Jimi's Jams
From the Music Musings
8/9/2025
Been catching up on some Jimi Hendrix albums I’ve never listened to before. In high school I listened to a ton of one of his greatest hits tapes (I think from one of those tape subscription clubs, lol) called The Ultimate Experience that I’m pretty sure isn’t on Spotify. It had a shiny sort of golden-colored thing going on for the cover art. I remember playing that at summer camp, probably around age 10, and dancing for an hour or two on top of a trash can, lol. In college a friend got me into the Band of Gypsys live album, which really jams hard. My favorite from that one is “Machine Gun”, but really the whole album jams hard.
Not sure why, but I never liked his real albums on first listen. I tried listening to Axis: Bold As Love, but could never get into it. Been listening to that lately as well as Are You Experienced, The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge. Starting to really like some of them, although they still sound a little foreign and odd to me. But I think these are the kind of albums where more listens will do the trick. Gonna try Electric Ladyland next.