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Record Store Day 2018 To Include The Jimi Hendrix Experience: ‘Burning Of The Midnight Lamp’

| October 11, 2018 Oct
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Legacy Recordings, Sony Music’s catalog division, today announces a winning assortment of vinyl releases for Record Store Day, to be held “Black Friday” November 23, 2018.

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores in the U.S.

Jimi Hendrix Pre-Experience 7″ Vinyl Single Available October 26

| October 3, 2018 Oct
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Pre-order the new Pre-Experience era 7″ vinyl single featuring Jayne Mansfield’s “Suey” and the previously unreleased Ricky Mason single, “I Need You Every Day.” Both songs, recorded in 1966, feature Jimi Hendrix on guitar while he served as a session guitarist for PPX Enterprises.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Electric Ladyland’ Deluxe Edition 50th Anniversary Box Set Out November 9th

| September 13, 2018 Sep
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Includes new 5.1 surround sound mix by Eddie Kramer, 24 bit/96 kz high resolution stereo audio, expanded documentary on the making of the landmark record + previously unreleased demos and alternate takes, unreleased live album plus book containing handwritten lyrics/unseen photos 

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Jimi Hendrix Experience masterpiece Electric Ladyland, Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.

Effort To Rename Washington Post Office After Jimi Hendrix

| August 24, 2018 Aug
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All eight Washington representatives in Congress are supporting legislation to rename the Renton Highlands’ USPS post office in honor of Jimi Hendrix.

Rep. Adam Smith introduced a bill that proposes the post office at 4301 NE 4th Street in Renton be named “James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix Post Office Building.”