More than five decades after its original release, Jimi Hendrix’s landmark second album is being revisited in a massive box set. Scheduled for release on Nov. 7, Bold as Love will present a remastered edition of 1967’s Axis: Bold as Love, expanded across four CDs.
The collection offers both stereo and mono mixes of the album along with an additional 40 tracks. Twenty-eight of those recordings — including studio outtakes, alternate takes, demos, and live performances — have never been officially released.
The project is also being issued on vinyl and in digital formats. It features newly created Dolby ATMOS mixes by Hendrix’s longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, working with Chandler Harrod.
One striking detail of the set is its cover. The artwork comes from a dragon drawing Hendrix created when he was just five years old, selected by his sister Janie Hendrix. “It captures the colors and spirit of what the song ‘Bold as Love’ is about — the strength found in every shade of the rainbow,” she explained.
Originally released in December 1967, Axis: Bold as Love quickly followed the Experience’s debut, Are You Experienced. It climbed into the Top 10 and introduced enduring songs like “Spanish Castle Magic,” “Little Wing,” “Castles Made of Sand” and the title track.
This new edition offers an in-depth look at Hendrix’s creativity during that fertile period, spanning everything from experimental studio cuts to powerful live sets.
Jimi Hendrix –
Bold as Love
4-CD Track Listing
CD One – Original Stereo Mix
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Up From the Skies
Spanish Castle Magic
Wait Until Tomorrow
Ain’t No Telling
Little Wing
If 6 Was 9
You Got Me Floatin’
Castles Made of Sand
She’s So Fine
One Rainy Wish
Little Miss Lover
Bold as Love
CD Two – Original Mono Mix
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Up From the Skies
Spanish Castle Magic
Wait Until Tomorrow
Ain’t No Telling
Little Wing
If 6 Was 9
You Got Me Floatin’
Castles Made of Sand
She’s So Fine
One Rainy Wish
Little Miss Lover
Bold as Love
CD Three – Studio Outtakes and Demos
Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6]*
She’s So Fine [Take 4]*
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Take 30]*
The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Paramount Studios]*
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Instrumental]*
The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Instrumental]*
Stone Free/Up From the Skies [Demo]*
Up From the Skies [Take 2]*
Ain’t No Telling [Demo]*
Ain’t No Telling [Take 12]*
Little Miss Lover [Demo]*
One Rainy Wish [Take 1]*
You Got Me Floatin’ [Take 1]*
Untitled Guitar Experiment*
Bold as Love [Take 19]*
Castles Made of Sand [Take 16]*
Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]*
Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]*
Little Wing [Take 2]*
Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]*
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix]
The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]
CD Four – Alternates and Live Recordings
Little Miss Lover [Alternate Version]*
Spanish Castle Magic [Take 4]*
Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 14]*
Castles Made of Sand [Backwards Guitar]*
One Rainy Wish [Alternate Version]*
Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]*
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Dee Time]
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden]
Fire [Sweden]
The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden]
Foxy Lady [Sweden]
Hey Joe [Sweden]
I Don’t Live Today [Sweden]
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Sweden]
Purple Haze [Sweden]
Burning of the Midnight Lamp [Top of the Pops]
Purple Haze [Hoepla]*
Foxy Lady [Hoepla]*
(*previously unreleased)
