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Jimi Hendrix: David Stubbs and Mark Pringle: Hendrix's Ladyland at 50 (2018)

Interview by Mark Pringle, David Stubbs, Rock's Backpages Audio, 28 September 2018

The greatest rock album ever made? David Stubbs and Mark Pringle believe so and tell you why, track-by-track. Plus a conversation about Jimi's post-Ladyland career and a spot of idle speculation about what he might have done had he lived.

File format: mp3; file size: 88.3mb, interview length: 1h 31' 58" sound quality: *****

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