Also, before CD bonus tracks and all that jazz, Space Ritual was basically the only place to hear classic songs like Silver Machine (without seeking out the original single) and Orgone Accumulator.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
The single version was built up from the sketchy version on the the "Glastonbury Fayre" triple.
NB that there is one of those dodgy live comps out, w/the complete concert for one of the 2 gigs the made "Space Ritual" from. It has the bit cut out from "Masters of the Universe", which = the best cut on S.R. for me.
The missing bit from S.R. is the live version of "You Shouldn't do That" which was on the '70's "Roadhawks" comp. THIS CUT IS FUCKING AWESOME.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I owned this years ago on disc because I got all crazy for Monster Magnet, and went back to the source. Then I got poor and sold tons of CDs, and Space Ritual was one of em.
And then one day, the pull was great. Space Ritual was beckoning me. I was dreaming about it. And thinking about it all the time. Then I bought it at Aquarius in SF and listened to it tons and tons and wondered how I could possibly get rid of a record so monolithic and time-travelled.
I'm going to listen to it tonight real loud.
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:32 (nineteen years ago) link
-- el sabor de gene
OTM. It doesn't even SOUND like a proper live album - all the songs are performed without interruption, linked by narration or electronic squiggles, so you don't even hear the audience till the very end. And there's no 10-minute drum solos or anything. Best live LP ever? - sure, why not?
As for the Dave Brock vs. George Clinton thing, Clinton wins easily - but Space Ritual still beats P-Funk Earth Tour (a pretty great live LP itself.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
Otherwise, while i like Hawkwind (the first album), it's really not indicitave of FUCKIN' HAWKWIND as we know and love them, but it's worth investigating. I think Hall Of The Mountain Grill is great though. Robert Calvert's presence is usually a good sign with most Hawkwind releases. Robert Calvert's initial solo stuff is great too.. if for anything the Gremlin songs... "EYE FOOOOOOOKUSSSED ON THE MAHG-NIFYING GLAHSSSSS THAT BRAUUUGHT THE DOWNFALL OF IKKARRRUS!!!"
― donut ferry (donut), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
that's the drum machine and synth remake. not the best.
'silver machine' wasn't on 'space ritual' because the band couldn't stand it. it was the record label that picked it from the outtakes as a single and got lemmy to re record the vocals. i saw hawkwind about a half dozen times in the early 80's and they NEVER played 'silver machine' live.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jamie T Smith (Jamie T Smith), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut ferry (donut), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago) link
dave brock or nik turner: i suppose you want us to play bloody "silver machine" again, eh?
audience: nooooooo...! play something else
hawkwind: (launches into silver machine again)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Friday, 29 July 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― ddb (ddb), Friday, 29 July 2005 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=21ORMC42KJNX63CZ5ZDMC8ZWTJ
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 15:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― plain ol' jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 29 July 2005 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
in search of spacedoremi fasol latidoin the hall of the mountain grillwarrior on the edge of timequark, strangeness and charmastounding sounds, amazing music
bear in mind that those last two sound like a completely different band and many people don't rate 'astounding sounds...'. don't listen to them!
if you like 'quark...' and astounding sounds....'. also check pxr5 and the hawklords '25 years' which are also much maligned but much loved in my house.
anything post '79 is pretty iffy though 'leviation', 'sonic attack' and 'church of hawkwind' have their moments. after that, pretty much forget about it.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Friday, 29 July 2005 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 29 July 2005 17:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ranking Rupert (Ranking Rupert), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut ferry (donut), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ranking Rupert (Ranking Rupert), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
ok, digression over.
― donut ferry (donut), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
(I might make an exception for a used copy of the Neu! tribute CD, if it's reaaallly cheap)
― donut ferry (donut), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Cobra Verde, I thin', covered that this year. Didn't make much of an impression.
― George Smith, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
i have this dodgy looking thing but it's great live recordings, esp. "you shouldnt do that." also "silver machine" = overfuckingrated
― ghetty green (eman), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Ian John50n (orion), Saturday, 30 July 2005 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― ghetty green (eman), Saturday, 30 July 2005 03:24 (nineteen years ago) link
"Thou art doing well on the path of Valor. But thou art not yet an avatar."
― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Saturday, 30 July 2005 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
However, "Yessongs" -- as far as Seventies hard rock goes -- crushed "Space Ritual." The descending riff on "Starship Trooper" is what Hawkwind aspired to, but couldn't manage, because their guitarists were inept. And I like inept guitarists. And there was nothing on "Space Ritual" with impact of "Roundabout."
"Space Ritual" does exceed "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends" (ELP). Placing it squarely in the middle, although the first and last greatly outsold it.
― George Smith, Saturday, 30 July 2005 07:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― I'm Hi, Jared Fogle (ex machina), Saturday, 30 July 2005 07:30 (nineteen years ago) link
As for me I should probably own Space Ritual but I don't. Someone needs to write a beginner's book of Hawkwind because they only have about 6 billion things to choose from. I still remember dancing in a club to a track of theirs in 1990, though. It was fantastic but of course it could be one of any of the billion songs to choose from...it's a bit overwhelming for a novice. I bet they have even more releases than The Fall.
― Hydrochloric Shaved Weirds (Bimble...), Saturday, 30 July 2005 10:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 30 July 2005 11:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 30 July 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― p.j. (Henry), Saturday, 30 July 2005 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah you guys are probably right it's just I've been spinning it over and over while playing Dark Souls so I'll be rocking out for a solid 30-45 minutes and then "Sonic Attack" happens and suddenly what was once righteous droney space metal is a guy talking about "You will feel the need to vomit" and "There will be bleeing from orifices". Which I guess is probably appropriate for Dark Souls but whatevs.
And yes Hawkwind can do whatever the hell they want, obviously.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 April 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
i once played "sonic attack" in its entirety at a fairly large rave in the early 90s. many years later a guy came up to me and told me the experience had been so brain shattering and traumatic that he ended the night in a psychiatric unit. oops!
― stirmonster, Monday, 13 April 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
well done!
― WilliamC, Monday, 13 April 2015 19:22 (nine years ago) link
Yes I can imagine lots of people on acid at that Hawkwind show losing their shit
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 April 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
When I interviewed Lemmy a few years ago, he told me they used to lock people in at their shows.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 00:39 (nine years ago) link