BOC: Re: (from Shari again) New BOC fan/Hawkwind Q's

[Ted Jackson jr. EL84]

> From:          Carl Edlund Anderson <cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK>

> On fre 21 mar 1997 13.22 "Jon Jarrett" <jaj20 at HERMES.CAM.AC.UK> wrote:
> > > P.S. Shari, you don't appear to list `Cultosaurus Erectus' in your BOC
> > > collection! You must remedy this immediately, it's vastly better than
> > > FoUO (unless you like the synth-pop tinges of `After Dark' and `Don't
> > > Turn Your Back').
>
Right you are!  I've been listening to CE daily the last few weeks.
It's a great album.  Not very similar to FoUO, but do check it out.
Very heavy album.  Didn't Al say that it was a conscious effort to
recapture the heavy feel of the earlier records, esp. after the
near-disaster of Mirrors?  BD's guitaring has never been better [or
heavier].  Excellent soloing throughout.  'Lips' is a great song,
belonging in the BOC pantheon with all the early stuff...


>     I however have an early affectation for _FoUO_, with "Fire of Unknown
> Origin", "Burning For You" (still a good song, even if grossly overplayed),
> "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", and the immortal "Heavy Metal: the Black &
> Silver" :)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl

FoUO is a great record too.  I only hold it in slightly less regard
because BFY has been overplayed [esp. on the radio] and because its
presence somewhat mars the concert experience by being one of the Big
3.  Remember, this is Al's last record, and as such, earns it a
sentimental  place among BOC's best, as a reminder of what BOC used
to be...

And Shari, I take it you've never seen the band live?  Do catch them
as soon as you can. though I wouldn't nec. recommend this summer's
wheezer fests.  Try to catch them on their own, and pref. in a club
setting...

theo
> ObTape: Ozric Tentacles, The Junction, Cambridge, England, 20 March 1997.
>