HAWKWIND - THRILLING HAWKWIND ADVENTURES 1976 Excellent condition throughout
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HAWKWIND - THRILLING HAWKWIND ADVENTURES Excellent condition throughout - CD, case and booklet are all immaculate. 

Live album recorded on Hawkwind's autumn tour of 1976,released in 2000. A fascinating document from this short lived era in the band's post Lemmy configuration that marked a massive change of both musical and lyrical directions.

Reviewfrom Aural Innovations #10 (June 2000). Author: Keith Henderson

The so-called Atomhenge UK tour that Hawkwind undertook in the autumn of 1976 to support the 'Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music' LP was (until now) one of the very few major Hawkwind tours not officially archived on CD. 'Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures' solves that deficiency. Of course, the date and venue given in the CD booklet is (as I've been assured by the experts) erroneous and the source tape is not Hammersmith Odeon (Oct. 5, 1976) but rather Bristol Colston Hall (Sept. 27,1976). What else is new? Everything else about the 8-page booklet (lovingly prepared by Rob Godwin) is fabulous, including rare photos of the ASAM lineup,Liquid Len's Atomhenge stage set, and cool artwork in the same pulp Sci-Fi theme as on the old album jacket. But the best thing is that it documents over 50 minutes of a great performance by a band still in its prime, belying what was to occur just months later with the sacking of half the band.

'Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures' gets off to a funny start as it picks up in the middle of the set with 90 seconds of 'linking' music prior to morphing into"Brainstorm." Despite the poorly miked vocals and minor sound flaws in the early verses, this version picks up greatly later on, especially when Paul Rudolph vamps into a chunky (too funky!) bass solo bit. "Wind of Change" blows through next, and it would seem that with Simon House on stage and then not having him do the violin melody (as on the studio album) was totally nonsensical! But in this case, it was the right move, as Dave Brock's guitar work makes this the most testosterone-charged version to date (and already my favourite). Next, Simon's violin and Bob Calvert's imagery-laden ranting take over in a gripping reading of "Steppenwolf." In the second half, "Uncle Sam's on Mars" is presented in a fashion quite different than appeared later on 'PXR5,' here being rather more close to the krautrock-motorized rhythm of "Opa-Loka." "Uncle Sam" segues directly into the 10-minute "Time for Sale," an interesting (previously unreleased) track that undoubtedly belongs with the other ASAM material with its too-oft-maligned "funk blanga" sound that Rudolph and Alan Powell brought. Another non-album track "Back on the Streets" follows, and the seven piece unit really rocks out here. Finally, THA wraps up as strangely as it began with an especially-freakish version of Moorcock's "Sonic Attack." Do Not Panic!

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Brainstorm
2. Wind Of Change
3. Steppenwolf
4. Uncle Sam's On Mars
5. Time For Sale
6. Back On The Streets
7. Sonic Attack

Line-up/ Musicians

- Dave Brock / guitar, synthesizer, vocals
- Bob Calvert / vocals, trumpet, Walker's rhyming dictionary
- Simon House / violin, keyboards, Mellotron, piano, synthesizer
- Paul Rudolf / bass, vocals
- Nik Turner / sax, flute, vocals
- Allan Powell / drums
- Simon King / drums


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