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Burning of the Midnight Lamp

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Artist Essentials

The Jimi Hendrix Experience / RECOMMENDED SELECTION 22

First released: 1967 (year verified)

Original mono single recording

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First released: 1967 (year verified)

Year of the selected original commercial recording; later remasters and compilation dates do not determine first release.

Recording: Original mono single recording
Credit: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Role in this collection: Credited group recording

Original single: Burning of the Midnight Lamp / The Stars That Play with Laughing Sams Dice

Jimi Hendrix Record Guide - original singles
Specialist discography distinguishes the 1966 debut single, 1967 Purple Haze and Wind Cries Mary singles, and the 1967 Burning of the Midnight Lamp single from later album issues. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

About The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the trio formed in London around guitarist and singer Jimi Hendrix, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. With Chas Chandler involved in its early development, the group released Hey Joe and the albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland. Hendrix's later Band of Gypsys and Woodstock ensembles are separate lineups.

Artist background sources

Experience Hendrix - official Jimi Hendrix biography
Read artist or institutional historical text supporting the exact ensemble and recorded career; later solo or differently named groups are not merged. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

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