When first released in 1967 in the U.S., Are You Experienced turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be "experienced." This SACD returns to the original 11-song version that was originally released in August 1967. It contains such eternal classics as "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", "The Wind Cries Mary", "Fire" and the title song, whose backward drum and guitar tracks and otherworldly guitar work still sound innovative almost a half-century later.
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals; piano on "Are You Experienced?"
Noel Redding – bass guitar (except on "Red House"); backing vocals on "Foxy Lady," "Fire," and "Purple Haze"; rhythm guitar on "Red House"
Mitch Mitchell – drums; percussion on "Stone Free" and "Can You See Me"; backing vocals on "Fire"
Additional personnel
The Breakaways – backing vocals on "Hey Joe"
Chas Chandler – producer
Dave Siddle – engineering on "Manic Depression", "Can You See Me", "Love or Confusion", "I Don't Live Today", "Fire", "Remember", "Hey Joe", "Stone Free", "Purple Haze", "51st Anniversary", and "The Wind Cries Mary"
Eddie Kramer – engineering on "The Wind Cries Mary", "Are You Experienced?", and "Red House"; additional engineering on "Love or Confusion", "Fire", "Third Stone from the Sun", and "Highway Chile"
Mike Ross – engineering on "Foxy Lady", "Red House", and "Third Stone from the Sun"
01. Purple Haze
02. Manic Depression
03. Hey Joe
04. Love Or Confusion
05. May This Be Love
06. I Don’t Live Today
07. The Wind Cries Mary
08. Fire
09. 3rd Stone From The Sun
10. Foxey Lady
11. Are You Experienced?
12. Purple Haze [mono]
13. Manic Depression [mono]
14. Hey Joe [mono]
15. Love Or Confusion [mono]
16. May This Be Love [mono]
17. I Don’t Live Today [mono]
18. The Wind Cries Mary [mono]
19. Fire [mono]
20. 3rd Stone From The Sun [mono]
21. Foxey Lady [mono]
22. Are You Experienced? [mono]
