HW:Hawkwind Family Box

[Chris Raymond]

I have been wondering for years about Steve Took.  What is the CD like? How did he
die?
Thanks
Chris

Doug Pearson wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 13:08:13 -0400, K Henderson <henderson.120 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
> >Filip wonders....
> >>Just bought the Hawkwind Family Box on Cleopatra and the content is:
> >>-HAWKWIND:Psychedelic Warlords . The Best Of
> >>-NIK TURNER:Prophets Of Time
> >>-SPIRAL REALMS:Trip To G9
> >>-SURPRISE CD:STEVE PEREGRINE TOOK:THE MISSING LINK TO TYRANNOSAURUS REX
> >>
> >>Can anyone tell what this got to do with Hawkwind?
> >
> >Nothing.  Except maybe he played with T. Rex and they did gigs with Hawkwind
> >IIRC.
>
> Steve Took was in Tyranosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan; Hawkwind performed on
> the 'Marc' TV show in '77 (the mimed "Quark, Strangeness & Charm" w/out Dave).
>
> Steve Took was in Shagrat with Larry Wallis, who was later in the Pink
> Fairies (replacing Mick Wayne who had replaced Paul Rudolph), Motorhead
> (with Lemmy, duh!), and the latter-day Deviants (which also included Paul
> Rudolph & Alan Powell on their 'Screwed Up' EP).
>
> Steve Took was in the original (pre-band) Pink Fairies motorcycle/drinking
> club with Mick Farren (lyricist of "Lost Johnny" for Hawkwind) and Twink
> (occasional Hawkwind fill-in drummer, member of the Pink Fairies with Paul
> Rudolph, member of the Pretty Things with Dick Taylor who produced the
> first Hawkwind album, and PinkWind collaborator with Nik).
>
> Not the closest connection(s), but good enough for me.  Of course the copy
> of 'Freq (revisited)' that came with my HW Family Box IS a much-closer
> connection :^).
>
> And, of course, Keith really hits the nail on the head when he adds:
> >But really the connection is...."Well, Brian P., we've got to get some of
> >this stock the hell out of our warehouse, so can you think of a way to
> >gather all of these roughly similar items together in new and inventive ways
> >and pass them off to the public as if it was a fabulous new boxset that we
> >put a lot of effort into creating?  OK, great! Let's do it!"
>
> But still a great deal for me - I didn't have either the 'Freq' CD, Nik's
> 'Sphynx' CD (the Cleopatra one, of course), or the Spiral Realms CD.
> Didn't even have the HW 'Psychedelic Warlords' CD, but (no surprise) have
> all the songs on other CD's.
>
> >Los Angeles, CA - Home of Cleopatra: Masters of Tributes and Compilations,
> >but loathe to sign any modern SpaceRock artists, just punk and goth.
>
> Almost, but they pretty much only do reissues of those genres (and in the
> punk genre, mostly crappy 3rd-gen 80's UK stuff).  Try more like bad techno
> ...
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com