Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was recorded to fulfill the Experience's contract, which stated that they must produce two records in 1967. Axis: Bold as Love was first released in the United Kingdom in December 1967, as the follow-up to the Band's successful debut Are You Experienced, which had been released months earlier in May. Many of the songs on Axis: Bold as Love were composed with studio recording techniques in mind and as a result were rarely performed live.The mixture of hard rock, rhythm and blues, and jazz has ensured Jimi Hendrix Experience as one of the most bewitching psychedelic band's of all time. .