Hawkwind Direct (San Diego 89 Xenomorph)

[mike coleman]

Hi Scott + all
I have done a little sleuthing into my personal stash, but I want to preface
with a disclaimer:
in the past and now included, the only way I have ever been able to truly
enjoy live tapes is if somebody put them on CDR with artwork. While I am
guilty of grabbing anything with the word Hawkwind, I am certainly not
guilty of trading or spreading anything unofficial. Hawkwind had total
access to my life via Douglas Smith during my stint selling a few items when
they were harder to get stateside.......
I just investigated 2 CDRS in my collection which claim to be the San Diego
October 12 89 show. The first, called the "Hawklog Master Series, "Heads"
Vol 12",  had a run of 75 copies, and is a single cdr. The second, called
"San Diego 89", is a double CDR on a label titled "Smashing Rocks"
Mary Bruce helped me to define these both contain the Minneapolis show.
I would like to know if anybody out there could tell me how the quality on
these compares with the now officially released version, and further if
there are other hijinxed CDRS about.......
No drunkTexan?? it ain't San Diego

On 11/26/08, SHLL (Scott Heller) <shll at hagedorn.dk> wrote:
>
> hello
>
> Interesting that these really good soundboard recordings (Reading 1992) and
> Minneapolis 1989 are coming out officially. Both are excellent shows. It is
> highly unlikely that the minneapolis is from Chris Bruce's master recording.
> I made a cassette copy directly from the master at his apartment in
> Cambridge back in 1994. I am not sure how many people he made direct copies
> for but a few for sure. Only 1 person on this list got my copy.
>
> Great show...
>
> I would love to see a decent quality DVD released from the 1992 UK tour as
> the light show was amazing and these small teepee's the band members were
> in, etc.. You could probably sync up the audio from Reading 1992 as all the
> music on this tour was more or less sequenced due to the band being a three
> piece. Great tour.. wish I had seen it live...
>
> scott
>
> ObLP- Ozric Tentacles- Erpland
>