NIK: Space Ritual @ Cambridge Strawberry Fayre

[Trev (Judge)]

Yet another incisive review by John.
Yes I have to agree that without Judge Trev's thunder, the Mighty Rider just
cant cut it lol.
Oh well...

Another bit of news is that Mother of All Bands (Judge Trev and Ron Tree and
Commander Jim Hawkman) have been offered a deal by Black Widow records in
Italy.

Trev (Judge)

>
>         Completely to my surprise Space Ritual turned out to be
>headlining Strawberry Fayre this year, and although I couldn't be fashed
>with the Hawkwind tour this year the amount of motivation I had to summon
>to walk ten minutes down the road for a free gig was rather less, so I
>toddled off with the child on my shoulders.
>
>         I think he enjoyed it more than I did despite (because of?) being
>half-asleep, but it was fun enough. One geezer in the audience convinced
>it was Hawkwind, I really didn't want to spoil it for him. He must have
>seen Hawkwind on some really bad days, though, this was a decidedly
>average performance even by Nikwind standards. No Sam Ollis this time, so
>only one drumkit and no decks, everything at Terry's fixed speed except
>`D-Rider' at half of it. Nik wasn't his usual self, I was concerned he
>might be ill by the end of it; he seemed shaky and nervous. Jerry Richards
>turned up as guest for the last few numbers, it made no audible difference
>because he was turned down so low--is there *any* band he's been in where
>this didn't happen?
>
>         Best bit really was the dancers: as well as the ever-superb Angie
>they had a couple of girls I'd not seen before who were really into
>throwing themselves round the stage and having fun. Everyone did have fun
>I think, except perhaps Nik and Jerry; certainly the audience did, but it
>would be hard to call it earth-shakingly exciting. Just a good-time party
>band really.
>
>         I didn't write a set-list but I think it was something like:
>
>Welcome to the Future
>The Right Stuff (dub)
>Born to Go
>Chronological Crime (Nik working harder at actually holding the tune than
>         last time I saw this)
>Sonic Attack (with `Paranoia Pt 1' and `Paranoia Pt 2' segments in the
>         outtro)
>Brainstorm (with cowbell)
>D-Rider
>Sonic Savages (good, actually; fits Terry's pace very well)
>Master of the Universe (Jerry turned up here and got the first bridge)
>
>         There was no encore because the Fayre are paranoid about the
>Council shutting them down next year. I'm sure they did all of these,
>probably in this order, but I may have missed another. There was no
>`Silver Machine' which surprised me a lot. Anyway, there they were and so
>was I, more or less by coincidence. Yours,
>                                            Jon
>
>--
>     Jonathan Jarrett    "There is scarce any tradition or popular error
>     Birkbeck College     but stands also delivered by some good author."
>         London         (Sir Thomas Browne, "Pseudodoxia Epidemica", 1646)