I never heard that about Satch and Malmsteen, myself was not long after or just before I forget, 1970 at any rate. I remember being temporarilly totaled.
the long list is why I wanted to see what others thought they were and possibly in a personal perspective of most important on down the line. I have my own ideas but the order of relevance or preferance has changed over the years and the correct words excape me. Possible quoting his own words a bit might best describe
excuse me while I kiss the sky
music... sweet music... I wish I could caress... with a kiss
stand up next to the mountain, chop it down with the edge of my hand
there probably many others, damn good lyricist actually
if your not into Hendrix or dont entirely get what his thing was all about, you probably need a best of, from a guitar players or song writers perspective. Select songs kick ass one way or another, others are even hard for me to listen too... too many times. He did some really creative, possibly advanced 4 track recording work for those times as well, which can help the appreaciation factor.