Hawkwind Anthology
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The Hawkwind Anthology series of records were originally issued mid-1980s containing live and outtake material from Hawkwind
's career to that date.
Dave Brock
compiled the package, essentially a best of The Weird Tapes, for release on the Samurai imprint. It was released as three separate discs and also as a picture disc box set including an interview disc. It was subsequently licensed to receiver records and eventutally sold to Castle Communications who have released as an extended set.
"Because there was so much compilation and re-released material about, Jim White thought it would be a good idea to bring together a catalogue of all our own stuff that we liked, in the hope of stopping all that. But we never got any royalties out of the Anthology sets we did with them, and as far as we know they've sold around 66,000 of that triple set. Then he sold the catalogue onto various companies." - Dave Brock (Record Collector, January 1993)
Volume 2
Volume 3
Bonus tracks on Anthology 1967-1982
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....
's career to that date.
Dave Brock
Dave Brock
David 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...
compiled the package, essentially a best of The Weird Tapes, for release on the Samurai imprint. It was released as three separate discs and also as a picture disc box set including an interview disc. It was subsequently licensed to receiver records and eventutally sold to Castle Communications who have released as an extended set.
"Because there was so much compilation and re-released material about, Jim White thought it would be a good idea to bring together a catalogue of all our own stuff that we liked, in the hope of stopping all that. But we never got any royalties out of the Anthology sets we did with them, and as far as we know they've sold around 66,000 of that triple set. Then he sold the catalogue onto various companies." - Dave Brock (Record Collector, January 1993)
Track listing
Volume 1- "High Rise" (Calvert/House) – 5:35 – Hawkwind, Leicester 29-Sep-1977
- "British Tribal Music" (Brock/Bainbridge/Swindells/King) – 3:57 – Hawklords, Rockfield Studios 1979
- "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – 8:00 – Hawkwind, Live 1979
- "Urban Guerilla" (Calvert/Brock) – 6:25 – Hawkwind, Live 1979
- "Master Of The Universe" (Turner/Brock) – 3:27 – Hawkwind, Lewisham Odeon 18-Dec-1980
- "World Of Tiers" (Bainbridge/Lloyd-Langton) – 5:19 – Hawkwind, Lewisham Odeon 18-Dec-1980
- "Who's Gonna Win The War?Who's Gonna Win The War?"Who's Gonna Win The War?" is a 1980 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was released as a single in the UK on 7 November 1980, being an edit of the version on the album Levitation....
" (Brock) – 4:50 – Hawkwind, Glastonbury FestivalGlastonbury FestivalThe Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
1981 - "Ghost Dance" (Hawkwind) – 5:31 – Hawkwind, Live 1982
Volume 2
- "Earth Calling" (Calvert) – 2:11 – Hawkwind, London Sundown 30-Dec-1972
- "MotorheadMotorhead (song)Motörhead recorded a live version, which was released as a 7" vinyl single in 1981. It fared much better than the original single and reached number six in the UK Singles Charts. Whereas the previous recording plays in E major, this recording plays in E♭...
" (Kilmister) – 3:04 – Hawkwind, Olympic Studios Jan-1975 - "You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner/Brock) – 11:46 – Hawkwind, WatchfieldWatchfieldWatchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, about southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Watchfield is about north of the village of Shrivenham. Both villages used to be on the main road between Oxford and Swindon, which is now the A420 road...
Festival Aug-1975 - "Magnu"/"Angels Of Life" (Brock) – 4:20 – Sonic Assassins, BarnstapleBarnstapleBarnstaple is a town and civil parish in the local government district of North Devon in the county of Devon, England, UK. It lies west southwest of Bristol, north of Plymouth and northwest of the county town of Exeter. The old spelling Barnstable is now obsolete.It is the main town of the...
23-Dec-1977 - "Hash Cake" (Hawkwind) – 4:44 – Hawkwind, Studio 1976?
- "Quark, Strangeness and CharmQuark, Strangeness and Charm (single)"Quark, Strangeness and Charm" is a 1977 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind, being the title track from the Quark, Strangeness and Charm album....
" (Calvert/Brock) – 2:35 – Hawkwind, Leicester 29-Sep-1977 - "Douglas In The Jungle (Ode To A Manager)" (Brock/Bainbridge/Swindells/King) – 6:45 – Hawklords, Rockfield Studios 1979
Volume 3
- "Dealing With The Devil" (Sonny Boy Williamson IISonny Boy Williamson IIWillie "Sonny Boy" Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. He is acknowledged as one of the most charismatic and influential blues musicians, with considerable prowess on the harmonica and highly creative songwriting skills...
) – 2:10 – pre-Hawkwind Dave Brock 1967 - "Bring It On Home" (Willie DixonWillie DixonWilliam James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...
) – 3:11 – pre-Hawkwind Dave Brock 1967 - "Hurry on SundownHurry on Sundown"Hurry On Sundown" is a 1970 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 26 June 1970, being an edit of the version that appeared on the album Hawkwind.-Hawkwind Zoo EP:...
" (Brock) – 4:47- Hawkwind, BBC Session 1970 - "Come Home" (Hawkwind) – 2:08 – Hawkwind, BBC Session 19-Apr-1971
- "We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 10:31 – Hawkwind, BBC Session 19-Apr-1971
- "Born To Go" (Calvert/Brock) – 5:02 – Hawkwind, Roundhouse 12-Feb-1972
- "Space Is Deep" (Brock) – 8:30 – Hawkwind, London Sundown, 30-Dec-1972
- "You Shouldn't Do That" (Brock/Turner) / "Seeing It As You Really Are" (Hawkwind) – 10:57 – Hawkwind, London Sundown, 30-Dec-1972
Bonus tracks on Anthology 1967-1982
- "Silver MachineSilver MachineSilver Machine is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching #3 on the UK singles chart. The single was re-issued in 1976, 1978 reaching #34 on the UK singles charts, and in 1983 reaching #67 on the UK singles charts...
" (Calvert/Brock) – from Live Seventy Nine - "Time We Left (This World Today)" (Brock) / "Heads" (Neville-Neil/Brock) – from Palace SpringsPalace Springs (album)Palace Springs is a 1991 live/studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind.Although released in 1991, this album was recorded in 1989 prior to the previous album Space Bandits...
- "Needle Gun" (Brock) – from Live ChroniclesLive ChroniclesLive Chronicles is a 1986 album by Hawkwind recorded of a live performance of their The Chronicle of the Black Sword concept album based on the Michael Moorcock character Elric of Melniboné.-Overview:...
- "Wastelands of Sleep" (Tait/Brock) – from The Xenon CodexThe Xenon Codex-External links:*...
- "Out of the Shadows" (Buckley/Brock/Davey) – from Space BanditsSpace BanditsSpace Bandits is the sixteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1990. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #70....
- "Gimme Shelter" (Jagger/Richards) – from It is the Business of the Future to be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous is the eighteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1993. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #75....
- "Right to Decide" (Brock/Davey) – from Electric TepeeElectric TepeeElectric Tepee is the seventeenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1992. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #53....
Release details
- Volume 1: LP, Nov-1985, Samurai Records, SAMR038
- Volume 2: LP, Jun-1986, Samurai Records, SAMR039
- Volume 3: LP, Jun-1986, Samurai Records, SAMR040
- Acid Daze (The History Of Hawkwind): 3LP/2CD, Apr-1990, Receiver Records, RRBX1
- Anthology 1967-1982: 2CD, Sep-1998, Castle CommunicationsCastle CommunicationsCastle Communications was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Terry Shand, Cliff Dane and Jon Beecher. The company was acquired by the American music distributor Alliance Entertainment in 1994 and in 2000 it was absorbed into Sanctuary Records Group...
, ESDCD664
External links
- Collectable Records - Original boxset cover