Official Post From Hawkwind

[Bob Lennon]

It's been happening for years because of the lack of quality audience tapes.
Who out there wouldn't mind hearing a better sounding Yuri Gagarin, which I
believe is the main complaint about that, quality (well it's mine)
It is evil for folks to exploit bands and release crap and make money for it.

wouldn't it be better if all the poor slobs that were "just introduced" to
Hawkwind over the years actually found good recordings in the shops. Almost
everywhere I go, just about the only Hawkwind cd's I see are the re-packaged
crap we're always complaining about. At least around here. Very few official
releases are ever seen by many on the lists, unless you count the anthologies
and countless re-issues of Friends and relations.
Once again, the band is allowed to state whatever policy they want.
I, like others on these lists see no good coming out of all the negative
statements and bickering we are all witnessing.
I see pissed off die-hard fans. Is the Hawkwind fan base growing at such a
blinding rate that they can afford this?
bob

In a message dated 12/11/2002 8:59:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK writes:
> In message <e.29b95b2b.2b294217 at aol.com>, Bob Lennon
> <Hawkwinder at AOL.COM> writes
> >The band will now be more represented
> >by inferior quality shows that will be sold instead of traded.
>
> Surely this has been happening for years- Yuri Gagarin and its clones.
>
> Seems to me that if the scenario suggested elsewhere by Bryan (that they
> will be organising distribution and sale of live recordings themselves) is
> correct, then the band's request is perfectly reasonable. Mind you, this is
> Hawkwind we're talking about, so anything could be going on.
>
> Incidentally I'm sure I won't be the only person here who today received
> a mailout from Ozit wherein Dave Anderson is described as "a member
> of Hawkwind at the time of Space Ritual". These people have no shame!
> --
> Nick Medford