The Jimi Hendrix Experience I went to see him play, I thought that was it, the game was up for all of us, we may as well pack it in." The group came to prominence in the US after the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, one of the first major rock music festivals. The band's performance ended with Hendrix famously setting his psychedelically painted Fender Stratocaster on fire. After the festival they toured with the Monkees, but left the tour two weeks later, reportedly due to lack of audience response. With the Experience, Hendrix recorded several hit singles, such as "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze",
West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology The box-set is available in a deluxe edition featuring eight 12-inch vinyl LPs. "<nowiki>* = Previously unreleased alternate recording</nowiki>" "<nowiki>** = Previously unreleased recording</nowiki>" Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, August 22, 1970. West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology is a posthumous box set by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. The set was released on November 16, 2010, in the US and includes four discs of previously unreleased studio and live recordings as well as a DVD with a documentary based on the life and career of Hendrix