HW: Recent v Old (revisited) A Howl of Derision

[Tom Clark]

"If only Astounding Sounds had been a well produced studio double album, think
what a classic that would have been."

Huh?  I think it is an excellently produced studio album and a classic in it's
own right..  Blew me away when I first heard it, though it was on  a good sound
system in conjunction with some Moroccan Brown and headphones.   Seemed like it
was designed for that.  To this day, it's a classic in my book in that it
brought Bob Calvert's genius to the forefront, and still sounds awesome.  A bit
muddy in places, but, man, that was an album that blew me emotionally away more
so than even Space Ritual.   It displayed Bob Calvert's passion moreso than any
album he was featured on.   It definitely fit the times, and still holds up to
this day, IMO.

"Captain Bl at ck" wrote:

> I shall break my vow of list silence on this one. I agree with Colm in that
> Paul Rudolph and Alan Powell were, despite the folklore, excellent
> musicians.  Alan's drumming on Spiral Galaxy is a delight to hear (no it
> wasn't all done by Simon King as one web site would have you believe)  and
> there are many more fine examples. I just love that 1976 double album - the
> start of Opa Loka/Uncle Sam, Time For Sale, Steppenwolf, Brainstorm,
> everyone a gem and much more creative than the Adrian Shaw period (howls of
> derision from the list posters).  If only Astounding Sounds had been a well
> produced studio double album, think what a classic that would have been.
> No, really!
>
> Captain Bl at ck.
>
> >
> > if we are talking about the ultimate reunion line-up (including live or
> dead
> > members) then I would go for:
> > Dave Brock (guitar, Vox, banned from the keyboards and made to play more
> > lead guitar)
> > Bob Calvert (Vocals)
> > Paul Rudolph (Bass) - Everyone will probably disagree on this one and pick
> > the more popular lemmy but I like the way Paul Rudolph played his bass in
> > the astounding sounds tour!
> > Lemmy (bass) - Have only seen one band with dual bass players and that was
> > neds atomic dustbin and they rocked live!
> > Nik Turner (No random blasts on his horn allowed though and only if he
> plays
> > in tune!)
> > Simon House (Violin and more keys, does Simon ever have a tinkle on the
> keys
> > anymore??)
> > Simon King (Drums) - The ultimate Hawkwind drummer! Richard Chadwick is
> good
> > but I really love the style of Simons drumming and what it adds to the
> > overall hawk sound. It was one of the things that make hawkwind sound so
> > different from any one else!
> > Alan Powell (Drums) - Kinda did the business jointly with Simon king on
> > warrior and astounding.
> >
> > Thought about adding Huw to my line up but after listening to pre huw
> > hawkwind charisma material decided against it. They didn't have an out an
> > out lead guitar player then and it didn't seem to hinder the excellent
> > material they were coming out with.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Colm