Purple Haze Purple Haze "Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second record single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. As a record chart hit in several countries and the opening number on the Experience's debut American album, it was many people's first exposure to Hendrix's psychedelic rock sound. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Eastern modalities, shaped by novel sound processing techniques. Because of ambiguities in the lyrics, listeners often interpret the song as referring to a psychedelic experience,
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix taken from the original "Experience Hendrix" CD release. Other releases may show different information. Bonus disc The album was also released in a two-CD limited edition. The bonus disc contains eight tracks, taken from "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" box set (2000). Photograph of front cover Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix is a compilation album of Jimi Hendrix songs released in 1997. The single compact disc collects 20 songs spanning his career from his first recordings with the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966 to his last with Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell