more smoke to disappear in ~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~

[Kevin Sommers]

A great idea!  And yet I feel as if I've been here before..........Oh yeah,
this was a good chunk of the idea behind what were to be eventually as the
NOVA DRIVE CD-Rs.:.:.:.:

Kevin Sommers

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> Subject: HW: more smoke to disappear in ~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~
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>
> when the cd-set of the weird tapes was being discussed, i mentioned i'd
> acquired the software with which i could , for instance, "remix" audience
> tapes of early '70s hawkwind and compile a cd set.
> while such an endeavor on my part is far, far in the distance at
> best, in the
> interests of contributing something here which is actually related to
> hawkwind (fancy that!), i thought about what such a set might consist of
> >>>MY version anyway<<< and plotted out 2 cd's, with a probable 3rd and a
> possible 4th. i mean, if there was talk of making the weird tapes
> a 6 cd set,
> then how about 4 cd's worth of stuff completely unheard beyond
> tape trading
> circles?
>
> unheard, yes, and freqently not at very good sound quality, either,
> especially if you dont trade/collect tapes and arent accustomed to it.
> remarkable audio restorations can be done nowadays, but the best
> which could
> be done on this level is punch it up/clean it up/EQ a little, which helps,
> but one would have to want to hear this stuff, which would be the point of
> such a set's existence...
>
> the selections all come from my tape collection; i know bernhard
> p. and mr.
> parr (hi adrian!) have all of this, and maybe other BOC-L folk do too. i'm
> hazy on some of the specifics but if any one asks i'll be specific as to
> which show. (if the time ever came i'd certainly be exact!) discs
> are an est.
> 75 mins long
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +++++++++
> BLOW THE HUMAN MIND: HAWKWIND LIVE 1971-77
>
> disc 1
> THE BEAST OF CHAOS (calvert recitation)/YOU SHOULDNT DO THAT
> london 10/14/71
> IT'S SO EASY
> edmonton sundown 1/26/74...the version used officially, but minus simon
> house, lemmy's vocals not mixed out, and about 10 minutes long
> SWEET MISTRESS OF PAIN
> wolverhampton 7/71...sounding nothing like the 1969 version, with
> a bit (a la
> "master of the universe" ) where the band comes to a halt and the guitar
> starts raving
> ORGONE ACCUMULATOR
> the one from "space ritual" as originally performed (the "space ritual"
> version replaced the vocals and did some minor trimming, incl. some of
> lemmy's noodling towards the end)
> PSYCHEDELIC WARLORDS/WIND OF CHANGE
> philadelphia 4/5/74...taped it meself...a couple weeks more developed than
> the version on "1999 party", now with the descending-progression
> thing at the
> end (along with lemmy sings!)
> ODE TO A TIME FLOWER (moorcock recitation)/JAM
> windsor/harlow 9/73...is that the correct title on "time flower"?
> followed by
> one of only 2 pure jams i know of over the course of my "lemmy era"
> tapes...alas, the sound quality is good but dominated by the bass...
> URBAN GUERRILLA
> southampton 7/73...the second of only two live performances of this song,
> this one has lemmy singing lead... i'd  fade it out before
> advancing into the
> "encore medley". unfortunately this would qualify for poorest
> sound quality
> on the cd set.
> PARADOX
> edmonton sundown 1/26/74...the one which appeared on "mountain
> grill", as it
> was performed...no simon house and about 3 minutes longer; as the
> lp version
> fades they're quieting down, but they raise back up again before ending.
> excellent version, great brock soloing at the end.
> ENCORE MEDLEY: YOU SHOULDNT DO THAT/SILVER MACHINE/SEEING IT...
> i'm gonna have to go through the tapes for this one; late
> 74/early '75...in
> those days they tended to encore w/a medley like this , but they
> didnt often
> play all three together.
>
> whew. that's a lot of one-finger typing! i think i'll stop here.
> if there's
> any interest i'll continue and describe other discs in this imaginary set.
> disc #2 is plotted out...
>
>
> ja ne!
> "<>"
> larry b
>