“Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix is ​​the best guitar song ever-Rolling Stone

1. Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967.

The reef is pure blues. The same guitar figure that Hendrix had already played as a guitarist for Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. But with “Purple Haze” he declared himself a free man. And invented a new, spiritual guitar language, which contained all poetry that enabled the studio technology at the time.

The breakthrough only occurred during overdubs. Hendrix ‘harmoniously glittering solos were edited with a scatter effect. And then reproduced at double speed. In less than three minutes he heralded a new age.

“A guitar,” said Neil Young, “you can play or transcend. Jimi gave me that.” Hendrix wrote “Purple Haze” in a London nightclub in December 1966 and recorded basic tracks two weeks later with his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

With the October edition of the Rolling Stone we publish a special collector’s item again: One Exclusive vinyl single With two songs by Jimi Hendrix from 1970-on the A page “Earth blues“, On the B page”Starting (Take 5). “. Both pieces are included in the” Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision “box with previously unpublished songs, for which there is also an accompanying documentary.

The collector’s item comes in a firm, carefully designed cardboard cover and heavy vinyl. The single is only available with the German edition of the Rolling Stone and not in the sound carrier trade.

Rolling Stone 10/24

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The content of the October edition

Jimi Hendrix

Just a few weeks in the summer of 1970, Jimi Hendrix was able to use his Electric Lady Studios as a creative headquarters. But even after his death, the former cinema in Greenwich Village has an eventful story. The chronicle of a place of worship

By Frank Schäfer