The Great Rock Discography Survey: Martin C Strong's Best Artists And Songs In 1995.“VH1’s Top 100 Greatest Artists In Rock ‘n’ Roll History”.“All Music Guide: Required Listening-Classic Rock”.“VH1’s Top 200+ “Pop Icons” Of All Time”.“VH1’s “The Rock Show” Top 40+ Bad-Asses”.Guitarists Contributing To My VINYL Craze.Detroit - Chicago - Berlin - London - Amsterdam - Stockholm - NY - Tokyo - Paris - Moscow - Rome - Toronto - Bucharest.A posthumous studio album, "The Cry Of Love", was released in January of 1971, followed by the double album soundtrack to the documentary film "Jimi Hendrix" in June of 1973. A 'greatest hits' collection, "Smash Hits" (1969), and an in-concert memento of his historic Monterey appearance, "Otis Redding / Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey" (1970), followed before his untimely death. The album, and its 1968 successors - Axis: Bold As Love and the seminal blues-oriented developments of Electric Ladyland - earned Hendrix international acclaim as a premier rock instrumentalist and innovator of his generation. Along with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell he formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience.Īfter a landmark appearance at the Monterey Pop festival, their debut album Are You Experienced was released in September 1967. Brought to London from New York by former Animals bassist Chas Chandler, Hendrix quickly established himself as the brightest new star on the burgeoning progressive rock scene of the early '60s. customers may choose to pay later at checkout, and may receive up to six months financing with no interest (conditions apply.) Click the banner below for more information.American modern electric blues guitar virtuoso lyricist, vocalist.īorn: 27 November 1942, Seattle, USA – Died: 18 September 1970, London, UK.Ī self-taught guitarist, Hendrix began his musical career backing such R&B greats as Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Little Richard, The Isley Brothers, and B.B. This record is eligible for PayPal Credit financing by PayPal. It’s our favorite Hendrix album, and it’s also the best-sounding of the three albums he released in his lifetime. Wisely retaining manager Chas Chandler to produce the album and Eddie Kramer as engineer, Hendrix stretched further musically than the first album, but even more so as a songwriter. Jimi Hendrix’s second album followed up his groundbreaking debut effort with a solid collection of great tunes and great interactive playing between himself, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, and the recording studio itself. The album was originally released on the three-color Reprise label, but that label was changed to a two-color label not long after the album’s original release date.Ī gave Axis: Bold as Love a 5 star review: The album reached #2 on the UK charts and #5 in the U.S., where it has since been certified 5 times platinum by the RIAA. This copy comes from our own collection and is the nicest copy we’ve ever had for sale.īackground: Axis: Bold as Love, released in December, 1967, was the second album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The record looks as though it may have been played once or twice and then filed away. There is a stamped “O” in the dead wax, indicating that it was pressed at the Capitol Records Jacksonville, Illinois pressing plant. The disc is M-, with a couple of faint inaudible scuffs from the original paper inner sleeve. The original Reprise inner sleeve is included and has no wrinkles or splits. The cover is VG++, with slight corner wear. The tri-color label was only used for a few months after the album’s December, 1967 release and was replaced by the orange/brown “two-tone” label.Ībout this copy: This copy of Axis: Bold as Love is an original U.S. pressing of Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, on the original tri-color Reprise label. Offered for sale is an original stereo U.S.
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