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, […]
Lemmy And Simon King replaced Dave Anderson and Terry Ollis on bass and drums respectively for Hawkwind’s driving, edgy, Space Rock masterpiece, DOREMI FASOL LATIDO. Although it sounds like it was recorded in a caravan, it also has a mass of improvisational energy. It’s hard to determine what instrumentation was added later because the core of […]
What I love about this album – apart from the songs, is the dialogue. A concept album by Hawkwind member Robert Calvert (Silver Machine, Seven By Seven and Sonic Attack were three of his greatest Hawkwind moments). The plot: Germany wants to modernize after World War 2 and are talked into purchasing one of the […]