Hawkwind

there are TITS in SPACE

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.

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.

First one is still my fave.

slightly old news but Trensmat Records has released a trilogy of 3 Hawkwind tribute 7"s called Sonic Attacks...

TR013
Mudhoney - Urban Guerilla
Mugstar - Born to Go

TR014
Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Brainstorm
White Hills - Be Yourself

TR015
Kinski - Masters of the Universe
Bardo 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

just got these today. really good.

AMT version of "Brainstorm" sounds like it would be amazing. Can't even imagine Mudhoney doing "Urban Guerilla" for some reason.

dang. are these still available to actually buy anywhere?

i got them from piccadilly records.

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.

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?

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?

^^^^^^^^ I think this is my favourite album of theirs. It's certainly the one I still listen to the most.

Lives of great men all remind us
We may make our lives sublime
And departing leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time

the snow snake hissed
and the world turned round
yhe snow snake grinned
in his fine cold sin

...AND THE WIZARD. BLEW. HIS HORN.

AND WE'RE TIRED OF MAKING LOVE

we are the warriors at the edge of time, and we are tired of making lunch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2ODWluPlY

ha ha! that's amazing.

I've got the album with that on. It's in a medley with a couple of other things though (of course).

YSI?

what's the title of the album so i can scour bargain bins for it?

It's on this one, which has a bunch of good stuff on it.

Rock

Thanking you!

That's like six posts up in the thread!

So it is. Honestly missed it first time around!

lol, me too.

This Bardo Pond cover of Lord of Light fucking SLAYS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF2ODWluPlY

sax: james onedin, drums: octave parango
perfect closer after nightshift

That same video has been posted 3 times already in this thread.

the live "you'd better believe it" on hall of the mountain grill rules. does anyone know, does it come from the same concert as space ritual?

I don't think any Hall made it to Space Ritual (it was recorded during '72 for the Doremi Fasol Latido tour, I think, and Hall didn't come out until '74.)

Same venue as a good chunk of Space Ritual (Edmonton Sundown) but recorded in Jan 74. The 1999 Party set is from this tour as well and absolutely smokes.

thanks for the tip. looks like there are chicago auditorium shows available from that tour. as long as i'm asking stupid questions, is there a study version of "you'd better believe it"?

There is apparently...... another new album!!

... and it's actually pretty good! I honestly haven't kept up with them at all, I've only had the classic 70s run of stuff. But this is way better than I would have expected Hawkwind circa 2012 to sound.

Jeez, Damnation Alley is so fucken amazing

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(Source: International Times Cyberspace Archive)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2ctQJNCIAA4Kic.jpg:large

isn't that amazing? coulthart thinks it's a barney bubbles design with poss calvert text

Thanks for Tweeting that, Jay!

Gotta share this stuff with the people.

New box set of the '70-74 years - 11 cds, with new remasters of the studio records. Cheap as hell, too:

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/hawkwind-this-is-your-captain-speaking-albums-70-74/

yup.

and its fucking brilliant.

in praise of... ((( HAWKWIND )) (( SPACE RITUAL ))) oO0OoO0OoO0OoO0OoO0OoO0OoO0Oo

:-)

Ha! Didn't see a thread had been bumped. Lots of Hawkwinfd threads.

$59.00 in the states.

I got it for about $45 (including shipping) on eBay.

That's probably what it'll be on Amazon marketplace after it drops.

I ordered it straight from the label and thus overpaid

lol

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.

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.

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.

The new mix of the album is amazing.

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.

"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.

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.

Should be past tense, he's neither wandering nor hammering these days.

you dont know that

happily hammering in hell

you dont know that

If he was, you could still hear him

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.

picked up the space ritual 50th anniversary vinyl. so good

If its 10cds, not sure how much vinyl that is. So sounds pretty heavy.

is the vinyl not just the original 2 x lp?

There's a new 50th anniversary stereo remaster in the big box. Maybe that's been released on vinyl. (It's really good.)

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

Got the CD box set for Xmas, and yeah they recreate all the artwork and the tour program etc

Ha maybe tonight I play the dvd 5.1, still haven’t yet