LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 1, 2019…IT WAS 1967 AND HENDRIX RELEASED THE ALBUM ‘AXIS:BOLD AS LOVE.’ THIS WAS THE SECOND STUDIO ALBUM FROM ‘THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE’ AND HENDRIX EXPRESSED DISMAY OVER THE ALBUM COVER ART. THE COVER (WHICH WAS PICKED BY HIS RECORD COMPANY) DEPICTED HENDRIX AND THE EXPERIENCE AS VARIOUS FORMS OF VISHNU. HENDRIX STATED THAT THE COVER WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE HAD IT HIGHLIGHTED HIS AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE. THE RELEASE DATE OF THE RECORD WAS ALMOST DELAYED WHEN HENDRIX LOST THE MASTER TAPE OF SIDE ONE OF THE LP. HE LEFT IT IN THE BACKSEAT OF A LONDON TAXI. WITH A DEADLINE LOOMING, HENDRIX AND HIS TEAM WERE FORCED TO REMIX SIDE ONE IN 1 NIGHT. HENDRIX LATER VOICED HIS DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT HAVING TO RUSH THE FINAL MIX, AND FELT IT COULD HAVE SOUNDED BETTER IF HE WAS GIVEN MORE TIME. HERE’S A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE RECORDING OF “LITTLE WING”
