Recommendations please

[Jon Jarrett]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Tony wrote:

> OK folks, I need some recommendations.  As I originally joined this list for
> the BOC part of it, I feel somewhat of a pretender, not having bought a
> Hawkwind CD since "Hall Of The Mountain Grill" back in 945 BC!!.  However I
> feel the need to remedy this situation immediately.  If you had to choose
> only five Hawkwind albums for a relative novice (I've got "Masters Of The
> Universe" and "Space Ritual", which would they be?  It's my birthday soon
> and I know I'll be scratching my head wondering what to buy with the Amazon
> vouchers I'm bound to get.

        I know I'm late with this, but:

In Search of Space (vital)
Doremi Fasol Latido (pretty damn near essential even with _Space Ritual_)
Love in Space (if you can only find a copy)
California Brainstorm (if you can only find a copy)
Um, um, um, all gets a bit collectors-only for me after that not that I
don't love most of it, I suspect I'd say Hawklords' _25 Years On_ (if you
can... )

        You may be seeing the problem facing the casual Hawkwind buyer
already! The _Epoch Eclipse_ set is very good value, however, especially
if as I have you see it for a fiver in FOPP, and you should definitely
pick that up as a taster. Yours,
                              Jon Jarrett

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