HW Video Footage

[Johan Edlundh]

At 09:10 1999-12-06 -0000, you wrote:
>Hi there
>
>Dave Hall writes:
>
>    Has anyone put together a listing of HW film and video footage? There
seems to be a fair bit from 84 onwards but what is there before that? What
is there in the vaults that could be released on a Collector Series video?
>     Footage 71 - 82
>    1971 - no sound
>    1972 - BBC, how much is there apart from Silver Machine
>    1972 - Space Ritual b&w footage - rumoured
>    1974 - Swedish TV?- rumoured again
>      Dave
>
>    Apparently, someone found silent footage of Hawkwind at the Roundhouse
>    in 1970 a few years back but so far, the soundtrack is still uncovered.
>    I remember talking to Nik about footage of the Space Ritual in 1995,
>    and he recalled a video crew filming the Wembley gig in 1973. The only
>    problem was that after when he played it back, the guy realised he only
>    had a blank screen.
>    In 1973, Swedish TV filmed a festival that Hawkwind played. Rumour has
>    it that all of Hawkwind's set was filmed but when the program was shown
>    the following year, only Master of The Universe was shown.

The whole set was filmed, but only half of MotU was shown. Pity.


Got a clip from the tv guide in the local tabloid paper Aftonbladet 26th of
July 1974, saying

"Rymdpop, Tasavallan och Pugh i jättegala"


there's a big color pic of an eight person Hawkwind, along with the
following [fast] translated text:

"The pop festival in Gothenburg was a disapoinment, said the critics. The
English Space Poppers Hawkwind, with its light- and soundshow "Space Ritual"
was one of the more interesting piece, meant one recencent."


One odd thing,
Hawkwind was probably on stage at the same minute our old king died, that
very evening in 1973. There was no mention of a pop festival in the papers
the days after, for understanable reasons.

Nazareth was on the festival bill, but didn't show up.


If you got a time machine, and manage to tune in 26th of July, National
Swedish Broadcast TV2, 21:35 - you've also got 2-3 minutes of Master of the
Universe. With Lemmy.


>    There's probably more lurking
>    All the best
>    Age

peace, .joe