Jimi Hendrix and the Making of Are You Experienced (The Vinyl Frontier)

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Summary: Poorly written, though amusing timewaster
Review: While one would think the author of a book about the classic Hendrix album "Are you Experienced" would love most of Hendrix's music and be a big fan, maybe that's not true in this case. Egan bashes at least three songs on the album, and later concludes the book with "As stated in the introduction, Are You Experienced is clearly one of the greatest albums of all time." The fact that he doesn't even like a good chunk of the album but then classifies it so highly makes it seem like he's writing an essay at school on something he doesn't care about. Of course any big Hendrix fan will have a few songs he/she doesn't care for too much, but the author contradicts himself in such a strange way that he doesn't seem to like much of Hendrix's music at all.
Anyway, as for the rest of the book, it's just your average information. There's a lot of focus on recording equipment and techniques, which can be quite boring at times, but overall, it's an insightful read, excluding the opinionated part. However, there's really nothing in this book that you couldn't find in another, better one. Buy this if it's at a flea market for $2. If not, find something more worthwhile.