Is Hendrix sex tape the real experience?

A fortnight ago the First Post reported that a sex film of Marilyn Monroe had been sold to a private collector in the US for $1.5m. Now footage of the carnal adventures of another dead legend - guitar hero Jimi Hendrix - have emerged. The film, which has been released as part of DVD documenting the latter part of Hendrix’s career - he died from a drug overdose in 1970 - is said to show Hendrix consorting with two brunettes in a dimly lit bedroom. The late rock star’s full face appears on screen for only a few seconds, with his eyes closed. In other portions there are flashes of his profile. But his hands, bedecked with rings, roam large on the screen at times. The DVD includes commentary from two women who met Hendrix, Pamela Des Barres, the author of I’m With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, and Cynthia Albritton, better known as “Cynthia Plaster Caster”. Albritton is known for doing plaster casts of the genitals of rock stars, including Hendrix in 1968. She insists it’s genuine. “I’m 100 per cent sure it’s him,” said Albritton of the film. “The facial bone structure is the same. The eyebrows and the moustache are true to the style he was wearing in 1970.” But despite this endorsement, Hendrix aficionados remain sceptical - and so they should. They point out company who made the DVD, Vivid Entertainment, also released the infamous tapes of Pamela Anderson and her former husband Tommy Lee. Also, Kathy Etchingham, one of Hendrix’s steady girlfriends during the Sixties, said via email after viewing still photos from the film: “It is not him. His face is too broad and nose and nostrils too wide for Jimi. Also the hair is too low on the forehead.” Vivid, however, claim they have been exhaustive in authenticating the film, which is called Jimi Hendrix: the Sex Tape. “I believe that we did our due diligence, and as a result of that clearly believe that it’s him,” said Steven Hirsch, Vivid’s co-chairman. “If they said that it wasn’t him, I would never have put it out.” According to Hirsch, the film surfaced when a collector discovered a tin labelled 'Black Man' in a box of rock memorabilia bought at an unidentified auction in London. Upon recognizing Hendrix, the collector eventually sold it to Vivid.