MINTY 1967 ORIG JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE AXIS BOLD AS LOVE 1968 Hard Psych LP

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169

                 1967 ORIGINAL PRESSING

     The fabulous JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE

SCARCE "3-COLOR STEAMBOAT" REPRISE COLLECTIBLE

Jimi Hendrix Experience

>>AXIS  BOLD  AS  LOVE<<

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1. USA - 3 COLOR REPRISE STEAMBOAT 6281

1. Final Collection Copy
   
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3. VERY RARE these days when coming across  a TOP COPY in minty clean condition... still around and waiting for a private collection to fit into.

4. Don't have to mention super clean copies like this seldom come around ...if you have been looking for a prime copy of this legendary album, you may have located your next prize !

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   Original 1967 release on the sought tri-colored or steamboat Reprise Records label housed in colorful gatefold cover ~ this copy being very striking as it remains in "top shelf" condition, details below song titles. This is an iconic artifact by the Jimi Hendrix Experience released in December of 1967

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7. AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE was the follow-up to ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?, and represented a much more conscious use of the recording studio's possibilities.

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9. Axis: Bold As Love is striking for its coherence and the wonderful balance of the songs. After we have digested the shock of the ultra cheesy Second-hand-India-hippie-store-sleeve, and finally came to the conclusion that sixties artwork cannot get any cooler, the high-spirited joke of “EXP” fanfares the advent of strongest psychedelia, even in the rocking Jimi Hendrix Experience. The easy-going swagger of “Up from the skies” only confirms that there’s a wider array of styles waiting for the listener.
   Apart from Jimi’s almost subdued guitar jobs, especially the drums are fabulous on this album.   
   
   Axis: Bold As Love is really dripping with spaced-out wah-wahs, blurry echoes and psychedelic colour-bubbles; all to its advantage! Whereas Are you Experienced crashed through the gates, Axis: Bold as Love allows for a more laid back approach, featuring most of Hendrix’s loveliest ballads (the canonical “Little Wing” and “One Rainy Wish”). At the same time, of course the issues of the day: freaks vs. conservatives is engraved forever in the stoned acid-rocker “If 6 Was 9”. To loosen up, however, the blues-rock and some manic stompers have not been left outside. The throbbing “You Got Me Floatin’” certainly is the most fun-moment of this ‘mellow’ album and ranks as Hendrix’s most overlooked ‘lesser contribution’. Yet, even when it gets heavier, an underlying funkiness and the skill for great sixties grooves always remains.
   
   The majority of tracks in general moves inside a rather concise pop-paradigm, with catchy hooks, a pleasant groove and sensible running time. “Wait till tomorrow” might be the group’s best catchy-tune in this respect.

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    Axis: Bold As Love is not absolutely flawless, but perfectly solid throughout It remains Jimi’s most intriguing collection of songs and his best-working album. An album that is clearly ahead of its time, even seemingly straight-forward songs feature excellent effects and arrangements to make them little gems.

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    Finally, a huge rainbow shoots out of Jimi’s guitar in the ultimate psychedelic-rock solo of the title track > Axis: Bold As Love (changing the musical key, by the way). Embrace each other, make love, wave your freak-flags, / play on drummer…/
    
    Highlights: EXP, Up From The Skies, You Got Me Floatin’, Wait Until Tomorrow,
    

12. If 6 Was 9
    

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1. Up From The Skies

2. Spanish Castle Magic

3. Wait Until Tomorrow

4. Ain't No Feeling

5. Little Wing

6. If Six Was Nine

7. You've Got Me Floating

8. Castles Made Of Sand

9. She's So Fine

10. One Rainy Wish

11. Little Miss Lover

12. Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix Experience

>>AXIS  BOLD  AS  LOVE<<