Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced - Rare 1st Issue Track Record.

	£		41
	$		54

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

Are You Experienced

MONO Cat No 612 001

This Rare UK First Pressing Was The First Record To Be released On The Newly Formed Track Label

It a Mono set dating from May 1967 with Black/Silver Track Labels

It’s hard to imagine an album like Are You Experienced? getting made these days. Even harder to imagine is a major label picking up this expansive combination of pop, rock, soul, jazz, funk and stoned experimentation. The marketing people would have a fit trying to figure out how to sell it to the kids as they A&Red the life out of it.

When recording on this album began in 1966 (finishing in 1967) there were only a handful of people tinkering with the format of the three minute song. Hendrix’s arrival on the scene (the archetypal stranger in a strange land scenario) upped the ante and didn’t so much nudge things along as give them an almighty shove after which rock music would never be the same. Even ignoring the likes of “Hey Joe” and “Purple Haze” (as singles they were not included on the original album) tracks as “Fire” stretch out the baton that bands such as Deep Purple would so willingly grasp. Similarly, the faintly ludicrous cock-rock antics of “Foxy Lady” graphically joined the dots on the whole sex and music shebang in a way that a nation weaned on Hank Marvin heroics could barely guess at.

Whilst some of the licks shot-blasted across the disc ape the twangy pop tones of the day, his solo on “Manic Depression” sounds like its being beamed in from another dimension altogether. “Red House” remains a dazzling blues exhibition that rightly made the jaws of London’s musical elite drop. It’s a sobering thought that when this originally came out in May 1967, the only other serious contender for the crown of guitar godhood, Cream’s Disraeli Gears, was still six months from being released.

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Matrix Numbers: -

612001 A ? 1 1 1 1 1

612001 B ? 1 1 1 1 1

Cat No 612 001

Vinyl weight: 149g

The original UK Track issue [May 1967] in a Single Front Laminated Cover

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CONDITION

Record: VG-

Record is in VG- condition, There are no deep scratches, There are some Light Marks on both sides but nothing Effecting Playback, it plays Very Well with no Jumps or Loud clicks, There is However Noticeable Crackle in the Quieter segments, All in all a Good playable Record.

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Labels: VG+

Again in Great Condition with No Rips, Tears, Writing or other Damage, There Are Noticeable Spindle Marks on Both Sides.

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Inner Sleeve : VG

Inner Sleeve In Very Good Condition, With Just Slight Damage To The Top Edge.

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Gatefold Sleeve : VG-

The Front Laminated Sleeve Is In VG- Condition With No Splits or Tears, The Spine Is Quite Worn and There Are Several Creases To The Front laminate and Noticeable Ring Wear To The Rear, The Original Owners Name Is Written On The Rear, All of Which Can Be Seen In the Pictures Below.

If you are looking for a Mint copy of this Record to Store Away this isn’t it, If you’re looking for a Good Original 1st Issue Copy to Play look no Further.

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ALTHOUGH THIS RECORD HAS BEEN CAREFULLY STORED FOR MANY YEARS I RECOMMEND THAT IT IS CLEANED BEFORE PLAYING.

I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN IT MYSELF AS I KNOW MOST COLLECTORS HAVE THERE OWN PREFERRED METHODS.

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PLEASE NOTE ALL ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY MYSELF AND ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE.

I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS LISTING, BUT IF YOU REQUIRE ANY MORE INFORMATION OR PICTURES PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.

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Record Will Be Professionally Packaged and Sent Recorded Delivery In The UK and International Signed For Worldwide.