Emva kwamashumi eminyaka yokumangalelana phakathi kwetywina le uJimmy Hendrix, Amava e-Hendrix LLC (ephethwe yintsapho yegitare) kunye ne-Sony Music's Legacy Recordings, zombini iinkampani zafikelela kwisivumelwano sokupapasha ukurekhodwa okungavumelekanga kwe-guitarist. Phantsi kwesi sivumelwano, kuye kwafunyaniswa ukuba kule minyaka mithathu izayo le mathiriyeli ingakhutshwayo iza kunikezelwa ngohlelo olutsha, imixube kunye nobuchule obuya kujongana no-Eddie Kramer, igqala lomvelisi elisebenze noHendrix ixesha elide.
Inkampani ephethe ilifa likaHendrix ekugqibeleni inamalungelo estudiyo ezingama-88 kunye nokurekhodwa okubukhoma okwenziwe ngumbethi phakathi kuka-1965 no-1967, xa wayeyinxalenye yeqela leR&B. UCurtis Knight kunye ne-Squires.
Iinkosi eziya kuveliswa kwakhona zibonise izinto ezingazange zikhutshwe, ezifana nokurekhodwa ngqo eHackensack (eNew Jersey, eMelika) ngoDisemba 1965, kunye nezinye iiseshini ezenziwa nguCurtis Knight kunye ne-Squires kunye noHendrix ngo-1966 emva kokuqala Amava kaJimi Hendrix, 'Ngaba Unamava'. Ngaphambi kokufumana udumo lwehlabathi, i-guitarist edumileyo yadlala kunye namanani abalulekileyo exesha afana ne-Isley Brothers, uRichard omncinci kunye noCurtis Knight njengemvumi yeseshini.