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

	£		740
	$		981

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

Label & year : Original Black Track 612 003 LP , UK Stereo 1967 IMPOSSIBLY RARE 1st Press complete with PHENOMENALLY RARE ORIGINAL ORANGE LYRIC POSTER INSERT AND OUTRAGEOUSLY RARE FULLY TEXTURED LABELS!!!

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

AN ASTONISHINGLY RARE FULLY TEXTURED LABELS EARLIEST EVER TRUE DAY OF RELEASE EXAMPLE OF THIS IMPOSSIBLY RARE SOLID GOLD MONO MASTERPIECE!!! ONLY THE SECOND FULLY TEXTURED EXAMPLE I’VE EVER SEEN!!! BY FAR THE VERY RAREST VARIATION OF THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC BY ABSOLUTE LIGHT YEARS IN TERMS OF SHEER NUMBERS - FORGET THE DOUBLE RIDGED STANDARD LABEL!!! SIMPLY NEVER TURNS UP LIKE THIS - YOU WILL SURELY NEVER FIND ANOTHER FULLY TEXTURED EXAMPLE EVER AGAIN!!! 

AND IF THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, THIS IS 100% COMPLETE WITH UNBELIEVABLY RARE TRUE ORIGINAL EARLIEST EVER PRE RELEASE “117” UNSPLIT INNER (NOV 1967 - PRESSED WELL IN ADVANCE, THIS WASN’T RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL DECEMBER!!!) AND THE ORIGINAL OUTRAGEOUSLY HARD TO FIND EXTREMELY LIMITED ORANGE LYRIC INSERT POSTER!!! RARELY PLAYED WITH FANTASTIC INNER, STUNNING PSYCHEDELIC FLIPBACK GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND TRULY ASTONISHING AUDIO!!! ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED FOR MAXIMUM FIDELITY - OUTRAGEOUS!!!

FAR OUTNUMBERED BY THE SMOOTH LABEL AND THE EASIER TO FIND AND FAR WEAKER SOUNDING STEREO EDITION!!! TO FIND A UK MONO 1ST PRESS ON IT'S OWN IS INCREDIBLY HARD IN ITSELF, BUT ONE WITH EARLIEST EVER TRUE DAY OF RELEASE FULLY TEXTURED LABELS, PRE RELEASE UNSPLIT “117” INNER, AND THE IMPOSSIBLY RARE LYRIC INSERT/POSTER? VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!! ONLY A TINY AMOUNT OF THESE POSTERS WERE EVER MADE FOR AN ABSOLUTE MINISCULE FRACTION OF THE VERY FIRST PRESSING RUN!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! HARDLY ANY OF THESE MAGNIFICENT POSTERS WILL HAVE SURVIVED THE NEAR SIX HARD DECADES SINCE JIMI HIMSELF OVERSAW THIS INCREDIBLE CREATION!!! HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A TRUE PILLAR OF ROCK HISTORY IN IT’S EARLIEST EVER 100% COMPLETE FULLY TEXTURED FORM WITH PHENOMENAL AUDIO!!! Do not miss out on this EARLIEST EVER 100% complete iconic pioneering masterpiece - bid now!!!

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 like magic, and the outro has an utterly 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!!!

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, unmatched to this day, 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, effortlessly inventive, as if Jimi 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 - Are You Experienced had "Third Stone From The Sun”, Electric Ladyland had "1983 (A Merman I Shall Turn To Be)”, and on THIS, it's the PHENOMENAL "If Six Was Nine"!!!

I cannot believe how amazing this LP is, every track is truly astonishing. Probably my favourite Hendrix LP (though I couldn't live without any of them), even Noel Redding's "She's So Fine" is electrifyingly good effortlessly inventive psych-pop, you can tell they were in a great mood!!! This easily sits in the top 10 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.

About : Ultra Rare Original 1967 UK 1st Press!!! This MASSIVELY RARE LP initially sold barely anything (LP's were also really expensive to most people back then!!!) and therefore had a very small run, and is INCREDIBLY HARD TO FIND, especially in this condition!!! AN absolute classic LP from this incredible band!!! An astonishing album that really DESERVES to be in EVERY serious 60's / 70's record collection!!! Don't miss out on this MEGA RARE LP!!! If you like good music, bid now!!!

The LP :

Labels :

Classic 1967 IMPOSSIBLY RARE FULLY TEXTURED black Track UK 1st Press labels!!! Both sides are FANTASTIC with NO real signs of age, NO writing, NO stickers, and NO tears whatsoever!!! Just has a small amount of ultra light spindle marks which suggests that this hasn't had too much play over the years at all!!! AWESOME for a 57 year old record!!! Both must grade overall at least as Very Good+++!!! 

Record : Visual -

Spectacular Original 1967 UK 1st Press Vinyl!!! Nice bright, clean and shiny as if it was just pressed!!! Fantastic jet black mirror like surfaces, it looks INCREDIBLE with NO nasty scratches, groovewear, or nasty deep scuffs whatsoever!!! The only blemishes off perfection are just one or two BARELY VISIBLE totally non-sounding cosmetic scuffs, a few of the lightest, wispy sleeve traces/cleaning lines (only visible in strong angled light) and only a few ULTRA light non sounding hairlines from where it has sat or been removed from it's cover over the years!!! Of course, none of these ULTRA light blemishes affect smoothness of play AT ALL!!! FANTASTIC for a record of this age and rarity!!! You’ll be amazed by how generally clean and unworn it is!!! Must grade overall at least as Very Good+++!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me) 

Record : Audio -

Thankfully, it plays AMAZINGLY with fantastic mono blast and clarity!!! It really sounds incredible with NO hisses, hops, distortion, skips OR sticks!!! Only like pretty much ALL records has just a small amount of ultra light ticks on very rare occasions, and possibly just the MEREST TOUCH of low level static in the rarest few and far between places such as on the run in grooves and between some tracks, but that's truly about it!!! The vast, vast, majority of the music is TRULY crystal clear - It really does play with a CD-like near 100% black silence, but with that bass, depth, clarity and warmth you can only get from original UK 1st Press vinyl!!! EVEN the vast majority of the quiet sections!!! Absolutely ESSENTIAL!!! ASTONISHING for a record of this age and rarity!!! Must grade overall audibly at least as Excellent+!!! (graded STRICTLY to the UK RRPG standards, not trashed or overgraded AT ALL!!! Customer satisfaction is of 100% importance to me)

Sleeve :

Original 1967 UK 1st Press laminated flipback gatefold E.J Day sleeve complete with true original unsplit “117” inner and PHENOMENALLY RARE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT POSTER (OUTSTANDING, ultra clean and as vibrant as ever with NO pin holes, NO tears, and NO writing OR graffiti whatsoever - just has a very small amount of ultra vague minor general handling creases to show of it's near six decades!!! NO tears OR folding for once!!! MAGNIFICENT!!!) IMPOSSIBLE to find this sleeve in anything approaching a good condition - most are spent, torn and worn due to age and the lifestyles of the buyers of this particular LP!!! This one is NOT, and looks FANTASTIC, especially considering the nature of these fragile sleeves!!! NO writing OR graffiti, NO nasty staining, NO bad marks AT ALL, NO seam splits, and still ULTRA strong and solid after all these years!!! Only has a few minor signs of ageing such as a small amount of ultra light creases and the merest hint of a record imprint, one or two vague indent lines with a tiny little nick to the centre of the front opening and only some minor touches of general light surface glazing here and there from where it has sat between sleeves over the years (truly minimal and nothing drastic), a touch of denting to the four corners which virtually 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 truly about it!!! I tend to bring it down by listing the most minor negatives I can possibly find, but this remains an AWESOME sleeve, and a TRUE rarity to find one as stunningly vibrant as this - most have been virtually destroyed or are just about being held together, but not this one!!! The unlamented flipback inside shows next to NO ageing whatsoever!!! It remains ultra strong, solid, unsplit and unspoilt, and even the spine remains ultra strong, solid, 100% unworn and unsplit!!! Must grade overall 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)

Summary : A MAGNIFICENT 100% complete earliest ever pre release 117 FULLY TEXTURED LABEL example of this IMPOSSIBLY RARE pioneering psych classic UK 1st Press LP!!! Hard to find in ANY condition, but simply IMPOSSIBLY RARE TO FIND ONE 100% COMPLETE AND AS ASTONISHING 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!!!

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!

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