Hawkwind 1997
Encyclopedia
Live 1997 is a 1998
live album
by the English
space rock
group Hawkwind
.
It was recorded at various shows during the group's 1997 tour to promote the Distant Horizons
album.
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
space rock
Space rock
Space rock is a subgenre of rock music; the term originally referred to a group of early, mostly British, 1970s progressive and psychedelic rock bands such as Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, characterised by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electric organs, synthesizers, experimental...
group Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
.
It was recorded at various shows during the group's 1997 tour to promote the Distant Horizons
Distant Horizons
Distant Horizons is the twenty-first studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1997.Towards the end of 1996, Jerry Richards, who had been contributing lead guitar to some live dates and recording sessions, joined the group permanently. Disatisfied with the musical direction...
album.
Track listing
- "Wheels (Your World)" (Richard Chadwick, Jerry Richards) – The Garage, Glasgow, 19 October
- "Phetamine Street" (Ron Tree) – The Irish Centre, Leeds, 27 October
- "Your Fantasy" (Captain Rizz, Tree, Dave BrockDave BrockDavid Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...
, Chadwick, Richards) – University Of East Anglia, Norwich, 8 October - "Alchemy" (Chadwick, Richards) – The Centre, Newport, 6 November
- "Love In Space" (Brock) – The Centre, Newport, 6 November
- "Aerospaceage Inferno" (Robert CalvertRobert CalvertRobert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
) – The Empire, Liverpool, 23 October - "Sonic Attack" (Michael MoorcockMichael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
) – The Empire, Liverpool, 23 October - "Blue Skin" (Tree, Brock) – Charter Hall, Colchester, 10 October
- "Brainstorm" (Nik TurnerNik TurnerNik Turner is a British musician, best known as a founding member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner plays saxophones, flute, sings and is a composer...
) / "Hawkwind In Your Area" (Rizz/Brock) – The Empire, Liverpool, 23 October - "Reptoid Vision" (Tree) – The Empire, Liverpool, 23 October
- "Ejection" (Calvert) – Festival Theatre, Paignton, 5 November
- "The Gremlin (part 2)" (Calvert) – Festival Theatre, Paignton, 5 November
Personnel
- Captain Rizz – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Dave BrockDave BrockDavid Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...
– electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals - Jerry Richards – electric guitar
- Ron Tree – vocals, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Richard Chadwick – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Release history
- January 1999: Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP999, CD - limited edition sold at gigs and through the Hawkwind website.