Its stunning cover artwork would have been enough to make the second album by THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE memorable, but of course the music of “Axis” Bold As Love” surpassed this platter’s sleeve. Given the record’s popularity, fans have been waiting for its super deluxe reissue – there was a mere deluxe back in 2010, with a DVD added to the package – ever since the anniversary edition of “Electric Ladyland” saw the light of day in 2018. And their wish will be granted on November 7th with the release of four-CD (or five-LP) and Blu-ray version of the classic.
With two discs dedicated to original stereo and mono mixes, newly remastered, and Blu-ray featuring a surround variant, created with the album’s engineer Eddie Kramer’s involvement, of special interest should be bonus material that includes 27 previously unheard tracks from 1967, both studio and live, whereas the booklet is rather slim, at only 36 pages – but that’s a minor gripe about the otherwise alluring offering. Why its cover omits “Axis” now remains unexplained, though.
– Bold As Love:
Super Deluxe Edition
CD 1 – Original Stereo Mix:
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
CD 2 – Original Mono Mix:
1-13 – as on CD 1
CD 3:
1. Mr. Bad Luck (take 6)
2. She’s So Fine (take 4)
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (take 30)
4. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice (Paramount Studios)
5. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (instrumental)
6. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice (instrumental)
7. Stone Free/Up From The Skies (demo)
8. Up From The Skies (take 2)
9. Ain’t No Telling (demo)
10. Ain’t No Telling (take 12)
11. Little Miss Lover (demo)
12. One Rainy Wish (take 1)
13. You Got Me Floatin’ (take 1)
14. Untitled Guitar Experiment
15. Bold As Love (take 19)
16. Castles Made Of Sand (take 16)
17. Wait Until Tomorrow (take 2)
18. Spanish Castle Magic (take 2)
19. Little Wing (take 2)
20. Untitled instrumental #1 (take 3)
21. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (original mono mix)
22. The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice (original mono mix)
Bold As Love:
Super Deluxe Edition
CD 4:
1. Little Miss Lover (alternate version)
2. Spanish Castle Magic (take 4)
3. Wait Until Tomorrow (take 14)
4. Castles Made Of Sand (backwards guitar)
5. One Rainy Wish (alternate version)
6. Untitled instrumental #2 (take 1)
7. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (Dee Time)
Sweden – September 5th, 1967:
8. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Fire
10. The Wind Cries Mary
11. Foxey Lady
12. Hey Joe
13. I Don’t Live Today
14. Burning of The Midnight Lamp
15. Purple Haze
16. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (Top Of The Pops)
17. Purple Haze (Hoepla)
18. Foxey Lady (Hoepla)
Blu-ray:
Original album in Dolby Atmos / mono / stereo
