HW: Thrilling HW Adventures

WANGLER Rainer.Wangler at T-ONLINE.DE
Tue Mar 14 12:38:52 EST 2000


K Henderson schrieb:
> 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
er tape and done their own mastering/digitizing, right?
> 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)
Hello Keith !
this cd is not recorded at the hammersmith. it´s an recording from the
same tour (september/october)
i missing the songs reefer madness,paradox, chronoglide skyway,
kerb crawler.
ihope this songs are at the uk issue
rainer



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