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Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love - The Sessions

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Exp 1:56
  2. Exp 1:14
  3. Exp 1:55
  4. Exp 1:54
  5. Up From The Skies 2:58
  6. Up From The Skies 2:58
  7. Up From The Skies 2:58
  8. Up From The Skies 2:55
  9. Spanish Castle Magic 2:46
  10. Spanish Castle Magic 3:05
  11. Spanish Castle Magic 3:04
  12. Spanish Castle Magic 3:00
  13. Wait Until Tomorrow 3:22
  14. Wait Until Tomorrow 3:03
  15. Wait Until Tomorrow 3:01
  16. Wait Until Tomorrow 3:02
  17. Ain't No Telling 1:51
  18. Ain't No Telling 1:51
  19. Ain't No Telling 1:51
  20. Ain't No Telling 1:48
  21. Ain't No Telling 1:47
  22. Little Wing 3:23
  23. Little Wing 2:26
  24. Little Wing 2:26
  25. Little Wing 2:23
  26. If 6 Was 9 5:38
  27. If 6 Was 9 5:58
Volume 2
  1. If 6 Was 9 5:33
  2. If 6 Was 9 5:33
  3. You Got Me Floatin' 2:41
  4. You Got Me Floatin' 2:40
  5. You Got Me Floatin' 2:46
  6. Castles Made Of Sand 2:53
  7. Castles Made Of Sand 2:47
  8. Castles Made Of Sand 2:49
  9. Castles Made Of Sand 2:46
  10. Castles Made Of Sand 2:26
  11. She's So Fine 2:40
  12. She's So Fine 2:41
  13. She's So Fine 2:39
  14. She's So Fine 2:37
  15. One Rainy Wish 3:53
  16. One Rainy Wish 3:43
  17. One Rainy Wish 3:40
  18. One Rainy Wish 3:40
  19. One Rainy Wish 3:39
  20. Little Miss Lover 2:18
  21. Little Miss Lover 2:22
  22. Little Miss Lover 2:21
  23. Little Miss Lover 2:20
  24. Little Miss Lover 2:22
Volume 3
  1. Bold As Love 7:10
  2. Bold As Love 3:34
  3. Bold As Love 5:31
  4. Bold As Love 4:11
  5. Bold As Love 4:08
  6. Bold As Love 4:09
  7. Mr. Bad Luck 2:55
  8. Mr. Bad Luck 2:57
  9. Taking Care Of No Business 3:43
  10. Taking Care Of No Business 3:58
  11. Cat Talkin' To Me 2:38
  12. Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice 4:02
  13. Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice 4:34
  14. Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice 4:24
  15. Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice 4:17
  16. Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice 4:20
  17. Angel 2:44
  18. Angel 4:12

Notes

(Nearly every available mix and take of the tracks recorded may-nov.1967 *, including the ones that appeared on "Axis: Bold as Love"; Stereo versions, mono versions, instrumental takes, alternate takes, outtakes etc.) Compiled from the best available Vinyl-, CD- and Tape Sources - Digitally Restored (Cleaned up and Vinyl tracks de-clicked)
[* Curtis Knight 1967 material (available on ATM 103-104 "Curtis Knight & The Squires: The Complete Recordings Vol.2 - Studio") and the "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" sessions (available on ATM 234-235 "Electric Ladyland - Sessions may 1967-january 1968") excepted, and so are the fake mono mixes of "Spanish Castle Magic" (3), "Ain't No Telling" (4) & "You've Got Me Floating" (4)]
Disc 1 (27 tracks): "EXP" (2) [Sotheby's mix]; (3) [official mono]; ( ) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Up from the Skies" (3) [Sotheby's mix]; (4) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Spanish Castle Magic" (1) [Sotheby's mix]; (4) [official mono]; ( ) [safe stereo]; (2) [official stereo] / "Wait until Tomorrow" (2) [Sotheby's mix]; (3) [official mono]; ( ) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Ain't No Telling" (3) [Sotheby's mix]; ( ) [alternate mix]; (5) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Little Wing" (16) [instrumental take, Box Set LP]; (3) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / " If 6 Was 9" (2) [official mono]; (4) [alternate mono mix, Box Set LP ] /
Disc 2 (24 tracks): "If 6 Was 9" ( ) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "You Got Me Floatin'" (3) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Castles Made of Sand" (3) [Sotheby's mix]; (5) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo]; (4) [one track of official stereo, played backwards; edited] / "She's So Fine" (4) [alternate mix, original lead vocal]; (3) [official mono]; (2) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "One Rainy Wish" (5) [Sotheby's mix]; (4) [official mono]; (3) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo]; (2) [alternate mix, start with voiceover omitted, Lifelines] / "Little Miss Lover" (3) [mono, acetate take, UniVibes CD + cleanup]; (2) [official mono]; ( ) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo]; (6) [alternate mix, Box Set LP] /
Disc 3 (18 tracks): "Bold as Love" (7) [instrumental take, Box Set LP]; (2) [Sotheby's mix]; (3, 4) [alternate mixes]; (5) [official mono]; ( ) [safe stereo]; (1) [official stereo] / "Mr. Bad Luck" (1) [Studio Haze]; (1) [different mix, Lifelines) / "Taking Care of No Business" (2) [no overdubs, Box Set LP]; (1) [with overdubs, different spoken vocals; Studio Haze] / "Cat Talkin' to Me" (1) [vocal take, Studio Haze] / "Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice" (1) [mono, acetate take]; (5) [alternate mono mix]; (4) [alternate stereo mix]; (2) [official mono mix, Singles Album CD]; (3) [official stereo mix, Loose Ends CD] / "Angel" (7) [instrumental take, SSD LP]; (10) [early vocal take, Box Set LP
Sources: official mono: Official mono from Reprise vinyl, R-6281 / official stereo: Official stereo from Reprise CD, 6281-2 / safe stereo: Safe stereo from Japan Polydor CD, P33P-25023 / Box Set LP: Vinyl-version of the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" Box Set / Lifelines: "Lifelines - The Jimi Hendrix Story" CD Box / UniVibes CD: The UniVibes CD "Calling Long Distance ..." / Studio Haze: "Studio Haze" (ftbfs: B394) / Singles Album CD: "The Singles Album" CD / Loose Ends CD: "Loose Ends" CD / SSD LP: Vinyl-version of "South Saturn Delta"
notes:
- This set includes 3 versions (mixes) of the "Axis: Bold as Love" album in their entirety: The Official mono mix of Reprise vinyl R-6281, the official stereo mix of Reprise CD 6281-2, and the "safe stereo" mix of Japan Polydor CD P33P-25023.