THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Electric Ladyland

Item Description

2 x Vinyl, , White Text, Gatefold
LP Album

First press with gatefold sleeve with all white text and the print credit centered.

Cover spread has 'unwrapped/floating' gloss laminate applied, matt print areas left exposed at the two cut edges where the albums insert.

Hendrix portrait on right-hand side (Back cover behind it). Small sepia images of Redding & Mitchell on left (Front cover behind it).

Discs in poly-lined white paper punch-hole sleeves. "Patent no 800513 & 973939" "Made in England" (Without 108)

Produced in auto-coupled sequence Side A/D and B/C :

Disc 1: 613008 Side A; Cat# (613008 A) [inverted over 613008]
Disc 1: 613008 Side D; Cat# (613008 B) [inverted over 613008]
Disc 2: 613009 Side B; Cat# (613009 A) [inverted over 613009]
Disc 2: 613009 Side C; Cat# (613008 B) [inverted over 613009]

Comparison of matrix number with [r1715314] and [r538440] : defect in matrix stamping on this early issue, altered by hand. Number on side C is different as 613009 B has been added with hand and the machine stamped number is completely scratched except //1 See images.
On BaOI, # denotes scratch-out.

Comparison layout with label of [r1715314] (Unfortunately [r538440] doesn't show image label) :
- Label A and D are similar
- Label B and C are different. The text beginning with "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" is very close to the center. The text seems to have move up. SIDE B and side C are not printed below ST 33 but nearly on left side.

Titles: This UK issue has no suffix to "Come On", "The" is prefixed to "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" and "Cross Town" appears as two words.

Recorded: Initial tracks at Olympic Studios, London, January 1968. Completed at Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York, June to August 1968.
Performers, additional to the band, and technical credits added retrospectively. Taken from the authorized Hendrix family trust releases on the Experience Hendrix label.