The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced (Track Record 612 001) made in UK 1967 original Mono 1st pressing LP | vinyl: VG++ (excellent) | cover: VG++ (excellent) Debut album for band, 1st UK issue (mono only). (Also the 1st album on Track Record label.) Matt black labels with silver print. Sleeve with laminated full-colour front cover, and unlaminated black & white half-tone back cover. Labels: ℗ 1967 | Made in Gt. Britain Sleeve: Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London, W.1. Patent Pending. First catalog number (612 001) on back cover, labels. Second catalog number (612.001) on spine. Runouts are stamped. The debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and the first album on the Track Record label, Are You Experienced was initially issued in mono and then 'enhanced stereo' on later issues. Recordings had already begun in late October 1966, with the band producing material that does not appear on this album, but was released as singles leading up to its release (A common marketing practice at that time); (Hey Joe/Stone Free [Polydor, Dec 66], Purple Haze/51st Anniversary [Track, Mar 67] & The Wind Cries Mary/Highway Chile [coinciding with album issue]. These tracks appear on later releases. The Sleeve & Tracks: The UK Track cover photography was by Bruce Flemming. This design was used in Australia, New Zealand & Japan by Polydor, all mono. Polydor releases in Europe had the words "Jimi Hendrix" placed above the title. This text was Green in Germany, Red in Italy & Yellow in Spain. These later issues were 'enhanced stereo', with tracks listed on the back. The Polydor issue in South Africa, conscious of apartheid at that time, is simply text on a red background. The Barclay Records issue (France) employed a French TV show image of Hendrix on the cover, with a question mark after the title & psychedelic graphics.