This 1997 reissue of AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE is a newly remastered version that restores the original album artwork. It is among the first batch of albums on Experience Hendrix, a new label controlled by Hendrix's family.
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. Where his live shows continued to showcase the raw rocking power of the Experience, the recording studio gave Hendrix the composer/arranger a broader palette. There are still plenty of powerful blues/rock-inflected songs, such as the menacing "If 6 Was 9," the rolling "Spanish Castle Magic" and the spatial title tune. But "Up from the Skies" is a jazzy trio romp, featuring Hendrix's bluesy, vocalized wah-wah pedal. And on the ballads "Little Wing" and "Castles Made of Sand," Hendrix shifts the focus from the band to the silvery chord/melody accompaniments he often employed to complement his vocals. They are an orchestral effect unto themselves.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Jimi Hendrix (vocals, electic guitar); Noel Redding (vocals, bass); Mitch Mitchell (drums, background vocals).
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England.
Originally released on Reprise.
Includes liner notes by Jym Fahey.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock
- Mono
- Remastered, 180 Gram
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Tracks
| A1 | EXP | 1:13 |
| A2 | Up From The Skies | 2:57 |
| A3 | Spanish Castle Magic | 3:05 |
| A4 | Wait Until Tomorrow | 3:02 |
| A5 | Ain't No Telling | 1:49 |
| A6 | Little Wing | 2:25 |
| A7 | If 6 Was 9 | 5:36 |
| B1 | You Got Me Floatin' | 2:39 |
| B2 | Castles Made Of Sand | 2:48 |
| B3 | She's So Fine | 2:40 |
| B4 | One Rainy Wish | 3:42 |
| B5 | Little Miss Lover | 2:21 |
| B6 | Bold As Love | 4:11 |
