HAWKWIND SPACE RITUAL ALIVE 2LP FOLDOUT SLEEVE + INNERS

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HAWKWIND

SPACE RITUAL ALIVE

DOUBLE LP

UNITED ARTISTS

UAD 60037/8

FOLD OUT SLEEVE

COMPLETE WITH BOTH PSYCHODELIC INNERS

1973 UK  PRESSING

STEREO

VINYLS ...EX / EX ---EX / EX

SLEEVE . HUGE FOLD OUT 2 SIDED.. EX

INNERS.. SUPERB EX+

PLEASE VIEW BOTH PHOTOGRAPHS

Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures.

Formed in November 1969 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Brock, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and styles of music. Critic Jim Green describes their trademark sound as characterised by "that gargantuan and impenetrable pre-metal/hardcore drone, those great riffs, that inexorable drive to destinations unknown". Dozens of musicians have worked with the group; notable fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock was an occasional collaborator.

The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind. It is their fourth album, reached #9 in the UK album charts and briefly dented the Billboard Top 200, peaking at #179.

The album was recorded during the tour to promote their Doremi Fasol Latido album, which comprises the bulk of this set. In addition, there are new tracks ("Born To Go", "Upside Down" and "Orgone Accumulator") and the songs are interspersed by electronic and spoken pieces making this one continuous performance. Curiously, their recent hit single "Silver Machine" was excluded from the set, and only "Master of the Universe" remains from their first two albums.

The Space Ritual show attempted to create a full audio-visual-cerebral experience, representing themes developed by Barney Bubbles and Robert Calvert entwining the fantasy of Starfarers in suspended animation travelling through time and space with the concept of the music of the spheres. The performance featured dancers Stacia, Miss Renee and Tony Carrera, stage set by Bubbles, lightshow by Liquid Len and poetry recitations by Calvert. On entering the venue, audience members were given a free programme (reproduced on the 1996 remaster CD) featuring a short sci-fi story by Bubbles setting the band in a Starfarers scenario returning to Earth.

The original release featured edits and overdubs, the sleeve notes explaining that "We had to cut a piece out of Brainstorm and Time We Left because they were too long", but the 1985 Space Ritual Volume 2 album contains the full unedited versions. A previously unheard edited version of "You Shouldn't Do That" (segued with an unlisted "Seeing It As You Really Are") from this concert was included on the 1976 Roadhawks compilation album, then subsequently included as a bonus track on the 1996 remaster CD. The full unedited version of the track can be found on the Hawkwind Anthology album. June 2007 saw another EMI remaster issue with different bonus tracks and DVD-audio.

"Sonic Attack" had been written by sci-fi author Michael Moorcock, who often performed with the band when convenient and Calvert was unavailable. Here it is recited by Calvert and it was scheduled for single release, promotional copies being distributed in a cloth sleeve, but it never did receive a full release.

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #8 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".

 Track listing

1. "Earth Calling" (Robert Calvert) – 1:46
2. "Born To Go" (Calvert, Dave Brock) – 9:56
3. "Down Through The Night" (Brock) – 6:16
4. "The Awakening" (Calvert) – 1:32

1. "Lord Of Light" (Brock) – 7:21
2. "Black Corridor" (Michael Moorcock) – 1:51
3. "Space Is Deep" (Brock) – 8:13
4. "Electronic No. 1" (Dik Mik Davies, Del Dettmar) – 2:26

1. "Orgone Accumulator" (Calvert,Brock) – 9:59
2. "Upside Down" (Brock) – 2:43
3. "10 Seconds Of Forever" (Calvert) – 2:05
4. "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 9:20

1. "7 By 7" (Brock) – 6:13
2. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock) – 2:54
3. "Time We Left This World Today" (Brock) – 5:47
4. "Master Of The Universe" (Nik Turner, Brock) – 7:37
5. "'Welcome To The Future" (Calvert) – 2:03

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