― nathalie, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in SF, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― your null fame, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Also, I believe there was another good double-live '70s album: The Ramones, "It's Alive", released 1979. (When it's the RAMONES with a double-live, you know that's a LOT of songs.)
― Nate Patrin, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
soon all will feel the power of the Wind.
― DV, Monday, 29 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jonathan thrak, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― a-33, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I don't care if it's the musical equivalent of liking Doctor Who, it is utter and total classic and I now feel compelled to go out and buy every record they've ever made.
― kate, Friday, 1 November 2002 15:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 1 November 2002 16:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 1 November 2002 16:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
They have utterly APALLING lyrics. Really sub-Yes neo-prog-sci-fi silliness "High rise ... suicide MACHINE!!!" type things comparing blocks of flats to "human flypaper" (actually, come to think of it, that song is kind of genius, really...) but MY GOD, the Spacerock. It is spacerock which succeeds on both levels, i.e. it has wonderful chewy textures, but it also RAWKS.
― kate, Friday, 1 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yancey (ystrickler), Friday, 1 November 2002 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
"Space Ritual""In Search Of Space""Quark Strangeness & Charm""Doremi Fasolatido"
I think "Hall of the Mountain Grill" is also meant to be essential. And "Levitation" and "Warriors On The Edge Of Time" are also very likeable.
To get the real Hawkwind experience you should over a number of years acquire a dozen shoddily put together Hawkwind compilations with a few brilliant tracks each and a load of less essential material. "Stasis - the UA Years" has great studio versions of 'Urban Guerrilla' and 'Silver Machine'.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 1 November 2002 16:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
space ritual is thee greatest live album ever, no contest.
― stirmonster, Friday, 1 November 2002 17:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Friday, 1 November 2002 17:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 1 November 2002 17:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― DV (dirtyvicar), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 10:26 (twenty years ago) link
― duane, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 10:29 (twenty years ago) link
There's nothing wrong with liking Dr. Who, either.
― Tangerine Machine (kate), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 10:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― lift up fong and see (haitch), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 00:25 (seventeen years ago) link
There's just been a documentary on Hawkwind on BBC4.
I started watching five minutes in, not knowing what it was and thought it was a spoof. 'He left to join Leo Sayers backing band...', Matthew Wright on the Stonehenge Free festival 1984, Sam Fox at the 2000 re-union. Michael Moorcock in a panama hat. scores of Ridiculous ex-band members.
Extraordinary stuff. There's a whole alternate history of hedonsitic, fucked up, drugged up, unpleasant, britain in there.
― bidfurd, Friday, 10 August 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a great documentary even if His Brockness doesn't appear. The footage of them playing outside Isle Of Wight was hysterical. Lots more in this thread Why Is Hawkwind The Greatest Band Ever?
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 August 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.blaskan.nu/Bilder/moorcock_butterworth_the_time_of_the_hawklords.jpg
I finally just found a copy of this - looks like a lot of fun
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 10 August 2007 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Does anyone know if the 2001 reissues improve on the somewhat muddy sound of In Search of Space and Doremi?
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I only have one, the S/T, that no one ever seems to mention. and - I actually really like most of it! Plus it's the king of the Great Album/Horrible Cover category:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6568/hw01__st.jpg
― Z S, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
far out man
there are TITS in SPACE
― sexyDancer, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
the s/t one is pretty good, it's just not propulsive, into-outer-space type shit. plus the 2001 reissue has hawkwind zoo tracks.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 28 February 2008 06:43 (sixteen years ago) link
also, the 2001 reissues all sound better compared to earlier cd reissues, not sure about how they'd be compared to vinyl. good enough for me.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 28 February 2008 06:44 (sixteen years ago) link
First one is still my fave.
― libcrypt, Thursday, 28 February 2008 06:55 (sixteen years ago) link
slightly old news but Trensmat Records has released a trilogy of 3 Hawkwind tribute 7"s called Sonic Attacks...
TR013Mudhoney - Urban Guerilla Mugstar - Born to Go
TR014Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - BrainstormWhite Hills - Be Yourself
TR015Kinski - Masters of the UniverseBardo Pond - Lords of Light
This blog apparently has mp3 samples of all of the above..
http://lazybirdie.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-trensmat-singles-hawkwind-covers-by.html
― Gino-Vanellyville (Mackro Mackro), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
just got these today. really good.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
AMT version of "Brainstorm" sounds like it would be amazing. Can't even imagine Mudhoney doing "Urban Guerilla" for some reason.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
dang. are these still available to actually buy anywhere?
― original bgm, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i got them from piccadilly records.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
mudhoney version of "urban guerilla" is kind of old, isn't it? i have an mp3 of it from a while back, i think it was on a comp.
― i'm from the government and i'm here to yelp (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
is "warrior at the edge of time" the only one of their 1970s albums not to get the remastered & bonus tracks treatment? what's up with that?
― GOVERNMENT TRASH QUEEN ON A THRONE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 4 October 2009 11:16 (fourteen years ago) link
IIRC there's some copyright difficulty with it, or some problems with who owns the master tapes, I forget the specific details (he said, helpfully)
the CD I have (DOJO label) appears to be a somewhat different mix to the vinyl - I have a cassette tape I made off of my old 12", and the guitars on "assault & battery" seem much louder in the mix. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
― mu-mu (Pashmina), Sunday, 4 October 2009 14:06 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^ I think this is my favourite album of theirs. It's certainly the one I still listen to the most.
― I'm a hot lady in my bedroom and I need a Lindstrøm (Masonic Boom), Sunday, 4 October 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Lives of great men all remind usWe may make our lives sublimeAnd departing leave behind usFootprints in the sands of time
― stirmonster, Monday, 5 October 2009 04:45 (fourteen years ago) link
the snow snake hissedand the world turned roundyhe snow snake grinnedin his fine cold sin
― kamerad, Monday, 5 October 2009 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
...AND THE WIZARD. BLEW. HIS HORN.
― I'm a hot lady in my bedroom and I need a Lindstrøm (Masonic Boom), Monday, 5 October 2009 09:38 (fourteen years ago) link
AND WE'RE TIRED OF MAKING LOVE
― Matt #2, Monday, 5 October 2009 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link
we are the warriors at the edge of time, and we are tired of making lunch.
― ...and the wizard blew his horn (Masonic Boom), Monday, 5 October 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2ODWluPlY
― GOVERNMENT TRASH QUEEN ON A THRONE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 5 October 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
ha ha! that's amazing.
― stirmonster, Monday, 5 October 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
so a local bar here does a "prog night" every week and I befriended enough people there to feel obligated to go to the first ever performance of a Hawkwind tribute act (I mean nearly the entire band goes to this). they played at 11 PM and did like 5 songs off Space Ritual to a very young and very very drunk crowd and it fucking KILLED. and they say Hawkwind just isn't cool anymore (disclaimer: only like three of us knew who Hawkwind were)
― frogbs, Monday, 6 March 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
Cool
― Wile E. Galore (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 March 2023 04:25 (one year ago) link
Hawkwind is always cool, it is "they" who are wrong
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 6 March 2023 08:24 (one year ago) link
Imagine doing the Del/Dik Mik roles in a Hawkwind tribute act, what fun!
― MaresNest, Monday, 6 March 2023 13:43 (one year ago) link
... and Stacia?
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Monday, 6 March 2023 14:30 (one year ago) link
no but the drummer (who was shroomin) was in a corset
― frogbs, Monday, 6 March 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
I used to play sometimes in the audio generator role with a band heavily influenced by Hawkwind, it was quite fun! Easiest gig ever I have to say, I was using a Moog Rogue.
― this set is totally lame but of course I bought it (Matt #2), Monday, 6 March 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
lol yeah the dude doing that was a pretty accomplished musician but I think didn't practice with the band at all. the sax dude wasn't very good and was relieved to find out nobody could really hear him. also the smoke machine went into overdrive and apparently after the first song they couldn't see anyone in the audience. I told them they probably didn't need it because so many people were vaping in front anyway. the drummer was insane though. you ever see that "drummer at the wrong gig" video? he played like that the whole time
― frogbs, Monday, 6 March 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
Nik Turner was never exactly Sonny Rollins either tbf
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Monday, 6 March 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
i'd sign up for that, though i think Del did have some actual musical talent so maybe I'd be best suited to the Dik Mik crank the joystick on the VCS3 role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb9xyMY2dFo
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 00:44 (one year ago) link
frogbs this sounds amazing, I am so jealous. let's bring Hawkwind back in the 2020s!
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link
No details yet, but Cherry Red just announced that on September 29 they'll be releasing a 10 CD/1 Blu-Ray box set of Space Ritual. I think my brain just melted...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:39 (ten months ago) link
i can't see it on the website but eager to hear what is on it. i see there is also a steven wilson remix of warrior on the edge of time forthcoming too. i don't feel a need to hear a remixed version but interesting it is coming in the OG shield sleeve.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:10 (ten months ago) link
Speculation on Twitter from Joe Banks (author of Days of the Underground)
If we have a remix/remaster of the original, plus the full Brixton and Liverpool shows, that's 6CDs. Then Sunderland and/or Margate. 2 Blu-Rays for 5.1 mix. But what I REALLY hope is included is the Wembley Pool footage I unearthed during my book research, restored and synched! pic.twitter.com/FnOb82ZqU3— Joe Banks (@JoeBanksWriter) June 14, 2023
― jbn, Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:33 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, I saw that. And apparently the band's current bassist has confirmed the Sunderland show will be in there.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:44 (ten months ago) link
This is great, I listen to Space Ritual and the surrounding live recordings more than any other Hawkwind records, so to have a bunch of these gigs in full would be excellent.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 15 June 2023 22:33 (ten months ago) link
More info - https://www.loudersound.com/news/hawkwind-detail-mammoth-eleven-disc-space-ritual-box-set
― stirmonster, Friday, 16 June 2023 12:53 (ten months ago) link
frogbs, has the Hawkwind tribute band had any more performances?
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:16 (ten months ago) link
Thought this might be bumped for the pretty solid new album. Thighpaulsandra clearly a good addition to the lineup. Not a patch on prime era, obvs, but some solid space rock and well exceeded my expectations.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Saturday, 17 June 2023 00:43 (ten months ago) link
Not yet!!! But they’re playing again next week I think. So I’ll be there :)
― frogbs, Saturday, 17 June 2023 01:38 (ten months ago) link
Inspired by this thread, I've been listening to Hawkwind all afternoon and now am in an altered state of consciousness. I await the arrival of the Universal Hero.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 17 June 2023 20:52 (ten months ago) link
First day of forever has been a disappointment here at my house but maybe tomorrow
― rick james, critical moralist (Hunt3r), Saturday, 17 June 2023 23:01 (ten months ago) link
From the SCIENCE70 archive: Barney Bubbles, personal stationary of Stacia, dancer for the band Hawkwind, 1973. #graphicdesign #1970s pic.twitter.com/s3wUzZdGY5— SCIENCE70 (@SCIENCE70blog) June 16, 2023
― Chris L, Sunday, 18 June 2023 07:42 (ten months ago) link
so awesome.
― budo jeru, Sunday, 18 June 2023 16:59 (ten months ago) link
i now want to see if he made other art with aubrey beardsley elements but my barney bubbles book is in a box
(apologies for the alliteration but what choice had i)
― mark s, Sunday, 18 June 2023 17:17 (ten months ago) link
gorman describes it as "unique" on his website (but that might mean the concept rather than the design lineage)
― mark s, Sunday, 18 June 2023 17:20 (ten months ago) link
The Future Never Waits is pretty solid! Obviously not a patch on any earlier career peaks, but this is better than I expected and probably my favorite since Onward.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 20:20 (nine months ago) link
FTR, I have been unexpectedly flush since starting a new job, so I pre-ordered the giant Space Ritual box.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 21:03 (nine months ago) link
I've been mighty tempted, but not sure I can justify it at the moment...
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 21:12 (nine months ago) link
I ordered it straight from the label and thus overpaid (though they did offer tracked shipping), but there are some discounts available here and there.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 21:21 (nine months ago) link
I ordered it straight from the label and thus overpaid
lol
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 22:57 (nine months ago) link
On such a big Hawkwind kick lately and really eyeing that Space Ritual box but having trouble justifying the cost. I hadn't realized until today that the Space Ritual album itself is included twice, with different mixes, so kind of only an 8 disc box.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:09 (eight months ago) link
Listening to it now — the full concerts are great (the actual album was pulled from the Brixton and Liverpool shows, but the Sunderland show is entirely previously unreleased) and I'm definitely interested to hear the new mix of the album, on which a couple of songs have been extended and a version of "You Shouldn't Do That" has been added.
The live shows are really clear and loud, which is a problem the original album always had — no matter how loud you turned it up the mix always felt underpowered somehow. Also, the whole thing reminds me that Lemmy really belongs on any list of rock's greatest bassists. He was the engine in the Hawkwind rocket, but so much more than that, almost a lead player half the time and really shaping the music in a way I can only compare to John Entwistle.
― read-only (unperson), Saturday, 30 September 2023 01:37 (six months ago) link
Ended up relenting and picking up the Space Ritual box. Only got delivered late last night so I haven't had a chance to dive in yet, but it looks gorgeous.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:45 (six months ago) link
The new mix of the album is amazing.
― read-only (unperson), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 14:53 (six months ago) link
i think the biggest revelation for me is that I had always heard that Dave Brock had done a massive amount of overdubbing on the live tapes but that patently isn't the case from listening to the Sunderland gig. Also notable how well rehearsed they were as the Sunderland gig doesn't massively deviate from the Space Ritual set we know and love (there's a bit less of a freak out jam on Orgone Accumulator). looking forward to delving in deeper. The booklet rules too.
in related activity i'm off to see Hawklords tonight.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 16:25 (six months ago) link
"Also, the whole thing reminds me that Lemmy really belongs on any list of rock's greatest bassists. He was the engine in the Hawkwind rocket, but so much more than that, almost a lead player half the time and really shaping the music in a way I can only compare to John Entwistle."
I'm reading Joel McIver's Motorhead book and there is a line by Lemmy in there talking about Hawkwind that really at the core it was a trio, as really him, Dave Brock and Simon King locked in then rest of the group just did whatever they wanted on top.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 11 October 2023 22:44 (six months ago) link
Lemmy can obviously play "lead bass" when it suits him but he usually wanders a lot less than Entwistle. He doesn't mind hammering the same riff over and over.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:03 (six months ago) link
Should be past tense, he's neither wandering nor hammering these days.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:04 (six months ago) link
you dont know that
― mark s, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:06 (six months ago) link
happily hammering in hell
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:07 (six months ago) link
If he was, you could still hear him
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:08 (six months ago) link
i am looking at the 5.1 blue ray and contemplating resuscitating the blue ray player on my never used "entertainment center" which is nice enough and all, but...
anyone listened to it? then i think of how much i appeciate the remain in light 5.1 downmix i got somewhere. should i try downmixing on like vlc? but i've always heard downmixing is a miserable and failprone marathon. anyone know?
i been listening to this box over time and slowly, finally got the disc9/10 stereo remix. whoa.
― that genius dn i thought of on Zing but couldn't update to (Hunt3r), Monday, 6 November 2023 18:07 (five months ago) link
picked up the space ritual 50th anniversary vinyl. so good
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 1 January 2024 17:51 (three months ago) link
If its 10cds, not sure how much vinyl that is. So sounds pretty heavy.
― Stevo, Monday, 1 January 2024 18:12 (three months ago) link
is the vinyl not just the original 2 x lp?
― stirmonster, Monday, 1 January 2024 19:47 (three months ago) link
There's a new 50th anniversary stereo remaster in the big box. Maybe that's been released on vinyl. (It's really good.)
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Monday, 1 January 2024 21:27 (three months ago) link
But did they recreate all this?
https://i.discogs.com/52nvKPjnq0t4fBGYfoKfOa0hrzMf_TDzzbF3rHLKJnU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:393/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY0MDQw/Ni0xNTE5MzU4MzM0/LTY0NTQuanBlZw.jpeg
https://i.discogs.com/apUnY0L04rfYZs0FyoLx0Xi36wMSQvS0B0XKDqz7qcc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:393/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY0MDQw/Ni0xNTI5NDc2Mjgw/LTc4OTUuanBlZw.jpeg
― CDs sound better than vinyl (Matt #2), Monday, 1 January 2024 21:31 (three months ago) link
Got the CD box set for Xmas, and yeah they recreate all the artwork and the tour program etc
― MaresNest, Monday, 1 January 2024 22:11 (three months ago) link
Ha maybe tonight I play the dvd 5.1, still haven’t yet
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 01:13 (three months ago) link