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Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland - 1½ - VG UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
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This is a rare transition pressing in which the original Track vinyl was issued inside a slightly modified picture sleeve variant, used for this and all later releases.
History
On the 25th October 1968, the musical comet that was Jimi Hendrix was burning at its brightest & this album was released to an eager public. It was hard to believe that it had been just two years since Jimi debuted on Polydor with 'Hey Joe' as the music had evolved so much since those first recordings. This album [like everything after 'Hey Joe'] was issued on Track Records. Later 70s issues went back to the Polydor label imprint.
This first issue has a number of differences to even the second Track issue the following year. The sleeve is the UK variant [which Jimi actually disapproved of], featuring a group of naked women, rather than the band itself. I suppose someone in the UK offices thought that 'Electric Ladyland' deserved a cover featuring an imagined 'Ladyland'! Jimi himself had no control over this.
The differences between this and the later Track issue :-
Sleeve :-
The first thing you notice is that it has 'floating' laminate, rather than wraparound, meaning that there is always a small unlaminated section at the opening, top & bottom. Polydor issues were wraparound laminate, with no gap at the edge. Inside, there are more obvious differences.
The first, though seldom mentioned, is that the inside portrait & tracklisting are reversed compared to later issues, with Jimi to the right, rather than the left.
Once again, the inside has the floating laminate with the small gap at the edges.
The pictures of Noel & Mitch are smaller than first issues.
The text for the tracklisting is centred and in white print, with the Track logo to the centre, Polydor information & Ernest J. Day printing underneath. The tracklisting itself also features a mixture of capitalised & lower case letters at the start of each word, with no apparent consistency, eg. 'Rainy day, dream away' but 'Still Raining, Still Dreaming'.
The first issue Track labels have a slightly different 'rough' texture to the paper. These ones are now smooth but still have the catalogue number repeated in brackets above the bold silver print in smaller inverted numbers. These end with a capital 'A' or 'B' per side, on both disks. This is only found on the first press labels.
The gatefold cover has deep colour tones on the naked ladies with an almost green tinge to the flesh colours, often found on the spine as well. This is the same as the very first sleeve.
Inside the gatefold, the Track logo, tracklisting, copyright information and 'Ernest J Day' address are all in white, as found on the second issue sleeve.
Above the titles are two pictures of Mitch & Noel. In a very first issue cover they are large sized photos, but all later issues have the modified cover with them reduced to a smaller size. The inside of this sleeve, unlike the outside, follows this design pattern. This too was the format for later Polydor label issues.
There appeared to be slight confusion at the pressing plant as the sides were configured in the American style. Designed for your stacking Autochanger deck, the vinyl has Side A backed with Side D & Side B backed with Side C, for an easy flip over to continue. This practice continued through later vinyl presses and even led to an erroneous track order on the first CD releases with the consequence that 'Still Raining' appeared before 'Rainy Day'!
This has finally been corrected on the Experience Hendrix CD release.
There is no suffix to 'Come On', 'Burning Of The Midnight Lamp' is prefixed by 'The' & 'Crosstown Traffic' appears as 'Cross Town Traffic'.
CONDITION
The labels are unmarked with sharp silver print and only faint spindle marks visible around the centre hole to indicate play.
The vinyl on this copy shows several light hairlines and a few scuffs, but they have minimal impact on playback due to the high grade heavyweight vinyl used in the '60s with deep grooves, although some background noise is to be expected between tracks & in quiet passages. Despite being over fifty years old, the vinyl retains its shine.
The matrix numbers are:
Side A - 613008A//1
Side B - 613009A//1
Side C - 613009B//1
Side D - 613008B//1
These are machine stamped in the 'dead wax' areas with hand scratched amendments.
The fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve shows a fair degree of light creasing to the laminate from handling & some edge scuffing and paper loss that is more noticable at the opening as a result of the laminate finishing before the edge. General shelfwear however remains light and it remains acceptable.
A much sought after edition of this classic album that remains respectable despite being a lot less than mint at an advantageous price.
Tracklisting:
01. ...And The Gods Made Love
02. Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
03. Crosstown Traffic
04. Voodoo Chile
05. Little Miss Strange
06. Long Hot Summer Night
07. Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)
08. Gypsy Eyes
09. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
10. Rainy Day, Dream Away
11. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
12. Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently, Gently Away
13. Still Raining, Still Dreaming
14. House Burning Down
15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
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| Condition : |
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| Year of Release: |
1969 - 57 years old |
| Artist: |
Jimi Hendrix (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Electric Ladyland (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
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| Record Label: |
Track |
| Catalogue No: |
613008/9 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
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HEN2LEL750161 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Progressive, Psychedelic
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| Related Artists: |
Beautiful People, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Curtis Knight, Eire Apparent, Ernie Graham, Lonnie Youngblood, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, The Rubber Band |
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| Alternative Names: |
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