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The fact that even these capable speakers, specially reinforced by the manufacturers, occasionally blew during parties and had to be taken for repair shows how high the volume would get! Because Hendrix liked to listen to records very loud, he had to stick a coin with sellotape onto the turntable arm… Otherwise it would jump up and down the louder it got. This was a very expensive and powerful set-up for the time. We also know that Jimi would listen to this on top-notch equipment: a Bang & Olufsen turntable connected to a Leak-70 amplifier and two 30-Watt Lowther speakers.

The records on show gives a unique insight into the tastes and influences of one of the greatest guitarists of all time and they cover blues, jazz, folk, rock, psychedelia and even a handful of classical LPs.

Part of the exhibition of Jimi Hendrix’s former home here at 23 Brook Street is a display dedicated to his extensive record collection.īy January 1969, Jimi and his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham had around 100 LPs in their flat in Mayfair, but interestingly very few singles, as Jimi disliked their sound which was usually compressed for radio play. Even his favourite albums are covered in marks and fingerprints, showing that he saw his LPs as the means of delivering music, not a collection of precious artefacts. Jimi Hendrix was an impulsive record buyer.