OFF: "Space Rock"

[Miikka Wagner]

Where is Dark Sun and TimeSpace Continuum song? I think that it´s one of
best songs ever!

>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
>

Miikka Wagner
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