OFF: Pressurehed, Nik Turner

[Eli Friedman]

I think someone may have covered this already, but as far as the four studio
tracks that open the new incredible Nik Turner Global Friends and Relations
CD:
The first one DELAY features vocals by Alan Powell and is space pop, an
uptempo rock song.
The second is SUN JESTER and is the Moorcock poem recited against a musical
accompaniment, and as the ever astute Mr.Coleman mentioned earlier it is
quite similar to the version on the Hawkxtar CD but with a unique backing
music provided here by the Pressurehed crew.
The third and fourth are the two tracks Nik wrote for The Chronicles of the
Black Sword album, but which were never used after he departed the band. They
are YRCKOON, which is not accurate to Moorcock as far as spelling, where it
is Yrkoon, Elric's evil cousin. This song is awesome. The other Elric track
is THE SEA KING and bears no relation to the track that eventually wound up
with that name on the record.
The rest of the CD will appeal, I suspect, to many Hawkwind fans, as it is
mainly Hawkind covers performed live with various combinations of the
Pressurehed/Farflung family as well as
Del Dettmar on synth-axe, and Alan Powell on drums for some, and Simon House
on violin on a number of tracks. I thought quite a lot of it was superior to
the already released Nik Turner Space Ritual thing, and PAST OR FUTURE . The
performances range from San Jose California to Holland, Japan, Strange Daze
Festival, and quite a few US gigs. There are also performance of a couple of
Farflung tunes with Nik playing live with them. Hope that tells you
something, Kevin.  Peace to all, Eli Friedman

In a message dated 7/20/01 10:25:41 AM, novadrive at HOME.COM writes:

<< I'd heard rumors a while back about some songs that Nik wrote for 'The
Chronicle Of The Black Sword' before he was booted from the band appearing
on a CD...could these be them?  It would be great to hear some 'new' songs
from Nik rather than the constant redoing of the same old Hawkwind tunes...

KevinSommers >>