The Jimi Hendrix Experience (album) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (album) MCA continued the series of definitive masters of the Jimi Hendrix catalogue in 2000, releasing the self-titled box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience, consisting of four discs. The material includes alternative recordings, live performances and some rarities. Although most of the material had been released in earlier compilations, some previously unreleased material (such as live versions of "Killing Floor" and "The Wind Cries Mary") was also included. The alternative recordings include some tracks from Hendrix's studio albums, even including some from "First Rays of the New Rising Sun". This list includes "Purple Haze", "Highway Chile",
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