VIA PRESS RELEASE | “The Axis UHQR cut is amazing—full bodied, detailed, powerful and engaging. Very impressive. The best pressing of the record I have ever heard.” —Bill Levenson, Grammy Award-winning reissue producer
Analogue Productions is revisiting its first-ever UHQR (Ultra High Quality Record) title—The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1967 masterpiece Axis: Bold As Love—newly remastered and available for the first time as a 45 RPM edition, in both stereo and mono pressings. Both the stereo and mono versions have been cut by noted mastering engineer Bernie Grundman from the original analog master tapes, and pressed at Acoustic Sounds’ industry-leading pressing plant Quality Record Pressings (QRP) using hand-selected 200-gram Clarity Vinyl.
Each UHQR is packaged in a deluxe clamshell box and includes a booklet with liner notes by Brad Tolinski, along with a certificate of inspection. The stereo release of Axis is limited to 4,500 copies, while the mono release is limited to just 2,500 copies. Each LP jacket is gold foil numbered.
Axis: Bold As Love, the sensational second album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience—including Hendrix (guitar/vocals), Noel Redding (bass), and Mitch Mitchell (drums)—showcased the guitar genius’ expansive experimentation while acknowledging his early R&B and soul music influences. The album features classics such as “Spanish Castle Magic,” “Little Wing,” “Castles Made Of Sand,” and “If 6 Was 9.”
As Rolling Stone states, Jimi Hendrix was the most innovative instrumentalist the rock era produced, a wizard whose sense of technique never overwhelmed the blues and rock ‘n’ roll spirit that was the underpinning of his genius.
He improvised with the fervor of a born jazzman; he philosophized like the most cosmic rocker, but ultimately his basics were rooted in soul, a reflection of the chitlin circuit, where he cut his teeth. Recorded at Olympic Studios in London by Eddie Kramer, Axis: Bold As Love expanded Jimi’s six-string flame with celestial clarity, and also brought his rapidly evolving songwriting gift to the fore.
About Clarity Vinyl | LP vinyl is not black in its pure state. The off-white color of the record you are about to listen to is the color of raw vinyl in its purest form (un-tinted vinyl). The black color you’re used to seeing is a colorant called “carbon black” that was part of the original compound formulation. To make the ultimate record, we decided to enhance sound quality by removing anything we believed could detract from it.
Record styli vibrate (or jitter) on a microscopic level, and any particles of carbon black pigment that happen to be on the surface of the groove could introduce surface noise. By not adding carbon black to our Clarity Vinyl, we eliminate the possibility of noise contamination due to carbon black particles. Instead, your stylus is allowed to effortlessly slide down a glossy and silky smooth groove wall.
When we purchased Classic Records, the brand name Clarity Vinyl came with it. We’re proud to have resurrected, refined, and trademarked Clarity Vinyl, the perfect canvas for our masterpiece: vinyl in its purest form.
