HW: new bootleg

[M Holmes]

Bernhard Pospiech writes:

> Hello there
>
> On the second christmas day I have visited in our townhall a recordfair.
>
> And to my surprise I've found a HAWKWIND bootleg I've never seen before!!
>
> Though the price was extremely high (60 DM = 40$ for one CD), I bought 2
> CD's from 2 different dealers, one for me and one for a friend.
>
> At home I phoned my friend to let him know that I had a CD for him. He told
> me that he had visited the same record fair 2 or 3 hours earlier and already
> bought one CD for himself. And he also told me that one of the dealers told
> him that only about two handfull CD's were produced.
>
> Maybe this is the reason for this astronomical price.
>
> The bootleg is called DAMNATION ALLEY and the cover says that it was
> recorded in MINNEAPOLIS on 04.October 1989.
>
> I compared the CD with the live tape I have from this gig and it seems to be
> true. But the CD has not the complete gig. Here is the track listing from
> the bootleg:
>
> magnu / down through the night / treadmill / wind of change 7 / assault &
> battery / golden void / arrival in utopia / brainstorm / dream worker /
> damnation alley / ejection
>
> The bootleg has on the front and back side a beautyful black and white drawing.
>
> On the front is a circle. In the middle of the circle you can see a good
> photocopy of Dave Brock with a guitar. In the top part of the circle stands:
> HAWKWIND, in the bottom part DAMNATION ALLEY and RECORDED LIVE 04.10.1989 IN
> MINNEAPOLIS - FIRST AVENUE
>
> On the back side you can see the complete track listing. On the bottom is a
> nice ;-)) small drawing and there stands: MYSTIC WANKERS RECORDS.
>
> The inner sleeve has four funny drawings of DAVE, HARVEY, ALAN and RICHARD
>
> The CD is complete blank (gold) with no printing and no label number.
>
> Recording quality is very good, running time is about 70 minutes.
>
> It seems to me that this is a very rare bootleg. I do not want to sell it
> but swap for another rare HAWKWIND item.
>
> If someone is interested, please e-mail me.
>
> Bernhard

I'd certainly be interested in obtaining a copy...

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