Bold as Love (song)

"Bold as Love"
Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Axis: Bold as Love
Released	1 December 1967 (UK) 15 January 1968 (US)
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, heavy metal
Length	4:11
Label	MCA (reissues)
Writer	Jimi Hendrix
Producer	Chas Chandler
Axis: Bold as Love track listing
Side 1 "EXP" "Up from the Skies" "Spanish Castle Magic" "Wait Until Tomorrow" "Ain't No Telling" "Little Wing" "If 6 Was 9" Side 2 "You Got Me Floatin'" "Castles Made of Sand" "She's So Fine" "One Rainy Wish" "Little Miss Lover" "Bold as Love"

"Bold as Love" is a song by Jimi Hendrix, the final song and title track of the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1967 album Axis: Bold as Love.

Recording

The song was recorded on a four-track machine. After the initial recording was completed, Hendrix overdubbed harpsichord and additional bass parts. Recording engineers Eddie Kramer and George Chkiantz introduced phased stereo sound, which Hendrix called the sound he had been "hearing in [his] dreams".

Noel Redding did say that the song came quite naturally to the group, yet it took 27 takes to fulfill what needed to be recorded. Take 24 can be heard on the box set.

Covers

The song was covered by John Mayer in 2006 for his album Continuum. That cover was later performed by the John Mayer Trio on Mayer's live DVD Where the Light Is. Phish has also covered this song in live performances. It can be found on live albums such as Hampton Comes Alive (1999). Joan Osborne covered the song on her 2002 album How Sweet It Is. Pretenders recorded a cover for the 1993 album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix: vocals, guitars, bass guitar, harpsichord
• Mitch Mitchell: drums
• Noel Redding: bass guitar

See also

• 1967 in music

References

• John McDermott (1997). Bold As Love. In Experience Hendrix (p. 13) [CD liner notes]. Universal City, CA: MCA Records, Inc.