HW: Harvey's "Red Shift"

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 06:53:12PM -0500, John Majka typed out:
> Indeed the first pressing was a "real" CD....   I have one.  And yes, it's 
> rather good, isn't it?  I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I'd like to see 
> Mr. Bainbridge contribute once again to the Hawkwind collective.  And Huw 
> for that matter!

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	_Red Shift_ is indeed a rather good CD, although with a mite 
more production value and maybe a quarter of the material; left off it 
would be world-class. The first track (`Solar Drive Down'?) always makes 
me think of TD's `Rubycon Pt. 1' and that's no bad thing.

	Harvey is a valuable addition to any band, although isn't he 
working with some dubious power-metal outfit called Ego Prime at the 
moment? I'm not sure I want to test this theory that far. If I could 
reintroduce one old member to Hawkwind currently it would be Simon 
House, but Harvey's a close second. Meanwhile, though, the CD he did 
with Spaceseed is quite entertaining. Mostly a mixed bag of jams and 
occasional riffrock, with a very agile drummer, but also long 
spoken-word pieces mostly voiced by Harvey in his own inimitable style. 
The odd thing is that he didn't write most of them! They sure as hell 
sound like his stuff. Worrying that there should be two brains like 
that. Also his synths help. I rather like it anyway; it's called _Empire 
of Night_ and has a cover to match the most conspiracy-theory rant 
Harvey could possibly come up with. Yours,
					   Jon

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 Jon Jarrett, Fitzwilliam Museum, jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk