New UHQR by Analogue Productions/QRP - Axis: Bold as Love*

Id rather see Electric Ladyland. Another Axis isnt needed.

 

I cannot imagine that they would be this pricey.

 

Damn. I was hoping for Pet Sounds.

 

I haven’t read up on APs UHQR process. My question is, why will these new versions of Axis sound better than what Bernie Grundman has already cut for Legacy & Classic Records?

 

Cause they cost more and are in a box!!!
Silly you!

 

Why? Always thought this sounded amazing and the 2010 remasters are insanely sweet.

 

I see this mentioned here and there. A myth is all that is.

The *real* story is he lost the first mix of "If 6 Was 9" in a taxi.

"Compared to the other tracks on Axis: Bold As Love, "If 6 Was 9" suffers from an unusually large amount of tape noise, dropouts, and overall "rough" sound quality. According to Hendrix biographer John McDermott, the master tape used for the album was a quarter-inch open-reel tape belonging to bassist Noel Redding, containing an early rough mix of the song. This technically inferior copy (intended for a home tape player) had to be used at the last minute since the album's final stereo master tape had been accidentally lost, and "If 6 Was 9" was the one song that Hendrix and engineer Eddie Kramer could not satisfactorily remix. They reportedly had to use a clothes iron to remove wrinkles in the badly mishandled tape, copied it onto new studio-quality tape, and inserted it into the final album master with no further modification."

 

I am down for the Mono Axis...

 

You can get a virtually unbeatable mono cut of Axis for like $20.

 

I don’t get having two UHQRs of the same title (mono and stereo). Eight prior UHQRs (not including Red Norvo and 1812 Overature) and now there are two of the same title? The completist in me might have to get one of each.

Whoops, just answered my own question.

 

Maybe it’s my old Canadian pressing. Not so sweet.

 

What's not to get? Two different mixes/ two different listening experiences of a classic, beloved rock album. I'm very glad that they are taking this route with releasing both mixes. I'll be jumping on copies of both when (if?) pre-orders ordering is possible, so long as the price doesn't make me retch (I'll be thankful enough if the price does not eclipse/"raise the bar" of MOFI's UD1S series.)

 

Do yourself a favor and get a 2010 stereo remaster. Night & day. Really!

 

What exactly makes up a UHQR? Is it a 1 step pressing like the MFSL releases? Is it 45RPM?

How will it differ from AP's other releases, which are already high quality?

 

And Legacy pressings are AAA (at least the original 3 Hendrix studio albums).
Certainly AP will up hold that tradition.

 

The UHQR has a flat profile (at least the originals), and it's supposed to be a one step...at least when it was announced a few years back.
From the AP site:

What is the big deal about "flat" records? Were you to bisect a regular record you'd see that the grooves slope downward towards the center of the groove area and then upward towards the label area. Thus perfect azimuth is compromised as well as anti-skating. UHQR records are perfectly flat both at the outer lip and all the way across to the lead-out groove area

And:

First they will be "one step." That is, instead of the lacquer being plated to produce a father, then plated again to produce a mother from which stampers are produced, the plated lacquer will be used directly to press records. This means fewer records can be pressed since once the stamper is spent no more can be sourced from the "father" because it was used to press records.
Read more at Analogue Productions to Resurrect Deluxe UHQR Record Production With Two Bill Evans Classics

 

Thanks for posting this. Should be interesting to hear.

Looks like these will be 33rpm.

 

While 45 will have more impact sonically, I would prefer a single disc at 33.

 

Same here. Tired of flipping discs after 1-3 songs. I therefore don't buy any 45rpm albums any longer.

I like to sink back into my sofa, close my eyes and let the music take me places. Hard to stay in that fun hypnotized mental state when I have to constantly get up and flip/change discs.

 

I wish people looked after them better in the 60s. I've never found a decent original of any Jimi Hendrix Experience album. I have the UK Track originals and they play OK without major faults, but they've all seen better days.

 

I respect the 33rpm desire and sometimes prefer not to get up and turn the LP also. But for $100 I want the best sonics. Especially for a release that is already pretty darn good on 33.

 

I have no problem with 45rpm, the better the sonics the less I mind getting physical and dragging my creaky old bones over to the turntable.

 

Already have the Classic mono Axis, cut by Bernie, so I'm satisfied.

 

Definitely. And based on the physical shape of over half of the adults, they can use the exercise!