5LP/4CD + Blu-ray Box Set Containing Landmark 1967 Album Axis: Bold As Love In Stereo, Mono, Dolby ATMOS, Plus 40 Bonus Studio & Live Tracks (28 Previously Unreleased) Out On Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings
The musical legacy of Jimi Hendrix continues to expand in remarkable ways. On November 7, 2025, Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Legacy Recordings will release Bold As Love – The Axis: Bold As Love Sessions, a monumental box set documenting Hendrix and The Experience’s groundbreaking second album. Produced by Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, and John McDermott, this set will be available as either a 5LP + Blu-ray edition or a 4CD + Blu-ray edition.
This deluxe edition offers fans an immersive and comprehensive journey through Axis: Bold As Love, presenting:
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The original stereo and mono mixes remastered from the historic 1967 masters.
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Brand new Dolby ATMOS mixes, created by Eddie Kramer and Chandler Harrod.
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40 bonus tracks of alternate versions, unreleased studio takes, demos, and live performances — 28 previously unreleased.
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Archival TV performances from Top Of The Pops, Dee Time, and Dutch program Hoepla.
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A previously unreleased October 1967 studio demo of “Stone Free/Up From The Skies” is available now as a preview.
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Extensive liner notes from journalist David Fricke and Experience Hendrix’s John McDermott.
The cover art is especially poignant: a dragon drawing Jimi created at just five years old, lovingly preserved by his father, chosen by his sister Janie Hendrix to reflect the colors and power of “Bold As Love.”
By May 1967, Hendrix and The Experience had finished Are You Experienced at Olympic Studios in London. With their debut behind them and their American breakthrough at the Monterey Pop Festival that June, the band launched into recording its ambitious follow-up.
Returning to London in October 1967, producer Chas Chandler guided Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Noel Redding through a creative surge at Olympic and Regent Studios. The result was Axis: Bold As Love, released in December 1967 in the UK and January 1968 in the U.S., containing some of Hendrix’s most enduring songs:
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“Little Wing” (covered endlessly worldwide)
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“Castles Made of Sand” (a lyrical masterpiece)
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“If 6 Was 9” (later featured in Easy Rider)
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“Spanish Castle Magic” (a psychedelic powerhouse)
The sessions reveal Hendrix at a pivotal artistic crossroads, blending his raw firepower with more nuanced studio craft.
Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix, describes the project as both historic and emotional:
“Jimi was fearless in his artistic expression. Each song, each lyrical composition was and is an invitation for those listening to be free to feel. Bold As Love is the creative embodiment of those feelings. The Bold As Love set masterfully reintroduces the beauty of Jimi’s musical depth, highlighting a significant segment of not just his career, but his life.”
Full Tracklisting
BOLD AS LOVE – Vinyl Edition
LP ONE – Axis: Bold As Love (Original Stereo Mix)
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Side A: EXP / Up From The Skies / Spanish Castle Magic / Wait Until Tomorrow / Ain’t No Telling / Little Wing / If 6 Was 9
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Side B: You Got Me Floatin’ / Castles Made Of Sand / She’s So Fine / One Rainy Wish / Little Miss Lover / Bold As Love
LP TWO – Axis: Bold As Love (Original Mono Mix)
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Side A: EXP / Up From The Skies / Spanish Castle Magic / Wait Until Tomorrow / Ain’t No Telling / Little Wing / If 6 Was 9
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Side B: You Got Me Floatin’ / Castles Made Of Sand / She’s So Fine / One Rainy Wish / Little Miss Lover / Bold As Love
LP THREE – Outtakes, Demos & Experiments
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Side A: 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]*
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Side B: 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* / Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16]*
LP FOUR – Alternate Takes
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Side A: Bold As Love [Take 19]* / Wait Until Tomorrow [Take 2]* / Spanish Castle Magic [Take 2]* / Little Wing [Take 2]* / Untitled Instrumental #1 [Take 3]* / Untitled Instrumental #2 [Take 1]*
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Side B: 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]* / Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Original Mono Mix] / The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice [Original Mono Mix]
LP FIVE – Live Performances
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Side A: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden] / Fire [Sweden] / The Wind Cries Mary [Sweden] / Foxey Lady [Sweden] / Hey Joe [Sweden] / I Don’t Live Today [Sweden]
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Side B: Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Sweden] / Purple Haze [Sweden] / Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Dee Time] / Purple Haze [Hoepla]* / Foxey Lady [Hoepla]* / Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops]
* = previously unreleased
Blu-ray Disc
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2025 Dolby ATMOS Mix: Axis: Bold As Love
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1967 Original Stereo Mix [24bit/96kHz Uncompressed Audio]
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1967 Original Mono Mix [24bit/96kHz Uncompressed Audio]
BOLD AS LOVE – CD Edition
CD One – Original Stereo Mix
(identical tracklist to LP ONE)
CD Two – Original Mono Mix
(identical tracklist to LP TWO)
CD Three – Outtakes, Demos & Alternate Versions
Includes Mr. Bad Luck [Take 6], Stone Free/Up From The Skies [Demo], Castles Made Of Sand [Take 16], Bold As Love [Take 19], and more.
CD Four – Live Performances & TV Appearances
Includes Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sweden], Purple Haze [Hoepla], Foxey Lady [Hoepla], and Burning Of The Midnight Lamp [Top Of The Pops].
Blu-ray Disc
(same as vinyl edition)
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