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Hawkwind - Free Festivals
Review by Titanz Setia
Hawkwind's album Free Festivals is a collection of live recordings from the band's performances at various free music festivals in the 1970s. The album captures the raw energy and improvisational spirit of Hawkwind's live shows, which were renowned for their psychedelic soundscapes and experimental approach to rock music.
The album opens with the epic "Born to Go," a sprawling jam that showcases the band's ability to create hypnotic grooves and build them into towering crescendos. Other highlights include "Silver Machine," the band's biggest hit, and "Space Ritual," a trippy journey through the cosmos that features some of the band's most mind-bending instrumental passages.
Throughout the album, the band's lineup shifts and evolves, with different musicians stepping up to take the lead on vocals or instruments. This fluidity gives the album a sense of spontaneity and unpredictability, as the band members push each other to new heights of creativity.
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Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Damnation Alley | ||
| Circles | 4:28 | |
| Damnation Alley, Damnation Alley Pt 2 | 7:59 | |
| Slap It On The Table | 0:50 | |
| Uncle Sam | ||
| High Rise | 5:37 | |
| I Am The Eye | 4:26 | |
| Slap It On De Table | ||
| Uncle Sam's On Mars | 6:32 | |
| Cake Out | 4:43 | |
| Robot | 7:20 | |
| Elements |
Video
HAWKWIND The Weird Tapes No 3 Free Festivals
Images
Catalog Numbers
- HAWKVP8CD
- WEIRD 103
Labels
- Hawkwind Records
- Weird Records
Listen online
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- écouter en ligne
- online anhören
- ouvir online
- kuunnella verkossa
- lytte på nettet
- online luisteren
- escuchar en línea
- ascolta in linea
Formats
- CD
- Album
- Reissue
- Cassette
- Limited Edition
- Special Edition
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Produced For | Weird Records |
| Phonographic Copyright (p) | Hawkwind Records |
| Copyright (c) | Hawkwind Records |
| Manufactured By | Technicolor |
| Recorded At | Stonehenge Free Festival |
| Published By | Copyright Control |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bass | Paul Rudolph (tracks: 6 to 8) |
| Vocals | Adrian Shaw (tracks: 1 to 5) |
| Coordinator | Rob Ayling |
| Design | L-Space Design |
| Artwork | L-Space Design |
| Drums | Alan Powell (tracks: 6 to 8), Simon King (tracks: 1 to 5) |
| Electronics | Andy Dunkley (tracks: 6 to 8) |
| Guitar | Dave Brock |
| Keyboards | Simon House (tracks: 1 to 5) |
| Violin | Simon House (tracks: 1 to 5) |
| Mastered By | Dallas Simpson |
| Producer | Dave Brock |
| Saxophone | Nik Turner (tracks: 6 to 8) |
Notes
- Originally released on cassette in 1980 as Hawkwind - Free Festivals.
- Tracks 1 to 5 recorded on Stonehenge 1977.
- Tracks 6 to 8 recorded live at Watchfield Festival, Aug 1975.
- This version has a token collection card.
- Tracklisting printed on sleeve and insert is incorrect and is as follows:
- 1 - High Rise
- 2 - Damnation Alley
- 3 - Damnation Alley pt 2
- 4 - Uncle Sam's On Mars
- 5 - Robot
- 6 - Circles
- 7 - I Am The Eye
- 8 - Slap It On The Table
- Damnation Alley pt 2 is actually included as the second half of Track 2 and Track 5 is the unlisted track Cake Out (also known as Hash Cake 77).
- Writing credits for tracks 3 (4 as printed) and 8 have been swapped on insert.
- Limited edition cassette of Hawkwind archive material released by Dave Brock from his private library of recordings.
- Rereleased on CD as Hawkwind - Free Festivals with these minor differences:
- Track B2 is unlisted, Track A2 is given as parts 1 and 2, Track A3 is renamed "Uncle Sam's On Mars", Track B4 is renamed "I Am The Eye", and track B5 is renamed "Slap It On The Table".
- There are no credits given on the release.
Barcodes
- Barcode: 604388455720
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): D8637 HAWKVP8CD 01 0:1 Technicolor
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L124
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 2341
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): D8637 HAWKVP8CD 01 0:1 Technicolor
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L124
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi 2301
About Hawkwind
Formed in 1969, Hawkwind are a prolific and pioneering space-rock group from the UK. Within weeks of their formation, the band had made a name for themselves on the free festival circuit and would perform live without fee wherever they were able. By the time of their 1971 album '', Hawkwind were infamous for their science fiction themed music and theatrical concerts, the latter renowned as exhibitions of pulsing electronics, dazzling light shows, LSD consumption and (from 1971-75) a nude dancer in the form of .
Despite a near-constant revolving door of members, Founder member Dave Brock has been the sole mainstay and the core of the band since its inception and has steered the band from its psychedelic rock roots into flirtations with heavy metal, new wave, ambient and techno. Notable contributors have included "accidental" bassist Lemmy (who would go on to greater fame with ), 's Ginger Baker and science fiction writer .
Name Vars
- Church Of Hawkwind
- HW2014
- HW89
- HW90
- Hawkind
- Hawkwind '71
- Hawkwind '72
- Hawkwind '78
- Hawkwind '79
- Hawkwind '89
- Hawkwind (Dave & Del)
- Hawkwind - 2011
- Hawkwind 2008
- Hawkwind 2014
- The Hawks
- The Hawkwind
- Ûü¯¦¤óÉ
Members
- Keith Hale
- Harvey Bainbridge
- Nik Turner
- Tim Blake
- Paul Rudolph
- Robert Calvert
- Ginger Baker
- Robert Heaton
- Clive Deamer
- Del Dettmar
- Simon King
- Simon House
- Dave Brock
- Huw Lloyd-Langton
- Terry Ollis
- John Clark
- Richard Chadwick
- Adrian Shaw
- Martin Griffin
- Dik Mik
- Michael Moorcock
- Andy Anderson
- John Harrison
- Alan Davey
- Jerry Richards
- Ron Tree
- Dave Anderson
- Jason Stuart
- Steve Swindells
- Danny Thompson
- Thomas Crimble
- Alan Powell
- Bridget Wishart
- Niall Hone
- Paul Hayles
- Viv Prince
- Mick Slattery
- Ian Fraser Kilmister
- Keith Kniveton
- Phillip Reeves
- Julian Crimmins
- Rik Martinez
- Haz Wheaton
- Magnus Martin
- Jonathan Darbyshire
I listen to the scarce recordings of earlier festival and wonder what the attendance was like etc. This recording of hawkwind and Calvert from 77 is excellent