Editing Jimi Hendrix (section)

==== ''Axis: Bold as Love'' ====
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The second Experience album, ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]'', opens with the track "EXP", which uses microphonic and harmonic [[Audio feedback|feedback]] in a new, creative fashion.{{sfn|Whitehill|1989b|p=6}} It also showcased an experimental stereo panning effect in which sounds emanating from Hendrix's guitar move through the stereo image, revolving around the listener.{{sfn|McDermott|2009|p=76}} The piece reflected his growing interest in science fiction and [[outer space]].{{sfn|Moskowitz|2010|p=28}} He composed the album's [[Bold as Love (song)|title track]] and finale around two verses and two choruses, during which he pairs emotions with [[persona]]s, comparing them to colors.{{sfn|Moskowitz|2010|p=33}} The song's [[coda (music)|coda]] features the first recording of stereo [[Phaser (effect)|phasing]].<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=87}}; {{harvnb|McDermott|2009|pp=74–75}}.</ref>{{refn|group=nb|As with their previous LP, the band had to schedule recording sessions in between performances.{{sfn|Mitchell|Platt|1990|p=76}}}} Shadwick described the composition as "possibly the most ambitious piece on ''Axis'', the extravagant metaphors of the lyrics suggesting a growing confidence" in Hendrix's songwriting.{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=125}} His guitar playing throughout the song is marked by chordal [[arpeggio]]s and [[contrapuntal motion]], with [[tremolo]]-picked partial chords providing the musical foundation for the chorus, which culminates in what [[musicology|musicologist]] Andy Aledort described as "simply one of the greatest electric guitar solos ever played".{{sfn|Aledort|1996|pp=68–76; 71: "one of the greatest electric guitar solos ever"}} The track fades out on tremolo-picked [[thirty-second note|32nd note]] [[double stop]]s.<ref>{{harvnb|Aledort|1996|pp=68–76}}; {{harvnb|Whitehill|1989b|p=124}}.</ref>

The scheduled release date for ''Axis'' was almost delayed when Hendrix lost the master tape of side one of the LP, leaving it in the back seat of a London taxi.{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=130}} With the deadline looming, Hendrix, Chandler, and engineer [[Eddie Kramer]] remixed most of side one in a single overnight session, but they could not match the quality of the lost mix of "[[If 6 Was 9]]". Redding had a tape recording of this mix, which had to be smoothed out with an iron as it had gotten wrinkled.<ref>{{harvnb|Heatley|2009|p=86}}; {{harvnb|McDermott|2009|p=76}}.</ref> During the verses, Hendrix doubled his singing with a guitar line which he played one octave lower than his vocals.{{sfn|Whitehill|1989b|p=52}} Hendrix voiced his disappointment about having re-mixed the album so quickly, and he felt that it could have been better had they been given more time.{{sfn|Shadwick|2003|p=130}}

''Axis'' featured psychedelic cover art that depicts Hendrix and the Experience as various [[Dashavatara|avatars]] of [[Vishnu]], incorporating a painting of them by [[Roger Law]], from a photo-portrait by [[Karl Ferris]].{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|pp=146–147}} The painting was then superimposed on a copy of a mass-produced religious poster.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=87}} Hendrix stated that the cover, which Track spent $5,000 producing, would have been more appropriate had it highlighted his American Indian heritage.{{sfn|Cross|2005|p=205}} He said: "You got it wrong&nbsp;... I'm not that kind of Indian."{{sfn|Cross|2005|p=205}} Track released the album in the UK on December 1, 1967, where it peaked at number five, spending 16 weeks on the charts.<ref>{{harvnb|McDermott|2009|p=79}}: UK release date for ''Axis: Bold As Love''; {{harvnb|Roberts|2005|p=232}}: peak UK chart position for ''Axis: Bold As Love''.</ref> In February 1968, ''Axis: Bold as Love'' reached number three in the US.{{sfn|Heatley|2009|p=99}}

While author and journalist [[Richie Unterberger]] described ''Axis'' as the least impressive Experience album, according to author Peter Doggett, the release "heralded a new subtlety in Hendrix's work".<ref>{{harvnb|Doggett|2004|p=15}}; {{harvnb|Unterberger|2009|p=68}}.</ref> Mitchell said: "''Axis'' was the first time that it became apparent that Jimi was pretty good working behind the mixing board, as well as playing, and had some positive ideas of how he wanted things recorded. It could have been the start of any potential conflict between him and Chas in the studio."<ref>{{harvnb|Mitchell|Platt|1990|p=76}}: (primary source); {{harvnb|Shadwick|2003|p=127}}: (secondary source).</ref>