HW: The Ambient Anarchists

[Dave Berry]

On 03 Nov 19:30, Keith Henderson wrote:
> Hi Folks...
>
> The Ambient Anarchists....where the hell did this compilation come from??  I
> just picked it up on Saturday, as there were things on there I didn't
> recognise...after listening to some of it, I still don't.

I include the message that Mike posted, giving the origin of all but
two of the tracks.

> Unfortunately, Lord of Light from LIS isn't on this one...I'd like to have
> that recording sometime...don't understand why they left it off the Love in
> Space double.

It's not *that* good a version.  Ron does the vocals very well, and there's
some good guitar.  It's pretty good, but overall it sounds a bit rushed.

> And yet another thing.....song credits (which we've seen change many
> times) are changing again.  Motorway City says (Brock/Nevill)....who the
> hell is Nevill???  and the second Sonic Attack says
> (Ferreira/McBean/Moorcock), whereas the other one (the 1981 studio version)
> says just (Moorcock).

I suspect the first one is a remix.


Here's the info:

The tracklist is:


The Ambient Anarchists  1997
        Urban Guerilla
        Right to Decide
        PXR5                            {listed as High Rise}
        Motorway City
        Psychedelic Warlords
        Sonic Attack
        Uncle Sam's On Mars
        TV Suicide
        Confrontation
        Streets of Fear
        Motorhead
        The Camera That Could Lie
        LSD                             {segue from previous track}
        Sonic Attack
        UFO Line
        Abducted
        Earth
        Love in Space
        The Forge Of Vulcan
        Life Form
        Green Finned Demon
        Virgin Of The World
        Utopia
        Space Is Their Palestine        {listed as Assassin}
        Hassan I Sabha                  {segue from previous track)
        The Joker At The Gate
        Time and Space
        Vega
        The Last Messiah


Versions:

Urban Guerilla
 L  4     British Tribal Music
 L  4     Ironstrike
 L  4     Castle Masters Collection
 L  4     The Best and the Rest of Hawkwind
 L  4     The Early Years Live EP
 L  4     The Hawkwind Anthology Vol 1
 L  4     Acid Daze Vol 1
 L  4     The Hawkwind Collection
 L  4     Hawkwind Anthology triple CD box set [Castle Communications]
 L  4     Silver Machine {Spectrum compilation}
 L  4     Space Is Deep
 L  4     Live & Rare (Onward Flies The Bird)
Right to Decide
    1     Electric Teepee
    1     Decide Your Future EP and CD single
    1     25 Years On [Griffin 4-CD Set]
PXR5
    1     PXR5
Motorway City
 L  6     Undisclosed Files
Psychedelic Warlords
    3     Silver Machine 10th Anniversary  7" EP
    3     Choose Your Masques [CD only]
Sonic Attack
    7     Sonic Attack
Uncle Sam's On Mars
    3     PXR5
    3     Repeat Performance
TV Suicide
 L  2 a   California Brainstorm
Confrontation
    1     Out And Intake
    1     Night Of The Hawk
Streets of Fear
    1 a   Sonic Attack
Motorhead
    1     Kings of Speed/ Motorhead 7"
    1     Warrior On the Edge of Time CD
Processed
 L  3     The Business Trip {The Camera That Could Lie}
 L  3     The Emergency Broadcast System Samples
LSD
 L  3     The Business Trip
Sonic Attack

<UNKNOWN VERSION>

U.F.O Line
   1      Strange Trips and Pipe Dreams
Abducted
    1     Alien4
Parasites Are Here On Earth
    1     Strange Trips And Pipe Dreams
Love in Space

<UNKNOWN VERSION>

The Forge Of Vulcan
    2     Quark Strangeness And Charm
    2     Quark, Strangeness, and Charm/ The Forge of Vulcan 7"
    2     Spirit of the Age [Charisma Compilation]
Life Form
    1     PXR5
Green Finned Demon
 L  4     The Business Trip
 L  4     The Emergency Broadcast System Samples
Virgin Of The World  {see also: Experiment with Destiny}
    2     Sonic Attack
    2     Angels of Death
Utopia
    1     Choose Your Masques
Space is their (Palestine)
 L  4     Love In Space   {Assassins}
Hassan I Sabha
 L  9     Love In Space       {Assassins}
The Joker At The Gate
    1     Angels of Death
    1     Church of Hawkwind
Time and Space
    1     White Zone
Vega
    1     Alien4
The Last Messiah
    1     Church of Hawkwind  [LP and CD]
    1     Angels of Death

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