The Jimi Hendrix Experience released its first album in early 1967. Popular music had been leaning towards psychedelics for a couple years
already and Are You Experienced? came out at about the same time as the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Are You
Experienced? far exceeded the Beatles' triumph in complexity, capturing the essence of the late 1960's culture. Naturally the newer band did not
share the immediate success of the Beatles. But its staying power has been testified to by several generations.

The British version of Are You Experienced? contained a few subtle differences. Most prominent were the absence of "Purple Haze" and the
addition of Hendrix standard "Red House". "Purple Haze" caught fire in America after the Monterey Pop Festival and became Jimi's signature
song. Although it was said to have endless verses, Jimi generally sang only the shortened version from the album (with a few ad lib changes).
The single was sent to radio stations with......

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