Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1 |
Exp |
| 2 |
Up From The Skies |
| 3 |
Spanish Castle Magic |
| 4 |
Wait Until Tomorrow |
| 5 |
Ain't No Telling |
| 6 |
Little Wing |
| 7 |
If 6 Was 9 |
Disc: 2
| 1 |
You Got Me Floatin' |
| 2 |
Castles Made of Sand |
| 3 |
She's So Fine - Noel Redding |
| 4 |
One Rainy Wish |
| 5 |
Little Miss Lover |
| 6 |
Bold as Love |
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. 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. 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.
