Jimi Hendrix Experience, The - Electric Ladyland: Deluxe Collector's Edition (CD / DVD)

On Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix stretched and experimented in the studio, going beyond the power-trio format on what would be his last studio album with the Experience. Electric Ladyland was revolutionary in its scope and execution. Using New York City's Record Plant as a gateway to free expression, Hendrix traversed an abstract landscape containing compositions as weird and wonderful as "...And The Gods Made Love" and "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)."

Simultaneously looking forwards and backwards, Hendrix mixed in a song reminiscent of his time on the chitlin' circuit (Earl King's "Come On [Part 1]"), a Bob Dylan favorite ("All Along The Watchtower"), and one of his snappiest singles ("Crosstown Traffic"). Although Hendrix produced and wrote most of this masterpiece, others weighed in with their own contributions. Noel Redding penned "Little Miss Strange," and other guests such as Al Kooper and Buddy Miles showed up to play. Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane also made cameos, appearing on this classic album's spiritual center, "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)."

Also included in this set is a feature length DVD: "The Making Of Electric Ladyland Documentary, (available separately DVD: 1788969) originally produced in 1997 as the premiere episode of acclaimed Classic Albums television series and is here newly edited with expanded features and almost 40 minutes of additional content not seen in the original feature.

The DVD offers fans both the expository look at the Electric Ladyland; an album which ranks as one of the most significant projects in the Hendrix canon. All Music Guide, Blender and Rolling Stone have all awarded Electric Ladyland five (out of five) stars as it has been firmly ensconced in the pantheon of rocks greatest achievements for 40 years.