As recording progressed, Chandler became frustrated with Hendrix's perfectionism and his demands for repeated takes. He sang backing vocals himself on the title track and on 'Long Hot Summer Night'. Hendrix was insecure about his voice and often recorded his vocals hidden behind studio screens.

Hendrix was famous for his studio perfectionism he and drummer Mitch Mitchell recorded over 50 takes of ' Gypsy Eyes' over three sessions. Recording resumed on April 18, 1968, at the newly opened Record Plant Studios in New York City, with Chas Chandler as producer and engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren. The Experience began recording Electric Ladyland at several studios in the United States and UK between July 1967 and January 1968. Electric Ladyland has been featured on many greatest-album lists, including Q's 2003 list of the 100 greatest albums and Rolling Stone 's 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, on which it was ranked 53rd. Although the album confounded critics in 1968, it has since been viewed as Hendrix's best work and one of the greatest rock records of all time. In the UK it peaked at number 6, where it spent 12 weeks on the chart.Įlectric Ladyland includes a cover of Bob Dylan's ' All Along the Watchtower', which became the Experience's best-selling single, reaching number six in the UK and 20 in the United States. By mid-November, it had reached number 1 on the U.S. The band's most commercially successful release and its only number one album, it was released by Reprise Records in the United States on October 16, 1968, and by Track Records in the UK nine days later. A double album, it was the only record from the Experience with production solely credited to Hendrix. Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released before Hendrix's death in 1970.

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