the calvert site...needs some infos

[Mark Gorst]

"Crane Fly" is also known as the "daddy long legs" - it's flying insect,
looks more like a spider....

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From: "kgerwers" <kg at THING.DE>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: the calvert site...needs some infos


> hi everybody,
> after a long long silence...
> a lot of response and requests to bring the site back to life
> AND most of all a generous offer by Jerry Kranitz to host the site,
> the spirit of the p/age will -eventually- return.
> I am still in the process of updating the site - adding lots of new stuff
etc.
>
> maybe some of you can help me out with a few infos and/or material:
>
> > I want to update most of the sound-files in terms of quality - does
anybody
> have a 1st generation copy of Calvert reading the poems from "Centigrade
232"
> and has it -ideally- already copied onto cd? (and of course could pass on
a copy...)
> I already have a copy on tape which is, I believe 2nd or 3rd
generation....having something
> better would be quite good...
>
> > can anyone help me out on this: there's a song and a poem by Calvert
called "Crane Fly" -
> but...what's a "Crane Fly" an insect, a construction machine...a mixture
of both - my dictionaries won't help...
>
> > this is more of a "fan" question - I've bought all of the original
"Weird Tapes"
> feat. Calvert and have seen that they've now been released on cd as well.
> is the sound-quality "significantly" better...I mean, do I absolutely got
to have those?
> --- and then there were/are (I believe) two releases of Hawkwind live
material from 1976.
> are these identical recordings / the same gig? do those releases feature
the same tracks,
> and which one would you recommend?
>
> > another / similar request: what about that "Revenge" release - is the
quality exceeding
> that of the tape that was around (and which I already have)?
>
> > and.... of course, if you think you have any material that might find
its place on the
> Calvert-site, do let me know...
>
> - oh yes,  I am in possession of one of those original 8-track copies of
the Capt. Lockheed
> albums - I don't have a machine to play it, have the cd etc....so, if
anyone's interested, I'd be
> happy to swap it with all things Calvertian... - or, in case you have a cd
copy of the moorcock
> entropy-tango / gloriana recordings... - if you got anything you like to
offer / swap, please
> mail to my own account - thanks
>
> best,
> knut.gerwers