HW: Re: HW: Hawkwind x 2 (I think not)

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Fri Sep 7 10:05:25 EDT 2001


Hello,

Could someone please send us a copy of this cd?

Thank you

Dave



----- Original Message -----
From: Stephan Forstner <stemfors at PIPELINE.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Hawkwind x 2 (I think not)


> >>"This is a rare limited edition, Nik and Co. would like to apologise for
> >>the discrepancy in the tracklist on the paperwork. The tracks on this
> >>version have been incorrectly compiled/ mastered with Psychedelic
Warlords
> >>appearing instead of Brainstorm. A further correct version of this album
> >>will be issued later with Brainstorm appearing correctly as listed."
> >
> >Funny how they noticed this mistake but failed to notice that "Waiting
for
> >Tomorrow" appears twice, back-to-back. I thought my CD player was acting
> >up...
> >
> Well, if one were to be cynical about these things, it's not so funny at
> all, its obviously legal 'cover-my-ass' time because 'Psych Warlords' has
a
> writing credit due to a Mr. Brock, so that would be the more important
> mistake. Also why 'Seeing It As You Really Are' and 'Be Yourself' have
both
> had their names changed to 'Odyssey Improvisation'. On the other tracks
> where Mr. Brock would get a credit he would get one not for lyrics but for
> music, and if one were to compare the music in the original versions and
the
> ones presented here, well, probably there's no case. Not that these
versions
> are necessarily worse, mind you, just sufficiently different...
>
> Stephan
>
> P.S. No-one needs to apologize for making 'Yuri Gagarin' available, at
least
> not from a musical standpoint, at least not in my opinion - OK, I know I'm
> in the minority here...OK a very tiny minority...OK maybe 3 people...
>
> P.P.S. Tony Conrad and Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate - on my
> short-list of favorite 'space-rock and related' albums of all time!
>



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