Jimi Hendrix AXIS BOLD AS LOVE UK LP 1ST MONO Mint-

	£		185
	$		245

JIMI HENDRIX - AXIS BOLD A S LOVE

THE STUNNING SECOND ALBUM FROM JIMI HENDRIX.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL EXAMPLE OF THIS VINYL THEN THIS MIGHT VERY WELL BE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

THE LP HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED FROM NEW AS DETAILED BELOW

GENUINE 1ST PRESSING TRACK  LABEL

• LABEL:TRACK
• CAT: 612003
• MATRIX:612003-A1 / B1

THE SLEEVE

lAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN WITH NO HEAVY CREASING OR LAMINATE PEEL. THE COLOURS ARE VIBRANT AND THE LAMINATE RETAINS ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN. THERE IS ONE LAMINATE LINE ACROSS THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, THIS IS NOT A CREASE AS IT CANNOT BE SEEN FROM INSIDE THE GATEFOLD, AND THERE IS ALSO A TINY BIT OF EDGE WEAR, BUT THIS IS VERY SLIGHT. THE REAR SURFACE IS AS NICE AS THE FRONT SURFACE AND HAS NO LAMINATE LINES, BUT THE SAME SLIGHT EDGE WEAR. THE SPINE IS IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION, AND HAS NOT PEELED.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS THE E.J. DAY PRINTERS MARK, AND THE TOP AND BOTTOM FLIPBACKS ARE IN EXCELLENT ORDER. THE OPENING EDGE DISPLAYS A VERY SLIGHT BIT OF FEATHERING WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE OCCASIONALLY.

OVERALL THE SLEEVE GRADES A HEALTHY EX

THE LABELS

SUPERB JET BLACK TRACK LABELS WITH UNWORN SILVER TYPEFACE. IT IS ON THE LABELVS THAT YOU CAN FIRST SEE THE SIGNS OF HOW FEW TIMES THIS VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED. FIRSTLY THERE IS NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR WHATSOEVER. IN FACT IF YOU EXAMINE THE SPINDLE HOLE CLOSELY THERE IS STILL LOOSE BITS OF SHELLACK HANGING INSIDE THE HOLE WHICH WOULD HAVE COME FROM THE PRESSING OF THE LP, BUT HAD THE LP RECEIVED MORE PLAYS THAN THIS, THEN THIS RESIDUE WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF, SO I AM BEING EXTRA CAREFUL WHEN PLACING THE DISC ON THE TURNTABLE SO AS NOT TO DISLODGE ANY OF IT.

NEXT I AM CAREFULLY EXAMINING THE AREA AROUND THE HOLE FOR TRACES OF SPIDER LINES WHICH ALSO GIVE A GREAT INDICATION OF HOW OFTEN THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED, AND ALSO HOW CAREFULLY THE ALBUM WAS HANDLED.

THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL LINES THAT ARE VISIBLE, SO I AM NOW ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN 5 TIMES SINCE 1968

THE VINYL

THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES ME IS THE SUPERB SHEEN THE DISC HAS AND CLEARLY IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE. HOLDING THE ALBUM UP TO THE LIGHT I CAN SEE NO SIGNS OF ANY MARKS, OR SCARTCHES, AND NOT EVEN ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SURFACE LINE. SPINNING THE DISC OVER AND LOOKING AGAIN I HAVE NOTICED ONE REALLY SMALL MARK ON TRACK ONE SIDE TWO. IT IS VERY VERY SMALL, BUT I WILL REPROT ON WETHER IT SOUNDS WHEN PLAYING BELOW. I HAVE THEN TAKEN THE DISC AND PUT IT UNDER A SPOTLIGHT WHICH REVEALS A FEW VERY VERY FAINT AND NEAR INVISIBLE HAIRLINES, THOSE THAT CANNOT BE SEEN IN DAYLIGHT AND ARE CAUSED BY NOTHING MORE THAN THE REMOVAL OF THE DISC FROM THE SLEEVEGENTLY LOWERING THE STYLUS ONTO SIDE 1 I AM DELIGHTED TO REPORT THAT THERE IS NO NOISE ON THE RUN IN AT ALL. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN OF WHAT IS TO COME. NO BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER. AS THE RADIO INTERVIEW STARTS IT IS WORTH NOTING ALREADY THAT THE SOUND IS VERY CRISP AS ONLY 1ST PRESSINGS ARE, AND PARTICULARLY 1ST MONO PRESSES.

THE MUSIC WHEN IT STARTS IS TOTALLY FREE OF ANY DISTORTION AND THEREFORE I CAN CONFIRM THE ALBUM HAS NEVER BEEN SUBJECTED TO ANY HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS. AS EACH TRACK ENDS THE LINKING GROOVES ARE TOTALLY SILENT.

THE SMALL MARK I IDENTIFIED ON SIDE TWO PLAYS THROUGH PERFECTLY AND SIDE TWO IS EVERY BIT AS IMPRESSIVE AS SIDE ONE.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITH A MAGNIFICENT AUDIO CLARITY, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THE RECORD IS NEARLY 40 YEARS OLD. IT WOULD BE WRONG OF ME TO SAY THERE IS NO UNWANTED NOISE, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE BIT OF VINYL ON THE PLANET THAT IS TOTALLY NOISE FREE, THERE IS THE VERY VERY ODD BIT OF STATIC IN ONE OR TWO REMOTE PLACES, AND THE VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT POP CAUSED BY A BIT OF LODGED DUST, BUT TRULY THIS IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS AS IT CAN BE AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MINT MINUS.

A HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE THAT IN MY OPINION WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING