HW: Spacebrock - a few comments

[blueskin69]

Hi Jez

There are two diffrent versions of spacebrock out there the one you have
is the same one that they were selling at the Brixton gig and then there
is the one with all tracks listed are on the CD i think that the ones
that were pressed wrong are now a rarity dont take all of this as gospel
but one of my friends has the same as you and another has the full
version

Cheers.

Gordon.

J D wrote:

>  Hi,Well, after giving Spacebrock more than a few spins recently, I've
> got this to say about it .... HW have always thrived on ambiguity,
> chaos, obscurity and general vagueness but this release surely takes
> the biscuit.Is it really representative to call it a "Hawkwind" CD?To
> me it sounds it sounds more of a Dave solo offereing in the vein of
> Church & Pipe Dreams, despite the participation of Crum, Chadwick &
> Griffin plus a few unknowns (to me).As for the track listing, that's a
> minefield in itself.At a first glance you may say to yourself "Some
> People Never Die", oh no, not again! in which case you'd be right, it
> doesn't appear on the CD at all, other than on the rear sleeve
> listing.Similarly the first track "Life Form" is also absent.The final
> track "Do You Want This Body" is also missing, however Damage Of Life
> has been snuck in without any mention on the sleeve.Of the remaining
> tracks that are both on the sleeve and actually on the CD, you can
> choose your own title of at least 3 of the songs as the words in the
> booklet are listed under different titles to the rear.Take your pick
> between :To Be Or Not / To BeThe Starkness Of The Capsule / Pressing
> You1st Landing / The First Landing On MedusaWonderfully confusing,
> intentional or just a mass cock-up?Despite all these comments on what
> is largely unimportant anyway, I actually quite like the CD.Don't
> expect a HW CD but think of a cross of Church, Agents & Pipe Dreams
> (I've purposely omitted Earthed).Who is providing the female voice for
> Dreamers, The Right Way & Sex Dreams etc?References to other earlier
> HW/DB songs........Earth Calling includes the "child choir" voices
> found on one of the first 2 tracks on IITBOTFTBD or was it just on the
> tour that I remember them? And I swear the final few seconds of the
> song consists of live sounds from early 70s.Could be the end of Earth
> Calling on Ritual (but maybe I'm being influenced by the song
> title).Behind The Face - what the heck's all that about? - Never
> thought I'd hear "quack, quack" in a HW song!First Landing sounds like
> a cross between Holgar Czukay and Daevid Allen.The final song "The
> Journey" is a beautiful piece but sadly too short.Oh yeah, forgot to
> mention, the "Ladies & Gentlemen" announcement (before the throw-up)
> from Pipe (or is it on White Zone?) also gets an airing somewhere on
> the CD.So that's it, quite a bizarre CD all in all !Why did I feel the
> need to mention all this?Cheers,Jez
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