Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix - Music & Performance - CD

Digitally remastered edition of this excellent platinum-selling collection from the Rock icon. Experience Hendrix features some of the most influential and enduring Rock classics ever recorded. Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix captures 20 of Hendrix's best including ageless classics like 'Purple Haze', 'Little Wing' and Hendrix's live adaptation of 'Star Spangled Banner' from the original 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair.

This compilation just misses being the perfect single-CD Jimi Hendrix anthology, and it's a crying shame because it comes so close. Its main virtue is that, in contrast to Smash Hits -- the only compilation of Hendrix's work approved by the artist -- it extends its reach past 1968. The last of the tracks come from the abortive First Rays of the New Rising Sun album, left unfinished at the time of his death, and show off a more R&B and soul-oriented sound than Hendrix was generally known for -- and are worth the price of the disc by themselves. In fact, some of these cuts recall Hendrix's history with the Isley Brothers, but done his way, with the range of sounds that he was generating in 1970. The disc concludes with the obligatory live version of "The Star Spangled Banner" from Woodstock, which is of massive historical and cultural importance. Where it falls short is by leaving out "Can You See Me" and "Remember," which are on Smash Hits -- it's a pity because the presence of two of those cuts (which, in fairness, can be found on Are You Experienced?) would make this compilation perfect in most respects. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

Performer	Jimi Hendrix
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Rock
Media format	CD
Original release date	2010
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	20
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Track listing	Purple Haze, Fire, The Wind Cries Mary, Hey Joe, All Along the Watchtower, Stone Free, Crosstown Traffic, Manic Depression, Little Wing, If 6 Was 9, Foxey Lady, Bold As Love, Castles Made of Sand, Red House, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Freedom, Night Bird Flying, Angel, Dolly Dagger, Star Spangled Banner
Record label	Sony Legacy
Target audience	Everyone
Composer	HENDRIX JIMI
Songwriter	Jimi Hendrix
Number in series	1
Character	Jimi Hendrix
Occasion	Everyday
Track name	Purple Haze
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N