HW: 4 new re-issues

[Stephan Forstner]

Follow-up #1:

>>Does the new F&R Vol 1 CD contain the *full* version of Robot, as
>>appeared on the vinyl issue of F&R Vol 1?  That (I think) clocked
>>in at 8:17, whereas the edit on "Best of F&R" and other comps was
>>faded out at 5:59, IIRC.
>
>I believe that the 5:59 version is the one that Stephan is referring
>to as the "butchered" one, and the reason for his complaint.  The
>full-length version has never been released on CD (bastards!!! why?!?).

The original vinyl track did come in at 8+ minutes, but the new CD reissue
unfortunately has the 5+ minute edit with fade-out that has appeared on
previous comps. Bastards indeed! Perhaps someone could use CoolEditPro and
piece together a full version using the butchered track and the Weird 77
track?

> Space Ritual Vol 2
> ------------------
>Is this the Deluxe double with all the stuff from Yuri Gagarin and In
>The Beginning on it as well?

To clear up any confusion, the new Space Ritual 2 (Deluxe Edition) reissue
on Cleopatra/PurplePyramid that I described only has 1 disc, and its the
usual Space Ritual Vol. 2. The packaging is great though and more than
deserves to be called 'deluxe'. CDNow lists it as "Space Ritual Sundown
Deluxe Edition", Amazon lists it as "Space Ritual Sundown (Deluxe
Edition)", CDUniverse and TowerRecords list it as "Space Ritual Sundown
(Deluxe)" and the actual CD cover says "Space Ritual Sundown V.2". Oops, I
was supposed to clear up the confusion not add to it. No matter what it's
being called, you can identify it by the label being
Cleopatra/PurplePyramid and its having a release date of Aug 13 2002.

I'll post the dates/venues for Zones/This Is Hawkwind tomorrow in Follow-up
#2, I don't have the discs here with me now. I'll also try to do a timing
comparision for WGWTW? tonight and post that as well.

Stephan