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If you want full details and discographies, see my (well
Golden Void's) Hawkwind Timeline 1969-1997 or sites
on my Links page! One day, I'll get round to revamping
this section and producing a bigger tribute to the band that has influenced us
all so much...
Here, however, is a brief rundown of (in my opinion) the
very best albums they've created over the years. In approximate order of
preference, and with a few very brief excerpts:
- Space Rock from London
Superbly recorded
(BBC?) session, from 1972. The band was having fun and the spontaneity is
awesome. This one's very rare, but worth tracking down. Simon King-featured
excerpts featured here: Born To Go (913k)
- Space Ritual
- live double album from 1972
- quintessential Hawkwind at their best.
- Doremi Faso Latido
- in the studio with crisp
versions of some of the Space Ritual material.
- Hall of the Mountain Grill
- classic
tracks, still with the classic lineup.
Simon King-featured excerpts featured
here: Wind of change (426k)
- Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- their
first album after the vagaries of 'Astounding Sounds', and a good return to
rocking and songwriting form.
- Warrior on the Edge of time
- more
classic tracks, plus Michael Moorcock narrations.
- Live 79
- another live recording, with their
heaviest feel of all. Also see the 'Complete 79' Voiceprint 'bootleg', which
has lots of extra tracks, if not of quite the same hi-fi quality.
I'm sure there are others you'll discover, if you haven't
already, including a huge number of bootlegs, compilations and other rarities.
But the above should stand you in good stead.
If you own a Palm OS handheld, here are some
iSilo hypertext databases covering
web-gathered material on Hawkwind (mainly press articles and reviews):
A_Hawkwind_scrapbook.PDB
Blanga_Guide.PDB
BlueYonder_HW.PDB
Hawkwind_a_worldwide_discograph.PDB
Hawkwind_Lyrics_a-z.PDB
Hawkwind_Lyrics_n-z.PDB
Hawkwind_Record_Reviews.PDB
(apologies
to the copyright holders, but these Palm format files are here for my own
backup as much as anything. See my Links page for the
original documents and sites) |
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