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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: Mca
Salesrank: 89794
Released: October 7, 1997 |
| Our Price: $109.99 |
| Used Price: $69.99 |
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| Media: Vinyl |
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South Saturn Delta Track Listing:
1. Look Over Yonder
2. Little Wing [#]
3. Here He Comes (Lover Man) [#]
4. South Saturn Delta [#]
5. Power of Soul [#]
6. Message to the Universe (Message to Love) [#]
7. Tax Free
8. All Along the Watchtower [#]
9. Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice
10. Midnight
11. Sweet Angel (Angel) [#]
12. Bleeding Heart
13. Pali Gap
14. Drifter's Escape [#]
15. Midnight Lightning [#]
South Saturn Delta Reviews:
A Glimpse Of What Else There Might Be. 
2009-11-25 - This collection in no way compares to the authorized releases, but there are a few songs here that are just remarkable. Some of my favorite Hendrix stuff, in fact. First "South Saturn Delta" injects Chicago style horns into a cooking soul number. A great mix. The horns are extremely effective at expanding the sonic palette, a strong clue to as to what Jimi would have been exploring had he not slipped away so soon. Next, "The Stars that Play with Laughing Sam's Dice" builds real nicely to a near cacophonous din, but never falls apart. The mix is extremely unusual, very thin and harsh. Almost a Punk sound. As a live take you can smell the sweat and smoke.
My next choice is "Pali Gap" 'cause it just feels so good; a relaxed, exotic voyage to the edge of civilization and beyond. Jimi's guitar at times sounds like gourde drums and xylophone. It was inspired by his trip to Hawaii.
Then there's the alternate take of "All Along The Watchtower" which for me is the greatest cover song ever done by anyone. This version is nearly identical to the "Electric Ladyland" version but with some slightly different mixing and effects.
The rest are all OK samples, demos and unfinished tracks. There are better versions of some of them on other albums, like "Tax Free" on "Live At Winterland", "Power of Soul" and "Message to the Universe (Message to Love)" on "Band Of Gypsies", and "Bleeding Heart" on "Blues:". There's a more finished version of "Pali Gap" on the out-of-print but available "Voodoo Soup".
If you enjoy Hendrix for what he does better than anyone who ever lived - play guitar - then it's no chore getting through this disc. The real great thing about digital music today is how you can remix the order of songs and combine with other albums to create fresh presentations. This disc is a great place to pick from.
a dissapointment except pali gap 
2009-10-11 - the title track is ambitious but falls short.. a lot of the other tracks are already available elsewhere or i heard a lot in the live releases already, like tax free, message to love, Angel,lover man(rock me baby), power of soul.
all along the watchtower isnt much different to the recorded version. little wing is just Angel again.
the only one i thought was fun was pali gap.
can you rent cds? just hear it twice and return it but copy pali gap :).
hodge podge collection of songs....some better takes left off 
2009-08-11 - This CD was supposed to show the progression of Jimi's thoughts and works from 1967-1970, but they use some inferior takes of some of the songs. There is a much better and more complete version of "Midnight Lightning" available for one example, as well as "Look over Yonder" and "Lover Man" and even "Message of Love"
Some songs are just retreds that have previously been relesased on now out of print albums like 1971's "ainbow Bridge" that contained "Look over Yonder" and "Pali Gap" "Pali Gap" shoud have went on the previois release "First Rays..." and the song "My Friend" taken off that CD and put on here, oh well.
Other previously released songs are: "Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice", From 1973's "Loose ends" and a german version of "Smash Hits" both no longer inprint, smash hits is but not with that track on it. Also "Drofters Escape" was also on 1973's Loose Ends album.
"Tax Free" "Bleeding Heart" and "Midnight" all 3 songs were on 1972's "War Heroes" album.
It's a decent album, has no continuity, nor to me does it truly trace Jimi's progession of songwriting and production skills, but is more of a collection of songs, songs once agian re-hashed and re-released agian.....maybe this time they will stay in print so we can get on to more great gems still in the studio vaults that havent yet seen the light of day.
Classic Hendrix
2009-01-08 - I was so glad when this album was released. It was a wonderful addition to the Hendrix cannon. You'll enjoy some "demos" of Hendrix classics and some deep unreleased cuts. It's just nice to hear some new cuts from such an amazing musician... even if it's not a total earth shaker. This is NOT a greatest hits collection. But, if you love Jimi's music, this is a chance to see deeper into what his musical process was like.
Top Tracks: Sweet Angel, Power of Soul
Jimi most mediocre 
2008-07-06 - I regard Jimi Hendrix as one of the greatest artists of the golden age of rock; his debut album 'Are you experienced' is one of the great debut albums of the age, 'Live at Monterey' is one of the definitive rock performances of all time, and 'Axis: bold as love', 'Smash Hits', 'Band of Gypsys' & 'Electric Ladyland' rank among the finest rock albums of all time.
However, 'South Saturn Delta', a posthumous release of senseless studio jamming, should have been left in the archives or have been issued with a warning. I bought this album to complete my Hendrix collection. Sadly, that's about where it ends - the album completes my collection but never gets listened to.
The music consists rambling permutations and combinations of Hendrix motifs that seem to come from nowhere and go nowhere. The end result is boring, completely unsatisfying, and detracts from the meteoric CV of the master. This is a sleeping dog that should have been left lying.
