<P> Kramer and Chas Chandler mixed the first version of "All Along the Watchtower" on January 26, but Hendrix was quickly dissatisfied with the result and went on re-recording and overdubbing guitar parts during June, July, and August at the Record Plant studio in New York . Engineer Tony Bongiovi has described Hendrix becoming increasingly dissatisfied as the song progressed, overdubbing more and more guitar parts, moving the master tape from a four - track to a twelve - track to a sixteen - track machine . Bongiovi recalled, "Recording these new ideas meant he would have to erase something . In the weeks prior to the mixing, we had already recorded a number of overdubs, wiping track after track . (Hendrix) kept saying,' I think I hear it a little bit differently ."' </P> <P> The completed version was released as a single in the US on September 21, 1968, almost a month prior to the album release on Electric Ladyland in October . The single reached number five in the British charts, becoming the first UK stereo - only single to do so, and number 20 on the Billboard chart, Hendrix's highest ranking American single . </P> <P> Dylan has described his reaction to hearing Hendrix's version: "It overwhelmed me, really . He had such talent, he could find things inside a song and vigorously develop them . He found things that other people wouldn't think of finding in there . He probably improved upon it by the spaces he was using . I took license with the song from his version, actually, and continue to do it to this day ." In the booklet accompanying his Biograph album, Dylan said: "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way...Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way ." </P> <P> Hendrix's recording of the song appears at number 47 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and in 2000, British magazine Total Guitar named it top of the list of the greatest cover versions of all time . Hendrix's guitar solo is included at number five on Guitar World's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos . </P>

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