HW: Live Chronicles

[Stephen Swann]

I was LOL too.  "Hawkwind fans" are surely the most
heterogeneous bunch that any band were ever saddled
with.  ;-)

I'm in the "Live Chronicles rules with rod and scepter" *
camp, myself...

Steve

* turn of phrase courtesy of Carl Anderson

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 07:02:04PM -0500, Michael Habiby wrote:
> and I totally disagree  LOL
>
> I got the Live before the studio and being a monster Moorcock fan I love the
> extra additions and the live renditions of Chronicles Live.  The studio
> leaves me cold. Even the Vinyl....
>
> Mike in troy NY
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> :::Behalf Of Nick Medford
> :::Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:53 PM
> :::To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> :::Subject: Re: HW: Live Chronicles
> :::
> :::
> :::In message <002d01c0afad$bbc31060$e107883e at jezd>, J D <Jeremy at DAC
> :::OMBE.FSNET.CO.UK> writes
> :::>
> :::>    Hi,
> :::>    It continually surprises me how highly rated the Live
> :::Chronicles LP is.
> :::>    For me, the studio LP was/is fabulous, this was backed up
> :::by a great live show,
> :::>    however the magic failed to be captured on the recorded
> :::live release.
> :::>    I seem to be in the minority here, but there you go.
> :::
> :::I agree, it's probably the only HW live release where very few
> :::of the songs
> :::are as good as the original studio versions, like you I prefer the studio
> :::Chronicle album. 'Moonglum' and 'Dreaming City' are good though.
> :::
> :::--
> :::Nick Medford
> :::

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