HW: Tour review

[Nick Lee]

Cheers for the review Bernhard.
I've been meaning to put some thoughts down myself.  Of the shows I got to
Manchester was probably my favourite, partly due to not having to drive to
that one, or Liverpool.
Brainbox Pollution was probably my favourite song of the tour.  Along with
Its So Easy it was one of the songs I'd been hoping to hear for a while.
Huw was certainly on top form all tour, even when struggling with 'flu.
Funny how Simon's stage clothes got more outrageous as Huw's became more
subdued.  Lighthouse seemd slightly incongruous without Tim but, that said,
it did work well. I did miss Ron and some of the songs he'd been singing but
there was plenty to enjoy in the set without him.  A few songs newer than
1985 would've nice tho'!

A big hello to everyone I met on tour.  I won't list names 'cos I'll only
forget some of you.
See you all at the Forum?

Nck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernhard Pospiech" <bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: HW: Tour review


> Hello folks
>
> Both lists seem to be very quiet at the moment. Therefore I decided to
> write (again) a short tour review
> I hope it is a little bit usefull for you
>
> At 1st I'd like to thank my friends in the UK for sending me those great
> recordings in that phantastic sound quality. THANKS!
>
> Though I could not make it to this tour I have the luck to be in
possession
> of the following recordings:
>
> Swindon Wyvern Theatre  03.11.2001      Sat     100min
> Leeds   Irish Centre    06.11.2001      Tue     100min
> Nottingham      Rock City       07.11.2001      Wed     100min
> Birmingham      Sanctuary       08.11.2001      Thu     90min
> Manchester      University      10.11.2001      Sat     95min
> Glasgow Garage  12.11.2001      Mon     90min
> Newcastle       Opera House     14.11.2001      Sun     100min
> Cardif  Coal Exchange   16.11.2001      Fri     25min
> Hitchin Town Hall       17.11.2001      Sat     100min
> Poole   Arts Centre     18.11.2001      Sun     100min
> Walthamstow     Assembly Hall   24.11.2001      Sat     105min
>
> Main lineup:
> Dave Brock
> Huw Lloyd Langton
> Alan Davey
> Richard Chadwick
> Simon House
>
> Guests:
> Captain Black
> Captain Rizz
>
> Track listing:
> lighthouse / levitation / spiral galaxy / moonglum / brainbox pollution /
> wind of change / angels of death / watcher / motorway city / hurry on
> sundown / hassan i sahba / space is their / hassan i sahba / assault &
> battery / golden void / ejection
>
> In Birmingham they could not play EJECTION and in Edinburgh the played
> SPIRIT OF THE AGE instead of EJECTION
>
> (if I am wrong please let me know !)
>
>
> I have to say that it was one of HAWKWINDs best ever tours!!!
> I put this tour on the same high level as the ASTOUNDING 76 tour and the
> USA 1989 tour !!!!
> I never heard the band play so perfect. My feeling is that the main lineup
> fits very good together.
>
>
> Unfortunately Captain Black could not do the same great job as he did in
> CANTERBURY (my absolute favorite Hawkwind gig)
>
>
> Here are now some comments about the musicians.
>
> Dave Brock:
> The main HAWKWIND engine. He keeps the motors running. I can not imagine
> HAWKWIND without him. Great job Dave!! Thanks for collecting all these
> great musicians to our favorite band called HAWKWIND and play such a
> mindblowing tour!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Huw Lloyd Langton:
> The tour of his live!!! He played like he never played before. I always
> thought that he did his best job during the CHRONICLE tour. No! This was
> his tour. PHANTASTIC Huwie!!
>
> Richard Chadwick:
> The rhythm-machine in the background. HAWKWINDs best drummer!!!
> He has the right feeling for this kind of great music!!!  YES!
>
> Simon House:
> I never thought that Simon and Huwie could play at the same time on the
> same stage. They did it and it was SUPERB! Simons violine and Huwies
> guitar. WOW!! Simon, please stay with the band. You played great! And you
> played so PHANTASTIC on my favorite track of this tour!
>
> Alan Davey:
> Welcome back Alan. I am very happy that you are again with HAWKWIND.
> Great job during this tour. Very good WATCHER version. Thanks.
> I like your bass style
>
> Captain Black:
> Great synthie player but unfortunately mixed down during the tour.
> You played the gig of your live in CANTERBURY !! I can not get enough of
> your playing at this festival.
>
> Captan Rizz:
> We do not need him
>
>
> Now to the gigs:
> Its very difficult to decide which was the best the worst gig because the
> band did only play great gigs
>
> But after listening about 5 or 6 times to each of these 11 gigs
> (unfortunately Cardiff only 25 minutes long) I have to say that NEWCASTLE
> was the best gig from this tour.
> The 2nd best is LEEDS and then POOLE. At the end is WALTHAMSTOW. It was
not
> a bad gig!! If I had only this one it would still be a great gig but I had
> the chance to compare and I had to make some ratings
>
> NEWCATLE was exceptional. Best LIGHTHOUSE version (very different to the
> other gigs !!!!) and best WIND OF CHANGE version. Unfortunately only a 7
> minutes ANGELS OF DEATH version. Usually they played this song about 12
> minutes long. The band had lot of fun during this gig!
>
> Now to the songs:
> The best ones are: WIND OF CHANGE, ANGELS OF DEATH, BRAINBOX POLLUTION and
> LEVITATION. Yes, and MOTORWAY CITY in Newcastle!!
>
> WIND OF CHANGE is awesome!!!! I am looking forward to get a video from
this
> tour and watch performing this song together with the lightshow and the
dancer
>
> OK. Thats it folks.
> Thanks for reading my review. But maybe it is usefull for some of you.
> Sorry if I shoud have written in bad English
>
>
> cheers
> Bernhard