Spanish Castle Magic - BBC Sessions

When Hendrix was living in Seattle, it was a very segregated city. The Spanish Castle was, in the '60s, the Premier teen night club in the Seattle area, but Jimi's bands never played there. Eventually, Hendrix left Seattle and made history.

Noel Redding played a 8-string Hagstrom bass on this. At that time, there were only 2 of these instruments in the country: Redding's one and a left-hand model for Hendrix.

Hendrix used his octavia device on his guitar, which could alter the pitch. He also used the octavia on "Purple Haze." and piano on this song.