Jimi Hendrix: At Last The Beginning - The Making Of Electric... [DVD] [2006]

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Synopsis The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland DVD comes forty years after the initial release of Electric Ladyland, the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was the last Hendrix studio album to have been produced during the guitar icon’s lifetime and reflects his meticulous involvement in every facet of its creation.The DVD documents the creation of the album that was released in the fall of 1968 as a two LP set. Some of Jimi’s closest associates are seen on screen discussing their recollections of Hendrix and the project including JHE bassist Noel Redding, drummer Mitch Mitchell, manager Chas Chandler who discovered Hendrix after he left the Animals; drummer Buddy Miles who appeared on the album and later went on to work with Hendrix in The Band of Gypsys, Jefferson Airplane’s Jack Casady, Steve Winwood and Dave Mason from Traffic and others who participated in the Electric Ladyland sessions that took place at Olympic studios in London and The Record Plant in New York. Originally produced in 1997 as the premiere episode the acclaimed Classic Albums television series, The Making of Electric Ladyland is newly edited with expanded features and almost 40 minutes of additional content not seen in the original feature.TracklistingPrologue / Burning of the Midnight Lamp / …And The Gods Made Love / All Along The Watchtower / Rainy Day, Dream Away / Still Raining, Still Dreaming / Voodoo Chile / Crosstown Traffic / Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) / Little Miss Strange / Gypsy Eyes / South Saturn Delta / House Burning Down / 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) / Long Hot Summer Night / Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) / Epilogue