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Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love - 2nd + insert Japanese vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
01. EXP
02. Up From The Skies
03. Spanish Castle Magic
04. Wait Until Tomorrow
05. Ain't No Telling
06. Little Wing
07. If Six Was Nine
08. You've Got Me Floating
09. Castles Made Of Sand
10. She's So Fine
11. One Rainy Wish
12. Little Miss Lover
13. Bold As Love
It's a little known fact that this wonderful album was released twice in Japan during the 1960s. The first was in August 1968 and it carried the catalogue number SLPM-1398. This was quickly repressed and reissued in 1969 with the catalogue number prefix changed to SMP-1398.
This copy has the second issue sleeve, but retails the SLPM-1398 vinyl, meaning that this was likely to have been one of the first copies of this second issue, perhaps at the tail end of 1968.
This copy would make a worthy addition to any collection. The unique sleeve artwork depicts a seated Jimi wearing a cool pair of rainbow striped trousers. The only psychedelic touches are the flame shaped 'speech bubbles' containing the album titles & a mirror image of the same.
The keen eyed amongst you will spot the unintentional product placement in the bottom right corner.
The heavy duty pasted picture sleeve is of solid construction. The front remains in glorious condition with almost no sign of wear or fading. There is the smallest amount of scuffing at the corners, but this is pretty insignificant & the spine remains as clear as it did in 1968. The back cover is a very simple white background covered in black type. On this can be seen evidence of foxing, especially where the back slick has been pasted into place. This is just something that happens when you're dealing with forty year old porous paper and this design of Japanese sleeve. Saying that, the back remains unworn, free from any writing & clearly readable. Overall a lovely example of this unique sleeve, free from the more usual wear & tear.
As is usual for a 60s Japanese only pressing, the lyrics are printed on the back cover. However, since they would not all fit in the space provided they end with the first line of 'Ain't No Telling' and then continue on a separate single sided full size insert. This continuation lyric insert is in excellent condition, no tears, straight edges, clear print, with just minor yellowing around the paper edges.
The vinyl is in near 'as new' condition. Visually it appears clean, bright and free of any significant surface blemishes. Surface noise is kept to a minimum & it can easily be graded in the Excellent bracket & remains one of the nicest copies of this vinyl disc that we have ever seen.
The red Polydor labels show very few spindle marks around the centre.
There is no obi with this record. To put some perspective on that, we have only ever seen the obi pictured in reference books, never for real. We suspect that a mint original [if it exists] complete with insert and obi would fetch at least three times the price of this copy.
In summary, this example is not perfect, but it is about as good a copy as you are ever likely to find. If you don't already have one in your collection, then it's worth buying for the unique sleeve art alone.
Trivia - the actual trousers that Jimi is wearing in the photo on this record cover were auctioned in London on July 10th 2008. They fetched an incredible £20,000 !
Please note that the Trousers are NOT included :-)
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Year of Release: |
1969 - 55 years old |
| Artist: |
Jimi Hendrix (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Axis: Bold As Love (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Polydor |
| Catalogue No: |
SMP-1398 |
| Country of Origin: |
Japan
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
Deleted
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
HENLPAX581063 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Progressive, Psychedelic
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| Related Artists: |
Beautiful People, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Curtis Knight, Eire Apparent, Ernie Graham, Lonnie Youngblood, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, The Rubber Band |
| Complete Stock List: |
Jimi Hendrix |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
JIMMI HENDRIX,JIMI HENNDRIX |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number HENLPAX581063 |
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