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Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American guitarist whose career spanned the years between 1962 and 1970.[1] His posthumous discography includes recordings released after September 18, 1970. Hendrix left behind many recordings in varying stages of completion.[2] This material, along with reissues of his career catalogue, has been released over the years in several formats by various producers and record companies. Since Experience Hendrix, a company owned and operated by members of the Hendrix family, took control of his recording legacy in 1995,[3] over 15 Hendrix albums have appeared on the main US albums chart.[4] Several of these have also placed on charts in more than 18 countries around the world.[5]
| Jimi Hendrix posthumous discography | |
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| Studio albums | 13 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
| Live albums | 28 |
| Singles | 28 |
| Anthologies and retrospective albums | 19 |
| EPs and special releases | 27 |
| Official bootlegs | 23 |
At the time of his death, Hendrix was recording songs for a fourth studio album.[6] He was working on enough material for a double album and had sketched out possible track lists.[7][8] However, only about six songs were nearing completion, with an additional twenty or so in different stages of development.[9][10][11] The first attempt at presenting Hendrix's fourth studio album, a single LP record titled The Cry of Love, was released in 1971 and reached number three on Billboard's album chart.[4] A second attempt titled Voodoo Soup, with some different songs and a new audio mix, was released in 1995 and appeared at number 66.[4] In 1997, Experience Hendrix restored the original mixes and added several songs for a third release:[12] the double-album length First Rays of the New Rising Sun, the first to use one of Hendrix's proposed titles,[13] reached number 49.[4]
In addition to songs planned for a fourth studio album, numerous demos, studio outtakes/alternate takes, and jams have been released.[14] Albums of concert performances and compilations focusing on various aspects of Hendrix's work have been issued. From 1970 to 1992, his record companies Reprise Records in the US and Track Records/Polydor Records in the UK continued to handle his recordings.[14] MCA Records took over in 1992, during the controversial tenure of subsequent producer Alan Douglas.[2] Since 2010, Sony/Legacy Recordings has been distributing the releases produced by Experience Hendrix.[15] Besides legitimate releases, many bootleg and grey market albums have appeared over the years.[16] Many of these have been reissued several times with different album titles, packaging, and song titles.[17] Some purporting to feature Hendrix as a sideman have been shown to be fake.[18][19] To meet the demand, Dagger Records was established in 1998 to issue "official bootlegs" of albums "that don't meet the technical recording criteria"[20] and standards for mainstream release.[21] These have included live recordings from various points in his career as well as demo and rehearsal recordings.[2]
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
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| 1971 | The Cry of Love[23] | 3 | 2 | [a] | |||
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| Rainbow Bridge[26] | 15 | 16 | [b] |
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| 1972 | War Heroes[27] | 48 | 23 | [c] | |||
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| 1974 | Loose Ends[28] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1975 | Crash Landing[29] | 5 | 35 | [d] |
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| Midnight Lightning[30] | 43 | 46 | — | ||||
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| 1980 | Nine to the Universe[31] | 127 | — | — | |||
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| 1995 | Voodoo Soup[32] | 66 | 83 | — | |||
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| 1997 | First Rays of the New Rising Sun[32] | 49 | 37 | [e] | |||
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| South Saturn Delta[32] | 51 | — | [f] | ||||
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| 2010 | Valleys of Neptune[33] | 4 | 21 | [g] | |||
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| 2013 | People, Hell and Angels[34] | 2 | 30 | [h] | |||
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| 2018 | Both Sides of the Sky[35] | 8 | 8 | [i] | |||
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| 2024 | Electric Lady Studios - A Jimi Hendrix Vision[36] | - | - | - | |||
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
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UK [22] |
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| 1971 | Woodstock Two[37][j] | 8 | — | — |
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| Experience[38] | — | 9 | [k] | ||||
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| The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies: Isle of Wight/Atlanta Pop Festival[39][l] |
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| Isle of Wight[40] | — | 17 | [m] | ||||
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| 1972 | Hendrix in the West[41] | 12 | 7 | [n] |
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| More Experience[38] | — | — | — | ||||
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| 1982 | The Jimi Hendrix Concerts[42] | 79 | 16 | [o] | |||
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| 1986 | Jimi Plays Monterey[43] | 192 | — | [p] | |||
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| Johnny B. Goode[44] | — | — | — | ||||
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| Band of Gypsys 2[45] | — | — | [q] | ||||
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| 1987 | Live at Winterland[46] | — | — | [r] | |||
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| 1988 | Radio One[47] | 119 | 30 | [s] | |||
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| 1989 | Live & Unreleased: The Radio Show[49] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1991 | Stages[50] | — | — | — | |||
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| Live Isle of Wight '70[51] | — | — | [t] | ||||
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| 1994 | Woodstock[32] | 37 | 32 | [u] | |||
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| 1996 | Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970[52][v] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1998 | BBC Sessions[32] | 50 | 42 | [w] | |||
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| 1999 | Live at the Fillmore East[32] | 65 | 87 | [x] | |||
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| Live at Woodstock[32] | 90 | 76 | — |
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| 2002 | Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight[32] | 200 | — | ||||
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| 2003 | Live at Berkeley[32] | 191 | — | ||||
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| 2007 | Live at Monterey[53] | 123 | — | — | |||
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| 2011 | Winterland[54] | 49 | 92 | [y] | |||
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| 2013 | Miami Pop Festival[55] | 39 | — | [z] | |||
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| 2015 | Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival[56] | 63 | 87 | [aa] | |||
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| 2016 | Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show[57] | 66 | 80 | [ab] | |||
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| 2019 | Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts[58] | — | — | [ac] | |||
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| 2020 | Live in Maui[59] | 155 | — | [ad] | |||
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| 2022 | Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969[60] | 164 | 88 | [ae] | |||
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US [4] |
UK [22] |
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| 1973 | Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix[61] | 89 | 37 | [af] | |||
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| 1975 | Musique Originale du Film Jimi Plays Berkeley[27][ag] | — | — | — | |||
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
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| US [4] |
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| 1975 | Re-Experienced[63] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1978 | The Essential Jimi Hendrix[64] | 114 | — | — | |||
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| 1979 | The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two[31] | 156 | — | — | |||
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| 1981 | Stone Free[65] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1983 | The Singles Album[44] | — | 77 | — | |||
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| 1984 | Kiss the Sky[44] | 157 | — | — | |||
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| 1989 | The Essential Jimi Hendrix Volumes One and Two[31] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1990 | Cornerstones: 1967–1970[66] | — | 16 | [ah] |
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| Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story[67] | 174 | — | — | ||||
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| 1992 | The Ultimate Experience[68] | 72 | 25 | [ai] | |||
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| 1993 | The Experience Collection[71] | — | — | — | |||
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| 1994 | Blues[32] | 45 | 10 | [aj] | |||
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| 1997 | Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix[73] | 133 | 10 | [ak] | |||
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| 2000 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience[32] | 78 | — | [al] |
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| 2001 | Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection[76] | 112 | 10 | — | |||
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| 2003 | The Singles Collection[77] | — | — | — | |||
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| Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix[78] | — | — | [am] | ||||
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| 2010 | Fire: The Jimi Hendrix Collection[79] | — | 29 | — |
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| West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology[80] | — | — | [an] | ||||
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| Year | Single details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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| US [81] |
UK [82] |
Other [83] | |||||
| 1970 | "Voodoo Chile [sic]" / "Hey Joe" & "All Along the Watchtower"[23]
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— | 1 | [ao] | Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced[aq] | ||
| 1971 | "Freedom" / "Angel"[38]
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59 | — | [at] | The Cry of Love | ||
"Angel" / "Night Bird Flying"[84]
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"Dolly Dagger" / "The Star-Spangled Banner"[41]
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74 | — | [au] | Rainbow Bridge | |||
"Gypsy Eyes" / "Remember" / "Purple Haze" / "Stone Free"[40]
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— | 35 | — | Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced[aq] | |||
| 1972 | "Johnny B. Goode" / "Lover Man"[85]
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— | — | — | Hendrix in the West | ||
"Johnny B. Goode" / "Little Wing"[27]
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"The Wind Cries Mary" / "Little Wing"[86]
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| 1973 | "Hear My Train A Comin'" / "Rock Me Baby"[61]
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| 1982 | "Fire" / "Little Wing"[87]
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— | — | — | The Jimi Hendrix Concerts | ||
"Fire" / "Are You Experienced?"[88]
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| 1990 | "Crosstown Traffic" / "Voodoo Chile [sic]"[89]
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— | 61 | — | Electric Ladyland | ||
"All Along the Watchtower" / "Voodoo Chile [sic]" / "Hey Joe"[90]
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— | 52 | — | Electric Ladyland, Are You Experienced[aq] | |||
| 1997 | "Dolly Dagger" / "Night Bird Flying"[91]
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— | — | — | First Rays of the New Rising Sun | ||
| 1999 | "The Star-Spangled Banner" / "Purple Haze"[92]
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| 2010 | "Valleys of Neptune" / "Cat Talkin' to Me"[93][ay]
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"Bleeding Heart" / "Jam 292"[94][ba]
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"Love or Confusion" / "12 Bar with Horns"[95]
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| 2011 | "Fire" / "Touch You"[96]
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"Johnny B. Goode" / "Purple Haze"[97]
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"Like a Rolling Stone" / "Spanish Castle Magic"[98]
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— | — | — | Winterland | |||
| 2012 | "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" / "Burning of the Midnight Lamp"[99]
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"Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)" / "Calling All the Devil's Children"[100]
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| 2013 | "Somewhere" / "Foxy Lady"[101][bc]
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"Fire" / "Foxey Lady"[102]
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"Dolly Dagger" / "Star Spangled Banner"[103]
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— | — | — | Rainbow Bridge | |||
| 2015 | "Purple Haze" / "Freedom"[104]
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| 2018 | "Mannish Boy" / "Trash Man"
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— | — | — | Both Sides of the Sky, Hear My Music | ||
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| Year | Details | Track listing |
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| 1974 | ...And a Happy New Year'[105]
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| 1978 | Gloria[64]
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| 1980 | 6 Singles Pack[106]
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| 1982 | All Along the Watchtower[107]
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| 1988 | Day Tripper[88]
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| 1989 | Radio Radio[110]
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Purple Haze[88][111]
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| 1990 | Between the Lines[112][113]
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| 1991 | Stages '67 – '70 Sampler[112][114]
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Jimi Plays Berkeley[112][115]
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| 1992 | Live at Winterland + 3[112]
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The Wind Cries Mary[116]
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| 1995 | Stepping Stone[117]
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| 1997 | Jimi Hendrix[118]
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| 1998 | BBC Sessions[119]
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| 1999 | Get DMXperienced[120][121] |
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Live at the Fillmore East[122]
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Machine Gun[123]
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Live at Woodstock[124]
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year[32]
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| 2000 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience[126]
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience[127]
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| 2002 | Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection[128]
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| 2006 | Jimi Hendrix: 10 Tracks Performed Live at the Royal Albert Hall[129]
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| 2011 | San Francisco 1968[130]
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Dagger Records releases
Dagger Records was established in 1998 by Experience Hendrix to issue "official bootlegs" of albums "that don't meet the technical recording criteria" and standards for mainstream release.[20]
| Year | Title[21] | Details |
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| 1998 | Live at the Oakland Coliseum | April 27, 1969, live at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California |
| 1999 | Live at Clark University | March 15, 1968, live at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 2000 | Morning Symphony Ideas | Studio demos and unfinished songs recorded between 1969 and 1970 |
| 2001 | Live in Ottawa | March 19, 1968, live at Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, Canada |
| 2002 | The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions | December 18–19, 1969, Band of Gypsys rehearsals at Baggy's Studio in New York |
| 2003 | Paris 1967/San Francisco 1968 | October 9, 1967, live at Olympia in Paris and February 4, 1968, at the Fillmore in San Francisco; in 2021, Dagger released an expanded edition titled Paris 1967. |
| 2004 | Hear My Music | February–April 1969 studio jams and unfinished songs recorded in London and New York City |
| 2005 | Live at the Isle of Fehmarn | September 6, 1970, live at Open Air Love & Peace Festival in Fehmarn, Germany |
| 2006 | Burning Desire | November 1969 – January 1970 Band of Gypsys studio jams and unfinished songs at Record Plant in New York |
| 2008 | Live in Paris & Ottawa 1968 | January 29, 1968, live at Olympia in Paris and March 19, 1968, at Capitol Theatre in Ottawa |
| 2009 | Live at Woburn | July 6, 1968, live at Woburn Music Festival in Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK |
| 2012 | Live in Cologne | January 13, 1969, live at Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany |
Experience Hendrix website
Several amateur recordings of Hendrix concerts are free to stream from the Experience Hendrix website. As of September 11, 2020, the following are available:[131]
| Date(s) recorded[131] | Venue | Location |
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| February 14, 1968 | Regis College Fieldhouse | Denver, Colorado |
| February 16, 1968 | Dallas State Fair Music Hall | Dallas, Texas |
| February 18, 1968 | Houston Music Hall | Houston, Texas |
| December 1, 1968 | Chicago Coliseum | Chicago |
| January 17, 1969 | Jahrhunderthalle | Frankfurt, Germany |
| May 18, 1969 | Madison Square Garden | New York City |
| June 29, 1969 | Denver Pop Festival | Denver, Colorado |
| December 18–19, 1969 | Baggy's Studio | New York City |
| April 25, 1970 | Los Angeles Forum | Inglewood, California |
| June 7, 1970 | Assembly Center Arena | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| June 13, 1970 | Baltimore Civic Center | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Albums as sideman
| Year | Artist | Title | Songs (guitar, except where noted) |
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| 1970 | Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills[132] | "Old Times Good Times" | 3 | 8[133] |
| Love | False Start[134]
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"Everlasting First" | 184 | — | |
| 1971 | Lonnie Youngblood | Two Great Experiences Together[135]
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"Wipe the Sweat", "Goodbye, Bessie Mae", "Soul Food (That's a What I Like)", "Under the Table" | 127[4] | — |
| The Isley Brothers | In the Beginning[136]
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"Move Over and Let Me Dance", "Have You Ever Been Disappointed?", "Testify", "The Last Girl", and "Looking for a Love" | — | — | |
| 1972 | Little Richard | Friends from the Beginning – Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix[137]
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No Hendrix involvement; only his name and image appear on the album cover and the liner notes imply his participation | — | — |
| Lonnie Youngblood | Rare Hendrix[138]
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"Go Go Shoes" & "Go Go Place" | 82[4] | — | |
| 2015 | Curtis Knight & the Squires | You Can't Use My Name: The RSVP/PPX Sessions[139] | all tracks | — | — |
| 2017 | Curtis Knight | Live at George's Club 20 1965 & 1966[140]
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| 2020 | Curtis Knight & the Squires | No Business: The PPX Sessions Volume 2[141]
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Singles as sideman
| Year | Artist | Title | Peak chart positions | Posthumous Hendrix album | |
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| 1970 | Love | "Everlasting First" / not on B-side[142]
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— | — | West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology |
| Curtis Knight & the Squires | "Ballad of Jimi" / "Gloomy Monday"[143]
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| 1971 | The Squires | "No Such Animal Part 1" / "No Such Animal Part 2"[144]
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| 1984 | Lightnin' Rod | "Doriella Du Fontaine" / "Doriella Du Fontaine (instrumental)"[132]
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