South Saturn Delta Music Cd

Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta

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South Saturn Delta      Artist : Jimi Hendrix      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $9.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1997-10-07      Studio : Experience Hendrix      Label : Experience Hendrix      Avg. Customer Rating : (44 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for South Saturn Delta      Jimi most mediocre      Rating:      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.     Customer Reviews for South Saturn Delta Cd      Some seriously fantastic outtakes      Rating:      Rarities, and good ones at that .Basically, this music proves that, if you strip away the distortion, the feedback, the burning guitars, and the onstage stunts, Jimi could've easily made a career as a pure blues guitarist. The album's horn-powered instrumental title song is a fine example; as is "Here He Comes (Lover Man)", taken at a blistering pace and equipped with a classic guitar solo; studio versions of "Power of Soul" and "Message to Love" are among Jimi's most fascinating and underrated tracks, with him eschewing his signature distortion almost entirely and still doing some of his best work. That's another thing this album proves - Jimi's technique was remarkable. It wasn't all smoke and mirrors. There's even an Elmore James cover, "Bleeding Heart" - how hardcore is that? I do think bits of this are unneeded, though. For instance, "Tax Free" is just Jimi soloing for five minutes against an inconsistent backdrop that actually uses a Doors tune, "Five to One", as the basis for one part's rhythm. There's nothing wrong with the playing, of course, but given the song's lack of a melody or even theme I get the feeling that nobody intended to release it. Instead, I think Jimi and a few friends sat down, got really high, and just played stuff. It could've worked as the basis for a song, for sure. But as an independent tune? No. The other guitar solos, "Midnight" (with a slightly distorted blues riff) and the funky "Pali Gap", are much better. But I'm not a great fan of the avant-garde "Stars that Play with Laughing Sam's Dice". It's a great title, but a dated song. It was only issued as a b-side - the flip, "All Along the Watchtower", is only available in its single mix, and while it's not terribly different from the well-known album version, that's okay because it's still "All Along the Watchtower", if you get what I mean. That said, I don't see why they included it. Anyway, for those interested there are also a couple demos - a good instrumental take of "Little Wing", and a bizarre "Angel", which starts halfway through the first verse and contains none of the gorgeous psychedelic guitar of the more well-known First Rays version. To my ears, the best track is the Delta blues of "Midnight Lightning", little more than Hendrix and an electric guitar, and it's one of his best guitar performances, too. This is only really of interest to the big fans, like me, but if you are a big fan and you've touched on all the essentials, this is a nice follow-up buy.