HW: HW - Leave No Star Unturned

[Jonathan Smith]

My thoughts exactly. I have heard the Kinetic bootleg which is poor.

before I shell out fot he deluxe edition, I would like to know whether its
listenable or not (I'm not one for bootlegs). As people have said Ian, if
anyone could judge it's you!

Cheers

Jonathan
On 6 June 2011 05:50, Stephen Lindsey <steve.lindsey at hotmail.com> wrote:

> What he said -----
>
> I mean we trust know and trust you Ian,    and if pushed we could find out
> where you live ;-)
>
> so spill the beans, it can't be space ritual without dave mixing it, but
> its got to be good if you're involved, cos youz knowz your hawkwind and you
> ain't named gargarin......
>
> I mean from what you've already said, I'm bleeping well getting the
> vinyl....
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> > Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 21:37:13 +0100
> > From: iainferguson at AOL.COM
> > Subject: Re: HW: HW - Leave No Star Unturned
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> >
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > What's the sound quality of this, is it on par with the official Space
> > Ritual recording, or is it more Yuri type quality recording? It does
> > sound an interesting recording, so any pointers on what to expect
> > sound wise, appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > iain
> > On 5 Jun 2011, at 08:26, Ian Abrahams wrote:
> >
> > > I've been asked to pass on this detail from Easy Action Records who
> > > have a 1972 live Hawkwind release coming in August:
> > > This one is due out in August with the initial pressing coming in a
> > > limited edition deluxe packaging before reverting to standard CD
> > > format for future pressings. There’s also a vinyl edition planned
> > > for this, details on the label’s website (www.easyaction.co.uk).
> > > Here’s the press release information:
> > > Artist: Hawkwind
> > > CD/Vinyl Release: Leave No Star Unturned
> > > Release Date: 28th August 2011
> > > Label & Cat: Easy Action Recordings, EARS041 (CD) – DPROMLP88 (LP)
> > > On 27th January 1972, Hawkwind, their comrades in Notting Hill /
> > > Ladbroke Grove psychedelic proto-punk agitprop The Pink Fairies, and
> > > what would be labelled as The Last Minute Put-Together Boogie Band
> > > featuring the elusive Syd Barrett were brought together at The
> > > Cambridge Corn Exchange under the title The Six Hour Technicolor
> > > Dream by local music promoter and ‘Head Shop’ proprietor Steve
> > > Brink. If we’d had the technology of today way back then, then for
> > > such a line-up we’d most certainly have on our shelves the DVD with
> > > its 5.1 stereo soundtrack, the CD box set, and the Blu-ray package.
> > > Instead, what we have is something previously shrouded in mystery
> > > and rumour; quarter-inch ReVox open reel sourced recordings that
> > > have been whispered of in the circles of those who know. One of only
> > > two known copies of this show surfaced in the mid-80s, promptly to
> > > vanish into the vaults unheard and unreleased. Thankfully, the other
> > > finally emerged from a
> > > forgotten loft space in 2005 and made its way into the hands of Easy
> > > Action Records via a circuitous route which included an appearance
> > > at the famous Bonham’s auction house in London’s affluent
> > > Knightsbridge - what a contrast to the anarchic ‘peace and love’
> > > characters decrying the evil tentacles of ‘The Man’ who play on
> > > these recordings.
> > > The three bands lining-up that night represent a legacy of huge
> > > importance to students, followers and historians of the underground
> > > counterculture of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Leave No Star
> > > Unturned delivers the Hawkwind portion of that gathering and in
> > > doing so illuminates the band at the start of what can be seen in
> > > hindsight as its mainstream breakthrough year – if ‘mainstream’
> > > could ever be a label applied at any time across the band’s forty-
> > > year-plus history of being the perennial outsiders surviving, if not
> > > on the edge of time, then certainly on the outside of the music
> > > industry. But it’s 1972 – the year that ‘Silver Machine’ took them
> > > to the top reaches of the Singles Chart and on to Top Of The Pops,
> > > the year that Radio One embraced them for In Concert and the year
> > > that they embarked on their ambitious science fiction theatre Space
> > > Ritual tour – the show that yielded the fabulously dense and
> > > atmospheric wall-of-sound that
> > > is the Space Ritual Alive In Liverpool And London double album.
> > > Featuring among the Hawkwind ranks here are their ever-present
> > > figurehead and Hawklord Dave Brock, the thundering pre-Motorhead
> > > bass-playing of Lemmy, space poet and lyricist Robert Calvert, and
> > > the freewheeling, improvisational and theatrical heart of the band,
> > > Nik Turner. There’s an early version of ‘Silver Machine’, before the
> > > single version was captured at The Roundhouse and overdubbed at
> > > Morgan Studios with Lemmy’s growling vocal, and featuring here an
> > > all together different delivery by Calvert (the song’s co-writer
> > > alongside Brock). There’s only the second known live recording of
> > > ‘Born To Go’, blistering versions of ‘Master Of The Universe’ and
> > > ‘You Shouldn’t Do That’, and a contrastingly spacious and spacey
> > > rendition of ‘You Know You’re Only Dreaming’. This is Hawkwind
> > > building to a crescendo on stage and off – building up the myth and
> > > legend that would make them the embodiment of tripped-out space rock
> > > in
> > > perpetuity.
> > > The Hawkwind back catalogue of this era, their time on United
> > > Artists, has been lovingly managed and maintained for availability
> > > by EMI who have generously granted a licence for the release of this
> > > historic recording. Hawkwind fans are indebted to them for their
> > > support in enabling this show to be widely heard and cherished. The
> > > deluxe packaging, and the extensive sleevenotes written by Hawkwind
> > > biographer Ian Abrahams support this soundtrack but it’s the
> > > blistering power and energy of the improvisational Hawkwind that,
> > > indeed, leaves no star unturned.
> > >
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