Favorite Hendrix Record

RAJ

Well what is it?Mine is Axis Bold as Love with Electric Ladyland a close second.

funky16corners

Well what is it?

Mine is Axis Bold as Love with Electric Ladyland a close second.

with Are You Experienced and Band of Gypsys following...

Tabasko

Rainbow Bridge or Band of Gypsys

with all his studio albums as a close second.

leisurebandit

Electric Ladyland with Axis a close second.

I love the best songs on Axis as much as anything on Ladyland, but Ladyland to me is closer to perfect as an overall album.

fishmongerfunk

Band of Gypsies (prefer buddy miles' drumming and that version of "machine gun" is the most unfuckwithable hendrix tune ever in my books) with the more consistent Axis a very close second.

Lucious_Fox

Electric Ladyland & Cry Of Love

PrimeCutsLtd

axis

J_Roy

Mine is Axis Bold as Love with Electric Ladyland a close second.

Also love the icemen's 'she's a fox'.

milliondollars

recently i grabed the Rainbow Bridge album with Pali Gap which became one of my favourite Hendrix songs.
unbelievable song! he makes the guitar talk like a human.

my choice would be Electric Ladyland and Rainbow Bridge

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johmbolaya

Electric Ladyland[/b] on top, with the first two switching places every now and then.

Wow, that sounded like a description at Brazzers.com.

pickwick33

"F*ck HER IN THE ASS!!!"[/b]

The_Hook_Up

Axis and Cry of Love

pickwick33

Seriously, though, out of the legitimate Hendrix albums, I'd have to go with the posthumous Cry Of Love. It's concise, but you don't feel like Hendrix had to "compromise his personal vision, maaaaan" to get that way.

ziggystarbuxx

"axis", "ladyland", and then "band of gypsies" for me, but the billy cox and buddy miles support system was far better than mitch and noel for me. the rehearsals for the fillmore shows are amazing. the version of "them changes" is a 100 times better than the one on the lp. too bad buddy's need to ramble with the singing drove jimi crazy, at least that's the story i heard.

anyone ever notice jimi and billy cox starting to play "sing a simple song" during one of the tunes? can't recall which one. i noticed that recently, which is strange because i love sly and heard that band of gypsies record a million times.

in other sly related news, he opened those fillmore shows (which makes jimi and billy referencing sly more logical). the story is sly told the family he was taking all the solos that night. i guess he wanted to show jimi how the bay got down. would love to hear those sets.

edub

I always enjoyed "Nine to the Universe" even though it was posthumous. Of the albums released while Jimi was alive, I think Electric Ladyland was just a small glimmer of Hendrix' genius in his later years had he not died so young.

p_gunn

Cry Of Love

def my fav, mixing in soul and funk influences most organically... billy cox's playing on this is beautiful... not a bum track on there, unlike all the other posthumanous albums which all are cluttered w/ a few throwaway tracks...

holmes

i can't decide out of his studio albums, I love them all.

batmon

I havent seen Band Of Gypsies 2 out in field ever.

They had it my collge radio station back in the day.

sabadabada

Isle of Wight.

I think they released the entire 8/30/70 concert somewhere.
http://blazplavi-guitarmusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/jimi-hendrix-isle-of-wight-complete.html

God Save the Queen
Drum Solo
Sgt. Pepper
Spanish Castle Magic
All Along The Watchtower
Machine Gun
Lover Man
Freedom
Red House
Dolly Dagger
Midnight Lightning /
Foxy Lady
Message To Love
Hey Baby /
Ezy Rider /
Hey Joe /
Purple Haze /
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) /
Drum Solo /
In From The Storm

The next night at Tivoli Gardens is also amazing, its so sloppy and off-key but dripping acid, he must have been really high.

sabadabada

Live Dolly Daggers are the shit.

goodwill_hunting

that hendrix blues album is probably my favorite, otherwise axis bold as love

Surrealist

Hard to pick just one, I have several...

Machine Gun
Dolly Dagger
Room Full of Mirrors
Star Spangled Banner rendition @ Woodstock
Purple Haze
Spanish Castle Magic

Jimi is my hero...I'm sorry, but I couldn't pick only one (haha)

edub

Hard to pick just one, I have several...

Machine Gun
Dolly Dagger
Room Full of Mirrors
Star Spangled Banner rendition @ Woodstock
Purple Haze
Spanish Castle Magic

Jimi is my hero...I'm sorry, but I couldn't pick only one (haha)

well, none of those are albums either :rolleyes:

Surrealist

Whatever...the topic actually states "record" and someone else also had same idea I did...just thinking along the lines of song titles...sorry about that...For albums, "Are You Experienced" and "Electric Ladyland"

pickwick33

Hard to pick just one, I have several...

Machine Gun
Dolly Dagger
Room Full of Mirrors
Star Spangled Banner rendition @ Woodstock
Purple Haze
Spanish Castle Magic

Jimi is my hero...I'm sorry, but I couldn't pick only one (haha)

well, none of those are albums either :rolleyes:

...and none of those songs are "F*ck Her In The Ass?" Shame on you!

indiana45s

When I was 15 I bought Rainbow Bridge on VHS tape and it blew my mind out in a trance. I must have watched it a hundred times. Electric Ladyland>BOJ>Axis>AUE?>Rainbow Bridge>Cry of Love>Nine to the Universe (Larry Young on organ!)

The_Non

I havent seen Band Of Gypsies 2 out in field ever.

They had it my collge radio station back in the day.

I was just thinking about that one. I've seen it once in the field, felt it was too hammerated, then have summarily never seen it again. I'd even say that's his "rarest one" other than boots, but I don't think it goes for anything.

Burns

This is tough, for someone who picks apart Hendrix songs very often through ears and discussion, I would have to throw "Midnight Lighting" in the top albums just for the simple fact of "Gypsy Boy (New Rising Sun)" is on that album, then even throw "Crash Landing" album out in favorites just for the track "Captain Coconut". You can't F*ck with "Are You Experienced?" though, that is the top.

holmes

When I was 15 I bought Rainbow Bridge on VHS tape and it blew my mind out in a trance. I must have watched it a hundred times. Electric Ladyland>BOJ>Axis>AUE?>Rainbow Bridge>Cry of Love>Nine to the Universe (Larry Young on organ!)

I have Rainbow Bridge on VHS but CANNOT ride. (I have tried)

The_Hook_Up

its amazing how this discussion can be sen as a barometer of feeling over skill...ie the folks who like Buddy Miles over Mitch Mitchell seem to like the simplistic funky thing over argubly the greatest rock drummer ever...folks that seem to like the out of key, sloppy stuff over Jimi's studio work ...

Thankfully though no one has said they prefer Noel over Billy...Noel was a chump, but it wouldnt be the experience without him I suppose...


also I forgot to add "Live At Winterland" to my list of faves, a show that drips acid like Isle of Wight, but Jimi and Mitch were 'effing together at that show...Jimi taking off into WTF territory and Mitch seemingly having ESP knowing when and takes off with him at the exact same moments, tight son...if you havent heard it, i wholeheartedly recommend...plus it is a truly amazing recording fidelity-wise..sounds fantastic

fishmongerfunk

its amazing how this discussion can be sen as a barometer of feeling over skill...ie the folks who like Buddy Miles over Mitch Mitchell seem to like the simplistic funky thing over argubly the greatest rock drummer ever...folks that seem to like the out of key, sloppy stuff over Jimi's studio work ...

and that is as it should be for a player who brought equal amounts of feeling and skill to the table.

buddy miles was hardly a 'simplistic', one-dimensional player who absolutely paled in comparison to MM (who was admittedly a great drummer but with a totally different sound).