Axis Bold as Love

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AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE was the follow-up to ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?, and represented a much more conscious use of the recording studios possibilities. Where his live shows continued to showcase the raw rocking power of the Experience, the recording studio gave Hendrix the composer/arranger a broader palette. There are still plenty of powerful blues/rock-inflected songs, such as the menacing If 6 Was 9, the rolling Spanish Castle Magic and the spatial title tune. But Up From The Skies is a jazzy trio romp, featuring Hendrixs bluesy, vocalised wah-wah pedal. And on the ballads Little Wing and Castles Made Of Sand, Hendrix shifts the focus from the band to the silvery chord/melody accompaniments he often employed to complement his vocals. They are an orchestral effect unto themselves.