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Mark your calendars, Hendrix fans: another batch of Experience Hendrix/Legacy reissues are coming your way.

Next month, Legacy will reissue three more titles in the Hendrix catalogue. The first is South Saturn Delta, a 1997 outtakes compilation first released during Experience Hendrix’s partnership with MCA. That set, which featured plenty of sought-after outtakes in a more official context, will be pressed onto compact disc as well as vinyl. Then there’s a DVD reissue of Hendrix’s January 1, 1970 performance at New York’s Fillmore East with Band of Gypsys. This set, which won a Grammy in 1999, was famously captured on record in 1970 and was added to the EH/Legacy catalogue last year in Europe. The DVD includes a 5.1 surround sound mix by Eddie Kramer, Hendrix’s engineer, and interviews with famous fans and band members.

The most exciting release, though, has to be the out-of-print tribute album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Originally released in 2004, the set features new and old covers of Hendrix’s tunes from a diverse group of acts, including Sting, Prince, Cee-Lo Green, Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.

There are also some Record Store Day goodies to expect from Experience Hendrix, as outlined in this press release. While all of the titles have been previously released, it’s nice to see them all back in print. They’re out April 12, and more info can be found after the jump.

Jimi Hendrix, South Saturn Delta (originally released as Experience Hendrix/MCA MCAD-11684, 1997 – reissued Experience Hendrix/Legacy 88697 62773-2, 2011)

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 of Love)
7. Tax Free
8. All Along the Watchtower
9. The 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

Various Artists, Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (originally released as Experience Hendrix RTH 2012, 2004 – reissued Experience Hendrix/Legacy 88697 63105-2, 2011)

1. Gratitude – James “Al” Hendrix
2. Are You Experienced? – Musiq Soulchild
3. Spanish Castle Magic – Santana
4. Purple House – Prince
5. The Wind Cries Mary – Sting
6. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Earth, Wind & Fire
7. Power of Soul – Bootsy Collins
8. Burning of the Midnight Lamp – Eric Clapton
9. (Have You Ever Been to) Electric Ladyland – Lenny Kravitz
10. 30 Years – James “Al” Hendrix
11. Who Knows – Devoted Spirits
12. Purple Haze – Robert Randolph and The Family Band
13. Going Home – Velvet Turner
14. Little Wing – Chaka Khan
15. Castles Made of Sand – Sounds of Blackness
16. May This Be Love – Eric Gales
17. Foxey Lady – Cee-Lo Green
18. Red House – John Lee Hooker
19. Little Wing/Third Stone from the Sun (Live) – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Band of Gypsys, Live at the Fillmore East (Experience Hendrix/Legacy DVD, 2011)

Includes footage of the following tracks:

1. Who Knows
2. Machine Gun
3. Them Changes
4. Power of Soul
5. Stepping Stone
6. Foxey Lady
7. Stop
8. Earth Blue

All tracks recorded live at the Fillmore East, New York City –  January 1, 1970