''Experience'' is a live album by

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...

, released in August 1971 in the United Kingdom by Ember Records. The album is an incomplete soundtrack to the unreleased film ''Experience'' documenting

the Jimi Hendrix Experience James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...

's performance at the

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on February 24, 1969. It peaked at number nine in the U.K. album charts in September 1971. The album liner notes include "Recorded on 18 February 1969 in London's Royal Albert Hall during the shooting of the film Experience", but in fact all are from the performance on February 24, 1969. Additionally, they claim "These are probably the last recorded sounds of JIMI HENDRIX". Subsequent recordings released during Hendrix's lifetime include performances at

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and with the

Band of Gypsys ''Band of Gypsys'' is a live album by Jimi Hendrix and the first without his original group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded on January 1, 1970, at the Fillmore East in New York City with R&B musicians Billy Cox on bass and Buddy ...

. Several live albums and films documenting his 1970

the Cry of Love Tour The Cry of Love Tour was a 1970 concert tour by American rock guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix. It began on April 25, 1970, at the The Forum (Inglewood, California), Forum in Inglewood, California, Inglewood, California, and ended on September ...

have been released posthumously. The Ember follow-up to ''Experience'', titled '' More Experience'', contains edited versions of two tracks from this album, plus two previously released songs and three additional recordings from the February 24 concert.

Track listing

Personnel

The Jimi Hendrix Experience *

guitar, vocals *

Mitch Mitchell John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 194612 November 2008)In his book about the Experience, Mitchell states he celebrated his 21st birthday while on tour on 9 July 1967, which makes his birth year 1946.Mitchell's obituaries in ''Billboard (mag ...

drums *

Noel Redding Noel David Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress. Following his departure from the Experience in 1969 a ...

bass guitar Additional musicians on "Room Full of Mirrors" * Chris Woodflute *

Dave Mason David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who came to prominence in 1967 as a founding member of the rock band Traffic. While with Traffic, he wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the b ...

guitar

References

Live albums published posthumously Jimi Hendrix live albums 1971 live albums Live albums recorded at the Royal Albert Hall {{1970s-rock-album-stub