Mostly instrumental composition recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967
"Third Stone from the Sun"
Song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience
from the album Are You Experienced
Released
May 12, 1967 (1967-05-12) (UK)
August 23, 1967 (US)
Recorded
London, January & April 1967
Genre
Psychedelic rock
jazz rock
Length
6:30[1]
Label
Track (UK)
Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)
Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)
Chas Chandler
"Third Stone from the Sun" (or "3rd Stone from the Sun") is a mostly instrumental composition by American musician Jimi Hendrix. It incorporates several musical approaches, including jazz and psychedelic rock, with brief spoken passages. The title reflects Hendrix's interest in science fiction and is a reference to Earth in its position as the third planet away from the sun in the solar system.
Hendrix developed elements of the piece prior to forming his group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Experience recorded versions as early as December 1966, and, in 1967, it was included on their debut album Are You Experienced. Several artists have recorded renditions and others have adapted the guitar melody line for other songs.
^From Are You Experienced liner notes (original international Polydor edition)
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