The Text of Festival
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The Text of Festival is an archive album by Hawkwind
consisting of BBC sessions and live performances between 1970 and 1971. It was originally released in 1983 after the band had exited their Active Records
contract, and has continuously been repackaged and retitled ever since.
The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the BBC
who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but recordings of the broadcast and the quality leaves a lot to desired. These same low quality recordings have also appeared on The Weird Tapes, Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
and Hawkwind Anthology
.
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....
consisting of BBC sessions and live performances between 1970 and 1971. It was originally released in 1983 after the band had exited their Active Records
Active Records
Active Records is a record sublabel of RCA. Label focuses mainly in heavy metal music.-Bands:* Atheist* Budgie* Candlemass* Therion* Destiny...
contract, and has continuously been repackaged and retitled ever since.
The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but recordings of the broadcast and the quality leaves a lot to desired. These same low quality recordings have also appeared on The Weird Tapes, Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
The Hawkwind, Friends and Relations series of albums was released in the early 1980s containing live and studio performances by Hawkwind and related bands....
and Hawkwind Anthology
Hawkwind Anthology
The Hawkwind Anthology series of records were originally issued mid-1980s containing live and outtake material from Hawkwind's career to that date....
.
Side 1
- "Master Of The Universe" (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...
, 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...
) – 6:00 - "You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) – 4:15
- "You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) – 5:52
- "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) – 6:20
Side 2
- "Paranoia" (Hawkwind)
"Seeing It As You Really Are" (Hawkwind) – 11:50 - "We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 13:45
Side 3
- "You Shouldn't Do That" (Hawkwind) – 21:35 [listed as "Sound, Shouldn't, Improvise"]
Side 4
- "The Reason Is?" (Hawkwind) – 11:35
"Be Yourself" (Hawkwind) – 5:51 [listed as "Improvise, Compromise, Reprise"]
Personnel
- 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...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - 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...
- saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, vocals - Huw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-Langton is an English guitarist, best known as the guitarist for Hawkwind. He also had his own band, the Lloyd Langton Group with bass player Kenny Wilson and drummer John Clark , and is the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(track 4) - Thomas Crimble - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(tracks 4-5 and disc 2) - Dave AndersonDave AndersonDave Anderson may refer to:*Dave Anderson , actor, playwright and jazz musician*Dave Anderson , football manager, former player and media personality from Northern Ireland...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(tracks 1-3,6) - Dik Mik Davies - SynthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
- Terry Ollis - 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
| Date | Title | Format | Region | Label, Catalogue | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul/1983 | The Text of Festival | 2x12"vinyl | UK | Illuminated Records, JAMS29 | |
| Jul/1985 | In the Beginning | CD | UK | Demi Monde, DM005 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Nov/1988 | The Text of Festival | 2x12"vinyl | UK, Germany | Thunderbolt THBL 2.068 | |
| Dec/1988 | The Text of Festival | CD | UK | Thunderbolt CDTB 2.068 | sides 1-3 |
| Jul/1992 | Masters of the Universe | CD | UK, USA, Germany | Thunderbolt, CDTB105 | sides 1 and 2 |
| 1993 | The Text of Festival | CD | UK | Thunderbolt CDTB 068 | sides 1-3 |
| 1996 | Masters of the Universe | CD digipak | France | Spalax, SPALAXCD14972 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Jan/1996 | Masters of the Universe | CD | USA | Magnum America, MACD028 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Feb/1998 | Welcome to the Future | CD1 of 4 | UK | Dressed to Kill, CLP0220-2 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Feb/1998 | Welcome to the Future | CD4 of 4 | UK | Dressed to Kill, CLP0220-2 | sides 1-3 |
| Mar/1999 | The Entire and Infinite Universe of Hawkwind | CD1 of 4 | UK | Dressed to Kill, REDTK98 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Mar/1999 | The Entire and Infinite Universe of Hawkwind | CD4 of 4 | UK | Dressed to Kill, REDTK98 | sides 1-3 |
| Aug/1999 | Live 1970 1972 | CD | UK | Pegasus, PEGCD197 | sides 1-3 |
| Sep/1999 | Year 2000: Codename Hawkwind | CD2 of 2 | UK | New Millennium Communications, PILOT33 | sides 1 and 2 |
| 2000 | Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin: Live At the Empire Pool 1976 | CD2 of 2 | Germany | Falcon | sides 1 and 2, omits "Master of the Universe" |
| Oct/2002 | Cosmic Overdrive | CD2 of 2 | UK | New Millennium Communications, PILOT 146 | sides 1 and 2 |
| Mar/2005 | Codename Hawkwind | CD | UK | Neptune Records, TUNECD102 | sides 1 and 2 |