Nik Q&A

[Colin Allen]

>As was discussed here Hawkwind released a similar quality album recently,
>and and a few others that didn't have perfect sound (live 79 complete).
>Some people have stated that they like these type of recordings and don't
>mind.  Well there ya go, don't condemn Nik unless you're going to condemn
>HW for the same thing.

I will happily condemn both of them where necessary but they could not even
get the track listing or the tracks themselves right on 2001; to then tout
it as a "rare" recording because it was a cock-up is both unethical and
insulting to the intelligence of the fans.  At least HW had the decency to
remove the mispressed "Spacebrock" from sale as soon as they realised that
there was a problem.

To compare 2001 and Complete 79 is not useful; they are dramatically
different in quality terms.

Yes, Nik has released some good stuff as well. He would do far better to
concentrate on making his own career away from HW and writing new material;
the latter also applies to Hawkwind themselves of course.

COLIN