HW: Epoch-Eclipse now!

[Dave Greenhalgh]

Does anyone have URL where these can be bought?  Or failing that would someone
in the UK like to indulge in a bit of mail order?  (I can go looking for
obscure Jap stuff in return,  and I've got my GBP check book with me!!)

dave

Andy Gilham wrote:

> Press release on the new compilations:
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> HAWKWIND
> "EPOCH - ECLIPSE" 30TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE BEST OF AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY
> TRIPLE CD OUT AUGUST 30TH ON EMI
>
> To celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of rock's most innovative acts,
> EMi are releasing a single CD ultimate Best Of and a deluxe 3 CD set
> charting the band's 30 year career respectively titled "Epoch-Eclipse The
> Ultimate Best Of" and "Epoch Eclipse 30 Year Anthology" 3 CD on August
> 30th.
>
> For the first time this collection, released at the end of the month during
> which the first total eclipse of the moon has take place for over 30 years,
> will include all of the key original recordings taken from the UA,
> Charisma, Bronze, RCA, GWR, Castle, Flicknife and EBS years. Rounding off
> each collection is an exclusive brand new 1999 version of "Silver Machine",
> "Infected By The Scourge Of The Earth", also known as KLF'er Jimmy Cauty;
> the radio edit appears on the "Ultimate Best Of", while the "full version"
> appears on the triple CD set.
>
> All of us who grew up tripping out to the likes of "Silver Machine",
> "Orgone Accumulator", "Master Of The Universe", "Seven By Seven",
> "Brainstorm" etc, will welcome the digitally remastered and beautifully
> packaged 30 Year Anthology" triple CD with wide open arms.
>
> The single "Ultimate Best Of" CD is designed as a comprehensive
> introduction to those who have only heard of Hawkwind from the likes of
> current e-generation bands such as Chemical Brothers, Orbital or Prodigy
> who have all paid huge tribute to this ground breaking combine.
>
> At the opposite end of the 1999 musical spectrum, "stoner rock" acts such
> as Monster Magnet and Queens Of The Stone Age make no secret of the
> influence Hawkwind has played on them, while Motörhead mainman Lemmy is, of
> course, famously an ex-Hawkwind band member and the "Ultimate Best Of" will
> introduce inquisitive young rock fans to the band.
>
> For collectors, the single CD will contain at least 60% of the tracks in
> different versions / mixes to those on the 3 CD set. For those wanting the
> definitive introduction to one of the most influential and original acid /
> trance rock bands on the planet, "Epoch Eclipse The Ultimate Best Of" is
> exactly that.
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> --Andy
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> mailto:Andy.Gilham at btinternet.com; http://www.btinternet.com/~andy.gilham

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