The title, Jimi Hendrix appears in the onscreen credits and in most of the reviews, however, the film is referred to by the alternate title A Film About Jimi Hendrix in the 8 Nov 1973 Rolling Stone review and on the DVD box cover. Producer Joe Boyd explained in the Rolling Stone review that Jimi Hendrix was produced in a “three-way democratic system” by himself, John Head and Gary Weis. Their onscreen credits read: “Assembled by Joe Boyd, producer; John Head, research; Gary Weis, visuals.” Credits include the address of the Hendrix Information Centre, Waverstreet 83 Amsterdam, Holland; acknowledgments to Jim Marshall, Roz Kelly, Baron Wolman, Ellen Bailey, Willis Hogans, Jr., Ed Chalpin and Al Hendrix for still photographs; and to Pacific Title/Cineservice, Inc. for a 35mm film blowup. The fifty people who were interviewed are thanked in the end credits and modern sources reveal that the interviewee listed in onscreen as “H” was Harold Parker.
       The credits also disclose that the sources for the performance footage were: The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 1967; Beat Club, taped in London, March 1967; The Woodstock Festival, August 1969; Fillmore East, December 31, 1969; Berkeley, May 30, 1970 and The Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970. Acknowledgments for Dick Cavett Show footage is given to Daphne Productions and ABC-TV. The song listed as “Rock Me” in the credits is referred to by modern sources and on the soundtrack album as “Rock Me, Baby.”
       The production materials reveal that the genesis of the project was a short film called “Experience,” which Boyd helped to distribute. When he became director of musical services at Warner Bros., he grew interested in producing a full-length film about Hendrix. Twenty interviews are included in the film. According to production materials, notably missing are Hendrix’s original English manager, Chas Chandler, who was not available; Hendrix’ last manager, Michael Jeffery, who kept postponing his interview; and Hendrix’s bassist, Noel Redding, who refused to be interviewed. The guests who shared the panel with Hendrix on The Dick Cavett Show were opera star Beverly Sills and two unidentified men.
       Each of the songs in the film are performed in their entirety, and production materials disclose that only two had appeared previously, in the feature films Monterey Pop (1969, see below) and Woodstock (1970, see below). A soundtrack album produced by Boyd and released on Reprise Records in Jul 1973 included all of the music in the film and highlights from the interviews. The 8 Nov 1973 Rolling Stone article reported that Warner Bros. was at first reluctant to produce the project because no rock film had been profitable since the release of Woodstock. However, Jimi Hendrix set a house record of $46,000 during its first two weeks of business when it opened at the UA Westwood theater in Los Angeles.