I don't have that one DKW...I'll have to check it out.
It's pretty hard to find, I got mine off ebay from a fan from Germany
for 10 bucks used, but in excellent shape. He sent it to me before the money
even got to him, very cool guy.
It is a great CD, definitely worth the effort to find a copy.
I shall Move Mountains and Part the Red Sea if necessary, nothing gets in the way of my pursuit of the holy grail...well in this case a hard to find Album.
I shall Move Mountains and Part the Red Sea if necessary, nothing gets in the way of my pursuit of the holy grail...well in this case a hard to find Album.
Thought that I might pump a little blood into this thread seeing as a lot of the Hawkfans here don't seem to be that famialar w/ later era Hawkwind. I am of the personal opinion that much of the later
material is quite good ,so here are some of my favorites beginning with the awesome album:
The Chronicle of the Black Sword from 1985 .One of very favorites, it's based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné saga, BTW .
Song of the Swords
Sea King
Chaos Army / Horn of Destiny
I own the original pressing of this CD. It has become a bit of a collectors item and also contains the
live staple Needlegun .
I have that one DKW, and it is a good concept record. I never really liked the Elric stories themselves that much so Hawkwind's album gives me all I need about that storyline and character.
Never saw this cover before, the one I have is different.
Nice one DKWolf I shall be nipping to see my mate Mr Hudson our local record dealer very soon. I have actually picked this one up several times in the past only to put it back down for some other choice. Twill be rectified.
I must admit LG the artwork catches the eye and I for one get drawn in when browsing in the shops by great artwork.
^^I have lost count how many vinyl albums I bought over the years Because of the artwork, fortunately most of them also had good music but a few I hardly played at all but would pull out the sleeves and just look at them once in a while.
The next official US release that I own is a CD called THE XENON CODEX . It could use bit more bass in the mix for sure and a bit better production which is a bit disappointing , but I still really enjoy it. Putting my woofers on high and a bit more volume remedy that to great extent for me . Having said that it has some very good songs on here and I do slap it into my system from time to time . They have moved away from the straight ahead spacerockers of old and into more of a spacey progressive mode and they also have a few trippy atmospheric songs on here .THE WAR I SURVIVED, WASTELANDS OF SLEEP , SWORD OF THE EAST and the trippy, Floydish, HEADS are my favorites here .TBH there isn't anything I don't like on this disk , I would definitely call this an 80's era favorite of mine.
Unfortunately there are not many songs off this one at youtube to post and none of the rockers were available .
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As a Hawkfan from the very early years of the band i would highly recommend finding the original albums on vinyl, as much of the magic of Barney Bubbles' artwork has been lost on cd packets.
If anyone has not heard their new album "Blood of the Earth" i can highly recommend it, much of the music harks back to their early style with plenty of new ideas mixed in, traditional fans should be very pleased with this release!
Over the years i have been very pleased with most of their albums, including the enigmatic 1997 "Distant Horizons", but "Alien 4" was completely lost on me, not even the same band imho.
Their mid 90's "ambient" albums "Electric Tepee" and "It is the Business of the Future.." are among my top favourite albums from the band, and a peak which they have yet to reach again, they really nailed it for me with these I hope they will explore this territory again.
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OK , next on the list is Space Bandits .This is the release that got me interested in later era Hawkwind . I saw this Cd used in local vinyl shop , one of the few places still catering to underground music in my area at the time . I was taken by the cover artwork and decided to give it a chance regardless of all the bad reviews that I had read about the newer ( at the time ) Hawkwind.
The first thing that jumps out at you as a Hawkwind fan is that Bridgett Wishart has taken the front of the group at this point .At first a bit disappointed by this turn of events, after another listen she had definitely grown on me, and I was ready to give this Cd an open minded listening to . Huw Lloyd-Langton's lead licks have been replaced by Simon House and his violin
but Dave Brock ( of course ) and Alan Davey still remain and so the core of modern day Hawkwind ( IMO ) remains intact .
Having said all that I really enjoy this Cd but I am able to give albums a stands alone listening to and not keep comparing newer material to the old stuff . I either like it or I don't but it is based on the effort alone, not their previous work.
Really good album IMO
Some of my favs off of Space Bandits
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