JIMI HENDRIX AXIS BOLD AS LOVE LP UK ORIG RARE PSYCH

	£		227
	$		301

Item :

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ~ AXIS : BOLD AS LOVE LP

Original 1967 U.K. first issue stereo pressing released on the Track label 613 003. 

Description :

Super rare and very hard to find psych classic.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience's second 1967 album, Axis: Bold as Love was his first recording made with a view to a stereo release and was where he first experimented with this format, using much panning and other stereo effects. It continued the style established by Are You Experienced. The opening track, "EXP", featured a stereo effect in which a sound emanating from Hendrix's guitar appeared to revolve around the listener, fading out into the distance from the right channel, then returning in on the left. This album marked the first time Hendrix recorded the whole album with his guitar tuned down one half-step, to E?, which he used exclusively thereafter and was his first to feature the wah-wah pedal A mishap almost delayed the album's pre-Christmas release: Hendrix lost the master tape of side one of the LP, leaving it in the back seat of a London taxi. With the release deadline looming, Hendrix, Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer had to remix most of side one in an overnight session, but they couldn't match the lost mix of "If 6 was 9". They soon learned that bassist Noel Redding had a tape recording of this mix. The tape had to be smoothed out as it had gotten wrinkled. Hendrix was disappointed that the album had to be finished so quickly and felt it could have been better, given more time. He was also somewhat disappointed in the album cover art work, which depicts Hendrix and his Experience bandmates as the various forms of Vishnu, incorporating a painting of them by Roger Law (from a photo-portrait by Karl Ferris). Hendrix remarked that it would have been more appropriate if the cover had highlighted his American Indian heritage.

The album was released in the UK near the end of their first headlining tour there, after which the pace slowed briefly during the Christmas holidays. In January 1968 the group went to Sweden for a short tour, and after the first show Hendrix, reportedly after drinking and according to Hendrix his drink being spiked, went berserk and smashed up his hotel room in a rage, injuring his hand and culminating in his arrest. Then on the 6th in Denmark his famous hat was stolen. The rest of the tour was uneventful, though Hendrix had to spend some time in Sweden waiting for his trial and eventual large fine.

Condition ~ Vinyl :

The vinyl is in gorgeous unbelievably pristine NEAR MINT condition and plays superbly throughout.

Quite simply you will never see a better copy of the vinyl.

Looks as though it's hardly ever been played !!!

Absolutely stunning !!!

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The stunning laminated Ernest J. Day gatefold sleeve is in VG+ shape with light wear. In addition the top and bottom inch of the spine are pretty worn but fine in between. There is also a small patch on the rear of the sleeve at the bottom (see last picture) where the top layer of the laminate has been ripped off.    

The inside of the gatefold sleeve is perfectly clean and has the laminated flip-backs which are perfectly intact.

Condition ~ Labels :

Both labels have a dark matt finish exclusive to the very first pressings and are super clean showing no visible spindle wear.

Condition Insert :

Comes complete with the original orange gatefold lyric inner which is in great shape with no splits, tears or writing. Just light creasing. 

Matrix numbers :

Side one : 613 003 A1

Side two : 613 003 B1

Miscellaneous :

Low starting price and no reserve so get bidding !!!

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