JIMI HENDRIX Axis:Bold As Love 1967 1st Press + INSERT

	£		661
	$		876

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience called 'Axis:Bold As Love' and is an ORIGINAL 1967 EARLIEST POSSIBLE UK 1st Pressing with MEGA RARE INSERT!!!! THIS LP IS SIMPLY MASSIVELY RARE, IN STUNNING CONDITION AND INCREDIBLY SPECIAL!!!!  IN FACT THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST EVER JIMI HENDRIX LP I HAVE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE!!!!   IT HAS CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES TO ALL LATER LPS - AND HAS A FULL HISTORY BEHIND IT TOO!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN.  LAST WEEK I WAS CALLED TO SEE A DOMESTIC COLLECTION NEAR TO WHERE I LIVE.  THE PREVIOUS OWNER SAID HE WAS AN 'EX-REP' WHO WORKED IN NORTH LONDON IN THE MID TO LATE 1960S.  WHEN I EXAMINED HIS RATHER LARGE COLLECTION - IT BECAME CLEAR THAT MOST OF THE RECORDS WERE 'CLASSICAL' OR 'TRAD JAZZ' - WHICH WAS THE MUSIC HE PERSONALLY COLLECTED.  HOWEVER HE DID HAVE ONE OR TWO RECORDS THAT WERE VERY INTERESTING INDEED - AND THE BEST RECORD HE HAD BY FAR WAS THIS 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING OF AXIS BOLD AS LOVE!!!!  AFTER CHECKING THE RECORD OUT THROUGHLY - I WAS AMAZED BY THE FACT THAT THIS LP HAS SOME INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCES THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN BEFORE!!!!!  THE FIRST THING TO MENTION IS THAT THIS RECORD HAS A 'SAMPLE RECORD' STICKER ON ONE LABEL (WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT MOST 'REPS' COPIES OF THIS PERIOD WOULD HAVE HAD)!!!!  THIS STICKER IS VERY OBVIOUSLY 100% GENIUNE - BEING THE EXACT CORRECT TYPE OF 'SAMPLE' STICKER FOR THE TRACK LABEL - AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS STICKER HAS NEVER BEEN REMOVED OR TOUCHED SINCE THE DAY OF PRESSING!!!!  SECONDLY THIS LP HAS THE THICKEST VINYL I HAVE EVER FOUND ON THIS LP - ALMOST TWICE AS THICK AS ANY OTHER 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!  AND THIRDLY (AND MOST IMPORTANTLY) THIS LP HAS A 'RIDGED' LABEL - WITH A DISTINCTIVE RIDGE RUNNING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE LABEL!!!!  I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN ANOTHER 'RIDGED' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP BEFORE!!!!  NATURALLY I WAS VERY INTERESTED TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LP - AND ASKED THE PREVIOUS OWNER IF HE REMEMBERS THE DATE HE RECIEVED THIS LP.  WHILST OF COURSE HE COULDNT REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE (IT WAS 38 YEARS AGO AFTER ALL) - HE WAS VERY CERTAIN THAT EVERY LP HE RECIEVED WAS AT LEAST DAYS AND IN MANY CASES 'WEEKS' BEFORE RELEASE!!!!  AND CERTAINLY I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN ANOTHER 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP LIKE IT - WITH THESE INCREDIBLY RARE 'RIDGED' TRACK LABELS AND ULTRA THICK VINYL!!!!  WHAT IS MOST LIKELY IN MY OPINON IS THAT A VERY FEW OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS COPIES WERE 'PRESSED UP' BEFORE RELEASE ON EXTRA THICK VINYL - ESPECIALLY FOR 'REPS' TO TAKE THEM AROUND THE SHOPS BEFORE RELEASE DATE.  ANOTHER THING THAT DATES THIS LP AS THE 'EARLIEST' POSSIBLE - IS THAT THE TRACK LABELS ARE VERY 'MATT' LOOKING AND HAVE A BLACK 'GLITTERY' (ALMOST METALLIC) EFFECT UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT - WHICH IS SOMETHING ONLY EVER FOUND ON THE VERY EARLIEST TRACK LPS!!!! 

OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS IMPORTANT HISTORY TO THIS LP, THE THICKEST PRESSSING I HAVE EVER SEEN, A/1 B/1 MATRIXES, THE EARLIEST TYPE OF MATT TRACK LABELS, THE 'FACTORY SAMPLE' STICKER AND THE DISTINCTIVE 'RIDGED' LABELS - CLEARLY SHOWS THAT WITHOUT DOUBT THAT THIS IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP - AND MUST HAVE BEEN PRESSED IN ABSOLUTELY 'TINY' AMOUNTS (BEFORE MOST 1ST PRESSINGS ON THE MORE COMMON 'FLAT' TRACK LABELS)!!!!  CERTAINLY IT IS THE ONLY EVER UK 1ST PRESSING I HAVE EVER SEEN OF THIS LP - WITH THIS MEGA RARE DISTINCTIVE 'RIDGED' LABEL!!!!  ALSO OF INTEREST IS THE ORIGINAL 'POLY LINED' INNER SLEEVE - WHICH IS THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE WITH 'BRITISH PATENT NO.' & 'MADE IN ENGLAND' TEXT - WHICH OF COURSE CAME WAY BEFORE THE 'PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS' INNER SLEEVES WHICH CAME LATER.  ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE IS THAT AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN (OR HEARD OF) A 'DEMO' PRESSING OF THIS LP - IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THIS LP IS THE EQUALIVENT OF A 'DEMO' OF THIS LP AND IS EASILY THE RAREST POSSIBLE JIMI HENDRIX LP I HAVE EVER FOUND!!!! 

NOT ONLY THIS - BUT THIS LP IS IN STUNNING CONDITION - AND HAS AMAZINGLY ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE (AT THE VERY MOST)!!!!  THE LABELS ON THIS LP ARE EASILY THE 'FRESHEST' AND 'NEWEST' LOOKING LABELS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS LP!!!!  AND THIS LP ALSO COMES 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL MEGA RARE INSERT, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE AND STUNNING CONDITIONED GATEFOLD FLIPBACK 'E.J.DAY' LAMINATED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE IN THIS CONDITION!!!!!   AND LASTLY (AND VERY IMPORTANTLY) IS THAT THIS LP IS IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  STEREO 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP ARE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE (MILES RARER THAN THE MORE COMMON MONOS)!!!!  IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON SERIOUSLY THICK VINYL!!!!  MOST STEREO PRESSINGS OF THIS LP WERE PRESSED IN 1969/70 (STILL ON THE TRACK LABEL) AFTER THE MONOS HAD FINISHED - BUT THESE WERE ON MUCH THINNER VINYL - AND IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A GENIUNE 1967 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST STEREO PRESSING ON MEGA THICK VINYL!!!!  THIS IS THE 1967 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST STEREO PRESSING WITH ITS MEGA RARE 1ST PRESS 'GLOSSY' GATEFOLD INSERT, 1ST PRESS LAMINATED FLIPBACK GATEFOLD 'E.J.DAY' SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'RIDGED' TRACK LABELS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, A/1 B/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSED TRACK RECORD ON MEGA THICK VINYL!!!!  THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST JIMI HENDRIX LP I HAVE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE - AND THIS LP HAS TO BE VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE LIKE THIS (AND MAY EVEN BE UNIQUE)!!!!  IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO OWN THIS AMAZINGLY RARE UK 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' RIDGED 1ST PRESSING - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

This is the MUCH rarer Stereo Track UK 'earliest' 1st pressing from 1967 and is in STUNNING condition!!!! The record is pressed on very THICK quality vinyl (the thickest pressing of this LP I have EVER seen). The Cat. No is 613 003 on the 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Ridged' Track labels (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st pressing!!!! All the tracks are pure quality Jimi Hendrix Experience at their best!!!! Any fan of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and AMAZINGLY only 1 MEGA faint spindle mark!!!! THESE LABELS ARE THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS ONLY EVER BEEN PLAYED ONCE OR TWICE AT THE VERY MOST!!!!  The vinyl is in STUNNING condition!!!!!  Most of these 60s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, 2 MEGA light & NON sounding TINY scufflines (only visible under EXTREME light) and only a few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS EVERY BIT OF ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK!!!! It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO nasty loud pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, NO hiss and only the VERY slightest touch of VERY occassional crackle in a VERY few places (barely ANY) - and even this I think would easily completely disappear after a few plays (you have to remember that this LP has only EVER been played once in 38 years)!!!! And even most of the gaps are 100% silent!!!!  There is NO groovewear and NO distortion either - just CRYSTAL CLEAR sound!!!! IT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND A 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP THAT PLAYS THIS WELL!!!!  This is a STUNNING record and VERY hard to find like this!!!!  And it really does look SUPERB with an AWESOME shine!!!!  The record must STRICTLY grade Excellent (Minus) if not better!!!! Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 'Earliest' 1st Press inner sleeve which is in STUNNING condition with only VERY slight yellowing and the poly lining still FULLY intact!!!!

The ALL IMPORTANT Mega Rare INSERT (see picture) is in STUNNING condition!!!! This is a guaranteed GENIUNE 1st Press insert with a glossy look and is in STUNNING condition with NO splits, NO rips, NO creases, NO edge wear, NO rubbing, NO pin holes, NO folds, NO tape marks (this insert has clearly NEVER been put up on a wall), NO staining, NO writing and only some typical VERY slight 'ruffling'!!!! THIS INSERT IS IN STUNNING CONDITION AND EXTREMELY RARE LIKE THIS!!!!

The E.J.Day 1st Press Gatefold FLIPBACK Cover is in STUNNING condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking), one laminate indentation (hard to notice and NOT through the colour), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are perfectly straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the unlaminated inside is in STUNNING condition with NO wear, NO Grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO writing, and NO yellowing!!!!  The cover must STRICTLY grade Excellent (Minus) if not better - and is EXTREMELY hard to find like this!!!! THIS IS A SIMPLY A MASSIVELY RARE LP AND VERY VERY HARD TO FIND WITH ITS MEGA RARE INSERT!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT - BUT THIS IS EASILY THE RAREST POSSIBLE (AND 'EARLIEST') 1ST PRESS JIMI HENDRIX ALBUM I HAVE EVER FOUND AND IT WILL SURELY BE A VERY VERY LONG TIME (IF EVER) BEFORE YOU GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO OWN THIS AMAZINGLY RARE UK 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' RIDGED 1ST PRESSING - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1967 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "AXIS:BOLD AS LOVE" (WITH INSERT) BY JIMI HENDRIX IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to have a look at all my other auctions including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, IMOs, Cash, Cheques, and Post Orders accepted. Overseas MUST use either Cash, IMOs or Paypal. Thanks for looking . Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: