Saturday, December 1, 2012

axis: bold as love







The Jimi Hendrix Experience rush recorded the spacey studio psychedelica of their second album to fulfill contractual obligations and created a bold and bewitchingly brilliant bauble.  There was just over six months between the release of their debut 'Are You Experienced?' and 'Axis: Bold as Love'.  Their contract required that they produce two albums in 1967; so they stuck with the winning formula of producer Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer when they went into Olympic Studios in London with Jimi Hendrix on vocals, electric guitar, piano, recorder, and the voice of "Mr. Paul Caruso" on "EXP"; Mitch Mitchell on drums, glockenspiel, backing vocals, and the voice of "interviewer" on "EXP"; and Noel Redding on backing vocals, bass guitars (four and eight-string), foot stamping, and lead vocals on "She's So Fine"; as well as Chas Chandler, Gary Leeds, Graham Nash, and Michael Jeffery adding more foot stamping on "If 6 Was 9"; and Trevor Burton and Roy Wood on backing vocals.   




The band's psychedelic rhythm and blues was taken to the next level with extensive studio gimmickry.  When the recording was finished, Hendrix left the master tapes for side one in a taxi and it had to be quickly remixed in a single night.  The album was released in December of 1967 in the UK; but the release was held off until mid-January in the US for fear it would interfere with sales of the debut.  'Axis: Bold as Love' went to number twelve in Norway, five in the UK, and number three in the US. 










https://www.jimihendrix.com/











Hendrix said "'Little Wing' is one of these beautiful girls that come around sometimes.  They might be spaced; they might be kind of strung out, but everybody has a right to...their beliefs, if they want to believe a star is purple, or whatever."


Well she's walking through the clouds 
With a circus mind that's running round 
Butterflies and zebras 
And moonbeams and fairy tales 
That's all she ever thinks about 
Riding with the wind. 
When I'm sad, she comes to me 
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free 
It's alright she says it's alright 
Take anything you want from me, 
Anything. 
Fly on little wing, 
Yeah yeah, yeah, little wing


Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing from Yan Akiyama on Vimeo.




'Bold as Love'


Anger he smiles tow'ring shiny metallic purple armour. 
Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him. 
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. 
Blue are the life giving waters taking for granted, 
They quietly understand. 
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready, 
But wonder why the fight is on. 
But they're all, bold as love. 
Yeah, they're all bold as love. 
Yeah, they're all bold as love. 
Just ask the Axis. 
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war 
And ribbons of euphoria. 
Orange is young, full of daring but very unsteady for the first go 'round. 
My yellow in this case is no so mellow. 
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me. 
And all of these emotions of mine keep holding me 
From giving my life to a rainbow like you. 
But I'm a yeah, I'm bold as love, 
Yeah yeah. 
Well, I'm bold, bold as love. 
Hear me talkin', girl. 
I'm bold as love. 
Just ask the Axis. 
He knows everything. Yeah, yeah.




Jimi Hendrix – Bold As Love from Bill Vouk on Vimeo.




'Castles Made of Sand'


Down the street you can hear her scream you're a disgrace 
As she slams the door in his drunken face 
And now he stands outside 
And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool 
He cries oh, girl you must be mad, 
What happened to the sweet love you and me had? 
Against the door he leans and starts a scene, 
And his tears fall and burn the garden green 
And so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually 
A little Indian brave who before he was ten, 
Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends 
And he built up a dream that when he grew up 
He would be a fearless warrior Indian Cheif 
Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until 
Tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle 
But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night 
And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually 
There was a young girl, who's heart was a frown 
Cause she was crippled for life, 
And she couldn't speak a sound 
And she wished and prayed she could stop living, 
So she decided to die 
She drew her wheelchair to the edge of the shore 
And to her legs she smiled you wont hurt me no more 
But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say 
Look a golden winged ship is passing my way 
And it really didn't have to stop, it just kept on going... 
And so castles made of sand slips into the sea, eventually


Jimi hendrix - Castles made of sand lyrics by MelKidwell







'One Rainy Wish'


Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old
There you were under the tree of song
Sleeping so peacefully
In your hand a flower played
Waiting there for me
I have never
Laid eyes on you
Not before
This timeless day
But you walked and ya...
Whoa, ya smiled my name
And you stole my heart away
Stole my heart away little girl, yeah
Alright!
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I hadNot too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Misty blue and lilac too
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Misty blue and lilac too
Gold and rose...
Gold and rose...
Gold and rose...
It's only a dream
I'd love to tell somebody about this dream
The sky was filled with a thousand stars
While the sun kissed the mountains blue
And eleven moons played across the rainbows
Above me and you
Gold and rose
The color of the velvet walls
Surrounds us



One Rainy Wish from DSOTM on Vimeo.





'Axis: Bold as Love'
full album:


https://open.spotify.com/album/3uFZf8rykoHo7XMIQVYW6r

https://www.last.fm/music/The+Jimi+Hendrix+Experience/Axis:+Bold+As+Love

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/the-jimi-hendrix-axis-bold-as-love/583012-01/



Axis: Bold as Love from Jimi Hendrix on Myspace.


All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix, except where noted. 

Side one
1. "EXP"   1:55
2. "Up from the Skies"   2:55
3. "Spanish Castle Magic"   3:00
4. "Wait Until Tomorrow"   3:00
5. "Ain't No Telling"   1:46
6. "Little Wing"   2:24
7. "If 6 Was 9"   5:32
Side two
8. "You Got Me Floatin'"   2:45
9. "Castles Made of Sand"   2:46
10. "She's So Fine" (Noel Redding) 2:37
11. "One Rainy Wish"   3:40
12. "Little Miss Lover"   2:20
13. "Bold as Love"   4:11












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