[7] Biographer Keith Shadwick notes the song's droning quality, which he compares to Indian classical music.
[4] Although he believes the song does not include a bass guitar line (further underscoring the Indian approach), bassist Noel Redding is listed on some albums.
[8] An earlier instrumental take of the song recorded the same day included Redding's bass pushed more forward in the mix.
as "a majestic setpiece of declamatory anthem rock": Mitch [Mitchell]'s military snare raps out behind the startlingly contemporary hip-hop scratch sound-effects of tapes running backwards punctuating Jimi's condition for being your guide ('If you can get your mind together').
[11] The show was dubbed a "farewell" concert by Shapiro and Glebbeek, before the band headed to the US and their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
[12] A performance recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, on October 10, 1968, was released on the 1982 The Jimi Hendrix Concerts album.
[13] A second performance on October 11 was included on a bonus disc for Live at Winterland, with Virgil Gonzales' flute part edited out.
The video includes Devo as floating blobs of wax in a lava lamp and Jimi Hendrix (played by Hendrix impersonator Randy Hansen) stepping out of his coffin to play a guitar solo, and the cover children Zachary Chase and Alex Mothersbaugh.