Nik wants into all your wallets NOW :)

[Jonathan Smith]

There could be tons of '***** of HW!'

What would the naked drummer be called? The Exposure of Hawkwind?


On 26 August 2013 23:36, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd be _SO_, _SO_, amused if Alan switched to flute and started
> billing himself as "the conscious of Hawkwind"  :) :)
>
> spraying air freshner
>
>
>
> On 8/26/13, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Alan's web site/ store has gone. I suppose it will be back sometime soon.
> >
> > In the  meantime, there is this: https://myspace.com/alandaveymusic
> >
> >
> > On 26 August 2013 23:17, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> thanks Jonathon, I did quickly go look at wiki but it's too early and
> >> I seem to get less and less sleep so I must take it back up later.
> >>
> >> Just for the record I do have a couple of Beduin CDs and a couple of
> >> Alan Davey CD's which are all basically great IMO, I am simply missing
> >> a ton of his material now.
> >> thanks for the Cybertip
> >> NOTED!!
> >>
> >> On 8/26/13, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > You have to be in the mood for Viv Stanshall, but he was a genius.
> >> > Everything he  recorded  is  available  through
> >> >
> >> > http://www.vivarchive.org.uk/
> >> >
> >> > or was at one time. I have a couple of DVDs full of his unique humour.
> >> >
> >> > *Captured  Rotation *is very good, but the sound (not the music) is a
> >> > little off somehow. *Cyber Tooth* is excellent but I can't see him
> >> touring
> >> > with it.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 26 August 2013 22:53, mike c <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I'd appreciate anything about Viv Stanshall.
> >> >> I inherited a copy of Tubular Bells recently, and got to hear that
> >> >> after decades of hearing about it.
> >> >> I basically hate it but it certainly isn't Viv's fault :) :)
> >> >>
> >> >> and
> >> >>
> >> >> I can't remember if I asked here before, but Alan's "Captured
> >> >> Rotation" is a somewhat cherished recording to me, but the original
> CD
> >> >> seems like it suffers dramatically in mastering, whatever it is that
> >> >> makes the sound "thin".
> >> >> has that been repaired and I bet an LP could do wonders
> >> >>
> >> >> On 8/26/13, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > At least you can  actually  buy  obscure  spacer rock psychedelia
> >> >> > now
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > Cds are cheap to produce.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Capt Lockheed was unique-- a huge cast of characters and famous
> >> people.
> >> >> Bob
> >> >> > Calvert didn't manage to tour with it, for whatever reasons. Bob
> >> >> > Calvert
> >> >> is
> >> >> > impossible to really imitate (although Ron Tree did his vocals
> >> >> > pretty
> >> >> > well), but all  comedy  sketches.... Nobody can even remotely sound
> >> >> > like
> >> >> > Viv Stanshall, and I doubt Arthur Brown will turn up. Do we need
> >> >> > more
> >> >> > covers of the The Right Stuff with the inevitable sample of Viv
> >> >> Stanshall?
> >> >> > It might be OK live, however.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 26 August 2013 22:04, Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at carlaz.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On 26 Aug 2013, at 08:09 , Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at GMAIL.COM>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I tend to agree. Most of his projects tend to have a couple of
> >> >> >> > really
> >> >> >> good
> >> >> >> > tracks, but admittedly no real classic album. I would go and see
> >> him
> >> >> >> > play
> >> >> >> > covers if he played near where i live but that will never happen
> >> >> >> obviously.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> +1, here!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > I remember seeing Bob Calvert with Krankschaft. The audience was
> >> >> >> > small
> >> >> >> even
> >> >> >> > in London yet Alan seems to be confident that he can tour with
> >> >> >> > Capt
> >> >> >> > Lockheed. Space is slightly more popular than those days...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> That may be -- I think the ongoing growth of the Internet and
> >> >> >> social
> >> >> >> media
> >> >> >> have helped re-kindle interest in fans that might otherwise have
> >> >> >> lost
> >> >> it,
> >> >> >> as well as helped the genre reach new fans. I don't think we're
> >> >> >> looking
> >> >> >> at
> >> >> >> space-rock bands about to produce Top 10 singles ;) but ....
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Still, touring the Captain Lockheed album ... I think it would be
> >> cool
> >> >> if
> >> >> >> they reproduced on the theatrical bits on stage :) but basically
> >> >> >> this
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> going to revolve around playing "The Right Stuff", "Aerospaceage
> >> >> >> Inferno",
> >> >> >> and "Ejection", no?  Not that there's anything at all, wrong with
> >> >> >> that,
> >> >> >> but
> >> >> >> ....
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> >> Carl
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> Carl Edlund Anderson
> >> >> >> http://www.carlaz.com/
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
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