Just ask the Axis, he knows everything

Advantages: Some great rock songs here
Disadvantages: A forgotten album

...Axis: Bold As Love with its fantastic spaced-out cover art, showing the band as kind of like Hindu deities (cobras, elephants, kings, girls, firebreathers, the lot) was The Jimi Hendrix Experience's second release after "Are You Experienced?" in 1966. The passage of time has seen this album somewhat overshadowed by their debut and the later "Electric Ladyland" complete with their no 1 smash single, the famous and totally brilliant Voodoo Chile. But that's getting a bit ahead of ourselves so let's get back to this interesting record which has 13 songs in all and clocks in at a respectable 46 minutes. The late 1960's was the era of the power trio, with such bands as Cream, Gun, and the US outfit Mountain playing hard rock with fuzzy guitars and heavy bass rythyms. Indeed the Experience's bassist, Noel Redding, was...

pinkmatchstick 10.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Axis: Bold As Love [Remastered] - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The)

Axis: Bold As Love A More Mature Album

Advantages: All Of It
Disadvantages: None Of It

...Overall: Axis is a great example of Jimi Hendrix's development in playing and his ideas as it is a much more mature album than his earlier works. It is well worth the money; surprisingly good value. Full: The Jimi Hendrix Experience followed up their magical debut with another masterpiece. Axis: Bold As Love is a psychedelic gem that opens with the bizarre, feedback explosion of "EXP". "Spanish Castle Magic" is a great song with some superb guitar while "Wait Until Tomorrow" has an almost pop sound with a catchy as hell chorus. Mr. Hendrix's music has always had a socially conscious bent, but "If 6 Was 9" is one of his most overt social statements, with its spacey sound and its pro hippie lyrics. "You Got Me Floatin'" has a propulsive beat, "Castle Made Of Sand" has a quiet sound with some very poignant lyrics and "She...

nijvajama 11.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Axis: Bold As Love [Remastered] - Jimi Hendrix Experience (The)

Hendrix At His Creative Peak

Advantages: One Of The Greatest Albums Ever Made
Disadvantages: None, But Not For New Fans

...Before i begin, i think i am going to follow suit from some of the other reviewers in saying the unless you have a good grasp of Jimi Hendrix's music and some of his earlier material, you should not get this. That is not to say that you shouldn't get this, as it is one of the greatest albums, but i would say that you should start with Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love before progressing on to thsi album, as it is a huge step further beyond some of the materila on those, and you should first grasp his lyrics and guitar style before taking on this more flowing piece. Now that that is out of the way, i will introduce you to one of the best albums ever, and in my opinion probably the best Hendrix album in content and feel, as it is much more bluesy tha some of the others and shows his guitar skills at their best. This was...

Robin_Hod12 06.04.2009 · Read review
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Numark Axis 9 The best value cd deck for rookies and bedroom Djs

Advantages: Consistent, All main effects (scratch + key lock that WORKS)
Disadvantages: No built in memory

...I dj 2-3 times a week and often take my equipment in and out of venues so I need equipment that is durable and reliable. Ive had a pair of axis 9's for a few years now. They have turned out to be quite reliable and consistent where more expensive models weren't .. very important if you dj'ing at a gig. If you are a laptop Dj the Axis 9's works fine with all the major software, VDJ, Rockit, Traktor etc. There are some new features on the axis 9's along with all the standard feature on the axis series. Pitch-lock (called key-lock on numarks) is one of the most useful features I use and in my opinion axis 9's do this much better than others in a similar price range like 1200DZ or CDJ 200. They have very decent effects that are really easy to use, most notably, the scratch function which is a direct improvement from previous models like...

Sjnr 03.09.2009 (05.09.2009) · Read review
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Head South And Check Out These previously Unreleased Hendrix

Advantages: Great Start For Those Wanting To Take A Better Look At The Body Of Hendrix's Work
Disadvantages: Non-Essential But Contains Some Great Tracks

...standard to that of today's technology. On top of this, they have released some live material and attempted to create the album Jimi was working on before his death, First Rays Of The new Rising Sun, which I hope to review in the next few days. And then we have the official bootleg side of things, which this album is part of, with Blues, the BBC sessions and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but this itself is more bootleggy, as it includes unreleased material and not simply alternate versions. This is a good place to start for the avid Hendrix fan, introducing them to a range of material from his first album to his final few recording sessions, and some of the material on here would more than merit a place on a studio album release. 1. Look over Yonder **** This song was originally recorded for the Axis: Bold As Love sessions, but was put aside...

Robin_Hod12 17.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of South Saturn Delta - Jimi Hendrix

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Is In Session

Advantages: Re-Recordings Of His Hits, Along With Unique Covers And Songs
Disadvantages: Sound Quality Occasionally Drops, Although Not To Any Great Extent

...The Jimi Hendrix BBC sessions is a release that builds on the work of the much earlier, Radio One, release encompassing more recordings with improved sound quality. It brings together all of the songs that the group recorded for the BBC, as well as a few alternate takes, which were made to provide the content that got around the limitations on the playing of records during broadcasts, which was limited to seven hours split between both Radio 1and 2. At the time, the playing of records on the radio was seen almost as a discouragement for listeners to go out and purchase them for themselves, as if you could hear them on the radio for free, why go out and pay for them. Luckily though, this meant that the BBC was able to build up a huge archive of spectacular material from some of the biggest groups of the era, with such luminaries as...

Robin_Hod12 29.07.2009 · Read review
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MusicMan Axis Review

Advantages: Great for smaller hands. Lightweight. Easy to play.
Disadvantages: Floyd Rose Trem. Hard to get parts

...I won't bother boring you with the specs of this guitar, if you are looking to buy it you will probably already know them already! Just for reference, the model I have is the orange quilt top with maple fingerboard. The Axis has a Floyd Rose, as opposed to the Super Sport which I believe is more akin to a fixed bridge. I am not keen on Floyd Rose trems due to the extra hassle with tuning and changing strings, but that is pretty much all I can fault with this guitar. The neck is absolutely incredible, especially for someone with smaller hands. It is my favourite guitar to play, as it suits my hands so well with its narrow neck and short scale, it's much easier than guitars such as PRS and Jacksons of similar price, which have wider necks. I find the MusicMan does not produce particularly clean sounds when amplified; that is to say...

jrkennedy 13.08.2009 · Read review
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Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix (The Best Of)

Advantages: A compilation of great songs from a great musician
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...When James Marshall Hendrix died in September 1970 at the age of just 27, the world lost a great, talented musician who was a definite icon and innovator in music...and here comes a "definitive" greatest hits album of Hendrix's work - "Experience Hendrix". Released in the UK in 1997, the two-disc edition includes one CD of twenty of Hendrix's releases from numerous years of work... "Purple Haze" - 2:52 "Fire" - 2:43 "The Wind Cries Mary" - 3:20 "Hey Joe" - 3:30 "All Along the Watchtower" - 3:59 "Stone Free" - 3:36 "Crosstown Traffic" - 2:19 "Manic Depression" - 3:42 "Little Wing" - 2:25 "If 6 Was 9" - 5:34 "Foxy Lady" - 3:19 "Bold As Love" - 4:11 "Castles Made of Sand" - 2:47 "Red House" - 3:50 "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - 5:12 "Freedom" - 3:25 "Night Bird Flying" - 3:50 "Angel" - 4:22 "Dolly...

carl.mcqueen 25.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Experience Hendrix (The Best Of Jimi Hendrix) - Jimi Hendrix

Labtec axis 301

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: None

...Being an online gamer i decided to go out and purchase a headphone set so i could talk in person to my fellow gamers instead of typing into the games chat all the time (which often resulted in me letting my team down as i would get shot whilst typing) The main criteria for my purchase was... 1. Needed to be hands free with a mic attached to the headset. 2. Needed to have a long enough cable to reach my sound card without being streched. 3. Needed to be cheap, i didnt want to pay silly prices for something i would only use 3 times a week!!. Enter the Labtec axis 301, it is all of the above, it was simple to setup and came provided with a 2.4 metre cable which is ample for me. The product also supports speech recognition although i havnt had the oppturnity to test the accuracy of this feature yet and a 1 years manufacture...

Rabid 01.04.2004 · Read review
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Well are you? Jimi Hendrix - Are you Experienced

Advantages: Great songs, great guitar, great drums, great, great, great.
Disadvantages: None whatsoever.

...and the clarity and tightness of rock with a trippy feel. This is a brilliant song. Red House Hugely bluesy number from Jimi here. Guitar playing is top notch, a conversation between Pete Townsend and Eric Clapton about Hendrix included the choice quote: 'this guys gunna put us both out of a job'. Its incredible the way in which Jimi approaches the guitar, completely natural and theres so much feel in it which is so evident when you hear covers of Hendrix which simply cannot replicate his playing. May This Be Love Poppy, trippy offering with dreamy guitar playing, tom rolls courtesy of Mitch and light bass from Noel. The lyrics are slightly cheesy but I think Jimi can be forgiven. Its not the strongest track on the album but its different and shows Hendrix to be more than one sided. The solo is excellent, but don't me wrong, many may see Hendrix as...

Rustycakes 26.05.2009 · Read review
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