The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jimi Hendrix ♦ Fat Mattress

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The Isley Brothers

Testify (Part I) / Testify (Part II) Isleys (2:53) / Isleys (3:06) T-Neck 45-501, 6/64

Early Jimi Above is the first single that Jimi played on during his time with The Isley Brothers. He played (and recorded) with Don Covay, Little Richard, and Jayne Mansfield to name drop a few. Rather than clutter up this page with all those 45s, please see this fine list at 45cat . It includes singles that he produced or were otherwise involved with. You can also check this excellent website that catalogs all the early Jimi items (and busts a few myths): EarlyHendrix You won't see all the crap LPs issued that "feature" Jimi Hendrix here. They're on Discogs , if you're interested.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Alpha Listing Complete title listing for UK/US 45s/EPs/LPs.

Hey Joe / Stone Free Trad (3:27) / Hendrix (3:33) Polydor 56139 [UK], 12/66 T20 The first Jimi Hendrix single. We wouldn't get Stone Free until Smash Hits in 69

Hey Joe / 51st Anniversary¹ Roberts (3:23) / Hendrix (3:17) Reprise 0572, 5/67

Monterey International Pop Festival(6/18/67)

Purple Haze / The Wind Cries Mary Hendrix (2:46) / Hendrix (3:21) Reprise 0597, 6/67 BB T20 / T20 Mary was a separate single in the UK

	Are You Experienced
	Reprise RS-6261
	8/23/67 T20 RS500 [UK: 5/12/67] T20
	Back Cover   UK Cover   UK Back Cover   UK Labels Red indicates tracks replaced on US version

Side One
Purple Haze	Hendrix	2:46
Manic Depression	Hendrix	3:30
Hey Joe	Roberts	3:23
Love Or Confusion	Hendrix	3:15
May This Be Love	Hendrix	2:55
I Don't Live Today	Hendrix	3:55
Side Two
The Wind Cries Mary	Hendrix	3:21
Fire	Hendrix	2:34
Third Stone From The Sun	Hendrix	6:40
Foxey Lady	Hendrix	3:15
Are You Experienced	Hendrix	3:55

Note: The UK version (with different artwork and track line-ups—see notes) was released in May—we had to wait until the end of summer.
The UK albm was issued in mono only—no stereo until the Nov 1970 reissue as part of the Backtrack series.
The album flirted with the Billboard Top 10 Album charts hitting #7 several times (12/16, 3/2, 6/22, and 7/27) before topping out at #5.
 

Foxey Lady / Hey Joe Hendrix (3:15) / Roberts (3:23) Reprise 0641, 11/67 BB

	Axis: Bold As Love
	Reprise RS-6281
	1/15/68 T20 RS500 [UK: 12/1/67] T20
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   UK Inside Cover   UK Lyric Insert

Side One
EXP	Hendrix	1:55
Up From The Skies	Hendrix	2:55
Spanish Castle Magic	Hendrix	3:00
Wait Until Tomorrow	Hendrix	3:00
Ain't No Telling	Hendrix	1:46
Little Wing	Hendrix	2:24
If 6 Was 9	Hendrix	5:32
Side Two
You Got Me Floatin'	Hendrix	2:45
Castles Made Of Sand	Hendrix	2:46
She's So Fine	Redding	2:37
One Rainy Wish	Hendrix	3:40
Little Miss Lover	Hendrix	2:20
Bold As Love	Hendrix	4:09

Up From The Skies / One Rainy Wish Hendrix (2:55) / Hendrix (3:40) Reprise 0665, 2/68 BB

Miami Pop Festival(5/18/68)

All Along The Watchtower / Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Dylan (4:01) / Hendrix (3:40) Reprise 0742, 9/68 T20 T20 / T20 Lamp was a separate single in the UK

	Electric Ladyland
	Reprise 2RS-6307
	10/16/68  #1  RS500 [UK: 10/25/68] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   Desired Cover Photo Linda Easrman's photo--see note below  UK Full Cover Jimi hated this cover--see note below  UK Inside Cover   UK Part 1 Front Cover Part One: Sides Three & Four  UK Part 1 Back Cover   UK Part 2 Front Cover Part Two: Sides One & Two  UK Part 2 Back Cover

Side One
...And the Gods Made Love	Hendrix	1:21
Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland?	Hendrix	2:12
Crosstown Traffic	Hendrix	2:25
Voodoo Chile	Hendrix	15:05
Side Two
Little Miss Strange	Redding	2:50
Long Hot Summer Night	Hendrix	3:30
Come On, Part 1	King	4:10
Gypsy Eyes	Hendrix	3:46
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp	Hendrix	3:44
Side Three
Rainy Day, Dream Away	Hendrix	3:43
1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)	Hendrix	13:46
Moon, Turn the Tides... gently gently away	Hendrix	1:01
Side Four
Still Raining, Still Dreaming	Hendrix	4:24
House Burning Down	Hendrix	4:35
All Along The Watchtower	Dylan	4:01
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	Hendrix	5:14

Note: This cover tells quite a story! Jimi wanted one of Linda Eastman's photos of the group with kids playing on the famous "Alice In
Wonderland" sculpture in Central Park. It now graces the 50th anniversary edition. And the UK cover was not to his liking, either.
Read about the cover brew-haha here: Far Out
In the UK, you could purchase each record individually—see the last four BRG notes. The French cover was unique, too—use the Discogs link.
 

Crosstown Traffic / Gypsy Eyes Hendrix (2:18) / Hendrix (3:42) Reprise 0798, 11/68 BB UK

Rock 'N' Roll Circus: never aired (filmed 12/11/68) Mitch joins The Stones & Friends to record TV special—never aired (now on DVD).

	Monterey Pop(12/26/68)
	First and best rockumentary on festivals

The Lulu Show: "Hey Joe, Jam , BBC-TV, 1/4/69 The Experience fire up Lulu's show—and Jimi gets banned for life (and inspires another Elvis many years later).

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/25/69) Noel Redding also plays with Fat Matrress

Newport 69(6/20/69)

Denver Pop Festival(6/29/69) last concert with The Experience

Jimi tires of Experience, works on new recording studio (Electric Lady in NYC—still active) and sound

Produces Eire Apparent & Cat Mother albums, summer 69

	Easy Rider(7/14/69)
	Great soundtrack album!

	Smash Hits
	Reprise MS-2025
	7/30/69 T20 [UK: 4/68] T20
	Back Cover   Cowboy Poster   UK Back Cover

Side One
Purple Haze	Hendrix	2:46
Fire	Hendrix	2:34
The Wind Cries Mary	Hendrix	3:21
Can You See Me (UK 1st LP, 5/67)	Hendrix	2:31
Hey Joe	Roberts	3:23
All Along The Watchtower	Dylan	4:01
Side Two
Stone Free (First UK 45, 12/66)	Hendrix	3:33
Crosstown Traffic	Hendrix	2:15
Manic Depression	Hendrix	3:30
Remember (UK 1st LP)	Hendrix	2:47
Red House (UK 1st LP)	Hendrix	3:48
Foxey Lady	Hendrix	3:15

Note: Included for the poster (note 2) and the great UK tracks. Including the greatest Experience rock song ever record:
Stone Free "Turn me loose baby" and plenty of cowbell. The 69 version pales in comparison.
And the greatest Experience blues song ever record:
Red House "That's allright, I still got my guitar—look out now" "I know her sister will"
 

Woodstock Music & Art Fair(8/17/69) Band Of Gypsys

Isle of Wight Festival of Music(8/30/69) Fat Mattress

Stone Free / If 6 Was 9 Hendrix (3:33) / Hendrix (5:32) Reprise 0853, 9/69 Stone Free is the 1966 recording from Smash Hits

	Fat Mattress
	Atco SD 33-309
	10/69 BB [UK: 8/69]
	Full Cover   Inside Cover   UK Fold Out Cover   UK Fold Out Cover Inside

Side One
All Night Drinker	Landon-Leverton	3:09
I Don't Mind	Landon-Redding	3:45
Bright New Day	Landon-Leverton	3:48
Petrol Pump Assistant	Landon-Redding	2:58
Mr Moonshine	Landon-Redding	4:03
Side Two
Magic Forest	Landon-Leverton	3:03
She Came in the Morning	Landon	4:00
Everything Blue	Redding	2:43
Walking Through A Garden	Redding	3:19
How Can I Live	Landon-Redding	4:25

Winter Festival For Peace(1/28/70) Band Of Gypsys

Buddy Miles back to his own group
 

	Band Of Gypsys
	Capitol STAO-472
	3/25/70 T20 [UK: 6/70] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover   UK #1 Front "Puppets" Cover That's Brian Jones, John Peel, and Bob Dylan - in puppet form  UK #2 Back "Puppets" Cover Cover was withdrawn and replaced  UK #2 Full Cover   UK @2 Inside Cover

Side One
Who Knows?	Hendrix	9:34
Machine Gun	Hendrix	12:38
Side Two
Changes	Miles	5:11
Power To Love	Hendrix	6:55
Message To Love	Hendrix	5:24
We Gotta Live Together	Miles	5:51

Note: Recorded live at The Fillmore East, 12/31/69-1/1/70. A more complete version was released on CD in 1999.
UK covers: Puppets first issue, Gatefold second (photo from Isle Of Wight concert).
 

	Woodstock(3/26/70)
	From Richie to Jimi—3 days of music, mud, and meandering

Stepping Stone¹ / Izabella¹ Hendrix (4:05) / Hendrix (2:51) Reprise 0905, 4/70 as by Hendrix Band Of Gypsys

Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/4/70) Band Of Gypsys

New York Pop(7/17/70) Band Of Gypsys

Isle of Wight Festival(8/30/70) Band Of Gypsys

Jimi Hendrix 9/18/70, London, drug overdose What followed with his uncompleted recordings was a travesty

	Fat Mattress 2
	Atco SD 33-347
	11/70 [UK: 10/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
The Storm	Landon-Leverton	4:13
Any Way You Want†	Landon-Leverton-Redding	3:47
Leafy Lanes	Landon-Leverton	2:50
Naturally†	Landon-Leverton	3:02
Roamin'†	Landon-Leverton	4:24
Side Two
Happy My Love†	Landon-Leverton	3:43
Childhood Dreams	Landon-Leverton	3:23
She	Landon	2:32
Highway	Landon-Leverton	4:24
At The Ball†	Landon-Redding	4:11
People†	Landon-Redding	4:01

Note: Noel Redding quit halfway through recording the album to join US group Road.
 

Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies, 3/70 Non-lp single: Stepping Stone

	The Cry Of Love
	Reprise MS-2034
	2/71 T20 [UK: 3/71] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Freedom	Hendrix	3:24
Drifting	Hendrix	3:46
Ezy Ryder	Hendrix	4:09
Night Bird Flying	Hendrix	3:50
My Friend	Hendrix	4:40
Side Two
Straight Ahead	Hendrix	4:42
Astro Man	Hendrix	3:37
Angel	Hendrix	4:25
In From The Storm	Hendrix	3:42
Belly Button Window	Hendrix	3:34

Note: Most of this album was mixed and ready when Jimi died. Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell
finished and mixed Drifting, My Friend, In From The Storm, and Angel (source ).
No, your eyes aren't deceiving you—Ken Pine is from The Fugs
 

Freedom / Angel Hendrix (3:24) / Hendrix (4:25) Reprise 1000, 3/71 BB

	Rainbow Bridge
	Reprise MS-2040
	10/71 T20 [UK: 11/71] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Dolly Dagger a	Hendrix	4:45
Earth Blues a	Hendrix	4:20
Pali Gap a	Hendrix	5:05
Room Full Of Mirrors b	Hendrix	3:17
The Star Spangled Banner	arr Hendrix	4:07
Side Two
Look Over Yonder c	Hendrix	3:28
Hear My Train A Comin' a	Hendrix	11:15
Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) a	Hendrix	6:05

Note: Here My Train recorded live at Berkeley Community Theatre, 5/30/70
Movie did not open until May, 1972
 

Dolly Dagger / Star-Spangled Banner Hendrix (4:45) / arr Hendrix (4:07) Reprise 1044, 10/71 BB from movie soundtrack, Rainbow Bridge

	In The West
	Reprise MS-2049
	2/72 T20 [UK: 2/72] T20
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
The Queen (British National Anthem)/Sergeant Pepper's   Lonely Hearts Club Band	Trad/Lennon-McCartney	4:02
Little Wing	Hendrix	3:13
Red House	Hendrix	13:12
Side Two
Johnny B Goode	Berry	4:45
Lover Man	Hendrix	3:05
Blue Suede Shoes	Perkins	4:31
Voodoo Chile	Hendrix	7:55

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