HW: actually, really RE: Off: Tull!!! but explicit HW at the end

[Doug Pearson]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:23:57 -0400, Stephan Forstner
<stemfors at PIPELINE.COM> wrote:
> ... The real reason I mention this is something Ian writes in the
>liner notes - there are apparently some plans for Tull to release old
>soundboard recordings on CD through their official website - stuff that
>they consider to be not realistically releaseable in todays musical
>climate but that would be better quality than the bootlegs and that
>would make fans happy, even if it would not make economic sense to do
>an actual official release. Hawkwind should seriously consider something
>similar.

Sounds like the "Collectors Series" (especially the bit about "old
soundboard recordings ... not realistically releaseable in todays musical
climate" - that would describe the 76/79/82 sets to a "T") to me!  *I*
certainly would like to see more of these (the new 1990 one is a great
start, especially since 89/90 is my favorite era for "live" Hawkwind
between '78 and '95).  Especially welcome (to me) would be a full-length
recording from the 1984 Earth Ritual tour, especially if they could fit in
the guest appearences from Lemmy, Moorcock & Dave Anderson.  Although after
all of the "golden-eared" whiners complaining about 'Glastonbury 90' (an
excellent album that continues to grow on me with successive listens ... if
you want "perfection", go listen to Steely Dan or something!  Or one of
those "live" albums where all the guitar parts were re-recorded by a
session player in the studio.  Jeez!), I wouldn't be surprised if the idea
of putting out more "Collectors Series" live albums seemed much less
appealing that it once had been.

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com