Each disc also contains a nice booklet and the fourth dis, which is a best of, does a better summation of what Jimi was all about than does the album "Smash Hits". That means :Are You Experienced" has such gems as "Redhouse" "Stone Free" and others that were left off the American releases of the album. But, the big bonus is the fact that they are the British releases of his albums. This set contains all three of his studio albums that were released prior to his untimely death. Hendrix IS the best rock guitarist, in my humble opinion. I purchased this set when it first came out and it is the one box set that I can listen to over and over. Had I had a say in this box set's original release, I think including something like the "Concerts" CD, produced by Alan Douglas, containing a sort of "best of" concert would have been a better idea, but hey, any Hendrix is good by me! I don't know that you could ever really make a perfect, single CD collection of Jimi's greatest songs, but this fourth CD comes close. The "best of" CD is a little redundant, since all of those songs are already ON the first 3 albums, except for the last two tracks the unforgettable "Star Spangled Banner" from the Woodstock concert, and "Wild Thing" from Jimi's American (re-) debut at the Monterey Pop Festival. Great box set released in 1993, includes nicely packaged re-issues of The Experience's first 3 albums, plus the "best of", single CD collection shown on the listing photo.
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