Alternate versions

There are a wide range of versions that exist for this film. The DVD from Rhino Video claims that the film runs 137 minutes, although the running time comes to 125 minutes. The 125-minute version is the only one with the length open black-screen monologue. The 108-minute version is the version shown to theater audiences in 1972. There is a 74-minute version, and the grand majority of this version consists of just the Jimi Hendrix concert footage with only a few scenes involving the commune remaining.

The film begins with a nearly ten-minute long spoken prologue against a completely black screen. The narrator discusses "the new young and the new old" and the direction of the universe. This is followed immediately by a psychedelic title sequence featuring a plentiful amount of neon colors, checkerboard-wipes and things of the like.