The Jimi Hendrix Experience complete ‘Purple Haze’ in London 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1967)


Video: 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival)'

(Wednesday, February 8, 1967) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience today finished recording “Purple Haze,” adding the final vocal/guitar overdubs at Olympic Studios in London, for release on Mar. 17, 1967.

The track appears at number 17 on Rolling Stone magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list.