HW: Not of this Earth 3-CD

[Colin J Allen]

It is Calvert.


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From: "Arin Komins" <akomins at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Not of this Earth 3-CD


> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Henderson Keith wrote:
>
> :Subject: HW: Not of this Earth 3-CD
> :
> :Hi Folks...
> :
> :I just picked up this box-set thingy that had been long in the works from
> :the Black Widow folx in Italy.
>
> [snip]
>
> I just got this one as well.
>
> [snip]
>
> :Hawkwind's contribution is a new (or I should say 'yet again different')
> :version of Sonic Attack, entitled "This is Hawkwind Sonic Attack" the
lyrics
> :of which seem unchanged.  The lineup is given as
Brock/Davey/Tree/Chadwick,
> :so this is from a few years ago (and would seemingly match up with when
this
> :project was started).  The vocals are a dead ringer for Calvert, but I
guess
> :it's really Ron doing an amazing likeness, or else Dave uncovered an old
> :track of Calvert's from the distant past.  I dunno...I've only given the
> :thing a quick cursory listen.
>
> It sounds very much like Calvert to me, and was driving me nuts to figure
> out how they did that.  It doesn't sound like Ron to me, imho....
>
> :The music seemed totally different than any
> :other version...no real bass guitar I don't think, but kinda trancey
> :synths/percussion along with some guitar playing from Dave.  Not sure
what
> :Alan was doing...wave sequencer stuff perhaps, whatever that is.  It's 7
> :minutes long, and I think it's just fine though not superior to actually
> :hearing something that's not already 30 years old in part.
Interestingly,
> :it's associated with "When Worlds Collide" but I really don't know how -
> :they have a writeup about said SF story, but nothing about how it
connects
> :to Moorcock's words.  Or if it even does.  The writing credits go to
> :Moorcock, Calvert, Brock, Chadwick...not sure when/why Calvert was ever
> :awarded writing credit here, but you know how these things have
continually
> :evolved over the years!
>
> I was fairly curious about that as well, as I wasn't aware of a "When
> Worlds Collide" influence.  I wish there was a bit more on why a given
> track is indicative of its corresponding movie listed in the right up.
>
> :The other Hawkwind-related tracks are: the Adrian Shaw solo piece (nice
gtr
> :playing, the only downside being synth-drums), Alan's solo piece (for
>
> I liked the vocal around the "silent running" bit.
>
> [snip]
>
> :Well, and then there are tracks by F&R, like the Quimby's doing
> :"Quatermass & the Pit,"
>
> I really liked the Q&tP track.  Very identifiable as MQB, I think.
>
> [snip]
>
> :The Prisoner theme is redone by
> :Gary Ramon/SunDial (and there's a hidden bonus track on Disc 3 that seems
> :like him/them again doing it again slightly differently?), and Dr. Who
theme
> :is redone by a Finnish band called "Reverend Bizarre."
>
> The hidden bonus track sounded more like it was ripped almost directly
> from the soundtrack of the show.  It was very disconcerting.  Is there a
> track missing, btw, on that disc?  I don't have the set near at hand, but
> I seem to recall there being 13 tracks on that disc, with #13 being the
> prisoner piece, but there was supposed to be 13 real tracks on it?
>
> I liked the pseudo "Pyramids of Mars" track as well.  I was impressed
> given that according to the writeup, the band had only seen Dr. Who once.
>
> :The Star Trek piece
> :(by Italy's Deviate Damaen) is the only thing I heard on here that is
awful!
> :Watered-down techno/sampling piece that seemingly took about a half-hour
to
> :churn out.
>
> I'll agree wholeheartedly with Keith's assessment, here.
>
> [snip]
>
> :The Farflung/Pressurehed wing
> :is (oddly) not represented here anywhere, but a trio based in Kassel,
>
> I was disappointed in this, as I was quite looking forward to hearing
> something from that contingent.  I was also hoping for an Astralasia remix
> (as was on the Cleopatra Sci-Fi Cafe release), but that didn't happen
> either.
>
> [snip]
>
> :The package is nicely done....fold-out double-height wallet-thing.
There's
> :a CD-sized booklet of information about the bands/tracks/movies that's
> :sealed into the place where the 4th digipak tray *would* have been had
there
> :been four discs.  And then there's a bigger booklet sealed into the
center
> :spine (so it's "double-height" also) that has articles, art reproductions
> :and a whole Prisoner guide section, everything in both Italian and
English.
> :It looks nice too, but haven't had time to read any of it.  From the
other
> :text bits, the usual heap of misspellings and other typos are rampant
(what
> :else is new?), and I wonder how well the translation is done in the
writings
> :themselves.  They spent several years on this, you'd think they could get
> :most of it edited properly, but hey...
>
> It's very dense material, and I'm not finished reading it myself.
>
> Out of curiosity, was there supposed to be a 4th disc?  Does anyone know?
>
> [snip]
>
> Arin
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