In the seventies in Liverpool (actually Birkenhead and The Wirral to those of you that know the area), I played guitar with some school bands none of which had very exciting names, I can’t even remember what they were called they were so insignificant. But for a short time one of them was called Opal […]
If we carry on going further and further back, we might find Lemmy playing clarinet in a Swing band! It was probably surprising for most people to see Lemmy playing guitar in the Psychedelic band, Sam Gopal but this might surprise you even more – before that he was the guitarist in the third incarnation of Blackpool Beat Group, The […]
Sam Gopal originally Sam Gopal’s Dream were named after their Malaysian born tabla player and were part of the London Psychedelic scene from 1966 to 1969. The band had Mick Hutchinson on guitar and Andy Clark on keyboards, later of Clark Hutchinson and not to be confused with the Andy Clark from Be Bop Deluxe. If […]
Warrior On The Edge Of Time was Lemmy’s last album as a member of Hawkwind, fired sometime after as he was captured by the Canadian customs and held for possession escaping prosecution due to a small print loop hole. It was also Hawkwind’s last album for United Artists and the last album to reach any […]
In 1974 Hawkwind released their most polished album to date, the Roy Thomas Baker and Doug Bennett produced Hall Of The Mountain Grill. This wasn’t going to please everyone as rough edges were smoothed out by a professional production, the electronics more subdued. (The following year Baker produced Queen’s A Night At The Opera, state of […]
Hawkwind’s first and the best of many live albums released over the years. A double set, it was promoting the 1972 album, DOREMI and was recorded at the Liverpool Stadium and Brixton Academy, released in 1973. Exactly which Hawkwind tour I saw has faded into the distant past but it was also at Liverpool stadium, […]