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Jimi Hendrix - Axis : Bold As Love (Alternate "European" Mix Japan Polydor Needledrop)(Audioarchivist)

Track listing:
  1. Exp 1:58
  2. Up From The Skies 2:59
  3. Spanish Castle Magic 3:06
  4. Wait Until Tomorrow 3:03
  5. Ain't No Telling 1:49
  6. Little Wing 2:28
  7. If Six Was Nine 5:40
  8. You've Got Me Floating 2:44
  9. Castles Made Of Sand 2:49
  10. She's So Fine 2:41
  11. One Rainy Wish 3:43
  12. Little Miss Lover 2:22
  13. Bold As Love 4:15

Notes

Japan Polydor MPA 7005

Alternate "European" mix


matrix info:
All these codes were stamped into the run-out grooves.
Side 1:
MPF-1076A
(X) MP-2493A MPX-XXXXXX4008A MPA-7005A
C2JGE1L0K9(K)
A-1-27
Side 2:
MPF-1076D MPA-7005B
MP-2493B MPX-XXXXXX4008B
A-1-17

EX Japan vinyl

This sounds pretty good, but not perfect. This seems to be a copy of the alternate "European" mix. A few tracks are definitely different mixes. The beginning of "You Got Me Floating" is missing some swirling backwards guitars. The beginning of "Castles Made Of Sand" sounds different.

It probably isn't the best or definitely isn't the worst transfer of this album. It appears to be a Japanese reissue pressing from around 1980. Some of the tracks sound grittier than the "standard" North American issue, as if they were from safety copies instead of master tapes. It sounds more "sixties" than the other one, a little more lo-fi than the other one. The vinyl is very black, and very smooth and shiny.