Jimi Hendrix Experience — Smash Hits

Author: tracysigler | Posted: January 28th, 2008 | | Tags: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Jimi Hendrix Experience -- Smash Hits

  • Artist: Jimi Hendrix
  • Title: Smash Hits
  • Year: 1979
  • Format: Vinyl 12 in.
  • Rating (1-10): 10
  • Owner: Tracy
  • Acquired: 1979
  • Keeper: Yes

That’s one cool dude on the cover. And speaking of cool dudes, this album was a birthday present from my Dad, a/k/a “Mr. Cool.” Just ask my Mom. I had some singles, you know, vinyl seven inches, that I had accumulated, but this was my very first full length album. That’s right, the first of thousands of records. And I can’t think of a better album or artist to start a record collection. I’m eternally grateful for my father pointing me in the right music direction. I liked Hendrix from what I heard on the radio, but this record was not something I asked for. It was his idea.

For me, Hendrix brings together everything I love most about music. Art, innovation, guitar mastery, blues, funk, acid rock, and the moments of cathartic heaviness that I just need to survive. Smash Hits by the Jimi Hendrix Experience is one of the most played records I own, and the vinyl shows the wear and tear. But it still sounds great. I did a decent job maintaining it for a 13 year old.

My favorite from this collection is a song I think was less of a hit than the others, “Stone Free.”

A little something different from Jimi.


3 Comments on “Jimi Hendrix Experience — Smash Hits”

  1. 1 Jim said at 12:19 am on January 30th, 2008:

    great album just great. the first time I heard this my buddy (Fuqua) urged me to move closer to the 80’s sized boom-box. He turned up the volume and said, “it doesn’t get louder, it gets better…”

  2. 2 JS - Hampton said at 11:20 am on January 30th, 2008:

    Your Mom is here to say that your Dad is still “Mr. Cool” in all the good ways! He is still rocking and I don’t mean in a chair.

  3. 3 JS - Hampton said at 10:41 am on January 31st, 2008:

    Smash Hits [DVD] (2007) Hendrix, Jimi ORDERED by Dad

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