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Title: Jimi Hendrix : Electric Gypsy
by Harry Shapiro, Caesar Glebbeek
ISBN: 0-312-13062-7
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date: 15 August, 1995
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $22.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Jimi Fans Rejoice!
Comment: An exhaustive biography, lacking in lurrid details, but filled instead with the story of Jimi's life, and how his life affected his music.

It seems to me that this author decided that, since most people are interested in Jimi Hendrix for his music, then took that to be the perspective from which this book is written.

The narrative is good, and the pictures are very nice.

However, the most amazing part of this book is the appendices, which take up a full third of the book. They cover all the equipment that Jimi used, and a tremendous list of releases both official and otherwise. The amount of information included in this book is amazing, although some of it is now a bit dated.

Hightly recommended for Jimi fans and guitar equipment wonks of all kinds.

Rating: 5
Summary: A must have handbook for the Jim Hendrix fanatic. GET IT!
Comment: Considering that this book was co-written by the man who runs the Hendrix Information Centre, Ceasar Glebbeek, it is a guarantee that this book will be as informative as possible. This bible of Jimi Hendrix has a complete discography which I and many fans alike refer to on a daily basis. Daily accounts of his life, gutar guide equipment guide, you name it this book has it. To put it bluntly this has everything you need from a wonderfully objective viewpoint that tells the story how it should be told.

Rating: 4
Summary: A good rock bio...this is rare!
Comment: Probably the only book you'll ever need on one of the century's most important rock artists. That does count for something. This mind-boggling exhaustive treatment runs through 500 pages of text, and then dives into a 200-page appendix that details Hendrix's vast recorded output. The writing style is plain and unpretentious and gives you the straight facts on his career. The only downside is that the appendix is poorly organized and unindexed, making it difficult to find anything. Also, there could have been more analysis and discussion on Hendrix's contributions as a composer.

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