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Jimi Hendrix: a history in photos and videos
See the first film clip, hear his last recording
Michael Leonard, Thu 17 Sep 2009, 1:47 pm UTC
The Jimi Hendrix Experience at London Airport (Heathrow), 21 August 1967. IMAGE: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
December 1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience release second album Axis: Bold as Love. The album includes evergreens Little Wing, If Six Was Nine, Castles Made Of Sand and Spanish Castle Magic.
February 1968: The Experience complete a major US tour. On 12 February, Hendrix returns to Seattle, with Jimi's family seated in the front row. It's the first time he's been reunited with his family for six years.
Jimi Hendrix soundchecks at the Hollywood Bowl, 14 September 1968. IMAGE Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis
October 1968: Electric Ladyland, a double album recorded in the US and England, is released. It becomes Hendrix's first Number 1 album in the US and includes such iconic tracks as Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Crosstown Traffic and a cover of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower.
Video: Hendrix live at the Royal Albert Hall, February 1969
February 1969: The Jimi Hendrix Experience play their last mainland British performance at London's Royal Albert Hall.
