"Sometimes girls are a tasty dish. Did you know that caviar comes from fish."
Is It Really Live?
Yes. Various edits and overdubs were necessary due to the lengths of some of the songs on the original version. The full concert is available, on the many subsequent re-releases along with bonus tracks from different performances from the same tour.
Yes. Various edits and overdubs were necessary due to the lengths of some of the songs on the original version. The full concert is available, on the many subsequent re-releases along with bonus tracks from different performances from the same tour.
Is It Official?
Yessir.
Where Was It Recorded?
Liverpool Stadium, December 22, 1972 and Brixton Sundown, December 30, 1972
Liverpool Stadium, December 22, 1972 and Brixton Sundown, December 30, 1972
What are the Details?
I love Hawkwind. Long before it was ever imaginable, they united punks, metalheads, hippies and science fiction geeks. The thing is, they weren't actually any of those , they were their own weird hybrid of intergalactic space dirt bags. They were also the people who first brought us Lemmy.
My favorite, and probably the most accurate description of the band is, "Pink Floyd with guts." That pretty much says it all, I think
"Space Ritual," is probably the band's most well known and popular album. Even though their albums are all great, live is truly the way they were meant to be enjoyed. They produced several live records over the course of their career, perhaps to try to capture the uniqueness of each performance.
The version of "Time We Left This World Today," on this album clocks in at 5:47, while an alternate nights performance from one of the various bonus discs has a version that is 13:22. There are various songs that are lengthened on the "Space Ritual," album and shortened elsewhere. Some of this is due to edits for length, which someone with more spare time can feel free to document. Other times jam bits or parts of other songs creep in. They were never the sort to interrupt a good groove.
This is the closest most of us will get (the video would be closer, I suppose) to the full experience of the band during their absolute peak. Sadly it can't capture their seizure-inducing light show or the spectacle of 6ft tall dancer, Stacia, whirling around, dressed in nothing but glitter and blue paint
The Set:
Disc 1My favorite, and probably the most accurate description of the band is, "Pink Floyd with guts." That pretty much says it all, I think
"Space Ritual," is probably the band's most well known and popular album. Even though their albums are all great, live is truly the way they were meant to be enjoyed. They produced several live records over the course of their career, perhaps to try to capture the uniqueness of each performance.
The version of "Time We Left This World Today," on this album clocks in at 5:47, while an alternate nights performance from one of the various bonus discs has a version that is 13:22. There are various songs that are lengthened on the "Space Ritual," album and shortened elsewhere. Some of this is due to edits for length, which someone with more spare time can feel free to document. Other times jam bits or parts of other songs creep in. They were never the sort to interrupt a good groove.
This is the closest most of us will get (the video would be closer, I suppose) to the full experience of the band during their absolute peak. Sadly it can't capture their seizure-inducing light show or the spectacle of 6ft tall dancer, Stacia, whirling around, dressed in nothing but glitter and blue paint
The Set:
1. Earth Calling
2. Born To Go
3. Down Through The Night
4. The Awakening
5. Lord Of Light
6. Black Corridor
7. Space Is Deep
8. Electronic No. 1
Disc 2
1. Orgone Accumulator
2. Upside Down
3. 10 Seconds Of Forever
4. Brainstorm
5. 7 By 7
6. Sonic Attack
7. Time We Left This World Today
8. Master Of The Universe
9. Welcome To The Future
