OFF: "Space Rock"

[Chuck Rosenberg]

Hey, folks. This is sorta "OFF", but not necessarily in that HW are involved
directly and in many cases indirectly. It seemed like when I first joined
boc-l had more discussion of space-rock in general...now that I've somewhat
caught up w/the scene in general, it seems to have waned. Anyway, maybe
this'll spark some convo...

This is entirely subjective of course, but I had it in mind to make the
Ultimate Space Rock comp...orig. for one tape but of course it expanded to 2,
probably for the best.
I tried to keep pretty close to a somewhat limited idea of what "space-rock"
means to me...still I think there's some good variation... and I know a lot
of space-rock bands weren't included while tracks from not-as-typically
space-rock bands were included, meaning I simply tried to compile my favorite
and quintessential tracks...
anyway, I know my collection/knowledge is far from exhaustive and there are
always zillions more bands waiting in the wings to be discovered later, it
seems.

If you have any comments re: this compilation, "what I should have added" or
what I shouldn't have, praise, flames, whatever...

the ultimate quintessential space rock:

Tape 1, Side 1:

1.Hawkwind--Earth Calling/Born to Go (Space Ritual)
2.Spacious Mind--The Cave Song (Organic Mind Solution)
3.Ashra Tempel/T. Leary--Powerdrive/Right Hand Lover (Seven-Up)
4.F/i--Star Spot (Helioscopium)
5.Farflung--Solar Electrique/Open Your Mouth (25000 ft. p/Second)
6.Pressurehed--Explaining the Unexplained (Explaining the Unexplained)

Tape 1, Side 2:

1.Quarkspace--Air (Live Orion)
2.Gong--A Sprinkling of Clouds (Est Mort)
3.Melting Euphoria--Harbor of Infinity (Upon the Solar Winds)
4.Amon Duul 2--Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge (Wolf City)
5.ST-37--Night Jetz (Space-Age)
6.Nik Turner--Opa Loka 2000 (Past or Future?)
7.Sun Dial--Plains of Nazca (Other Way Out)
8.Darxtar--Darker (Darker)
9.Hawkwind--Life Form (PXR 5)

Tape 2, Side 1:

1.Spacehead--Mechanoid Dream/Hail the Messiahs/Dark Star (In Space We Trust)
2.Gong--Flying Teapot (Live Etc.)
3.Darxtar--Dark Daze (Daybreak)
4.Amon Duul 2--Wieder Wind am Ende einer Strasse (Wolf City)
5.PXR 1--Spirit of the Age (The Elf and the Hawk)
6.Word of Life--Sunrise (To Dust)

Tape 2, Side 2:

1.Tribe of Cro--Ritual Meditation (Potlach)
2.Hawkwind--Space is Deep (Doremi Fasol Latido)
3.Melting Euphoria--Astral Nemesis (Upon the Solar Winds)
4.Guru Guru--Space Ship (Hinten)
5.Can--Spoon (Ege Bamyasi)
6.Architectural Metaphor--Brainticket (Odysseum Galacti)

A few regrets: no Amon Duul 2 "Yeti", no Ozrix, no more F/i ("Space Station"
would have been perfect), not enough Hawkwind :), no Spac. Mind
"Intergalactic Love Machine 2", no poetry/fx tracks, maybe Krel deserved a
spot, etc...but even w/2 90-minute tapes, there were space limitations,
representation limitations, etc!

anyway, again, comments/convo appreciated, Chuck