Are You Experienced is truly one of the greatest albums of all time

I could listen to Hendrix's 3 studio albums a thousand times and they'd still sound fresh. Incredible quality art will stand the test of time.

I can really recommend a Jimi Hendrix Experience album called "Radio One", which is a selection of songs he recorded live for various BBC Radio 1 shows. You get an amazing version of Fire, Killing Floor, Spanish Castle Magic, a cover of Day Tripper and a Jimi improv Radio 1 jingle.

"Electric Ladyland " is an absolute classic. Love the other two studio albums but it is just above them.

I remember walking into our house in ‘67 with my mom after we had been out on errands. My brother had Are You Experienced blasting on dad’s stereo. Mom and I said at the same time “”What is THAT”. But mom’s was one of being appalled. Mine was one of wonder and awe. And Jimi Hendrix has been a favorite ever since. So... 1. Are You Experienced 2. Electric Ladyland 3. Axis: Bold As Love Thanks again, Pete, for all the ongoing content. Your shows are always one of the highlights of the day. Thank you.

I think one of the great things about Jimi Hendrix is, he seemed like a humble person. It seemed like he considered other guitarists better than himself.

My favorite Hendrix album is Axis: Bold as love. “Spanish Castle Magic” is one of my favorite songs of all time. “Castles made of sand”, my God, how many artists have tried to imitate that sound???? Love that song. And obviously “Bold as love”, what a great freaking solo. Jimi in my opinion is in the top 3 most influential guitar players of all time if not the top 1.

💜Hendrix💜 His songs were stellar, epic and timeless, as was he, may he RIP, and God bless.🕊️ ❤️The Experience, Are You Experienced?❤️

The first JH song I heard as a kid was Stone Free. I was not prepared, it hit me straight between the eyes and I've been a fan ever since.

Axis is my favorite, Followed to Electric Ladyland and Are You Experienced. But like you said, not much separates them. So many great rock guitar players but he was a monster who didn’t just revolutionize guitar playing but wrote fantastic songs and the studio experimentations....

Jimi Hendrix - Icon ! The man guitar 🎸 playing was out of this world! His playing was ungodly. Electric Ladyland is my favorite album. He was the reason why other guitarists was playing the guitar was because of his playing! The other albums was great also.

Hey pete hope your staying safe. I love your videos and you help me get through the weird times. Thankyou

what a lot of people overlook is that Jimi's songwriting was so good not your average guitar hero who could not only play with such great skill but it' what sets him apart from all the other great guitar front persons out there

I always heard a rumor that Hendrix was preparing to work with Miles Davis at some point, when he died. I have often imagined how great that would've been...

Jimi was the total package in my opinion. The man was an incredible guitar player on top of being an amazing songwriter. There are lots of great guitar players that arent as good songwriters.

Thanks Pete... Revisiting this on the lockdown.... You have great enthusiasm for the.music

Hell yeah pete, thanks for the content . Looking forward to more

This was really cool. Thanks for sharing

Pete, I was surprised to not see the Radio One session on your list. Great recording. It’s so hard to put any kind of ranking on Jimi’s albums. You did a nice job with it👍

Great work Pete. I have a lot of Hendrix but you showed me releases I never heard of, thanks. Peace

Dude! Man you rock! You are what always wanted in an older brother! Love your taste and perspective! Love everything you post! Keep true music alive!

Fantastic video. I appreciate all the comments, and kind of the looseness of it. You have to with a catalog this big :-) my favorite Hendrix work is the blues compilation, and I was so happy to hear you mention that toward the end. Love your channel, thank you for putting in the time and doing such good work.

Very good clip Pete; thanks a lot. I learned a lot. Big Hendrix fan but not to the point of knowing all about the boots and post releases. Made me realize I need to get some more recordings by him.

You’ve got the best channel. Two of my favs over the past few days.....Hendrix and Beck. Great job ✌️❤️🇨🇦🎸

Thanks for the rapid reply!!! Happy New Year

I've had a lot of those in different formats. Thanks for the upload. Good Video.

I got into the blues in the 90's - that Blues compilation came out at the right time and that one is near and dear to me. That cover that is a collage of all the blues icons, whoever designed that I would love to hug, it is SO awesome!!! Also a shout out to the "Ultimate Experience" compilation I had ... really good flow to it, solid compilation.

Hey Pete; As always, thank you for your great work. " Electric Ladyland" is one of my Top Three albums of all Time, so many different styles with great performances from everyone, especially Larry Young's keyboards- the perfect guitar album!

YES I AGREE 100% JIMI SOLO FOR MACHINE GUN " BAND OF GYPSYS" GREATEST SOLO EVER RECORDED!!!!!

I've been listening to Hendrix since my 9th birthday in 1976. One of my uncles gave the gift of Jimi (Electric Ladyland) which is still my favorite LP today in 2020 but the LP, "Cry of Love" ranks right up there, too. Yes, it was released and produced after his passing but there are still some real gems on it. Cry of Love shows where Jimi was going as the world rolled into the 1970s ;-)

in the early 80s in the uk a brilliant double live compilation came out called jimi Hendrix concerts with a yellow painting of jimi on the cover. THE best live performances for me. Loved War heroes as you are right, midnight is awesome. The version of red house on In the West, is mindblowing to me. Also a shout out to Mitch and his playing. Saw a recent programme with Nick mason and Stuart Copeland chatting and their fave drummer is Mitch. Have seen tons of Hendrix tributes and some are great but they are always spoiled by the drummer not being a jazzer !!!

Thanks for this video. I missed the Hendrix bandwagon. I knew of his classic material because of hearing it played to death on FM radio in the 1970s. But I rediscovered his work in recent years. Your list was outstanding (and I am not surprised). There is still a lot to catch up for me in the Hendrix catalog.

Many people say that Helter Skelter was the first metal song, but I think Manic Depression was more metal and one year before! He was amazing, gone too soon! We should not forget the band both Experience and the Band of Gypsys had amazing musicians.

Thanks for doing this Pete!! I've recently been getting more into Hendrix and getting his albums on vinyl. My ranking of the original 3 studio albums would be: 1. Electric Ladyland 2. Are You Experienced? 3. Bold as Love All 3 albums are exceptional!!

Top notch Pete! some great stuff here! there's a lot you haven't shown but probably due to the time needed. You havnt shown the singles, i have 8 from when he was alive- 3 that were released and 5 that came from juke boxes. The juke box ones were from a box that was dismantled and thrown away!!!! it had mixes from studio recordings that werent released -

Great job Pete!!!

Awesome video Pete. I have a few Hendrix albums including the main 3 albums. I think Axis: Bold As Love might be my favourite.

Another Great one Pete ! I always wonder what he would be doing today, if he hadn't left us to soon, I mean with using all of today's tech.

That's a shed load of Hendrix Pete, those top three you mentioned of the posthumous releases are must haves. Are You Experienced, what a debut, always been my favourite.

Great review!!🎤🎸🎵🥁

Grew up in southern Virginia. Had an old am radio that would pick up stations in other states late at night. Constantly searching the radio for music like no other music; and I finally found it when a Cleveland disc-jokey named Lee "Baby" Simms played a cut from "Are You Experienced" on his underground hour. It was an experience I've never relived. Don't even remember which song it was. Hendrix opened my ears and my mind to a musical universe I'm still traveling and exploring. What a wonderous thing.

The solo to Machine Gun is my fave of all time. So glad you mentioned it. Love your channel keep up the good work

Fantastic T Shirt!! absolutely superb.

was stoked to see this one Pete! my studio rankings are the same with Are You Exp. just nudging our Electric Lady. cause of Purple Haze,one of the most iconic rock tracks of all time! the L.A. Forum disc is from the Lifelines box set and i don't know if you have it but i was surprised not to see the Purple Box Set from 2000. one point of interest and my biggest recommendation is the 10 disc "Jimi Hendrix - In The Studio" material from the Michael Jeffery estate. early and multiple takes,out takes, alternate takes,demo's, etc.,etc. Pete would TOTALLY dig this box set!

I'm a huge Jimi Hendrix fan and I can't really decide which album I like the best, they're all 10/10s imo

Been waiting for this Pete absolutely brilliant well worth the wait. May I recommend you buy the, Electric Ladyland, deluxe box set, with the cover Jimi always wanted, it really is incredible.

I love Hendrix! Been listening and collecting his music since the 70s. You did a nice job on ranking of Hendrix. I have most that you mentioned on CD and I have the Jimi Hendrix "Winterland" on vinyl. It's an 8 vinyl box set. I transferred it to reel to reel tape. I also have a bunch of Hendrix stuff on DVD.

great job pete. I am a official Hendrix nut so I have everything. And I mean everything! Before I rank my collection I would like to suggest a few for you too look for. 1- radio one or the 2 disc BBC session, has some great early Hendrix. highlights are: a wicked driving south , an amazing burning of the midnight lamp (massive wah wah), cover tunes like hound dog and day tripper, and if you get the 2 disc version you get the Lulu tv broadcast which include the famous version of sunshine of your love as a tribute to the cream who had just formally disbanded, 2-the box set west coast Seattle boy is very good as it has a nice chronological approach to Hendrix's music, you get a whole disc of his early stuff before the experience and a good amount of unreleased stuff including the last track which is from the infamous Black Gold tapes (google that), 3-I would also suggest getting the winterland box set, even though you have those discs the box set is worth it. order or download the amazon version as it has a cool set of bonus tracks including jimi's cover of dear mr. fantasy, (a bonus disc from 1968 fillmore west) 4-seek out a live disc called the jimi Hendrix concerts (1982) its a live compilation disc but it has great selections. my studio rankings are: 1-electric lady land- get the deluxe box set , has a great blu ray documentary, 5.1 surr. sound ladyland, early outtakes cd and live at Hollywood bowl 1968 2-are you exp 3-axis but really as you've said these are pretty equal. not much separating them for live: 1- band of gypsys- machine gun guitar solo.. what else can be said 2- Woodstock live- jimi is off the chart on this one, he is playing on a different planet 3-monterey pop- where it all began, jimi the showman.. 4-the jimi Hendrix concerts (1982) aforementioned collection of great live tracks, the red house is superb and he does are you experienced a rare live track 5-winterland box set - or any version really. Jimi and the band were on for these shows. 6-live at berkeley 1970-best live version of hey baby 7-san diego 1969 (from the stages box set)- great set has a tremendous I don't live today 8-isle of wight festival 9-atlanta pop 1970 10-LA forum 1969 11-1968 paris (part of stages box set) 12-devonshire downs CA pop festival 1969 (boot) 13- 1967 Stockholm (part of stages box set) 14-live in Ottawa 1968 15-scene club 1968 (boot) I'll leave it there for the live stuff as I have a many more but those are pretty much the highlights. as far as posthumous material : 1-1st rays of the new rising son- which pretty much has all of cry of love and rainbow bridge. Although I would suggest people seek out rainbow bridge, it has the most unique recording of the star spangled banner and a wicked live version of hear my train( which was used on the next listing blues) 2-blues- great collection of Hendrix otherworldly blues 3-message from nine to the universe (out of print but search ebay for expanded version) -stellar studio noodling and jammimg 4-bbc sessions 5-morning symphony ideas 6-by himself the home recordings (available only with Voodoo Child: the illustrated Jimi Hendrix graphic novel) told you I have everything! 7-valleys of Neptune 8-south Saturn delta 9-voodoo soup 10-both sides of the sky I'l stop there no point in listing all of what I have, I think you tube has a character limit for comments :>}

Hendrix blues is stupendous glad u mentioned it bud cheers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Definitely archiving this one for multiple viewing!!!

While he was alive releases, I'd say: 1)Electric Ladyland 2)Axis Bold as Love 3)Are You Experienced 4)Band of Gypsies

Awesome...was having withdrawal symptoms! Yes, one of the greatest debut albums, any genre. Two notes in, there's a kick in the balls...& you know it's Hendrix.

Congratulations Pete!

My absolute favorite live Hendrix is Atlanta Pop. This is top Jimi. I don't think he ever played better than this show. From start to finish, the whole band just tears it up

love your videos pete. axis bold as love is porobably my favorite, I think it has a relaxing vibe and is definitely "feel good music". But I agree they are all great and not much seperating the albums

Agree. I have been listening to rock guitar solos for over 50 years. 'Machine Gun' solo on the live Fillmore album is incomparable.

My favorite is actually one of those posthumous albums: The Cry of Love. There's great stuff on there!

Wow what an undertaking Pete !! As a massive Hendrix fan I collected practically everything that came out during the 90-00s, but have to admit I sort of burnt out on feeling like I hadn’t to have every single Hendrix/Dagger release the last 10-12 years. I actually have several boots from Italy, Germany, and the UK that are fairly valuable now (according to Discogs anyway). Not going to rank everything I own but will mention a top few faves quickly. studio 1 Electric Ladyland 2 Axis 3 AYE Live 1 Band of Gypsies 2 Woodstock 3 Freedom 4 Winterland 5 Isle of Wight Various 1 Crash Landing (not the greatest recordings but love the tunes on this one for some reason) 2 New Rays of the Rising Sun 3 Stages (Live curiosity box set) 4 Nine to the Universe (a weird but very cool posthumous collection) 5 Astro Man (6 cd box of tons of boot studio/live material) 6 Jimi Hendrix 4 cd Box set (the last mca cash grab I think) 7 Blues Soooooo many more but those are the faves ! Thought I was done chasing everything down but that box set of the Filmore East shows has me interested arghhhh !!!

Hendrix created so many masterpieces in his short time here that it truly boggles the mind. His creativity and excellence is endless!

Apart from the three official albums, my favorite is Cry of love.

Love the ranking of studio albums. Have you done Savoy Brown? if not, please do, a lot of great blues rock albums.

I can recommend a purple Boxset called "The Jimi Hendrix Experience". It's cheap and its got 4 Discs full of Live songs, outtakes, alternative versions and even the last song Hendrix ever recorded, Slow Blues. A great addition to the official studio albums.

Hard to believe only 3 studio releases!! Tons of live / posthumous material. Valleys of Neptune = my fav.

Thanks for ranking Jimi Hendrix, I've got many of this albums on CD, LP rare performs by Jimi .I'm looking for others CD to my collection. CHEERS -rock'n'roll.

Thanks. What an undertaking. Many moons ago I did have the Crash Landing and Soundtrack to Rainbow Bridge LPs. I have always loved the version of Hear My Train A Comin' from Rainbow Bridge. The version of Woodstock from Both Sides Of The Sky is interesting. Stephen Stills on guitar and vocals and Jimi on bass and guitar. This was recorded the year before Crosby Stills, Nash and Young's Deja Vu album. Pretty interesting version to say the least.

One of my first albums ever as a kid that i was given by my mom was Axis Bold As Love I was around 9-10 yrs old so around 1971 I was mesmerized on the first listen and never looked back Jimi was always my fave and will always be... My Top Albums are: Axis:Bold As Love Band Of Gypsys Electric Ladyland Are you Experienced Woodstock LIVE Isle of Wight Live @ Fillmore Both Sides of the Sky Blues Valley of Neptune First Rays of the New Rising Sun

Thanks man very nice to hear you’re opinions

Interesting take and really like the channel. Just found you recently with your Thin Lizzy video. For me, Electric Ladyland is Jimi's magnum opus, my favorite album of all time. But AYE and BAL are fantastic as well, and Cry of Love is the most like an official Hendrix album of the posthumous stuff. Among the live recordings I'd go with Live at Monterey (DVD - you've got to see it), Band of Gypsys and one you didn't mention, Hendrix In the West. That was my first Hendrix record and was a compilation - Berkeley, San Diego, intro from Isle of Wight and 2 or 3 songs from the Royal Albert Hall gig. It's been re-released with the RAH songs replaced by other versions which is a shame because the originals were the best versions of Little Wing and Red House I've heard. New versions are still very good and some San Diego songs are added (Fire, I Don't Live Today, Spanish Castle Magic) so can't complain too much.

Thank you for this, good overview. First Rays and South Saturn were first released in the late 90s (estate releases that cleaned off any non-Jimi/non-band contributions.)

Live at Woodstock is blowing my mind lately.

Awesome cataloguing! Its always a toss up between Woodstock and Fillmore for me. I hear he also carried around a reel-to-reel and would record his own smaller concert venues. I found a recording on YT of when he came to my town of Ottawa Canada. Afterward it was written up in the local paper that he went and recorded Joni Mitchell at another venue.

The three official ones are so stellar that it is only your mood on a given day that may make the difference. Some of the posthumous releases have become some familiar over the years that they are almost up there with them essential as they are. 1a. Electric Ladyland 1b. Are You Experienced 1c. Axis Bold as Love 4. The Cry of Love 5. War Heroes 6. Midnight Lightning 7. Voodoo Soup 8. Rainbow Bridge Radio One - I put that between studio and live because those were live at the BBC recordings (no audience) and like many artists who performed on the legendary Top Gear show these recordings are brilliant and high sound quality. As for the Live recordings, I had made myself a cassette tape back in the 70s to kind of recreate for myself the Woodstock performance from the Soundtrack albums I had and some bootlegs etc. Great day when that concert was finally released. It is my number one live choice 1. Live at Woodstock 2. Band of Gypsies 3. In the West 4. Isle of Wight 5. The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (1982 2CD set) 6. Jimi Plays Monterey 7. Freedom Atlanta Pop Festival While I have countless other interesting Hendrix stuff, these are the ones that work for me as albums,

The first and one of my most favorite songs is "Hey Joe" which I heard on CKLW. I now have the Woodstock two DVD set which features "Hear My Train A Comin'" which is also one of my most favorite songs. Nice and bluesy. "Axis Bold As Love" is another awesome album that I took with me on my genealogy search trips throughout the south. I used a tape player with one plug and combined two earplugs into stereo sound that made it sound awesome! This was before earphones as we know them.

Great discussion on Hendrix recordings. Yes, hard to rank the top 3...but personally...Electric Ladyland....Are You Experienced...and Axis Bold as Love. In '68 (I was age 14) Hendrix became my favorite of that time period and so it's fun to revisit all the recordings. Jimi was ahead of his time.

RIP he was a good rocker.

Love Hendrix!! Now you have to do Stevie Ray! Thanks for ranking these.

There is not a single disappointing track on any of these three albums, Jimi was such a mesmerising guitarist! Here’s my ranking: 1. Electric Ladyland (1968) - just perfection. This contains some of the greatest sounds that have ever graced my ears. 2. Are You Experienced (1967) - possibly the first true hard rock album? 3. Axis: Bold As Love (1967) - just a hair below AYE in my opinion, but would still make my top 50 favourite albums of all time, no doubt.

Wow Pete! You have the most complete Hendrix's collection album I've ever seen. The three studio albums are all fantastic. About live albums I prefer Woodstock, Winterland ( great sound recording ) and Band of Gypsis

Aloha Mr. Pardo, I really admire your knowledge and enjoy your presentations on music. I just DISC-overed you about two months ago, so not sure if you have covered one of my favorite genres of the Rock & Roll world, that being Blues Rock (which fits in nicely here with Jimi). My main request is could you do a rating of disc's from one of my favorite guitarist, Johnny Winter. I would greatly appreciate it. Big Mahalo from the middle of the Pacific!

I agree with you Pete on the studio albums. Hendrix set the bar very high! Jimi Hendrix Top Albums 1. Are You Experienced? 2. Electric Ladyland 3. Axis: Bold as Love 4. The Cry of Love 5. Woodstock 6. BBC Sessions 7. Blues 8. Live at Berkeley

You made me dig out my vinyl of Nine to the Universe (1980 release).

Live at Albert Hall - amazing complex rhythm guitar.

'Are You Experienced' was totally ground-breaking and bold and has absolutely stood the test of time !

Try getting the bbc sessions bud 👍🏼👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

4 years ago?!?! How the hell did I miss this one all this time.

I love each of Jimi’s studio album (along with everything he dropped) but my favorite is Axis: bold as love....his lyrics on there are so vivid and amazing; Castles made of sand! If 6 was 9! Spanish castle magic! The whole project is just beautiful

I was one of those collectors in the late 70s/early 80s trying to find all the posthumous vinyl releases. How were we to know that one day the Hendrix estate would be able to get control of the music and do a better job releasing it. It was mostly the record companies taking advantage. They would put out "identical" albums in the US and the UK ... but put one different song on the UK release, so that us fanatics would have to buy both! There were two albums that they wiped out all the musicians playing with Jimi and had studio musicians play new backing tracks. (Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning). They broke up Jimi's next intended release (to be called First Rays of the New Rising Sun) into two albums, The Cry of Love, and Rainbow Bridge. These are the two 70s vinyl must-haves. Most critics put Cry of Love on top, but I daresay Rainbow Bridge is even better. And wouldn't you know, it was the first one to be discontinued! (Now available on CD).

My most prized LP is the UK pressing of JH’s debut album. My mum brought it home from a trip to England. It is a good solid disk (literally) with a nice glossy cover. The most surprising track was Red House, which I’d never heard before. That was not included in the original US edition, but it must be now included on the CD version, as you mentioned it!

Another one of my favorites. My number 1.Axis Bold as Love 2.Electric Ladyland. 3. Are You Experienced. Hendrix is one of those artist whose music never sounds dated. So ahead of his time.

Nice roundup Pete. Btw 'First Rays' is from 1997. The computer graphics and fonts used on the cover are very much of that time

All the studios records are surrounded by a lot of studio sessions and fortunately the family of Mr Jimi has recovered the rights to his music and suddenly we are fortunate to have the full extent of his talent through at least ten albums and the Blu-ray Electric Church - the Graal : THE AUTHORISED HENDRIX FAMILY EDITION- ❤👍🎶

For me - Electric Ladyland, I've got it on vinyl (bought in the 1970s and a tad worn out :), and play it regularly. It still sounds fresh, he was head and shoulders above all other guitarists. Perhaps, even in a different place - a unique musical landscape explorer. I often wonder what material we have lost by his early demise?

Pete, I know you said you did have Jimi's early posthumous albums. I just wanted to say that The Cry of Love by Jimi Hendrix is excellent. It has "Angel" on it and my favorite from that album "Freedom". Also, I have a Jimi Hendrix live album on vinyl that is pretty good called Hendrix in the West.

Always loved the single "Purple Haze" (which was not part of the UK Release of "Are you experienced?" - on of the songs that turned me to wanting to be a guitar player. "Axis: Bold as Love" is my favourite album for the last couple of years.

Great one. Hendrix!!! (BTW, the "post" in posthumous gets the accent or stress.)

My first Hendrix album was Rainbow Brides( studio ). Loved it. I`ve notice that there are younger people who don`t seem to realize Jimi`s historic significance.

With the Jimi Live in Berkeley they made dvd out of that

frog-pond kite-wind baseball-glove Hendrix-guitar The distance between Jimi's heart and soul to his guitar is shorter than all other guitarist's. He was shy and unassuming, it seemed nearly his entire being was pouring out through his astonishing playing. Electric Ladyland is the sound of electric guitar going from black and white to color. Yes, as Pete proclaimed Machine Gun as having the greatest solo in recorded history, a solo that captures the deepest depths of human feeling, I also feel All Along The Watchtower to be the greatest cover song of all time and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) to be the benchmark for riffs and soloing. And to think I used to tell people I couldn't get into Hendrix due to my dislike of his singing (this was many moons ago)…..what a dick I was! Finally, Axis' features Jimi's most graceful and subtle fretwork.....just beautiful stuff!

I hope you and the direct family you have are doing well. Be strong be safe and stay aware.

I had that “Live at Winterland” on Rykodisc cassette. It was my first Hendrix purchase and I got it back in 1987. I suppose because it was the first Hendrix material I was exposed to, I am partial to it.