Hawkwind 5-CD set

[M Holmes]

Just been talking to Ande Garibaldi and got the scooby on this one.

Apparently it's transmogrified into a 4-CD set of the Demi-Monde albums
listed as an appendix to this article.

The upshot is:

* There is *NO* new material in this set. The fifth CD was to have been
  the second side of the Text of Festival double LP which hasn't made it
  to CD. This isn't now part of the package.

* What you're getting here is really 3 and a bit albums since only the,
  admittedly long, track "Sound..Shouldn't..Improvise" on the text of
  Festival CD isn't also contained on the In The Beginning CD.

* The In The beginning CD is here called "Master of the Universe" and
  isn't to be confused with three different Masters of the Universe
  compilations of the same name.

* The whole set is retailing for just 13.99 Pounds and so there might be
  an argument for buying if you don't already have Space Ritual II,
  which is worth hearing.

* This is part of a continually reissued set of tracks in endless
  compilations none of which the band ever see money for.

Hope this clarifies the issues for everyone. If it helps decide, this
Kollector isn't buying it.




1985  In The Beginning  (Live "Top Gear" BBC Session 1970)  (Demi-Monde)
           (Sides 1 and 2 of Text of Festival. Re-issued on CD 1993 as Master Of
            The Universe and again 1994 as In The Beginning)
            * Comments:   very poor sound quality

        Master Of The Universe (Brock/Turner)
        Dreaming (Brock)
        Shouldn't Do That (Brock)
        Hurry On A Sundown (Brock)
        Paranoia (Brock)
        See It As You Really Are (Brock)
        I Do It (Brock)
        Came Home (Brock)

1985  Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Garagin (Demi Monde)(live)
        [all tracks are from early tapes]

        Gaga
        In The Egg (narration)
        Orgone Accumulator
        Wage War (narration)
        Urban Guerrilla
        Master Of The Universe
        Welcome To The Future
        Sonic Attack
        Silver Machine

1985  Space Ritual II (American Phonograph) live Space Ritual from different
                                            venues
        Space
        Orgone Accumulator
        Upside Down
        Sonic Attack
        Time We Left
        10 seconds of Forever
        Brainstorm
        Seven by Seven
        Master of the Universe
        Welcome to the Future

1983  The Text Of Festival: Live 1970-2 (Illuminated/DemiMonde)
                                        (live early tracks)
        [sides 1 and 2 reissued as In The Beginning]

        Master Of The Universe
        Dreaming
        Shouldn't Do That
        Hurry On A Sundown
        Paranoia
        See It As You Really Are
        I Do It
        Sound..Shouldn't..Improvise... [You Shouldn't Do That]
        Improvise..Compromise..Reprise. [Paranoia and Be Yourself]

        * Comments: "Came Home" is listed but doesn't appear on the album.
          The CD lists the last track but it is really the 2nd last
          track misnamed.  The last track is missing from the CD.