Hawkwind - In Search Of Space


Year of Release: 1996
Label: EMI
Catalog Number: HAWK2
Format: CD
Total Time: 57:42:00

Bobo reviewed several Hawkwind titles in an omnibus review; they are listed separately in the database. This is the second of the five reviews.

I do remember very vividly how I armed myself against arriving enemies with the sleeve of Warrior On The Edge Of Time. When folded open the sleeve became a cardboard shield which illustrated perfectly the great creativity of the band. Founded at the end of '69 as Group X, the band evolved, via the name Hawkwind Zoo, to Hawkwind; this band has always had eyes and ears for detail in order to deliver Art with a big A! That art not only was apparent in their music but also in the sleeve designs. The coming of the compact disc made it difficult to continue to deliver that same Art. The tiny booklet in the kitsch-like cold, static, plastic jewel cases no longer has that Hawkwind feel. Fortunately EMI/Premier has seen how serious this was and has re-released the band's first albums in digipack replicas. They did whatever it took to finally release the complete artwork even including various extras such as concert posters, exclusive photographs, extra sleeve notes and the almost obligatory bonus tracks.

With the release of In Search Of Space in '71, the band found its sound whilst Krautrock entered the brains of Brock & Co, founders of "Brock'n roll"! The long, frightening "You Shouldn't Do That" is a prime example. Monotonous, repetitive rhythms are alternated with electronic gadgets and stories of space like in the well-known "Master Of The Universe." Next to a replica of the Hawkwind logbook we get the original single versions of "Silver Machine" and "Seven By Seven" together with a live edit of "Born To Go."


Tracklisting:
You Shouldn't Do That (15:41) / You Know You're Only Dreaming (6:36) / Master Of The Universe (6:17) / We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago (4:48) / Adjust Me (5:46) / Children Of The Sun (3:14) / Bonus tracks: Seven By Seven (Single Version) (5:21) / Silver Machine (Single Version) (4:39) / Born To Go (Live Single Version Edit) (5:05)
The Album Comes In Slipcase, In Foldout Digipack Sleeve And Includes The Hawkwind Log

Musicians:
Dave Brock - guitar, vocals, synthesizer, organ, 12-string guitar, harmonica, percussion
Nik Turner - sax, flute, vocals, oboe
DikMik - audio generator, electronics
Del Dettmaer - synthesizer, keyboards, kalimba
Dave Anderson - bass, electric and acoustic 6-string guitars
Terry Ollis -drums, percussion

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)
25 Years On (1978)
PXR5 (1978)
Live Seventy-Nine (1980)
Repeat Performance (1980)
Levitation (1980)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 1 (1980)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 2 (1980)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 3 (1981)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 4 (1981)
Sonic Attack (1981)
Church Of Hawkwind (1982)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 5 (1982)
The Weird Tapes Volumes 6 (1982)
Choose Your Masques (1983)
Text Of Festival (1983)
Zones (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)
Live Chronicles (1986)
Angels of Death (1986)
Out And Intake (1987)
The Xenon Codex (1988)
Spirit Of The Age (1988)
Space Bandits (1990)
Stasis (The UA Years 1971-1973) (1990)
Palace Springs (1991)
BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1991)
Electric Tepee (1992)
The Friday Rock Show Sessions (1992)
Hawklords Live (1992)
California Brainstorm (1992)
Tales From Atom Henge (1992)
Psychedelic Warlords (1992)
It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous (1993)
The Business Trip (1994)
Alien 4 (1995)
Undisclosed Files Addendum (1995)
Love In Space (1996)
The 1999 Party (1997)
Distant Horizons (1997)
Various - The Elf And The Hawk (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)
Year 2000-Codename Hawkwind (1999)
Atomhenge '76 (2000)
Yule Ritual (2001)
Canterbury Fayre 2001 (2002)
Live 1990 (2002)
Masters Of Rock (2002)
Spaced Out In London (2004)
Take Me To Your Leader (2005)
Take Me To Your Future (2006)
The Collection (2006)
Knights Of Space (2008)
Spirit Of The Age (2008)
The Dream Goes On (2008)
Minneapolis, 4th October 1989> (2008)
Reading University, 19th May 1992 (2009)
Live '78 (2009)
Winter Solstice 2005 (2009)
Blood Of The Earth (2010)
Treworgey Tree Fayre 1989 (2010)
At The BBC - 1972 (2010)
No Star Unturned (2011)
Parallel Universe (2011)
Onward (2012)
Spacehawks (2013)
Space Ritual Live (2015)
At The Roundhouse (2017)
The Machine Stops (2016)
Into The Woods (2017)

Genre: Psychedelic/Space Rock

Origin UK

Added: February 19th 2001
Reviewer: John "Bobo" Bollenberg

Artist website: www.hawkwind.com
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Language: english

  

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