The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
LP set.
Released in 1967, Are You Experienced is one of the great debut albums in rock history and the record that introduced The Jimi Hendrix Experience as a force that immediately changed the vocabulary of the electric guitar. Hendrix arrived with a sound that fused blues, psychedelia, soul, feedback and studio experimentation into something startlingly new.
The album’s importance lies not only in Hendrix’s virtuosity, but in the way the trio transformed the possibilities of rock recording. Tracks associated with the record, including Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Manic Depression and Are You Experienced?, helped establish a new language of distortion, rhythm and tone that generations of guitarists would chase afterward.
As a cornerstone of 1960s psychedelic rock, Are You Experienced belongs in any serious rock collection. It captures Hendrix at the moment of arrival: already technically astonishing, already conceptually advanced, and already reshaping the relationship between blues tradition and the future of amplified music.
As a catalogue title, Are You Experienced is the kind of record that rewards context as much as casual listening. It gives the product page more than a format note: it explains why the album matters, why it continues to circulate among serious listeners, and why it belongs in a collection built around records with lasting cultural and musical weight.
We collect EU VAT on orders under €150. This means EU customers should not incur additional customs duties. Please note that orders over €150 are not covered by this and may be subject to customs charges.
Orders placed before 2 pm are usually shipped the same day.
All orders are fulfilled from our London warehouse, with daily collections by Royal Mail on weekdays.
Orders shipped with DHL go out Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.