
I went through a period of being obsessed with Axis: Bold As Love when I was a teenager, listening to it nearly every night. I don’t listen to it anywhere near that much now but it’s still my favourite studio album from The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mainly due to the wonderful sonic tapestries Hendrix creates on colourful psychedelic tracks like Bold As Love, One Rainy Wish, Castles Made Of Sand and the timeless Little Wing. They’re all masterpieces and, as a budding guitar player, I found Hendrix’s playing and guitar tones fascinating and inspiring. If all that wasn’t enough there’s also the essential proto-metal of Spanish Castle Magic and If Six Was Nine: two of Hendrix’s, and therefore 1967’s, heaviest tracks.
One of my favourite Jimi albums here! So many great songs, especially One Rainy Wish. I had a Brian May version of that song, which was very different, but got me to check back and hear the original.
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Didn’t know Brian had done that, will have to look it up.
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Don’t ask me the name of the tribute album, but I think it goes back to about 1996 or 97.
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Love to hear about personal experiences with certain records. I get it.
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