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Jimi Hendrix
Purple Haze (Previously Unreleased Alternative Recording)
Album: The Jimi Hendrix Experience BOX SET
Genres: Rock
A slower, slightly longer studio take of the psychedelic classic, complete with stoned giggles and an extended feedback outro. Definitely puts this baby in a new (strobe) light!

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	Look, I love Jimi Hendrix as much as the next guitar geek, but if there's one song I never need to hear again, it's "Purple Haze." Along with Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and "Rock and Roll," it has to be the most overplayed rock song in history, and the endless spins on classic rock radio stations have all but drained it of its freakazoidal magic. Which is why it's such a revelation to hear this outtake from the sessions for Jimi's first album: Slower, looser, and infinitely more soulful than the amphetamined version we all know, this rendition of "Purple Haze" explicitly delineates Hendrix's groundbreaking fusion of psychedelic rock with rhythm & blues, and lets you listen to the song with fresh ears. The solo's pretty much the same, but the real treat is the extended feedback outro that brings the track to its staggering close. "Freakout!" laughs Jimi, stoned and beautiful and obviously having the time of his bell-bottomed life; a new era was beginning, and he was right there on the front lines. If the rest of the Jimi Hendrix Experience box is half this revelatory, those folks at UNI/MCA can have my money right now!

	*Dan Epstein*
	Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.

	it's great!!
	tessie


	for Jimi Hendrix Official Jimi Hendrix Site Jimi at MCA Records All Music Guide: Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Music The Jimi Hendrix Online Experience