Recommendations of the Editorial team
1. Jimi Hendrix. Purple Haze – The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967.
The riff is pure blues. The same guitar figure that Hendrix had already played as 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 that contained all the poetry that the studio technology of the time made possible.
The breakthrough only came during the overdubs. Hendrix’s harmoniously glittering solos were processed with a scattering effect. And then played back at double speed. In less than three minutes he ushered in a new era.
“A guitar,” said Neil Young, “can be played or transcended. Jimi taught 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 issue of ROLLING STONE we are once again publishing a special collector’s item: One exclusive vinyl single with two songs by Jimi Hendrix from 1970 – on the A-side “Earth Blues“, on the B-side “Beginnings (Take 5).” Both pieces are included in the box set “Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision” with previously unreleased songs, which also has an accompanying documentary.
The collector’s item comes in a rigid, carefully designed cardboard cover and on heavyweight vinyl. The single is only available with the German edition of ROLLING STONE and not in record stores.
ROLLING STONE 10/24
EVT: 9/27/24
The contents of the October issue
Jimi Hendrix
For just a few weeks in the summer of 1970, Jimi Hendrix was able to use his Electric Lady Studios as his creative headquarters. But even after his death, the former cinema in Greenwich Village has an eventful history. The chronicle of a place of worship
By Frank Schäfer
