HW: Robert Calvert rundown

[Amphetamine Embalmer]

Reviewing the Calvert solo material:

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Captain Lockheed And The
Starfighters
(from 1975 and recorded with several other Hawkwind
members, this is the chronicle of experimental German
fighter planes and their doomed test pilots. Weird
spoken comic bits inbetween songs can get very unfunny
though. However, classic rockin' tracks like
"Ejection" and "Aerospace Age Inferno" have been
covered by Hawkwind ever since and remain classic
punkrock.)

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Lucky Leif And The
Longships
(recorded with other Hawkwind members and released in
1976, it is the tale of The Vikings and
America, supposedly. Strange, strange, Robert.)

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Hype
(Yet another concept album from Bob, this one
chronicling the rise and fall of a successful young
superstar, it was also published as a mass market
paperback novel of his, the album itself being
released in 1982)

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Blueprints From The Cellar
(Interesting set of unreleased material, highlights
being the more eerie tracks like "Radio Egypt")

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Test Tube Conceived
(Brilliant and spooky concept album chronicling the
technological conception and artificial evolution of a
human laboratory clone. Nazi Germany probably has
something to to with it... Some synthwork even brings
to mind modern Kraftwerk, particularly songs like the
title track and "Fanfare For The Perfect Race"
highlighting this fine 1987 release.)

Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) - Freq Revisited
(Delving into the politics and dystopia of life on the
picket line, the CD version also includes the classic
and wonderful "The Greenfly And The Rose", the album
is otherwise pretty much a plodding and awkward new
wave concept album...)

Chr.

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