HW: Re: [Hawkwind] 25 years on and astounding questions....

[Douglas Pearson]

On Sat, 12 May 2001 14:05:30 +0100, Jill Strobridge <jill at THETA-
ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:
>I don't think a "normal" copy exists does it?    As far as I know
>the sleeve was deliberately done with the eagle and tracklisting on
>front and girl on the back.   Just to be different.     I could be
>misremembering here but doesn't Brian Tawn mention this somewhere in
>one of his publications?

My copy of ASAM is CDS4004, brown label, girl on front, eagle on back.

>The vinyl inside is not quite identical.    Interestingly I went
>record shopping in London after the Astoria gig and found a
>Hawklords vinyl album which I bought as a spare copy.   I hadn't
>checked the spine lettering until just now.   The album I bought
>reads 'Hawklords 25 years On'.    The album I already had (together
>with the booklet, although I think this was actually sold separately
>for the tour) reads 'Hawklords'.    If however you check the album
>itself and look at the numbers in the run off groove 'Hawklords 25
>Years On' sleeve album has A#1 and B#1 printed on the relevant
>sides.    The 'Hawklords' sleeve album has A#2 and B#2 printed on
>the relevant sides.      I therefore conclude that the sleeve
>labelled "Hawlords 25 Years On" contains a first pressing and the
>"Hawklords" sleeve contains a re-issue.
>Quod erat demonstrandum (as it were).

Curiouser and curiouser.  My copy is CDS4014, brown label, 'Hawklords'
spine, and the runoff grooves are A#2 and B#1!  (Jill, you might want to
double-check your B side?)

And I'll add a question - was 'PXR5' ever released with a brown label?  Or
did Charisma switch labels between 'Hawklords/25 Years On' and 'PXR5'?  My
Copy is CDS4016, miswired plug without sticker (which, to the best of my
knowledge, makes it an "original" copy), blue label (which might make it a
second pressing?).

And, just to make sure that the entire Charisma catalog is covered, I'll
mention that a friend of mine was psyched last week to find a mint vinyl
copy of 'Quark, Strangeness & Charm' for only US$7, but it was the early-
80's repressing (CHC ... catalog number IIRC, no printed inner sleeve).

This thread should either make Mike Coleman very happy or very frustrated
(the latter only if he's missing any of these variations!),

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com