From: M.Holmes@edinburgh.ac.uk 1970 Hawkwind [re-released as pic disk 1980] also as "Rock File" weird and not the established Hawkwind style, but since it's their first album it's a "must have". The Seeing It As You Really ARE track is great. 1971 In Search Of Space [originally contained booklet: The Hawkwind Log] a "must have" 1972 Doremi Fasol Latido [orig. contained Star Rats poster] A "must have" 1972 The Text Of Festival: Live 1970-2 (live) Poor sound quality live album. Mostly jamming tracks. nah, don't bother. 1973 Space Ritual Alive (live) [double album. Contained open-out sleeve] Definitely a "must have" 1973 Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Garagin (live) [ = Early Daze ] Another poor quality live compilation. Don't bother 1974 Hall Of The Mountain Grill If you don't have this then you don't have a hawkwind collection 1975 Warrior On The Edge Of Time Ditto for this one. It's vinyl only though. Amazing album. 1976 Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Possibly their poorest studio album. I'd still get it for "Reefer Madness", "Steppenwolf", and "Kadu Flyer" though. 1976 Roadhawks (studio material w/remixes by Brock) One of the better compilations, and an official one. Remixed live version of Shouldn't Do That. Get this one. 1977 Quark Strangeness And Charm A "must have" 1978 PXR5 same lineup as Quark. Another "must have" 1978 Hawklords - 25 Years On Different but definitely worth getting. 1979 Hawkwind Live '79 One of the best live albums. Gotta get this one. 1980 Levitation [original release was on blue vinyl] A "must have" 1981 Sonic Attack If Doremi blew you away, this one'll do the same. 1981 Sonic Assassins 12EP [live recording from '77] Quirky, but worth getting. Authentic live Hawkwind sound. 1981 Hawkwind Zoo 12EP Quirky again but good in a way. 1982 Victoria double album My opinions vary on this one. It's rare though and it certainly isn't a bad album. Worth having. 1982 Church of Hawkwind [originally with booklet] The most electronic of Hawkwind's albums. Get it if you can. 1982 Choose Your Masques A "must have" 1982 Hawkwind Live at Stonehenge and Watchfield (Festival Records) A bootleg. Not brilliant sound. Rare anyway, so expensive. 1982 Friends And Relations - Hawkwind 1983 Friends And Relations II (Twice Upon A Time) 1985 Friends And Relations III 1988 Best of Hawkwind Friends & Relations CD Depends how interested you are in the Hawkwind spinoff bands really. 1983 Zones [also released as pic disk] Some good tracks. Not the most powerful album but definitely worth getting. 1984 The Earth Ritual Preview (EP) Same comment as for the above. 1984 Stonehenge (This Is Hawkwind/Do Not Panic) (live) [LP & EP] Another not so great sound quality live album. But this one does have something. 1985 The Chronicle Of The Black Sword A "must have" 1985 Space Ritual II not as good sound as Space Ritual. It's okish though. 1985 Live Chronicles (live) A "must have" 1985 Ridicule (live 1973) The other half of Space Ritual II. Same comment 1985 Welcome To The Future (Mausoleum Records) Another not so good live compilation 1985 Live '70/'73 Yet another not so good live compilation 1986 Independent Days, Vol. I Rare now. It's a bit like the Friends & Relations stuff. 1986 Independent Days, Vol. II Ditto. 1987 Out And Intake Ditto again, but I would get this one. It has something. 1987 Hawkwind Box Set - The Official Picture Log Book Depends if you have the stuff in it already. The package is a good one though. 1988 The Xenon Codex This took a while but it grew on me. Get it. 1988 Zones/Stonehenge CD On balance worth getting if you see it. 1988 Spirit of the Age CD There are two of these. The earlier one of Charisma (76-78) stuff is good. The later one is just another compilation. Depends which of the tracks you already have. 1988 Hawkwind Live [German CD: Imtrat] This is just Space Ritual II 1990 Space Bandits I still don't like all of this album but the good tracks are good. It's an official album though. Depends on your attitude. 1991 Palace Springs (live) Good modern live album. Get it. 1991 Hawkwind: Space Rock from London If you see this, grab it with all your hands. It's a remixed version of the BBC disk and it is absolutely awesome live early hawkwind. You might never listen to Doremi or Space Ritual again ;-) 1991 The Golden Void [Live at Glasgow Apollo 19/10/82] official bootleg? poorish sound. It was a great gig though. Consider it. 1991 The Never Ending Story of The Psychedelic Warlords [Live 1990] Comes with the Gigi Marinoni lyric book. Good sound, though not my fave tracks. The package is worth getting IMHO, though not everyone agrees. 1972 Glastonbury Fayre (with various artists) Earliest Hawkwind it's possible to get. Silver Machine and Welcome. the rest of this triple LP set is other bands. UK Hippy stuff. Out on CD now though. It's up to you. 1972 Greasy Trucker's Party Similar to above though just Hawkwind and Man. Awesome early live Born To Go and Master of the Universe. Watch out though, there are two Greasy truckers compilations. The other one has Gong et al on it. 1977 Masters of the Universe (Compilation) Two LP's of this name. The early one is official and has "It's So Easy on it". The other tracks appear elsewhere, but if you don't have 'em then this is a good album. The later compilation of this name is just another compilation. 1979 Repeat Performances (Compilation) A Charisma Compilation. Good choice of tracks. get this one if poss. 1981 Hawkwind Live at the Bottom Line (New York 1978) Bootleg. Sound is okish. Up to you. 1981 Hawkwind at Glastonbury 1981 Tape only. I was there. Awesome gig. Get it if you can. 1984 Utopia 1984 A good compilation. Worth getting. 1985 In The Beginning (Live "Top Gear" BBC Session 1970) Early hawkwind. Good sound. I'm for some reason not so keen on this one though. Mileage may vary. 1986 Angels of Death Compilation of RCA stuff mostly. It's ok. 1986 The Hawkwind Collection Double album. A good compilation. Wortyh having. 1986 The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. I LP 1986 The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. II LP 1986 The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. III LP 1986 The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. I CD 1986 The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. II CD The three anthologies are just the same as the Acid Daze anthologies. I think the two CD's don't cover all the tracks on the three LP's, though the Acid Daze CD's do. There are also vinyl box sets of both. They're ok, a cross between just another compilation and a good history of the band. The later Hawkwind Anthology 3-CD set is better though since Brian Tawn picked the tracks. You're more likely to see that one anyway. It's in a blue box with red ~Hawkwind" lettering. 1986 The Approved History of Hawkwind (Samurai Records) The above in a box set. 1987 British Tribal Music (live, compilation) [Good sound quality. Digitally As it says, good sound but really just another compilation. Not a great choice of tracks. 1987 Early Daze Just another compilation. Not a great choice of tracks. 1988 Traveller's Aid Trust (with various artists) Sort of a live Friends & Relations. not great really. 1989 Night of the Hawk [Powerhouse Compilation] Just another compilation. 1989 Ironstrike [Avanti Records ISTCD 004] Another compilation. Not bad though. 1990 Stasis - The U.A. Years 1971-1975 LP A good compilation. Rare singles mixes of tracks. Worth getting. 1990 Night Riding Just another compilation. Goodish though. 1990 The Best and the Rest of Hawkwind [Action Replay records. Just another compilation. Not so good. 1990 The Best of Hawkwind (volume #2 of Metal Classic series by EMI) Cassette only. Just another compilation. 1991 The Early Years Live EP 4 tracks. I like 'em. Vinyl only. Worth getting. 1991 Masters of The Universe [ Marble Arch Rock CMA CD 129] The "other" album of this name. Not so worth having as the early one. 1991 The BBC Radio Disc The "lost" BBC disk. Gotta get this one if you can't find the better mixed "Space Rock From London" CD of the same gig. 1991 Spirit of The Age [on "Elite". Different from 1988 Charisma compilation] Just another compilation. Good tracks though. 1991 Castle Masters Collection Just another compilation. Not bad. 1991 Friday Rock Show - Live at Reading '86 If you liked Live Chronicles then this is the one for you. Screamin' live Hawkwind. Amazing stuff. Get it. 1992 Electric Teepee - double album A "must have". 1992 Mighty Hawkwind Classics CD A compilation of 4 EP's: Hawkwind Zoo, Earth Ritual Preview, Motorhead/Valium Ten, Sonic Assassins. It's hard to get the EP's so this is a "must have". 1992 The Hawklords Live Live stuff from the 1978 tour. Definitely worth having. 1992 This is Hawkwind: Do Not Panic All but two tracks of this are on the Zones/Stonehenge CD. It depends on how much you want "Stonehenge Decoded" and yet another version of "Watching the Grass Grow". If you don't have the double CD though, this is a *kicking* live album so get this version. 1992 The Psychedelic Warlords A limited edition CD from Rock Cave. It's similar to "Stasis" in that it concentrates on the UA years 1971-1975 with the emphasis on the singles b-side mixes. Again, definitely worth having.