HW: The Ambient Anarchists

[M Holmes]

Dave Berry writes:

> 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.

Jill has since spotted that the second Sonic Attack is from the Knights
of The Occasional Table version on Future Reconstructions. This probably
also explains the extra credits for the track.

> > 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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