HW: low points and giving up

[Hall, Russell J]

Where can I get/see a good discography?  I have tried CD-Now, but it
seems to just be compilations.

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> Hall, Russell J writes:
>
> > Hmm.  I think I may be misinformed, a bit.  When was C.Y.Masques
> > released?  My copy has 1996 for Griffon Music.  Is this a
> re-release?
>
> Yes - it was originally issued as vinyl on RCA label back in 198?? (I
> forget now) along with Church of Hawkwind and Sonic Attack but there
> was great difficulty getting permission for it to be issued as a CD.
> Griffin finally achieved this with a memorable piece of diplomacy - a
> feat which IMO has to be counted up there with the great diplomatic
> triumphs of this century although it's admittedly had slightly less
> impact on the global majority of humanity than other such
> achievements.
> But no matter.    I like Choose Your Masques although others prefer
> Sonic Attack from that period as being more.. I dunno - assertive?
> Have to agree tho' that it's not the best version of Utopia.
>
> However Hawkwind being the band they are - even if you don't like an
> album it's still worth going to see them live if only because by the
> time they've put the tour and the stageshow together it can bear
> little or no resemblance to the album at all - either that or they
> tour
> before the album even comes out.    Either way - Hawkwind live and
> Hawkind in studio tend, for me, to be quite separate species.
>
> The official compilations issued by the band (usually with booklet and
> a
> Brian Tawn intro) are usually worth picking up if you don't already
> have
> any of the original albums.    However you should avoid the endlessly
> recursive Yuri Gagarin group and only buy one version of Acid Daze -
> see
> the discography!
>
> jill
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