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"One night we sat down and did the entire thing on a cassette set-up – it was magnificent!": How a set of unfinished, acid-fried songs about a mythical superhero could have been Jimi Hendrix’s last album

By Kris Needs Published

Black Gold was an unfinished, autobiographical suite that may have provided the foundation for Jimi Hendrix's fifth studio album

Albums
The Jimi Hendrix Experience on the Lulu Show
"In our haste, the lump of hash got away and slipped down the sink drainpipe. Panic!": What happened when Jimi Hendrix created havoc and got banned by The BBC

By Hugh Fielder Published

The producers of BBC1's Happening For Lulu wanted Jimi Hendrix to play Hey Joe. Instead, viewers were treated to a tribute to Cream and controlled chaos

Concerts & Shows
Jim Hendrix onstage
"I don't want to be a clown any more. I don't want to be a rock'n'roll star": The radical rebirth of Jimi Hendrix and his Band Of Gypsys

By Bill DeMain Published

In January 1970, Jimi Hendrix pulled the plug on stardom to chase a funkier, freer direction with his Band Of Gypsys. This is their story

Albums
Black Friday Vinyl Deals
AC/DC, Pearl Jam and Iron Maiden: 10 brilliant but oft-overlooked albums you can save on with Amazon's Black Friday deals

By Rich Hobson Published

We hunted through Amazon's massive Black Friday vinyl deals to find the very best albums on offer so you don't have to!

Albums
A montage of photos of Jimi Hendrix, Ace Frehley, James Hetfield and Kurt Cobain
10 cover versions that are way more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)

By Paul Travers Published

The Beatles, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder have all seen covers of their songs become more popular than the original version

Tracks & Singles
Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight And The Squires in 1965
“If I ended up in jail, I knew I wouldn’t be able to play guitar”: the secret history of Jimi Hendrix’s pre-fame years

By Rob Hughes Published

Although I don’t eat every day, everything’s going all right for me. It could be worse than this

Interviews
Jimi Hendrix and The Monkees
"Oh God, it was so embarrassing!" Why watching their support act Jimi Hendrix get booed off stage every night was mortifying for The Monkees

By Paul Brannigan Published

In 1967, The Monkees took the Jimi Hendrix Experience on tour as their support act. Their fans were not ready

Bands & Artists
Jimi Hendrix onstage at Woodstock
“You hear bombs, a baby being born, an eagle flying, you hear things that people don’t normally hear”: how Jimi Hendrix pulled back from the brink of disaster at Woodstock and sealed his legend

By Rob Hughes Published

The story of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic appearance at 1969’s Woodstock festival

Bands & Artists
David Gilmour and Jimi Hendrix
"I was employed to take Jimi Hendrix round Paris for an evening, show him a good time": Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on his adventures in 1960s France, hanging with Jimi Hendrix, partying with Brigitte Bardot and getting arrested with Syd Barrett

By Paul Brannigan Published

For future Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, '60s France offered a sense of freedom that he didn't find at home in Cambridge, until he got arrested busking with Syd Barrett

Interviews
Mitch Mitchell drumming
Six songs to understand the electrifying genius of Mitch Mitchell

By Rich Chamberlain Published

A jazz-schooled drummer at the forefront of the rock explosion, Mitchell brought the two genres together to devastating effect as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience

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