Hawkwind - Classic Rock Legends: Hawkwind

Year of Release: 2001
Label: Classic Rock Productions
Catalog Number: n/a
Format: DVD
Total Time: 00:00:00

I never realized what a circus atmosphere Hawkwind created with their live shows until I watched this DVD of Classic Rock Legends: Hawkwind. I mean that in a literal sense. They have dancers and fire-eaters on stage while they are playing! Their music is very intense and complex, and anyone that appreciates progressive rock or space rock will be delighted with this DVD.

I heard "Night Of The Hawk" recently on the Classic Rock Legends DVD and was I floored. I am veracious prog-rock enthusiast and experiencing the prog-space rock of the great band Hawkwind is something special.

Based on the previous experiences I have had with music DVDs, this is a short presentation. Eight tracks were not enough for me, and that is a compliment to the band. I enjoyed every single song offered. The artwork on the cover of the DVD case is superb and befitting the group's music. Those of you into science fiction artwork will zoom right in on the cover, I sure did.

The special features are, one, just highlights of other DVDs that the label sells, and two, scene selections; to consider it as a bonus would be incorrect, as most DVDs have these options as a matter of course. Some interviews with the band would have been interesting as a bonus feature.

When you get down to the bottom dollar, this is a great show and that is all that matters. Do not miss this it is a killer presentation of one the best rock bands in the world.

Tracklisting:
Lives Of Great Men / 2. Golden Void (Void Of Golden Light) / Out Of The Shadows / Night Of The Hawks / Back In The Box / Utopia / Ejection / Damnation Alley

DVD Special Features: Scene Selection / Rock Vaults

Musicians:
Dave Brock - synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Richard Chadwick - drums
Simon House - violin, keyboards
Alan Davey - bass, vocals
Harvey Bainbridge - synthesizer, vocals

Discography:
Hawkwind (1970)
In Search Of Space (1971)
Doremi Fasol Latido (1972)
Space Ritual (1973)
The Space Ritual Alive (1973)
Hall Of The Mountain Grill (1974)
Warrior On The Edge Of Time (1975)
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music (1976)
Roadhawks (1976)
Quark, Strangeness And Charm (1977)
Masters Of The Universe (1977)
Hawklords: 25 Years On (1978)
PXR5 (1978)
Live Seventy-Nine (1980)
Repeat Performance (1980)
Levitation (1980)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 1 (1980/2000)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 2 (1980/2000)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 3 (1981/2000)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 4 (1981/2000)
Sonic Attack (1981)
Church Of Hawkwind (1982)
Friends And Relations (1982)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 5 (1982/2000)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 6 (1982)
Choose Your Masques (1983)
The Text Of Festival: Hawkwind Live 1970-72 (1983)
Zones (1983)
Friends & Relations... Twice Upon A Time (1983)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 7 (1983)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 8 (1983)
The Text Of Festival (1983)
Zones (1983)
This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic (1984)
Stonehenge/Do Not Panic (1984)
Space Ritual Volume 2 (1984)
Chronicle Of The Black Sword (1985)
Hawkwind Anthology (1985)
Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin (1985)
Hawkwind Live '70/'73 (1985)
Space Ritual Vol. 2 (1985)
Utopia 1984 (1985)
Friends & Relations Vol. 3 (1985)
In The Beginning... (1985)
Ridicule (1985)
Live Chronicles (1986)
Angels of Death (1986)
Out & Intake (1987)
Early Daze (1987)
The Xenon Codex (1988)
Spirit Of The Age (1988)
Space Bandits (1990)
Acid Daze The History Of Hawkwind (1990)
Stasis - The UA Years 1971-1975 (1990)
Palace Springs (1991)
The Best Of & The Rest Of Hawkwind (1990)
BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1991)
Anthology (1991)
Masters Of The Universe (1991)
Electric Tepee (1992)
The Friday Rock Show Sessions Live At Reading '86 (1992)
Hawklords Live (1992)
California Brainstorm (1992)
Tales From Atom Henge (1992)
Psychedelic Warlords (1992)
The Hawklords Live (1992)
Mighty Hawkwind Classics 1980-1985 (1992)
It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous (1993)
Live - St. Albans U.K. Winter Tour 1979 (1993)
Lord Of Light (1993)
The Business Trip (1994)
The Best Of Hawkwind (1994)
Silver Machine (1994)
25 Years On 1970-1973 (1994)
25 Years On 1973-1977 (1994)
Alien 4 (1995)
Undisclosed Files - Addendum (1995)
Independent Days Volume 1 & Volume 2 (1995)
Silver Machine (1995)*
Space Is Deep (1995)
Love In Space (1996)
The 1999 Party (1997)
Distant Horizons (1997)
Live & Rare: Onward Flies The Bird (1997)
Welcome To The Future (1997)
The Ambient Anarchists (1997)
Various - The Elf And The Hawk (1998)
Sonic Boom Killers - Best Of Singles As and Bs From 1970-1980 (1998)
Anthology 1967-1982 (1998)
The Master (1998)
In Your Area (1999) (US only)
Epocheclipse - 30 Year Anthology (3CD box) (1999)
Epocheclipse - The Ultimate Best Of (1CD) (1999)
Family Box Set (1999)
Hawkwind 1997 (1999)
Glastonbury 90 (1999)
Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2 (1999)
Complete '79: Collectors Series Volume 1 (1999)
Golden Void 1969-1979 (1999)
Year 2000: Codename Hawkwind Volume One (1999)
Live - 1970-72 (1999)
The Stonehenge Collection (2000)
Spacebrock (2000)
Atomhenge '76 (2000)
Live From The Darkside (2000)
Yule Ritual (2001)
The Hawkwind Collection - The Legends Collection (2001)
Masters Of The Universe (2001)
Family Tree (2001)
Canterbury Fayre 2001 (2002)
Live 1990 (2002)
Masters Of Rock (2002)
Live In Nottingham (2002)
Cosmic Overdrive (2002)
Welcome To The Future (2003)
Oscillations (2003)
Spaced Out In London (2004)
Take Me To Your Leader (2005)
Take Me To Your Future (2006)
The Collection (2006)
Live '74 The Chicago Auditorium 21 March 1974 (2006)
Space Ritual (2CD+DVD) (2007)
Knights Of Space (2008)
Spirit Of The Age - 1976-1984 - An Anthology (2008)
The Dream Goes On - An Anthology 1985-1987 (2008)
Minneapolis, 4th October 1989> (2008)
Reading University, 19th May 1992 (2009)
Live '78 (2009)
Winter Solstice 2005 (2009)
Minneapolis 1989 (2009)
Shot Down In The Night (2009)
Blood Of The Earth (2010)
Treworgey Tree Fayre 1989 (2010)
At The BBC - 1972 (2010)
Leave No Star Unturned (2011)
Parallel Universe: A Liberty/U.A. Years Anthology 1970-1974 (2011)
Onward (2012)
5 Album Set [Boxset: Hawkwind/ISOS/DFL/HOTMG/MOTU] (2013)
Spacehawks (2013)
Space Ritual Live (2015)
At The Roundhouse (2017)
The Machine Stops (2016)
Into The Woods (2017)
The Emergency Broadcast Years: 1994-1997 (2018)
Hawkwind Light Orchestra: Carnivorous (2020)
50 Live (2020)
Somnia (2021)
Dust Of Time: 1969-2021 (2CD ed.) (2021)
Dust Of Time: 1969-2021 (6CD ed.) (2021)
Knights In Space Live (2022)
We Are Looking In On You (2022)
Dreamworkers Of Time (The BBC Recordings 1985-1995) (2022)
The Future Never Waits (2023)
Black Corridor (2023)
Days Of The Underground: The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979 (2023)
Stories From Time And Space (2024) Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2024)

Chaos (DVD) (1996)
Classic Rock Legends (DVD) (2001)
Out Of The Shadows (DVD) (2004)
Knights of Space (DVD) (2008)
Winter Solstice - Live At The Astoria 2005 (DVD) (2009)
USA Tour 1989-1990 (DVD) (2009)
Live 1984-1995 (DVD) (2009)
Treworgey 29th July 1989 (DVD) (2009)

*appears to be a different album than the 1994 edition...

[Note: it is possible many of the comps and live releases are not authorized releases... -ed.]

Genre: Psychedelic-Space Rock

Origin UK

Added: April 20th 2003
Reviewer: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck
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Language: english