HW: Thrilling HW Adventures

[K Henderson]

Hi Folks...

Thanks to Stephan, I've now got a copy of the new Griffin 1976 Live CD
entitled "Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures."  Will write more later, but just
wanted to say it's very nice.  Cool original artwork in the same ASAM pulp
SF style, with lots of photos of the band in that era.  Nik with abundant
hair, both up and down, photos of Paul Rudolph and Allan Powell with the
band (something I can't ever remember seeing before) (Allan's the little guy
I guess)...just a really nice job by Mr. Godwin himself once again.  Glad to
see Griffin continue in at least this way.

I've only had a chance to listen to it once, but the sound was good and the
track selection reasonable.  Uncle Sam's on Mars was quite different than
other versions.  Time for Sale was cool to hear for the first time, Brock &
Calvert sharing vocals.  Sounded very much like other material on ASAM to my
ears...sorta Reefer Madness-ish I think.

As someone else here was just asking, 'What track are you sick of hearing?'
Well, here we do have yet another version of Sonic Attack for ya'.  :)  But
my vote is for Brainstorm, as yes, once again, here's another version.  That
must be at least 20 official versions by now, right?

The date/venue are given as Hammersmith Odeon 5.10.76, so there's no
question about that I guess.  The big question is still, will this be the
same as material from the Voiceprint Atomhenge '76 2xCD?  And even if so,
did they work independently to produce these?  I mean, they coulda used the
same master tape and done their own mastering/digitizing, right?  From one
listen on a little box, I can say the sound is good (though I can't tell you
more without closer attention). Calvert's vocals were a little too high in
the mix at one point and Nik was half-buried at another, but all-in-all, it
seemed acceptable.

Well, anyway, the booklet is cool and you should all get one anyway.

Keith H. (FAA)