Eddie Kramer Recalls Jimi Hendrix 'Electric Ladyland' Sessions 

Thank God for Eddie Kramer...I think his work and friendship with Jimi produced some of the finest music ever recorded for Jimi !!

Jimi is a True Mythical Legendary Being

I don't think there was ever a better producer/musician combination in history. It's clear Jimi appreciated working with you and being your friend.

Happy 80th Hendrix, playing my CD copy of Electric Ladyland in your honour

Electric Lady Land - Every few months I have to binge listen to calm myself down & feel that everything in the world is awesome.

Props to Eddie Kramer and thank you for helping capture Jimi's magic on tape

Jimi was a once in 500 year talent. He will be around as long as Bach.

I was 15 when Jimi died and he was by far my biggest influence. Still, after all these years, the recording of "Hear My Train A-comin'" from Berkeley is the consummate Hendrix performance! Never paralleled!

Eddie Kramer couldnt have been a better man to be there to take over being Jimis sound guy. Jimi was blessed with Chandler, and then Kramer. And here he is , solid , genuine, God bless him

Jimi Hendrix "played bass on All Along The Watchtower". I never knew that. Noel Redding was drunk at a pub. Jimi's bass playing was flawless in the song. Amazing!

Man Eddie Kramer has worked with the best Hendrix, Zeppelin, Kiss, Frampton, just to name a few ✌️✌️🤟🤟👍👍👏👏

Love listening to Eddie Kramer. His memory is so vivid.

Electric ladyland is the absolute pinnacle of humanity captured onto tape And it’s also the main reason why the 60s was the most important time for recorded music There are many amazing records that have been made throughout history but electric ladyland is the absolute cream of the crop I don’t believe their is such a thing as the best of all time with the exception of this album

Eddie's such a likable guy, such a vivid and relaxed mind

I was fortunate enough to tour the Electric Lady studio just after John Kennedy Jr. died in his plane crash. The artwork that graces the walls in that place is pure Jimi- like the album artwork of Axis and Ladyland. No one was recording at the time and it was so cool to have access to the whole place. It was so easy to imagine being there on a night Jimi was recording with all the other musicians hanging out… .

My reason for being here is to sit in the middle of the shot while texting, drinking coffee and looking as bored as possible.

Good to hear Kramer and McDermott tell their stories as it was. These guys lived it and breathed it , can't get closer to the inner thoughts of Jimmy,

This interviewer has a room temperature IQ. He does not build and develop the interviewee's response, he just drops the ball and goes back to reading from his itemized list of pre-written questions. Reminds me of the Beatles interviews "what's your favorite color?"

I recall when you could actually listen to Electric Ladyland on RU-vid.

For years Jimmy had to be people's back up session player, then when he got a chance to take the lead he exploded with ideas. It makes total sense.

Electric lady land an Eddie Kramer masterpiece . Jimmy 's finest work absolutely love this album in nineteen seventy I was 8 years old when I heard this album my uncle was going to Vietnam and he took me for a ride in his Corvette to say goodbye to me and explained he might not come back but I remember this eight track he was playing the electric lady land while we were driving around and visiting some of his friends before he went of to fight in Vietnam thankfully he made it back alive and thanks for turning me on to good music 🎶

Stellar album. Top5. I tripped so many times to it.

I just love Eddies humble attitude, Nice

Good of them to give so much credit to Chas Chandler. He was an astute fellow.

The Best sound engineer of all time !!!!!!........thats all !!

Thank you Eddie and John, for your loving Hendrix support. Legends!

Look at Eddie's hands. He's still moving the knobs =) Reminds of an interview with stevie wonder where he talks about an artist who passed away. And while he's talking, he's playing the ground chords for the melody of his voice.

I was fortunate enough to hear both Eddie's and John's interviews on the syndicated Blues Deluxe radio show. Wish those were still available, somewhere!

Author Charles Cross wrote the most in Depth Book on Jimi Hendrix Titled "Room full of Mirrors." He Researched Family, Friends, Musicians, Guitar Players, Groups Hendrix played with, Record producers and Sound Engineers like Eddie Kramer. Jimi was particular about Guitar Set Ups having encountered Intonation problems from off the Rack Guitars. Jimi would Flip Right Handed Stratocasters Upside Down, Switch the Saddles on The Bridge so the 6th Saddle was on Top not Bottom, Remove the Right Handed Nut at the Headstock and put on a Left Handed Nut so The.Fat 6th String was on Top not Bottom. Jimi would also File the Now Top Part of the Frets that used to be the Bottom. He also had an Electronic Tech Modifying his off the Shelf Pedals and Servicing his Marshall Amps.

Great interview. Always fun hearing Eddies stories.

The ONLY Man who could capture John Bonham's True Sound. Bonzo redlined mic's with the way he layed into the drums, and using his noggin Eddie figured out perfectly how to record the beast! Thanks for that. 🇨🇦👊🏻👨🏻‍🏭✨💖

so much enthusiasm. Love to hear these guys relate their experiences.

"You got to tell the children the truth they don't need a whole lot of lies. Because one of these days, baby, they'll be running things. So when you give them love you better give it right" Jimi Hendrix Those who love spread truth. Those who hate spread lies. Those who hate and created a world swimming in a sea of lies murdered the body but they can’t kill the spirit of Jimi’s message and love that lives on within many forever. The haters who murder rock stars are the same haters who murder kings and presidents. It's an unnatural thing to be a Rock star and one of many illusions presented to the duped masses as “success”. Rock stars don't make themselves famous they are made famous quickly and unnaturally. And in return for being made famous they are under obligation, knowingly or unknowingly, to cooperate with those who made them famous. And those who made them famous believe that they have the right to make them even more famous by murdering them if they don't cooperate. True success is to see what they don’t want you to see and to learn what they don’t want you to know before you pass. The most truthful and forbidden documentary ever published has been taken down from theirtube countless times since its 2017 release: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch and share the full 10-part series at archive-dot-org while you still can!

Tantalising. I'd love to hear Dave Mason talking about Watchtower.

Great interview. Eddie doing John Lennons voice was spot on. lol

Eddie - "thats why jimi yelled at mitch..." Interviewer "Yeah....so..." and changes topic! Kramer is about to give you gold but you don't take any of the leads Eddie is throwing ya! Ask him more about that!

Met eddie and he is a great guy and loves to talk about the musicians he has worked with.

So happy these guys got together for this, thank you!! 🔥🙏🏻

Eddie is a hero 💯👌

Kiss the Sky was a Re Mix by Kramer, as well. " Stepping Stone" was a song you could hear the surround sound rotating mix. They were really experimenting with the sound spectrum and stereo field, worth a listen

Appreciate the time you guys all spent on this interview. Peace.

Great interview and the coolest stories! Glad it's on here! Thanks. I feel like I know Eddie Kramer.

Fascinating. Kramer is a goldmine of info.

THANK YOU - THIS IS EPIC !!!!

Really insightful about Jimi and those days of recording. I have never heard any of this and loved hearing more about Hendrix's style and approach - thank you!

I love Eddie....such an incredible resource to our species....🤘🏼❤️🔥

Interviewer super hyper. Guy in the background on life support. Blend them together and the energy in the room is just right.

This is great! I love jimi and haven't heard some of these stories

That surround style is what Id like to do myself. Been fascinated with the quadraphonic that never was since childhood.

Thanks for correcting where the album, Electric Ladyland was recorded in England.

No one worked as hard as Jimi

i loved this when i was a kid

Love to see randy Hansen the best jimi Hendrix tribute ever

Ladyland is the greatest album of that era! It’s jimis best!! One killer record! What an engineer! Good job

Eddie Kramer and John McDermott's books are amazing..i highly recommend all 4.

Good interview and smooth interactions between all 3. Nice....

I am surprised at some people complaints, This is excellent, great stories coming directly from the horse's mouths about the very great Jimi Hendrix, Just think about this 1 man Jimi changed the worlds for every in many ways ( yes with the help of others) There are not many people in this world who have not heard of Jimi and his music

This is a cool radio station, I don't live in America but I'm going to start listening more.

Eddie Kramer is a real authentic professional who loved Jimi Hendrix, and helped nurture and develop his talent and musical production. Then the icing, was when he influenced Jimi to build a then, ultra fine Recording Studio in preference to a Night Club. A night club would yield money hinged on season and crowd, but a recording plant accepts all kinds of music professionals or amateurs, and the fundamental is, if you hire the studio, you pay, so long as it is in business. Thanks for your forethought Eddie Kramer, you're a rare genius in your realm and parameters of operation!

Classic stuff!

Eddie made The Hendrix sound on vinyl with the panning , His sound made me wonder how in hell do they do that , until I seen him at a mixing board working his magic in the making of Electric Ladyland films.

Thank you #eddiekramer 👍👍

Great stuff

Amazing stories

11-9-19 I'm there Can't wait What a treat Finally the real deal 😁

AWESOME

i especially like the dude in blue checking out his mobile.....

I need to meet these guys

thank you!!

Eddie Kramer......what an era

Electric lLady Land in my opinion was the best album ever produced!

to be honest my fav jimi album is band of gipsys against all this recording details there was magic on that night the album was recorded

Legend

...rushing thru things ... I remember .... ok, good vid gave it all at the time💕

Excellent

kool interview and iv got to get that boxs set

Mitch Mitchel doesn’t get much credit as a drummer. Listen to “Voodoo Chile.” Pretty great stuff. Almost like something off a Coltrane record.

EXCELLENT ! :)

This is a true treasure...Thank You Very Much!...for posting this Great Stuff!

'the first thing you have to do is get several pairs of underwear' 💘

Really, really, really interesting

Guy in the blue shirt could not look more bored. He's probably a Kenny G fan or something.

My parents had every single animals record I listen to him while I loved Eric Burdon and the Animals and I Love Jimi Hendrix and I play guitar now and drums

I heard 2 track live takes of Hendrix in a studio that some engineer from New York had stuffed in a bag. you can imagine how many different engineers were in out of those studios who had taken things.

It's alleged that JImi's arrangement of All Along The Watchtower came from The Alan Bown's version. Jimi saw them it play at The Marquee Club in London.

I spent countless hours fucking up my life, being totally stoned out listening to 1983/Moon, Turn the Tides. This album is outrageously good. Absolutely the best Hendrix Album. I mean it has All Along The Watchtower on it. It has Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on it. C'mon Man, nothing like it.

Really excited to hear about the Allman Bros documentary. Would the footage of Duane include that from the Atlanta Pop festival? Still, anything containing Skydog would be awesome.

This should show the footage of the current Electric Lady Studio. Which top 10 hits have been recorded there, in the past 50 years (if any)?

So how old were these guys back then....Jimi was 25/26...incredible.

The father's of rock will never die.........💀

Looking forward to hearing this forthcoming Allman Bros. Anthology set from their early days.

Dude in the back looks like he's falling asleep LOL

Excellent News For Jimi Hendrix And Duane Allman

Good to know. It’s just that in the lists of top drummers, one seldom sees his name up there with Baker, Bonhom, etc.

Fantastic interview by someone who is a real fan - well done!

Jimi Hendrix was a sixties man. That was his three year career feels like ten years.

I can't imagine what Eddie went through when Jimi died 😟

With Cry Of Love, I think Hendrix had found his next gear. I wish we could have heard where he was going!

At 14:30 You can add Joe Cocker's version of the Beatles~Little Help From My Friends. Great interview~Thanks.

Eddie Kramer LEGEND.He was almost as responsible for Jimi's sound as Jimi himself.