Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience (pictured). Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. Featuring Jimi Hendrix's songwriting and electric guitar playing, the album established a new direction in psychedelic and hard rock music. Are You Experienced and its preceding singles were recorded between late October 1966 and early April 1967. Released in the UK in May, the album spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. The US release, issued in August, contained some of Hendrix's best-known songs, including the Experience's first three singles: "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe", and "The Wind Cries Mary". Both the US and UK versions included "Foxy Lady". In 2005, Rolling Stone ranked Are You Experienced 15th on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Experienced

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1835:

James Pratt and John Smith became the last people executed in England for sodomy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pratt_and_John_Smith

1856:

King-Grand Duke William III unilaterally revised the constitution of Luxembourg, greatly expanding his powers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Coup_of_1856

1940:

The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations, including that of former Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga

2001:

The Hubble Space Telescope detected sodium in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b (artist's impression pictured), the first planetary atmosphere outside our solar system to be measured. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_209458_b

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

mirative: 1. (uncountable, grammar) A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information. 2. (countable, grammar) (An instance of) a form of a word which conveys this mood. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mirative

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds... Cause there are so many sleeping people.   --Jimi Hendrix https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix