JIMI'S LAYOUT SUGGESTIONS
FOR ELECTRIC LADYLAND


Before the release of Electric Ladyland, Jimi wrote this letter to the record company, telling about how he wanted the cover to look. His instructions were not followed, in USA a totally different layout and different pictures was used, and in Britain, the scandalous nude cover was launched.

Dear Sirs.
Here are the pictures we would like for you to use anywhere on the LP cover.
Preferably inside and back. Without the white frames around some of the B/W ones. And with most of them next (aside) to each other in different sizes and mixing the color prints at different points. For instance:
Please use color picture with us and the kids on the statue for front or back cover - (outside cover) and the other back or front side, (outside cover) please use three good pictures of us. In B/W or color.
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We would like to make an apologize for takeing so very long long to send this but we have been working very hard indeed doing shows and recording.
(...)
Please, if you can, find a nice place and lettering for the few words I wrote named "Letter to the room full of mirrors" on the L.P. cover. [wich was not done]
The scetch on the other page is a rough idea of course ... but please use the pictures and the words - any other drastic change from these directions would not be appropriate according to the music and our group's present stage - and the music is most important. And we have enough personal problems without haveing to worry about this simple yet effective layout. Thank you.
Jimi Hendrix.


The picture of the group and the kids on 
the fountain, wich 
was supposed to be the cover: 

(The words named "Letter to the room full of mirrors" can be found inside the 1997 re-release of Electric Ladyland.)
 
 
 
 


The inside jacket layout that was used (in USA):
This picture is coming.

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