the album almost did not sell, since hendrix lost the master tape of side one of the lp in the back of a taxi in london. hendrix, chas chandler and an engineer called eddie kramer had to re-mix the songs in one night. they could not get the song "if 6 was 9" right, but hendrix's bassist noel redding had a copy of it on tape. when the album was released, hendrix was disappointed that the album was finished so quickly and he thought it could have been done better.