Jimi Hendrix Encyclopedia

The Experience perform two sets at Gaumont in Ipswich as part of the extended package tour featuring: The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Californians, The Quotations, and MC Nick Jones.

Set List: (partial) Purple Haze // Wild Thing

1967 April April 1 Cat Stevens Engelbert Humperdinck Gaumont Ipswich Live live performance MC Nick Jones Suffolk The Californians The Quotations The Walker Brothers United Kingdom

The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform two shows at Gaumont in Worcester. The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Californians, The Quotations, MC Nick Jones

Set List: (partial)Hey Joe // Purple Haze // Like A Rolling Stone // Wild Thing

1967 April April 2 Gaumont Worcester Live live performance United Kingdom Worcestershire

Following The Experience’s performance, photographer Vaughan Willcox completes a photo shoot with Hendrix backstage at Gaumont.

1967 April April 2 Band Gaumont Worcester Photo Session United Kingdom Worcestershire

Jimi Hendrix participates in a photo shoot at the Fleet Street offices of the Daily Mirror in London.

1967 April April 3 Band City of London Daily Mirror Building Greater London Jimi Hendrix Photo Session United Kingdom

Jimi Hendrix and Chas Chandler are interviewed at their Upper Berkeley Street flat in London. Melody Maker and Disc & Music Echo publish the interviews on April 8th.

1967 43 Upper Berkeley Street April April 3 Chas Chandler City of Westminster Greater London interview Interviews Jimi Hendrix Jimi's Apartment Marylebone United Kingdom

The Experience returned to London’s Olympic Studios to continue work on their debut album. This significant session resulted in new recordings, overdubs on some unfinished compositions and final mixes for several tracks.

The group focused their initial attention to recording “Highway Chile,” with the 8th and final take being flagged as the master. Work then began on “Waterfall” (as originally marked on the tape box). Studio engineer Eddie Kramer later prepared a four-to-four mix of the 4th take during which time the song was retitled as “May This Be Love.”

Hendrix then focused his attention on “Title #3” and later “Title #4” which eventually became “Are You Experienced?” Despite the the complexities of these recordings, the full song “Are You Experienced?” was completed start-to-finish in this one session.

Before the session came to a close, final mixes were prepared for “May This Be Love,” “Are You Experienced?” and “I Don’t Live Today.”

The stunning initial take of “Title #4” [“Are You Experienced?”] was included on the 2010 Box Set West Coast Seattle Boy as was one of the outtakes of “May This Be Love.”

Tape Log: Highway Chile // Waterfall [aka May This Be Love] // Title #3 // Title #4 [aka Are You Experienced?] // I Don’t Live Today

1967 April April 3 City of London Greater London Olympic Studios Recording Studio Recordings United Kingdom

Returning to London’s Olympic Studios, an additional four-track-to-four-track reduction mix was created for “Are You Experienced?”

Later the group revisited the January 11, 1967 recordings of “Third Stone From The Sun” before redirecting attention to creating both mono and stereo mixes of “Highway Chile.” The mono mix was eventually held back and included alongside a stereo mix of “The Wind Cries Mary” as the trio’s third single in the United Kingdom.

Before the session was completed, Hendrix focused once again on the work completed in December 1966 on the song, “Love Or Confusion” which resulted in a final mix being produced and later included on the debut release of Are You Experienced.

Before the session ended, the group worked on the B.B. King inspired “Here He Comes,” before putting that aside to focus on complete mixes of songs they had earmarked for the new album.”

Tape Log: Are You Experienced? // Third Stone From The Sun // Highway Chile // Love Or Confusion // Here He Comes

1967 April April 4 City of London Greater London Olympic Studios Recording Studio Recordings United Kingdom

Chas Chandler had lacquers created for both mono and stereo mixes of “The Wind Cries Mary” and a mono version of “Highway Chile” which were given to Track Records so manufacturing of The Experience’s forthcoming single could begin.

Tape Log: The Wind Cries Mary // Highway Chile

1967 April April 5 Chas Chandler Greater London Kensington Recording