HW: Weird CDs

[J D]

Hi,
Haven't actually seen the Weird CDs to comment fully, but I'm not surprised
about what Doug writes concerning the photo mismatches.
It's come to the stage where I even half expect that sort of thing now.
It ain't that difficult to spell band member names correctly, list correct
songs in
correct order, match photos to years etc but it appears to be beyond whoever
gets the job.
EMI re-masters are to be praised for not suffering from the above.
I'm not suggesting that the Weirds suffer from all 3 afflictions above, but
try reading the track list of Voiceprint's Masques Live 82 and keeping a
straight face.

"Warriors At The Edge Time" - that ain't even English!
"Psychedelic Warrior" - that's a new one on me!
"Solitary Minds Games" - again, English?
"Masters Of  The Universe" - they're breeding!

I'm sure most of us could do a better job when it comes to listing songs on
live CDs.
So, yeah, I care about this sort of thing too, Doug, but am resigned to the
fact that as time goes on, things are only likely to get worse.
Still, as you say, it's the music that counts!
Jez

----- Original Message -----
From: Doug Pearson <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Weird CDs


> Hooray!  They arrived today (well, they arrived yesterday, but I had to go
> to the post office this morning to pick 'em up)!  Thanks, Andy!!
>
> I can post tracklists shortly, if someone still needs 'em (but I'm at work
> now and it'll have to wait until I get home), but the only actual tape I'm
> familiar with is Hawklords '78 104.
>
> I haven't even had a chance to listen yet (I'm tempted to blow off the jam
> session I have scheduled for tonight, but I promised ... :^( ... ), but I
> got 'Atomhenge 76' and Weird 101-105, and I *can* comment on the
packaging.
>  First of all, the 'Atomhenge' packaging is real nice, with a big color
> booklet, just like the 'Live 79' and 'Masques' Collectors' series ... some
> overlap in photos with the 'Thrilling Adventures' CD, but some different
(a
> compleatist - at least of the Calvert era - like me, needs both).  And the
> sci-fi illustrations on the Weird CD's are real nice; I like 'em a lot.
> BUT ... <rant mode on> whoever picked the photos for inside the CD inserts
> is A MAJOR MORON!  For instance:
> 101 Sonic Assassins / Dave Brock solo - 'Atomhenge 76' photo w/Rudolph
etc.
> 102 Hawkwind 77 / Hawklords studio - Yes!  The actual '77 lineup in the
photo!
> 103 Hawkwind 77/75 - unidentifiable photo - can anyone else tell?
> 104 Hawklords 78 - 'Live 79' photo w/Tim & Huw
> 105 Hawkwind 76/77 - photo of the '82 lineup w/Huw & Nik
>
> ... one (or maybe two, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the photo in
> Weird 103 is even more recent than 104 & 105) correct photo out of five
> isn't a very good track record.  I mean, I expect that kind of sloppiness
> on the umpteenth reissue of the same old crap from Dave Anderson or
> Frenchy, but come one!  This is an official product!  It's not as though
> photos from the Hawklords tour don't exist or anything like that (I'm sure
> Knut Gerwers wouldn't mind if you snatched one off his Calvert website for
> such a worthy cause).  And what the *&%$&^ is Huw doing there?  He didn't
> play on ANY of the stuff!  Maybe I'm the only person who cares about this,
> but I'd rather have blank inserts than the wrong ones.</rant mode off>
>
> Of course, I'm incredibly happy that these have finally been released on
> CD, and the photo issue won't interfere one bit with my enjoyment of the
> music, which is the important part.  I'll write about that next time ...
>
>         -Doug
>          ceres at sirius.com
>
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:55:32 EST, Al Ogilvy <Alogilvy at AOL.COM> wrote:
> > Im sorry ,I know this has been up before but I've accidently wiped my
filing
> >cabinet !
> >Could someone either please post a list of the weird tapes with Track
lists
> >and the differences between CDs and tapes, Or else give me an http where
I
> >can find this info.
>