HW: LP review 'X In Search of Space'

[Paul Ward]

On Thu, 31 Aug 1995, Dave Berry wrote:

> You're doing a good job.

Why thankyou! I'm working on the Charisma LP's now .... damn hard thing
to do. I'm not sure how they'll pan out .... we'll find out in a day or
two!

> I've got one suggestion, and that refers to the first two albums.  It might
> be worth making the point that these aren't 'heavy' in the style of Doremi,
> Space Ritual, etc.  The first album is kind of psychedelic, and the second
> has a sort of trancey feel to it (though its not as slow as that sounds).
> (Even the word 'heavy' would need qualification, since you don't find
> lycra-clad lead guitarists twiddling their bits on a hawkwind album!)

Good point. I have been trying to review the album's as if I was doing it
at the time of release, so I didn't see a need to do this. In hindsight
maybe I haven't used the best apporach.

How the hell do you classify Hawkwind music in such a way that the
un-initiated would know what I'm talking about ?

Paul
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