HW: Hawkwind '97 in '99

[Neil Ward]

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:31:47 -0500, you wrote:


>Phetamine St....when I first heard DH, I thought this was the worst goddamn
>HW song I'd ever heard.  But shortly thereafter, it began to grow on me
>until it was one of my favourites from that album.  I still don't like the
>way it's recorded/mixed (perhaps the rumour of its demo status is true?), so
>I'm glad this live version is included.  The great thing about this one is
>that Richard Chadwick really branches out here into some real innovative
>percussion.  Every day I appreciate his presence in the band a little more,
>just like Alan Davey.  Again, I think this should be in the set for
>awhile...I'm surprised it was only performed that one time (Leeds)...did I
>hear that right??


Ron performed this at Leeds because it was his home town and a lot of
his friends went to this gig. This means that there is only one mixing
desk copy to use, hence the quality.

Neil.