On November 7, Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings will release a 5-LP/4-CD + Blu-ray boxset containing The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s landmark 1967 album Axis: Bold As Love in stereo, mono and Atmos formats, along with 40 bonus studio and live tracks, 28 of which are previously unreleased.
Listen to one of those previously unreleased tracks, “Stone Free / Up From The Skies (Demo)”, below:
Produced by Janie Hendrix, original Experience recording engineer Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, Bold As Love includes stereo and mono mixes of Axis: Bold As Love, remastered from the original mixes created by Hendrix, Chas Chandler and Eddie Kramer. Kramer and engineer Chandler Harrod have also created a Dolby Atmos mix of the album.
The trove of previously unreleased tracks includes alternate takes recorded at London’s Olympic and Regent Studios, as well as performances from Top Of The Pops and Dee Time, Dutch TV programme Hoepla, and eight songs from a September 1967 concert in Stockholm.
The cover art incorporates a drawing done by Jimi when he was five years old. “I thought it was perfect for this project,” says Janie Hendrix. “It’s a colourful dragon that depicts exactly what the song ‘Bold As Love’ is talking about – the empowerment of each colour of the rainbow. I don’t believe there could be a better reflection of the message in the song.”
Pre-order Bold As Love here and check out the vinyl tracklisting below:
LP ONE (AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE ORIGINAL STEREO MIX)
SIDE A
SIDE B
LP TWO (AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE ORIGINAL MONO MIX)
SIDE A
SIDE B
LP THREE
SIDE A
SIDE B
LP FOUR
SIDE A
SIDE B
LP FIVE
SIDE A
SIDE B
*Previously unreleased recording