Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits

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A1	Purple Haze Backing Vocals – Noel Redding	2:50
A2	Fire Backing Vocals – Noel Redding	2:43
A3	The Wind Cries Mary	3:20
A4	Can You See Me	2:33
A5	51st Anniversary	3:16
A6	Hey Joe Arranged By – Jimi HendrixBacking Vocals – The BreakawaysWritten-By – Traditional	3:30
B1	Stone Free	3:36
B2	The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice Engineer – Gary Kellgren	4:21
B3	Manic Depression	3:42
B4	Highway Chile	3:32
B5	Burning Of The Midnight Lamp Backing Vocals – The Sweet InspirationsEngineer – Gary KellgrenHarpsichord – Jimi Hendrix	3:39
B6	Foxy Lady Engineer – Mike Ross*	3:18

Companies, etc.

• Printed By – Gerhard Kaiser GmbH
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
• Distributed By – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

Credits

• Bass – Noel Redding
• Drums – Mitch Mitchell
• Engineer – Dave Siddle (tracks: A1 to B1, B3), Eddie Kramer (tracks: A1 to A3, B4)
• Guitar, Vocals – Jimi Hendrix
• Producer – Chas Chandler
• Written-By – Jimi Hendrix (tracks: A1 to A5, B1 to B6)

Notes

1980 reissue of the European "Smash Hits" which was originally released in April 1968. This was released to accompany a '10th Anniversary Box Set' and includes graphics of that release in the artwork.

The tracks are the UK 7" singles :

Hey Joe b/w Stone Free
Purple Haze b/w 51st Anniversary
The Wind Cries Mary b/w Highway Chile
Burning of the Midnight Lamp b/w The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice

and Foxy Lady, Manic Depression, Can You See Me, and Fire from the "Are You Experienced?" LP.

Tracks A4, A6 & B1 recorded Nov 1966.
Track B6 recorded Dec 1966.
Track A5 recorded Jan 1967.
Tracks A1 and A2 recorded Jan/Feb 1967.
Track A3 recorded Feb 1967.
Track B3 recorded Mar 1967.
Track B4 recorded Apr 1967.
Tracks B2 & B5 recorded Jul 1967.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Label Code: 0309
• Matrix / Runout (Runout SideA Stamped): C71 AD (diamond symbol)C 1F 00 184 138 = 2A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout SideB Stamped): 184 138 B=3 320 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
613004	Jimi Hendrix Experience*	Smash Hits ‎(LP, Comp)	Track Record	613004	UK	1968
MS 2025	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Smash Hits ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Reprise Records	MS 2025	Canada	Unknown
2459 399, SEL-RG 797	Jimi Hendrix Experience*	Smash Hits ‎(LP, Comp)	Polydor, Polydor	2459 399, SEL-RG 797	South Korea	1986
M5 2276	Jimi Hendrix	Smash Hits ‎(Cass, Comp, RE)	Reprise Records	M5 2276	US	Unknown
MSK 2276	Jimi Hendrix Experience*	Smash Hits ‎(LP, Comp, Club)	Reprise Records	MSK 2276	US	Unknown

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