Hawkwind Direct (San Diego 89 Xenomorph)

[mike coleman]

oops, they are both 2CDRS, there is a 12B on the Hawklog version....

On 12/28/08, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
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