JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - ELECTRIC LADYLAND

2-Tone "w7" LOGO ~ REPRISE RS 6307 (1968) ~ FIRST PRESS

NEAR MINT ~ FIRST U.S. PRESSING

ORIGINAL "2-Tone - w7" Reprise LABEL

THIS IS A RARE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's highly regarded third, and final album, ELECTRIC LADYLAND (RS 6307) (1968), NOT A REISSUE, IMPORT, OR COUNTERFEIT PRESSING. THE FIRST U.S. PRESSINGS (Reprise) ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM LATER REPRISE PRESSINGS BY THEIR 2-TONE Label and the "w7" logo, which does not appear on the second or other later reissues on Reprise.

·       Thick, heavy original vinyl pressing

·       Original cardboard jacket

CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN IN PICS) (Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)
 

CONDITION:

VINYL:
~ VINYL is NEAR MINT. ~Vinyl is like new, clean and glossy - no visible scratching or scuffing - appears as if unplayed. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

~ The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, usually used for the first and/or early pressings. The sound on such thick vinyl pressings tends to be full-bodied, vivid, and "live" sounding. You cannot achieve this superb analog sound with any digital recording!
~ The record comes with the original stock inner sleeve.
~ This is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!

*(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually; records are graded under the strong, diffuse room light and/or discrete sunlight) 

COVER:
~ JACKET/COVER is VG+. ~ Cover looks beautiful, retaining its original finish, color and details - Cover is fully intact - It would be Near Mint except for the visible ringwear on both sides of the cover, which is rather common even with well-taken care of copies this release. (see pics). No cut-out (drill) holes. No cut-out corners, No saw-marks or indents, No stamps, No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams, No peel-off marks, No mold or mildew spots, No stickers or labels, No water damage, No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts, No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover, No glue traces or wax residue. No bar codes. No RIAA stamps or stickers.   
 

Jimi Hendrix's third and final album with the original Experience found him taking his funk and psychedelic sounds to the absolute limit. The result was not only one of the best rock albums of the era, but also Hendrix's original musical vision at its absolute apex. When revisionist rock critics refer to him as the maker of a generation's mightiest dope music, this is the album they're referring to. But Electric Ladyland is so much more than just background music for chemical intake. Kudos to engineer Eddie Kramer (who supervised the remastering of the original two-track stereo masters for this 1997 reissue on MCA) for taking Hendrix's visions of a soundscape behind his music and giving it all context, experimenting with odd mic techniques, echo, backward tape, flanging, and chorusing, all new techniques at the time, at least the way they're used here. What Hendrix sonically achieved on this record expanded the concept of what could be gotten out of a modern recording studio in much the same manner as Phil Spector had done a decade before with his Wall of Sound. As an album this influential (and as far as influencing a generation of players and beyond, this was his ultimate statement for many), the highlights speak for themselves: "Crosstown Traffic," his reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," "Burning of the Midnight Lamp," the spacy "1983...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)," and "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)," a landmark in Hendrix's playing. With this double set (now on one compact disc), Hendrix once again pushed the concept album to new horizons.

by Cub Koda (AllMusic.com - All Music Guide)

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