remasters...

[Iain Ferguson]

Well,

thank you all for the information, I always wished I had been at that
show, wanting to see this rock god "explode" light from his hands and
make Lights in the ceiling "explode". So pleased to hear that it was true...
Still have the drumstick <G>

If it was 1978 as has been said here by Charlie, then I don't feel too
put out as I saw my first Hawkwind gig the next year and they had Lasers
  bouncing off the ceiling...
Had moved to Bristol with family by then and believe the bristol '79 gig
was the infamous gig where the band locked the council health & safety
man in the cupboard, due to his protestations over the dangers of the
laser.....
then again that could just be another urban myth, surrounding the Hawks...

Iain

Albert Bouchard wrote on 04/01/2006, 22:19:

 > Eric was always thinking about stuff to make the show better. At
 > first he had a little wind-up thing that he got in a magic shop that
 > shot sparks out of his hand. Then when we got the lasers he got a
 > fiber-optic cable hooked up to the 35 watt lasers-(not milli-Watt!)
 > and shot those babies out of his hand into a mirror ball mounted on a
 > motor in the middle of the hall. He only did it during the end of
 > Telepaths, never ETI. Good times.
 >
 > On Jan 4, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Charlie Grant wrote:
 >
 > >> I was a young lad back in '76 and used to go fairly frequently to the
 > >> FTH with my dad as he played there a lot. Not rock music im afraid
 > >> much
 > >> tamer Traditional folk music and choir events etc.
 > >
 > > BOC played the FTH 21st Nov 1975 and the the next time 28th April 1978
 > > according to the very excellent www.hotrails.co.uk/
 > >
 > >> He talked about when BOC played there and wondered if you can confirm
 > >> something for me. He talked one of the guys putting on a silver
 > >> suite or
 > >> glove?
 > >> which he was able to point up to the ceiling of the building and send
 > >>> Can you recall this happening at all, and what is the truth, or
 > >>> was he
 > >> just building an elaborate story to an excited young lad ?
 > >>
 > >
 > > I recall this too and I am pretty certain it was Eric and it was
 > > during the
 > > laser tour in 1978
 > >
 > >>
 > >> > I'll second that! It was one of the standouts the first time I
 > >> saw them
 > >> > (Manchester FTH, 76 !! OMG 30 yrs ago - eek, writer collapses in
 > >> > gibbering heap counting grey hairs)
 > >> >
 > >
 > > Perhaps it's 31 years this year!
 > >
 > > .......Charles the Grinning Trainspotter.
 >