In preparation for the release of "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", The Jimi Hendrix Experience played the song on a number of television and radio shows in mid-1967. On August 24 the band performed the track (live vocals over the studio backing track) at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios in London for TV show "Top of the Pops"; on September 5 they played the track at a studio in Stockholm for Swedish radio station Radiohuset (released in 1991 on "Stages" and in 2000 on "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" box set); and on October 6 the song was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre for radio show "Top Gear", broadcast on BBC Radio 1 a week later (released in 1988 on "Radio One" and in 1998 on "BBC Sessions").