At the same time in the same studio where the Rolling Stones<\/a> were making their psychedelic folly, the Jimi Hendrix Experience were sculpting an era classic.<\/p>\n His spiralling creative muse on overdrive after Are You Experienced\u2019s May 1967 release at sessions squeezed between onenighters, The Wind Cries Mary and Burning Of The Midnight Lamp had signalled an expansion beyond pyrotechnic blues<\/a> rock, Axis: Bold As Love<\/a> marked Jimi coming of age in the studio, embracing technology with the micro-perfectionism that drove away producer Chas Chandler.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With engineer Eddie Kramer and Roger Mayer supplying innovative gizmos, the album was finished at Olympic when the Stones were abandoning blues roots on Their Satanic Majesties Request<\/a>. Crucially, Jimi kept one foot grounded in earthly matters on tracks such as startling freak flag flying counterculture anthem If Six Was Nine, getting funky on Little Miss Lover<\/p>\n Opening with EXP\u2019s alien radio interview flying saucer lift-off before Up From The Skies\u2019 cool Mose Allison shuffle, only magnificently volcanic Spanish Castle Magic, Ain\u2019t No Telling and You\u2019ve Got Me Floating are quintessential Experience. Notwithstanding Noel Redding\u2019s token She\u2019s So Fine and lightweight Wait Until Tomorrow, slowies showed Hendrix\u2019s desire to evolve with liquid guitar starbursts elevating One Rainy Wish, the soaring majesty of Little Wing or evoking Curtis Mayfield\u2019s quiet sensitivity on Castles Made Of Sand. The stratospheric title ballad\u2019s climactic phased finale put the final sugar lump on Hendrix\u2019s first studio masterpiece.<\/p>\n This bells-\u2019n\u2019-whistles upgrade includes mono and stereo versions plus 40 bonus outtakes, alternative versions, TV and radio appearances. Considering the hours of outtakes in circulation, it\u2019s a random tip of the iceberg, including Mr Bad Luck (aka Look Over Yonder), untitled instrumentals, Castles\u2026\u2019 backwards guitar track and energised demos of Little Miss Lover and Ain\u2019t No Telling that highlight Mitch Mitchell\u2019s polyrhythmic jazz genius. Sadly, If 6 Was 9 escapes inclusion.<\/p>\n The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Stone Free \/ Up From The Skies (Demo – Official Audio) – YouTube
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