Quite similar to release: Electric Ladyland which has the same labels, but a sleeve printed by the E. J. Day Group. Electric Ladyland which has a similar sleeve, but different labels.
Discs designed for continual play on auto-changer phonographs: Disc 1: A/D sides Disc 2: B/C sides
Artist name appears above album title on labels. Matrix number not on label. Catalog number appears above side number, to right of spindle hole. Small Warner logo below 3 o’clock in rim text. The word “stereo” does not appear on this label.
Release is Auto-Coupled - sides are organized for use with an auto-changing player. Record 1: Sides A and D Record 2: Sides B and C
Label Side C & D are embossed with E A S T in clockwise around the center hole. Runout area of Side A & B are stamped with the Specialty Records Corporation symbol.
All compositions published by Bella Godiva Music with the exceptions of "Little Miss Strange", Joint Music; "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", Yameta Co., Ltd.; and "All Along the Watchtower", Dwarf Music. Recorded at The Record Plant, New York.
Reprise Records, a division of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, Inc. Made in U.S.A.
Cat # 2 RS 6307 appears on the label. Cat # 2RS 6307 appears on the spine and gatefold. Cat # 6307 appears on the front and rear covers, top-right and spine.
Title on spine: Electric Lady LandComes in a gatefold sleeve with commercial success star-medal "srebrna" printed at the front of the sleeveFirst press with gatefold sleeve with all white text and the print credit centered.
Cover spread has 'unwrapped/floating' gloss laminate applied, matt print areas left exposed at the two cut edges where the albums insert.
Hendrix portrait on right-hand side (Back cover behind it). Small sepia images of Redding & Mitchell on left (Front cover behind it).
Discs in poly-lined white paper punch-hole sleeves. "Patent no 800513 & 973939" "Made in England" (Without 108)
Produced in auto-coupled sequence Side A/D and B/C :
Disc 1: 613008 Side A; Category (613008 A) [inverted over 613008] Disc 1: 613008 Side D; Category (613008 B) [inverted over 613008] Disc 2: 613009 Side B; Category (613009 A) [inverted over 613009] Disc 2: 613009 Side C; Category (613008 B) [inverted over 613009]
Comparison of matrix number with The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland and The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland : defect in matrix stamping on this early issue, altered by hand. Number on side C is different as 613009 B has been added with hand and the machine stamped number is completly scratched except //1 See images.
Comparison layout with label of The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (Unfortunatly The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland doesn't show image label) : - Label A and D are similar - Label B and C are different. The text beginning with "ELECTRIC LADYLAND" is very close to the center. The text seems to have move up. SIDE B and side C are not printed below ST 33 but nearly on left side.
Titles: This UK issue has no suffix to "Come On", "The" is prefixed to "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" and "Cross Town" appears as two words.
Recorded: Initial tracks at Olympic Studios, London, January 1968. Completed at Record Plant Studios, Studio A, New York, June to August 1968. Performers, additional to the band, and technical credits added retrospectively. Taken from the authorized Hendrix family trust releases on the Experience Hendrix label.Comes in a gatefold sleeve.Gatefold sleeve. This version has A4 misprinted as "VOODOO CHILr" on the label. No info about the printer inside gatefold.
Auto-coupled: Record 1: Side A and D Record 2: Side B and C
Made in England ℗ 1968 Polydor Int GmbH (Hamburg) Original sound recording made by Polydor Int GmbH (Hamburg)
All songs published by Intersong Music Ltd except B3 published by United Artists Music/CBS Songs Ltd and D3 published by B. Feldman & Co Ltd/EMI Music
Title variations: Cover A2 - Electric Ladyland A3 - Crosstown Traffic A4 - Voodoo Chile B5 - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp C2 - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) D1 - Still Raining Still Dreaming Labels A2 - Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)? A3 - Cross-Town Traffic A4 - Voodoo Chilr B5 - The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp C2 - 1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be) D1 - Still Raining, Still Dreaming
(Inside gatefold, bottom line): POLYDOR MID-PRICE DOUBLE SPDLP 3 (Cassette icon) 3500112Subtitles: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese Track by track overview of the making of the album Electric Ladyland.