Jimi Hendrix - Spanish Castle Magic (Extended Version)

Extended version of Spanish Castle Magic from Olympic Studios, London, February 17 1969.
Available through Spotify on The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Deluxe Reissue) compilation.
Enjoy the solo!
Art taken from Vice.com by Rob Dobi.

[@MadMan731]

The guitar shredding in this song is super badass. Shame Hendrix was taken from us too soon. He was a master.

[@patrickpryor3187]

When I saw him do Rock me baby on the montereyes pop festival video.. his true showman ship showed. A Star was Born.

[@larryleitch3803]

Jimi used those Marshall Amps to make it freaking out, now they want to blow you out of your seat. Trip on

[@monkeyliver1986]

THE master***

[@chuckeelhart1746]

Taken from us? Interesting view. I thought he did what he wanted and then checked out.

[@OutrageIsNow]

@@chuckeelhart1746 Jimi had his internal struggles. I’m sure he didn’t intend to overdose.

[@SirBoycie]

That needs to be a blacklight poster!

[@durandjohnson1321]

We use to have several, back in the day!..

[@timpenfield5]

BLACK LIGHTS FUCKING RULE

[@Sasquatchmedic]

@@timpenfield5 unless your blind!

[@uhhmm2132]

Yesssss

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

And some Windowpane while were at it :-) Peace

[@jsamc]

How can three people sound SO FULL !!

[@nafifof8087]

I think could be the fact that they are all playing "lead". A thing i also heard said about the Who. And add to that they are playing balls out no doubt

[@fuckmemonica]

One of them is Mitch Mitchel. He and Jimi really formed the music between them.

[@bipbong2906]

Good mixers and engineers

[@nafifof8087]

@@bipbong2906 u a mixer and/or engineer? :D

[@bipbong2906]

@@nafifof8087 a bit

[@doomgloom8414]

LISTEN TO THAT DRUMMER. MITCH MITCHELL. ONE OF THE BEST.

[@MrSnappyJones]

He never gets his due but he was awesome!

[@dev_jana]

was always absolutely ripping. incredibly underrated

[@rafamoraes82]

No doubt

[@clarkewi]

Mitchell was a shaman. Always pushing Jimi higher and higher.

[@paragagrawal6274]

He is the best

[@dreamingcode]

Pretty sure Jimi levitated during that solo at some point

[@vichy7661]

Prolly correct on the post, he may have never needed shoes cause his feet rarely touched Earth!!!! LikeYeahhhhBabbbbBBbyyyyyyy

[@thesoundpurist]

if he didn't, I did for sure listening to this. What a generous soul.

[@timetraveler7122]

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[@estebanmurphy1373]

I'm sure he was levitating even before he entered the studio...

[@mattloebig6108]

Its hard to tell after the clouds formed beneath him

[@ziapsp4167]

His soloing literally becomes inter dimensional at one point.

[@Pimp-Master]

These kind of instrumental improvs of his can't be duplicated by anybody. It's him, so nobody could ever, (or has ever) come close to it.

[@bradleyschulz3988]

Thanos can hear him from here if he just goes a little louder..................YEAH cool

[@patrinos655]

@@bradleyschulz3988 thanos is dead 😔

[@nicholasbernal701]

@@patrinos655 so is tony ;(

[@GodsUnrulyFriends]

Have you ever heard the live version of this at Madison Square Garden? There are bootleg recordings that appear from time to time. At one point, Mitchell and Redding stop, and Hendrix does this feedback thing that sounds like a symphony orchestra. It's not to be believed.

[@ronaldlwhitaker3458]

My man! I saw Jimi on May 3, 1970 in St. Paul Minn., need I say anymore! I was invited to his after party and rode up to the party with Jimi and the concert promoter. A great night, for sure!

[@BasVossen]

remember anything from the after party?

[@ronaldlwhitaker3458]

@@BasVossen - Yes, I remember everything. Decorum prevents me from going into detail but we talked, partied, experienced things (smile) etc. Jimi was somewhat shy in a way. Huge hands and he wasn't as big as he looked on stage.

[@reiniersanchezgaviero1243]

@@ronaldlwhitaker3458 wow man definitely you're one of the luckiest person i ever heard meet Jimi could be a great and irreplaceable experience

[@ronaldlwhitaker3458]

@@reiniersanchezgaviero1243 Thanks Reinier; it was a time to remember!

[@ronaldlwhitaker3458]

@TheDirtyVegetable I will have to plead the 5th!

[@markparee99]

The Spanish Castle was a nightclub outside of Seattle where the teen Hendrix tried to sit in with the bands playing there.

[@alexcastro7339]

He describes what Spanish Castle Magic is right in the song....

[@durandjohnson1321]

I remember it, it was on Pac hyw. in Des Moines Wa. There's a Walgreens there now!

[@bonzorip6162]

Spanish Castle Ballroom on Pacific Highway South between Seattle and Tacoma

[@kentclark6420]

I remember bands like Paul Revere and the Raiders played there.

[@rockoutmichigan]

@Dan D Why you gotta call names bro? Hendrix wouldn't approve.

[@robjones2408]

There are great guitarists. Then there's Jimi.......... Fifty years after he departed, nobody has matched him.

[@joelharrison9432]

Check out Eric Gales

[@robjones2408]

@@joelharrison9432 Eric is very impressive indeed. Jimi would be smiling, wherever he is now. Also, look out for Sonny Sharrock and the late Eddie Hazel from Funkadelic. "Maggot Brain" is one of the best examples of post- Hendrix guitar work ever recorded.

[@Cruz-tc6df]

@@robjones2408 maggot brain sure is great!

[@robjones2408]

@@Cruz-tc6df Check out "Super Stupid" as well. Another post-Hendrix gem.

[@On_Dust]

Who knows? Maybe the next Hendrix is playing somewhere in the world right now with not even know it.

[@HowlinWilf13]

The howling guitar solo that starts at 4:24 encapsulates the very essence of what I love about Jimi's music. His tone is out of this world, with overdrive, feedback between his speakers and guitar pick-ups, distortion from his amp, and vibrato from his tremolo arm and his fingers. Face-melting :)

[@JazzieRose]

Spell binding.❤

[@hugowiberg1843]

"Hang on my darling..." Almost made me cry...

[@kevinkinnu341]

Love how he jams out on this

[@williamkostecke5295]

Right on.

[@davidkarr4632]

One of my favorite songs from Hendrix, and not just his playing abilities but also his song writing style. He was always telling incredible stories with lyrics like "and it takes about a half a day to get there, if we travel by my dragonfly ".. Thanks for the magical music Jimi.

[@gavanhillebold3131]

“ If you travel by dragonfly “ Jimi was a musical genius

[@toby2k75]

Dragonfly was a name of a car he had but yes jimi´s musical genious is unmatched till this very day

[@gidpumps6548]

Until I come on the scene

[@larryleitch3803]

Yes, he was the designated guitar player.

[@toby2k75]

@HomeSchooler94 well correct me if i am wrong sir.

[@ValirAmaril]

drag'n'fly, what COULD it be

[@illinoisjay4300]

Hendrix amazes me more and more everytime I hear a new solo. He is needed during today’s time. He would’ve grown even bigger in this time with this technology that’s available to us now.

[@liveitup5551]

yeah, and he would have fukin hated it

[@typhon4829]

@@liveitup5551 I kinda think so, too

[@artistaccount]

​@@liveitup5551? Why would he hate being more famous and successful?

[@hugowiberg1843]

The Electric Ladyland Studio was going to be a first step to the Stars!

[@JuanReyes-if6ky]

Jimi hendrix was the only guitar player who solved the extremely difficult guitar chords puzzle. He's the only one who could make the fender strat sound like an alien signal coming from another time and another world. This was one awesome recording. Thank you !!! AWESOME 😃 ❤ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@alexandercameron6235]

Absolutely! Clapton, Beck, etc. are great guitarists. Hendrix was obviously connected to some sort of Higher Power. We call it genius.

[@JuanReyes-if6ky]

@@alexandercameron6235 If hendrix was alive in 2022 , how many people would attend his concert ?

[@mechanicrainbow2709]

@@JuanReyes-if6ky wouldn't be any concerts due to the nazi-tary dictatorship but in previous years a lot for sure

[@JuanReyes-if6ky]

@@mechanicrainbow2709 Happy new year !! Stone believer !! Thank you for responding !! It is a question that i always wanted the public to answer. But your answer was (a lot for sure). If an event is big as a jimi hendrix concert were to be real in the year 2022 , it will cause an interstate traffic nightmare in the likes that you have never seen. Millions of people not thousands will jam the open concert grounds. And without a doubt , it will become a moment to remember for the rest of our lives !! Happy New Year !! 🎸

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

@@JuanReyes-if6ky he’d definitely make stoner metal and thrashy riffs knowing his style

[@charliejamz.]

Mitch Mitchell is the only drummer that was right for Jimi. His first two albums are my favorite.

[@TheDarkDutchman]

I can agree with that. Always loved Mitch Mitchell's drumming style. In general the Experience line up with Noel Redding.

[@alexcastro7339]

I disagree with that... Although Mitch Mitchell was perfect for the Experience's psychedelic musings, Jimi's funky soul side really shined with Buddy Miles' steady beat in the Band of Gypsies..... Mitchells frenetic drumming wouldn't have been right for tracks like Who Knows, Changes, or Power to Love......IMHO

[@QuangThichDuc]

@@alexcastro7339 Machine Gun always sticks out to me as a killer drum track. Steady and precise.

[@alexcastro7339]

@@QuangThichDuc Agreed... The whole band of gypsies album has that great funky groove

[@brucecaldwell6701]

@@alexcastro7339 I don't get why so many people were critical of Band of Gypsies. I think Buddy & Billy helped Jimi express another dimension to his music & I still love it. Had he lived longer he no doubt would've played with other musicians who'd have done the same.

[@timpenfield5]

OFTEN EMULATED , NEVER DUPLICATED.

[@psychedelia6891]

Bingo!

[@rektshad0w228]

underrated

[@fernandomaron87]

The real deal

[@bradleyschulz3988]

the 70s will live on in my mind

[@JosueLopez-kk9us]

so jimi hendrix is basically electrified sci-fi blues?

[@iwantacookie8772]

exactly

[@benoitbrule1893]

Exactly true !!!!!!!!!!!

[@jameshafner1442]

Yep .

[@nugsymalone1247]

I would call him a "celestial musician"

[@benoitbrule1893]

@@nugsymalone1247 right!

[@meechy9166]

Hendrix absolutely shredded those riffs!!! I don't think some ppl realize how complex and unique Jimi's notes were, even if they sounded simplistic at times, they were the perfect mix of easy and sophisticated at the same time!! And at this time this was insane!!! Way before all the cheat codes of technology and all that, this was pure rawness and authenticity!!!🎸🎸⚡⚡💚💚💙💙

[@Anrirua]

An axe king who craved the acceptance of blues men. But he BLUE them all out of the water. RIP Jimi

[@meechy9166]

@@Anrirua Agree fam!!💯💯🙌🙌👑👑👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 they don’t make ‘em like they used to!💯💯💯🔥🔥🙏🙏

[@AddReflect]

People frequently remember Jimi Hendrix only as the best guitarist of all times. But indeed he's one of the greatest artists off all times, including the ones like Mozart. A God gifted man.

[@chuckeelhart1746]

God gifted? Weird. Maybe this god coulda stopped his overdose. Now that woulda been a gift.,,

[@Anrirua]

Jesus couldn't string his guitar. He's one in an epoch

[@DigiPal]

"A God gifted man" Some of his guitars having been stolen, he was sleeping with his guitar all the time, practicing and creating all that time at the same occasion. The "god gift", I don't believe in that. Good musicians practice all the time, and become what they want. Steve Vai used to practice at least 10 hours every day when he was younger. Take a listen to what he can do with a guitar. You can apply the same to all renowned musicians

[@krono069]

I feel Cream kinda started it with this amazing power trio/big guitar style, but Hendrix really took it to the next level. The things he pioneered in rock is still influencing artists to this day. His music was only around for a few years. Such a terrible tragedy.

[@Forever78TFS]

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[@D.Guitar]

Eric clapton let Jimi come up on stage. Since they both came up in england (became popular Solo acts of three piece). And Eric got mad because Jimi upstaged him. He wouldn't play at concerts when Jimi played. Because Eric Clapton was one of England's Top Rock virtuoso up an coming. But Hendrix was on ANOTHER LEVEL

[@babadayat4981]

@@D.Guitar eric came into the blues and learned it, jimi came from the blues and was the blues himself

[@D.Guitar]

@@babadayat4981 ...I kinda would say Jimi come up though r+b Pop... Playing with little richard and bands like that. Sure. He mastered the Blues... But. Seattle in the 50's. Wasn't the huge Blues Scene

[@gerardoneri5115]

I think it was Jack Bruce that said Eric is a master guitarist but Jimi is a force of nature. And I totally agree with him!!!

[@slxpictures]

When Jimi played, he WAS the guitar

[@VoodooApex]

This version is the greatest rock performance of all time

[@JohnMOlsen-dd5on]

Listening to this took me straight back there. I f'ing cried for the first time in 20 years. Shocked my wife.

[@walkerkaeck7706]

He resonated with people. You are special for really getting it.

[@bingsinatra5283]

You should hear 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience' box set, there's a few rare gems like this on it.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

This recording is on disc 3 of The Jimi Hendrix Experience 4-CD Box Set (the one in the purple box). It's a great box set. I believe this version was recorded sometime in 1969...quite a bit after the original version on Axis: Bold As Love from 1967.

[@b.rodclark7349]

Axis Bold As Love was released in 1968 though recorded throughout '67.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

@@b.rodclark7349 It was released first in the UK in Dec 1967. And then in early 1968 in the US

[@b.rodclark7349]

@@Mike-kv5pl thanks I forgot to mention those two different releases and it's amazing of the song selections when or if one album has a different sequence from the other.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

@@b.rodclark7349 For the Axis album the tracks were the same. I believe the sequences were the same as well. Unlike the UK and US release of Are You Experience which feature very different tracklists.

[@keepongroovin7567]

Actually recorded in Olympic Studios, February 17 1969 (just for more info.)

[@bluebird5173]

Ah, Jimi Hendrix. The only artist whose live performances I treat as if they were studio recordings.

[@henryquenin6580]

I saw him three times in the 1960s. I was a guitar nut back then and I well remember how rock guitar sounded before Hendrix and how it changed because of his tremendous influence. May God bless him.

[@nuclear_bonsai]

Here before this gets taken down lol

[@PhuryousOne]

Man.... I had the absolute most amazing Hendrix playlist full of extended jams and blues I had never heard before. Hendrix was becoming my favorite artist after listening to it all. Then one sad day, it was all yanked and I had a playlist full of deleted videos. It broke my God damn heart.

[@yoshatabi]

@@PhuryousOne SAME :(

[@Doomsday.606]

@@PhuryousOne that’s why you should copy everything😉

[@francogonzalez7692]

@@Doomsday.606 do you have the copies?

[@rogeralleyne9257]

It's not the notes or his technique... it's the way he made the guitar sound!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@schizoidman5957]

so basically the notes and his technique ?...

[@Sonic_Appeal]

@@schizoidman5957LOL

[@iamcasonwix7622]

Except it’s both of those too

[@bingsinatra5283]

Yup, but you have to remember amp/fx/studio technology was moving forward at an insane rate in the late 60s.

[@fauxbro]

Uhh no, actually it IS the notes and technique. The technique in his fingerings and the notes he's pulling off

[@mychromebook9935]

jimi's live versions are like the "jedi holocron" of guitar licks. So much stuff in there no one does today.

[@mahadazzle676]

What a version Jimi, what a version...

[@martin90adrian]

With this track i kissed the sky thank's Jimi

[@inmemoryofgstringbender]

This is from Olympic studios u can find it on spotify just search Spanish castle magic Olympic studios ;)

[@Bioniking]

I love hearing bootlegs, studio banter, and alternate versions of songs. It’s sometimes hard to remember that These artists could jam out longer than the accepted 3 minute format that was so popular back in the 60s

[@DaMan1964]

My neighbours are so LUCKY ..as are my family that I had`nt ever found this classic in my youth... and that`s all I have to say about that!

[@amysturgeon7965]

Babe, you dropped the mic with that one! It’s almost midnight NOW and volume is up to MAX-full tilt on repeat...just for about 20 minutes of “ME” time. Self effing Care, dude.

[@Oscar-ut3pp]

Jimi was floating on this version with that solo holy shit 🔥

[@jameskelly6029]

Hammer of the Gods. A powerful fusion of hypnotic rock and blues with intricate arrangements, dynamic lyrics, and mesmerizing extended solo. Only Jim Hendrix had it.

[@papagreenemusic]

Notes from CD box set booklet: SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC Recorded: Olympic Studios, February 17, 1969 *PRODUCER: JIMI HENDRIX Engineer: George Chkiantz Mixed by Eddie Kramer NRG Studios, January 10, 2000 Guitar, Vocals: Jimi Hendrix Bass: Noel Redding Drums: Mitch Mitchell **Worth noting, which is not mentioned on the CD release: This was not recorded for release, rather it was a band rehearsal runthrough for the 1st of the Experience's 2 final UK performances at Royal Albert Hall, the next day, on February 18, & on February 24, 1969, which means that this Hendrix-directed session may have been the last time that the original Experience with Noel Redding recorded together in the studio.

[@RutherfordBcrazy]

Damn that bummed me out hard

[@papagreenemusic]

@@RutherfordBcrazy What, that it was their last studio recording together?

[@RutherfordBcrazy]

@@papagreenemusic yeah idk it hit me while listening to it. Very beautiful stuff It just still bums me out.

[@papagreenemusic]

@@RutherfordBcrazy There was still a lot of good music yet to come... Woodstock, Band of Gypsys, & a lot of great recordings & shows with the final "hybrid" band, with Billy Cox on bass & Mitch Mitchell on drums, so although the Albert Hall "Experience" concerts represented the end of an era (Noel Redding played a few more shows in the U.S. tour, then quit the band), it was the beginning of new directions for Hendrix which he was busily exploring, with enough material to develop for a triple LP at the time of his untimely death.

[@RutherfordBcrazy]

@@papagreenemusic I believe he would have of had his own genre figured out there was still so much for him to hear like bootsy collins style funk he would have done some crazy stuff with that

[@corykassabian8839]

This is from the 4 CD Jimi Hendrix experience box set. It was recorded live in studio. He also did a version of hear my train comin the same day. Both tracks are outstanding. He was on fire playing the hell out of that guitar that day. Very innovative stuff

[@gegaks218]

The greatest electric guitarist in the world ever! R.I.P. genius.

[@zankfrappa6427]

Um no but a pioneer yes

[@oderanep5348]

jimi hendrix is not the greatest guitarist... he is exhibitionist and tripper guitarist.. if you listen all of his solo it is one pattern only. his note is very simple, basic broken chords and scale!! more guitarist is great than jimi.. like ritchie blackmore,jimmy page,don felder ,gary moore,jeff beck,slash,paul gilbert,van halen,yngwie malmsteen. etc

[@stormtrooper8800]

@@oderanep5348 incomprehensibly false

[@popadopolous7130]

@@oderanep5348 Yeah but he makes the “simple patterns” sound amazing. Therefore he is the best, and he only played for 12 years(15 to27) and this was decades ago. He deserves more recognition, and he is the best.

[@deebee9917]

@@oderanep5348 easy there, l’ll put Randy Rodes and Stevie ray in front of all those names you mentioned

[@peteraustin370]

Back when musical giants roamed the Earth!!!!!!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

but most of Zep is still around

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

There r still music giants here. U just haven`t them yet!!!!!

[@tricko8000]

@@RICHBLACKCOCK That's BS, I've listened to hundreds of modern bands and none of them are even half as good as the big 60s-90s bands, that's why no one knows them.

[@jhonnyjhomey]

@@henrypaleveda7760 how about half of them are not

[@courdell7426]

Music giants still roam this earth you needa look harder.

[@giovannigentile2215]

The solo is fuc*in amazing

[@martian-sunset]

This is just incredible. Fantastic performance of one of my favorite tunes.

[@novawagon1965]

I remember when and where I was when I first heard Jimi Hendrix on the am radio the song was Purple Haze I asked my cousin Dan who was that on the radio and he said somebody called Hendrix I said that is something I've never heard before and I was hooked . That was in 1967 .

[@MrLynchrules]

Awesome story man

[@maragale1944]

Imagine being alive during Jimi Hendrix😍😍 my fetus was like 50 years late-😂🥺

[@EKdlwoasred]

I literally heard this when I was 2 in 1910

[@rsohlich1]

oh yeah

[@linda.kopecka.guttfreund]

You was not alone...and not only in '67...!

[@tomgeorgearts]

Wow, thankyou for this rare recording. His guitar goes in so many surprising little directions - makes my brain flip! He was truly a wizard...

[@hndrxspnttaDlucia]

Nadie ha tenido la osadía de subirlo a YT. Ojalá no quiten esta obra de arte. Leyenda Hendrix!!!

[@valereirenfro9040]

YESSSS! I literally moved while sitting still listening to this song. I feel its magic all over me. Now thats wonderful music ! Just what I need on this dreary Christmas Eve 2020!

[@RRRRobbbb]

This version is so much better than the album version.

[@crazykellywfo4240]

Bass ain't loud enough, Bass and the Drums should feel like a fuckin' Garbage truck crushing you're Head.

[@guitarcrazyusa]

No. But interesting.

[@RRRRobbbb]

@@guitarcrazyusa It is literally twice as good. Not debatable, but thanks anyway.

[@Superdan4290]

Rob it actually is debatable. Music is subjective and people are allowed to have opinions. It’s not good to be close-minded.

[@RRRRobbbb]

@@Superdan4290 The idea that music and art in general is purely subjective and has no objective value, and thus that an individual person's opinion on it is unassailable and immune from criticism is the very definition of close-mindedness. Thanks anyway.

[@SIRGALAHADful]

I was about 14 yrs old when I was introduced to cream,jimi hundred,and the who, many bands were to follow-Great stuff lol flower power!

[@aarongentle300]

That may be the most furious piece of guitar playing ive ever heard

[@rudiclaeys7850]

i bought my first jimi hendrix lp in 1970 and still it is pretty outstanding on all levels, this is real tabasco for my ears

[@kevingraap5255]

My Experience with Jimi, May 2nd 70 the Coliseum in Madtown...my first bowl of hash from the row in front of me on the pass. Jimi, his music, and WOW

[@lidiavillarreal2730]

I'm a new jimi Hendrix fan I was mind blown with this one incredible it took me all over the universe and after it finished it brought me back to planet earth wow mr Hendrix just wow awesome heavy stuff :)

[@wdemercado1]

Heard this version for the 1st time today!

[@jessedondero1885]

Fun fact... back before he got big he used you play at a club all the time in Federal Way, Washington state. This club was named "the Spanish Castle". It's one of the many Washington clubs where he cut his teeth and honed his craft.

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

Superb ! Man, 'Axis Bold as Love' was such a stunning album. And remains so !

[@jacobkopp1239]

Glad I checked that one out! That was some of the best Improv soloing I've ever heard. To me it sounded like he added another solo and then a whole nother part at the end of the song which seem to all be improvised. I don't know really but it was hot

[@whatwouldhousedo5136]

Killer solo. Love this version.

[@johnjoefitzpatrick8483]

Hendrix pioneered Heavy Metal right here without question.

[@davidmanchajr6839]

my very 1st album 12 yrs old 1973 & stilll my most FAV

[@dennisthemenace5466]

I'm surprised jimis sister hasn't had this removed. Hopefully it'll stay up a while 🎸

[@bensblues]

jimis unrelated money grabbing 'sister' who he never spoke to

[@MrDPdrum]

I’m listening to it on 1.26.2021. Fuck yeah

[@311tim311]

this is she and i'm letting you meanies have one

[@G0K3001]

From the first time I heard the studio cut...I instantly transformed to riding on a dragon fly weaving in and out of bushes,plants,and up in the trees flying low and high to Spanish Castle....I know its weird. It helps when you grew up on wild land. The power of Jimi's lyrics, love the purple cartoon image of Jimi, thanks-

[@OutrageIsNow]

I’ve been listening to Jimi since middle school when I was introduced to him by my uncle. I seem to go on Jimi benders for weeks on end and then I stop listening and then I come back to him. Every time I come back it’s like I’m hearing him for the first time again.

[@blonz1371]

Jimi died 10 days before my 13th birthday .I remember where I was and what I was doing , when it came over the radio that he had died... Truely a talented man, to teach himself how to play a guitar upside down...Think that is a FIRST. I MISS you Jimi...YOUR music is as important today, as it was years and years ago. But you are in the company of so many greats.I bet you all are rocking out !! R.I.P.Jimi

[@jimivibes609]

To this day it still makes me feel goosebumps . Thank you jimi this channel and music is in your honor❤

[@peterfile2185]

Jesus, i don't think I'll ever be as good as Jimi. Holy cow 😂😂

[@timeubank4687]

I feel you brother

[@hippydippy]

Ya Think? LMFAO!!!

[@drickett67]

Prince covered this better.

[@HartHendrix]

Not with that mindset you won't.

[@gtrjay55]

Hey! What's up with you?We all learn the language from who ever we deem as masters,then we make it our own. You probably sound like you just fine and that's what I want to hear when I come to hear you. God bless Stay safe Rock on.🙏🎵🎶🎸😷

[@DaveVelo1]

Superb performance... one of Jimi's signature tunes that nobody should ever attempt to cover. Thanks for putting this up, don't believe I've heard it before.

[@elainenye-evans4555]

This is Hendrix at his best...I should know I've listened to virtually everything he has done since 1966...fantastic

[@DanC-go9lc]

Most people don't know Jimi only really put out 3 albums before his death --- "Are You Experienced", "Axis, Bold As Love", and the double album "Electric Ladyland". Everything else is either Jimi Hendrix Live stuff or mixes of the extraordinary amount of studio jams he had. Did you ever see him live Elaine ?

[@elainenye-evans4555]

@ Dan, Sadly no...just a little too young.

[@trevscribbles]

I would've been maybe 15 the first time I heard that incoming breakdown at 3:05 and 15 years on it still makes the hair stand-on-end

[@maryorhannah6137]

Sick, who would have thought that my most favorite JHE song could get any better

[@mirkokraovac9068]

Thank you, been looking all over for this version with the ridiculous solo

[@ramseydieter]

Thank You!!!! This Is amazing and they’re so crisp on this version

[@evanshepardofficial]

Hell yeah

[@usmessenger3199]

WHAT A GREAT GUITARIST JIMI IS,AND MITCH IS RIGHT THERE WITH HIS GREAT DRUM PLAYING, FANTASTIC BAND.😎🎸🔊🎶☮️ BOB.

[@zachzimny1268]

HOW DARE YOU FORGET TO MENTION NOEL REDDING’S ABSOLUTELY KILLER, & FUCKING THUNDEROUSLY FAT BASS PLAYING?!?!?!?!? In the original studio version Noel laid down his bass track using an 8 string electric bass just to make the song sound/& feel even beefier. In this alternate version it sounds to me like Noel is again playing an 8 string electric bass subsequently causing this version to become undeniably, & unforgettably OBESE!!!!!!!!!! All thanks to Noel having those 4 extra high octave strings while holding down the low end on that 8 string electric bass!!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. Noel Redding. There are still some people out there who won’t forget you, & the contribution you made to Rock bass playing/& also being a bassist in a Rock n Roll Band!!!!

[@jaynereynolds892]

Thanks for posting!

[@UrbanRally]

i listen to this every single day. thank you

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

The best project I've ever done for school was about how revolutionary Hendrix is (or was, but I prefer is). I titled the exhibit "IF YOU TRAVEL BY DRAGONFLY"

[@andy_travis]

The Dragonfly was a combat helicopter used for fast attack by US forces during the Vietnam Conflict.

[@FuzzyDancingBear]

@@andy_travis didn't know that!

[@billtaylor4897]

Floor It Jimi... Incredible... Mitch sounds like a carpenter gone Wild...

[@chrispenley5442]

Man, I've been looking for this version for YEARS!!! Thanks for the upload! Subbing right now!

[@niteriderband4713]

Awesome, I never heard that version before. Love Jimi's playing.

[@vortex3013]

This is one of Hendrix's best, and I think works as a good song for physical motivation

[@paulguzman1634]

What the Hell? I have never heard this one and I have been into Jimi since "Hey Joe" in '67!! This is the Best version of this song hands down!! Thanks for sharing this Awesome Gem from "The Man", the American Rocker that set trends that were followed by many, but NEVER bested. NICE! Rockin' through the Madness, just like the 60's and 70's!

[@papagreenemusic]

@Paul Guzman It was released on the "purple velvet box set"...

[@paulguzman1634]

@@papagreenemusic Thanks Papa, Now I know here to look!

[@zakalon123]

The JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE arguably the best band of the sixities. You had the best guitarist, the best drummer and a helluva good bass player. RIP boys. Wish i could have seen you live. Your music will exist as long as we have civilization Thanks for the memories. if you seen these guys back in the sixties you wee blessed.

[@nitrousninja882]

Man, just that crazy intro that is an exaggerated version of the one off Axis Bold As Love knocked my socks off. The whole song is magic. Jimi even all these years is still the king of the electric guitar. This is music from another world! We are lucky to even hear this.

[@machomaam4975]

My favorite Hendrix song.

[@Bluesrockguy]

Holy shit, that one single note at 4:42 alone is enough to make me lose all bladder control! He is a beast!

[@JOKRoadrunner]

Jimi's always outdoing himself. I wish I had .00001% of his focus and imagination. Masterful.

[@papam351]

Jimi started all three shows that I saw in Detroit with Spanish Castle Magic. He's still missed til this day.

[@LukewarmBong]

It's a previously unreleased version. Track 3 on Disc 3 of the *album* 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience'. It blows the original out of the water!! thanks for posting, will definitely enjoy while I can. Only a matter of time before this gets found and taken down :(

[@barackmycat9448]

No time to comment. I have to listen to that again.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

Those guitar licks are magic 🎸💜

[@MrDPdrum]

Thaaank you that was great. 😀

[@zachzimny1268]

In the original studio version Noel laid down his bass track using an 8 string electric bass just to make the song sound/& feel even beefier.

[@-Atmos1]

Love this version .

[@-Atmos1]

@zzTIME TRAVELBand of Gypsies doesn't require written music , in fact even in the case of written language it's preventing the ability to think , therefore , don't read what other people have written . Use your intuition .

[@aaronsilver294]

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing this 420sloth !

[@damonwynne2824]

Thank you!

[@estrellablancaynegra6673]

The Electric Wizard

[@sfcard]

Great Band!

[@daremcadams1868]

This Version is Way Better than Album version....this is raw magic spontaneous Hendrix

[@geejackson5363]

This is nicely, awesomely done! Love the effects on this drawing! Damn!

[@jasoncommons1572]

Listen to it while tripping ... amazing experience .. the master of guitar.