Jimi Hendrix Axis Bold as Love; original US issue with tri-color label.

$

71

Hello, I am a long-time eBay seller - since October, 1999.  I have a 100% feedback record, so bid and buy with confidence.  I have collected records for many years and every record I offer comes from my personal collection.  The grade I specify for the vinyl is based upon a playback as well as a visual inspection.  The grade I assign for the cover and inserts (if any) is based upon a close visual inspection.  My grading standards are conservative - I believe that it does no one any good to inflate the grade of the record only to have the buyer be disappointed upon receipt and wish to return it.  I offer a full, no-questions-asked return policy on every record I sell except in very rare circumstances.  In those rare cases, I clearly state the condition of the record and explain why I cannot accept a return on it.
For sale today is the Axis Bold as Love album released by the Jimi Hendix Experience in 1968.  This album is on the original trip-color label used only briefly by Reprise for the original issue of this album. Reprise quickly changed it to the typically seen orange and brown label that same year.
As to condition, the vinyl plays and looks Mint.  In fact, when I purchased this album years ago, the seller told me he was the original buyer and that he had never played it!  I told him I wanted to play it one time in order to make sure of its condition.  The seller agreed and I did indeed confirm what he had told me.  It plays, and looks, absolutely Mint.  No pops, no ticks, no skips, no sticks, no problems.  I resisted the urge to play it again, so the lucky buyer will receive a rare, 51-year old record that has only been played one time!    I conservatively grade the outer cover sleeve as VG++.  Colors are full and vibrant, front and back.  All corners are sharp and square.  Spine is full and complete.  Only minor issues are some rub along the top spine of the front cover (this is a gatefold cover), a bit of rub at the two corners at each end of the spine, and a small push at the top spine (right above the "O" in the word "Stereo" on the front cover - see photo).  No ring wear at all.
The labels are Mint (like the vinyl) as is the original inner sleeve.     
Since I have owned the album, I have stored the vinyl in an archival inner sleeve, which I then placed in a separate outer cardboard cover, to best protect both the vinyl as well as the outer cover from wear and tear (see photo).   
A wonderful copy of this great album on the rare Reprise tri-color original label. Thanks for looking.  

Note: the small descriptive box says this album was issued by Led Zeppelin.  I think it goes without saying that this is an error, which occurred when I used a template from a prior listing.  To channel a great song by Jimi, sorry for any "dazed-ment or confusion!