember".{{sfn|Stubbs|2003|pp= 29, 31–32, 36–37}} It also included the experimental science fiction piece, "[[Third Stone from the Sun]]" and the post-modern soundscapes of [[Are You Experienced (song)|the title track]], with prominent [[Backmasking|backwards]] guitar and drums.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|pp=64–65}}: post-modern soundscapes of "Are You Experienced?"; {{harvnb|Larkin|1998|p=45}}: a diversity of styles; {{harvnb|Unterberger|2009|p=45}}: "Third Stone from the Sun".</ref> "I Don't Live Today" served as a medium for Hendrix's [[guitar feedback]] improvisation and "[[Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)|Fire]]" was driven by Mitchell's drumming.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=64}}

Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, ''Are You Experienced'' spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two.<ref>{{harvnb|Roberts|2005|p=232}}: UK chart data for ''Are You Experienced''; {{harvnb|Shadwick|2003|p=111}}: UK release date.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|The original version of the LP contained none of the previously released singles or their [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]].{{sfn|Doggett|2004|p=8}}}} It was prevented from reaching the top spot by the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''.{{sfn|Cross|2005|p=181}}{{refn|group=nb|As with ''Sgt. Pepper'', ''Are You Experienced'' was recorded using [[Multitrack recording|four-track]] technology.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=64}}}} On May 29 he performed at the [[Barbeque 67]] concert in [[Spalding, Lincolnshire]], considered by some to have been the first [[rock festival]]; tickets cost £1.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-31557062|title=Spalding unveils Jimi Hendrix plaque|work=BBC News |date=20 February 2015}}</ref> On June 4, 1967, Hendrix opened a show at the [[Saville Theatre]] in London with his rendition of ''Sgt. Pepper''{{'s}} [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|title track]], which was released just three days previous. Beatles manager [[Brian Epstein]] owned the Saville at the time, and both [[George Harrison]] and Paul McCartney attended the performance. McCartney described the moment: "The curtains flew back and he came walking forward playing 'Sgt. Pepper'. It's a pretty major compliment in anyone's book. I put that down as one of the great honors of my career."{{sfn|McDermott|2009|p=52}} Released in the US on August 23 by [[Reprise Records]], ''Are You Experienced'' reached number five on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{harvnb|McDermott|2009|p=61}}: Release dates for ''Are You Experienced''; {{harvnb|George-Warren|2005|p=429}}: Peak US chart position.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|The US and Canadian versions of ''Are You Experienced'' had a new cover by [[Karl Ferris]] and a new song list, with Reprise removing "[[Red House (song)|Red House]]", "Remember" and "Can You See Me" to make room for the first three single A-sides omitted from the UK release: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary".{{sfn|Aledort|1996|p=49}} "Red House" is the only original [[twelve-bar blues]] written by Hendrix.{{sfn|Aledort|1996|p=49}}}}

In 1989, Noe Goldwasser, the founding editor of ''[[Guitar World]]'', described ''Are You Experienced'' as "the album that shook the world&nbsp;... leaving it forever changed".{{sfn|Whitehill|1989a|p=5}}{{refn|group=nb|When Track records sent the master tapes for "Purple Haze" to Reprise for remastering, they wrote the following words on the tape box: "Deliberate distortion. Do not correct."{{sfn|Roby|Schreiber|2010|p=184}}}} In 2005, ''Rolling Stone'' called the double-platinum LP Hendrix's "epochal debut", and they ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time, noting his "exploitation of amp howl", and characterizing his guitar playing as "incendiary&nbsp;... historic in itself".<ref>{{harvnb|George-Warren|2005|p=429}}: ''Are You Experienced'' certified double-platinum; {{harvnb|Levy|2005|p=34}}: Hendrix's "epochal debut".</ref>