Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits LP; standard LP jacket + folded printed insert This sophisticated instrumentation doesn't always

This sophisticated instrumentation doesn't always make these dour songs sound happier

playfully dark persona -- sort of like a sexual Fraggle -- can sometimes put listeners off the pop scent

he was the second major defection the group had suffered in as many years

Time in Disguise

co-founders Peter Buck and Bill Berry

Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits LP; standard LP jacket + folded printed insert This sophisticated instrumentation doesn't alwaysPersonnel: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, kazoo, piano, bass); Dave Mason (acoustic guitar); Noel Redding (bass, background vocals); Mitch Mitchell (drums); The Breakaways (vocals). Recorded between October 23, 1966 & January 21, 1968. The first good Jimi Hendrix collection, and one of the all time great best of collections by any artist, SMASH HITS serves as a concise introduction to the Seattle guitar master's genius. Though far from a representative