The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (Stereo Version)

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
8. You Got Me Floatin'
9. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She's So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love

The Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR) Returns with a Stereo 200g Vinyl Pressing of Hendrix Masterwork Newly Remastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes

Analogue Productions, together with Quality Record Pressings, is reintroducing one of the most revered brands in LP history – the Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR), originally introduced by JVC Japan in the 1980s. AP presents its first UHQR title – Jimi Hendrix's 1967 masterpiece, Axis: Bold As Love, in both stereo and mono versions. This UHQR is newly remastered by noted mastering engineer Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes. Each UHQR will be pressed at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) using hand-selected Clarity Vinyl on a manual Finebilt press. The 200g records will feature the same flat profile that helped to make the original UHQR so desirable.

From the lead-in groove to the run-out groove, there is no pitch to the profile, allowing the customer's stylus to play truly perpendicular to the grooves from edge to center. Clarity Vinyl allows for the purest possible pressing and the most visually stunning presentation. Every UHQR will be hand inspected upon pressing completion, and only the truly flawless will be allowed to go to market. Each UHQR will be packaged in a deluxe box and will include a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. Each Axis: Bold As Love UHQR will be available as two versions: mono and stereo. The stereo release will be limited to 5,000 copies, while the mono release will be limited to 1,500 copies. The deluxe box will be gold foil numbered. This will be a truly deluxe, collectible product.

Very few albums radically change the musical and cultural landscape, altering our perceptions by way of a mad combination of forward-looking performance, liberating lyrical narratives, spiritual overtones, and unimaginable sounds. Jimi Hendrix's sophomore effort Axis: Bold As Love is one of those records, a timeless and prophetic set that still seems as if it comes to us from the future. Unrelentingly ambitious, deeply mythical, and profoundly virtuosic, the stupendous 1968 collection dives into a pool of lustful psychedelia, earthy blues, cosmic soul, and unhinged rock.

Along with jazz-schooled drummer Mitch Mitchell and melodic bassist Noel Redding, Hendrix establishes a new musical language, a foundation on which fellow guitar giants such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Prince would build. Featuring such eye-opening classics as "Spanish Castle Magic," "Little Wing," and "Castles Made Of Sand," Axis: Bold As Love stands as one of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's monumental moments, a tapestry scorched with color, sewn together with erotic threads, and varnished with rich personality.

"The Axis UHQR cut is amazing – full bodied, detailed, powerful and engaging. Very impressive. The best pressing of the record I have ever heard." – Bill Levenson, Grammy Award-winning reissue producer

Features:
• Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR)
• 200g stereo version cut at 33 1/3 RPM
• Newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using hand-selected Clarity Vinyl on a manual Finebilt press
• Includes 16-page booklet with recording session info and an essay written by Brad Tolinski, former editor of Guitar World Magazine
• Stereo release limited to 5,000 copies