Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Experience, an iOS app developed by Universal Mind, is bringing the album experience back to music …maybe even in a bigger and better way than albums ever did.

If you’re an iOS user interested in checking out an app that can show off some of the new features packed in to iOS 5 (and really, why wouldn’t you be?), the folks at Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Universal Mind may have just the thing for you.

There’s no rocker quite like Jimi Hendrix, and there’s no app quite like Jimi Hendrix: The Complete Experience.

Sony Music, Experience Hendrix and Universal Mind have teamed up for an iOS Jimi Hendrix app. The free download offers text, photos and videos, as well as an interactive map showing key places in his life. And music? If you own songs already, they can be played in full. Otherwise it’s iTunes samples and buy links.

Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC noted, “We continue to celebrate Jimi Hendrix, his music, life and legacy. This app is nothing short of a revolutionary development in ‘Jimi Land’.”

The times they are ‘a changin’, but that doesn’t mean rock icons are being left in the dust. While newer acts and digital innovators like Bjork are surging ahead in the app game, it seems some legends are catching up — or at least their labels are.

Today, the folks behind Jimi’s brand have released The Complete Digital Jimi Hendrix Experience for the iPhone and iPad. The purple hazed app feels like you’re flipping through the pages of an album jacket.

FierceDeveloper spoke to Universal Mind’s VP of Biz Dev, Tim Wandell, about building the Hendrix app, collaborating with Sony Legacy and Experience Hendrix and the art of storytelling.

Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix LLC today announced its Jimi Hendrix – The Complete Experience App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the App Store. The app, developed by Universal Mind, comes just in time to commemorate the iconic artist’s birthday on November 27th.