JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Axis Bold As Love LP 1967 UK 1st Press

	£		82
	$		109

Hi, and welcome to psych_out! auctions!!!
I've collected 50's, 60's, and early 70's records of almost every genre - Psych, Prog, Psychedelic Funk, Soul, Rhythm 'n' Blues, Pop, Folk, Garage, Acid, Freakbeat, Rock, Jazz e.t.c and everything in between for all my life!!! Obviously, 90% of the LP's I've ever gotten hold of are completely trashed from the hard living ways and the rock 'n' roll, drug and booze fuelled debauchery of all the wild parties of the times, but the golden 10%? Reluctantly, I've decided to offer them to all of you serious record collectors out there!!! I'm currently trying to set up a record label so unfortunately personal sacrifices have to be made when it comes to my collection, resulting in GREAT benefits for all you shrewd bidders and serious connosieurs of TRUE solid gold music history out there!!! Make no mistake, I'll try my best to consistently offer some of the VERY BEST records available on ebay, many which have taken me YEARS to find!!!
I aim to put a weekly batch up (time permitting) every Wednesday, all timed to end 10 days later on Saturday night. I'll only ever offer THE BEST, MOST AMAZING, MOST IMPORTANT, VERY RAREST UK 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL RELEASE RECORDS I've got!!! I won't insult you with later 2nd pressings unless they are of exceptional quality and rarity. I'm sure you love good music as much as me, especially when it's a 1st Press LP, direct from the master tape, as the musicians intended it to be heard (none of this "digitally remastered",weak reissued, remixed rubbish from hired hands with one eye on the mixing desk and the other on the clock! If these session men really knew how genius should sound, surely they would've been geniuses themselves?! There will only ever be one Hendrix, and that's just a tiny example).
I try to be one of the best sellers on ebay and would like to thank all of you potential bidders for your support and taste in music!!! I strictly grade all LP's I list, visually and sonically using the UK RRPG standards as customer satisfaction is highly important to me, and I'll always do my very best not to let you down. Be sure to add me to your favourite sellers list and check my auctions frequently as i'll be listing some gems that you just WON'T want to miss out on!!!
I think that's everything, so let the auction commence!!!

Title : The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis : Bold As Love

Label & year : Original Black Track 612 003 LP , UK Mono 1967 IMPOSSIBLY RARE 1st Press!!!

Matrix's : Side A : 612003 A v 1  1  1 , Side B : 612003 B v 1  1  1 (EARLIEST EVER!!!)

A GREAT PARTY EXAMPLE OF THIS OUTRAGEOUSLY RARE MONO CLASSIC IN AWESOME SOUNDING CONDITION!!! NOW, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW AMAZING THIS MONO MIX TRULY IS. OVERSEEN BY AND MIXED WITH HENDRIX, YOU SIMPLY HAVEN'T HEARD THIS LP UNLESS YOU'VE HEARD IT LIKE THIS!!! ONE RAINY WISH IN IT'S MONO MIX IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BEAST TO ANY OTHER YOU MAY OF HEARD, AND AS FOR CASTLES MADE OF SAND? FORGET ANY OTHER VERSION!!! IT FADES IN PHENOMENALLY, AND THE OUTRO HAS A TRULY OUTRAGEOUS SHIMMER NOT IN ANY OTHER MIX OUT THERE!!! THAT'S JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS MAGNIFICENT MIX - I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS ALBUM IN IT'S MONO FORM IS THE CLOSEST WE CAN EVER GET TO HEARING THE SOUND INSIDE HENDRIX'S HEAD!!! HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A TRULY SCARCE PILLAR OF ROCK HISTORY!!! A USED, BUT BRILLIANT PLAYING EARLIEST EVER MONO EXAMPLE OF THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC!!! Do not miss out on this iconic day of release textured masterpiece, bid now!!!

Just like any of the Hendrix experience albums, this is one of THE BEST LP's of all time containing some of THE GREATEST music EVER recorded!!! I love this album. It's got a unique sort of taste, feel, and atmosphere. It's certainly the most psychedelic thing The Experience ever did, right from the PHENOMENAL music to the INCREDIBLE cover artwork! This LP is a masterpiece, and absolutely LOADED with classics - you've only got to look at the tracklist! It feels really relaxed and easy going, as if Hendrix was satisfied with proving himself to the world with "Are You Experienced",and felt it was time to do what he really wanted to do. There's not too much out and out blues on here, it's more experimental such as the Jazzy "Up From The Skies",the truly psychedelic "One Rainy Wish",the Dylan-esque classic "Castles Made Of Sand",the hilarious "Wait Until Tomorrow",the delicate "Little Wing" and "Bold As Love",and his trademark freak out track! - On Are You Experienced, it was "Third Stone From The Sun". On Electric Ladyland, it was "1983 (A Merman I Shall Turn To Be)". On this, it's the PHENOMENAL "If Six Was Nine"!!!

I can't believe how amazing this album is, every track is truly outstanding. What a painting of sound! Probably my favourite Hendrix LP (though I couldn't live without any of them). Even Noel Redding's "She's So Fine" is suprisingly excellent psych-pop! It easily sits comfortably with the greatest albums of all time, and there it shall remain until the world blows up!!!

Until that moment? Well, we should all listen to his records and be thankful that Jimi Hendrix was born!!!

Tracklist : EXP, Up From The Skies, Spanish Castle Magic, Wait Until Tomorrow, Ain't No Telling, Little Wing, If Six Was Nine, You've Got Me Floating, Castles Made Of Sand, She's So Fine, One Rainy Wish, Little Miss Lover, and Bold As Love.

Musicians : Jimi Hendrix - Vocals / Guitar / Bass / Harpsichord, Noel Redding - Vocals / Bass, Mitch Mitchell - Drums, and Chas Chandler - Producer.

Labels :

Classic UK Original black Track 1st Press labels!!! Both sides are GREAT with minimal signs of age, NO writing, NO stickers, and NO tears whatsoever!!! Just has some light spindle marks from general light use over the years!!! BRILLIANT for a 53 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Very Good!!!

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original 1966 UK 1st Press Vinyl!!! Nice bright, and shiny with fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, it looks OK with no excessively nasty marks, nothing that ruins playback, and NO vicious gauges either!!! It just has quite a bit of general age wear such as a few of the usual light, wispy sleeve traces, some feelable scratches such as one across side A (looks far worse than it sounds, only causes an intermittent minor rotational tick that’s mostly very buried and inaudible due to the sheer volume of the music) and a few milder hairlines here and there from where general use over the years. Of course, none of these blemishes interfere with smoothness of playback at all thanks to the quality deeply pressed 1st issue!!! Used and not looked after very well, but still ultra clean, shiny and presentable for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall visually at least as Fair+!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Record : Audio -

Thankfully, it plays BRILLIANTLY with fantastic mono blast and clarity!!! It really sounds GREAT with NO hops, hisses, distortion, sticks, or skips!!! Only (like pretty much all records) has low level static in places such as on the run in grooves, a few ticks here and there on occasions and a hint of mild and light "bluesman's fag" static in few and far between places such as on some of the quieter sections, but it truly doesn't overshadow the music AT ALL!!! I'd even argue it gives it added soul!!! A GREAT listen - The music is TRULY loud and clear with that bass, depth, warmth and clarity you can only get from UK 1st Press vinyl!!! Absolutely essential!!! BRILLIANT for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audiably at least as Very Good!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Sleeve :

Original UK 1967 1st Press laminated flipback gatefold E.J Day sleeve complete with clean unsplit inner!!! IMPOSSIBLE to find this sleeve in anything approaching a good condition - most are well spent, torn and worn due to age and the lifestyles of the buyers of this particular LP!!! This one is NOT too bad at all, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO tears or splits, NO ugly stains or writing, and still strong and solid after all these years!!! Only has some usual ageing such as general creasing and ringwear, some storage indents here and the under angled light with some dulling and dusting to the edges from storage (nothing too drastic at all - the stunning artwork remains as vibrant as ever), some other usual non-drastic general ageing such as age rubbing and a little flaking to rare parts of the edges (no seam splits whatsoever), denting/rounding to the four corners which basically ALL vintage LP's have, and POSSIBLY (just to be sure!!!) one or two other minor signs of age here and there, though nothing that really stands out to note at all!!! And that's about it!!! Despite obvious ageing, this remains a very presentable and ultra strong and vibrant sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as solid to hold and as pleasing to look at - most have been virtually destroyed with nastly staining and great big chunks missing or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! It remains strong, solid, unsplit and brilliantly presentable!!! Must grade overall as Good!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Summary : A used, but BRILLIANT playing party example of this IMPOSSIBLY RARE pioneering classic Mono 1967 UK 1st Press LP!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but simply ULTRA HARD TO FIND ONE AS SONICALLY AWESOME AS THIS!!! YOU MAY NEVER GET THE CHANCE AGAIN, so don't miss out on this scarce opportunity to own a true piece of 60's/70's music history!!! Bid now!!!

Please take a look at all my other auctions for many other ultra rare classic LPs, and feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks again for looking, it's truly appreciated!! Cheers!!!

I've realized that most countries have their own unique grading system. I base mine strictly on the UK RRPG grading system (occasionally with a + or a - to indicate the higher and lower ends of the grade, though I only use these if i'm having real trouble deciding!), so please check their chart for further clarity if you are unsure of what my grades mean. As a general rule, a mint record will be 100% perfect, an excellent record will be in fantastic clean condition with the occasional mild mark and minor use from the years, and a very good record will have noticeable, yet light visual markings and obvious signs of age and use, but will still remain clean with relatively light wear and will play fantastically well with plenty of life remaining in it. I very rarely offer records below the very good region unless they are of an EXCEPTIONAL rarity and playing quality...I hope this helps!

Postage and packing (UK bidders) will be £4.49 for the first item, £3.00 for every item after that. International buyers, postage is £8.99 for the first item, £3.00 for every item after that. Contact is expected to be made within 3 days, and payment usually expected within 7 days of the auction ending, otherwise you may lose priority over the item and it may be relisted e.t.c. UK bidders, I accept paypal or postal orders. I will reluctantly accept cheques, although they will take at least a week to clear. That is why I prefer the other methods, as it means I can get your item to you faster. International bidders, I can only accept Paypal, IMO, or Bank Transfer! I only accept £s. Unfortunately, I cant accept any other internet payment other than paypal.

Please just ask if you have any questions or if you require further information. The photos below are of the genuine item, apologies for the occasional blurryness or glare from the light in some of them. If you would like further pictures or details, please ask.

If you are not happy with your item, please let me know within 3 days. I pride myself on my 100% feedback so if there are any problems, I will do my very best to sort them out.

All my auctions start from a bare minimum price, so there is always plenty of opportunity for a bargain!

Please check my other auctions for many more of the rarest, most awesome Vinyl Record items ever!!!