Official Post From Hawkwind

[John Majka]

Actually, despite all the negative publicity, "Bring Me the Head of Yuri
Gagarin" is a fine quality bootleg recording, much better than lots of tapes
out there, and I'm thankful to have it.  The recording is very much of
bootleg quality with all the glitches that go with that, but I'd rather have
this music than not.  The real problem is that it gets re-issued every other
week with a new title and artwork, all of which is very confusing for the
uninformed buyer who may not recognize that this is the same old stuff being
repackaged yet again.
John Majka
jmajka2 at comcast.net


> I have never bought Bring me da head of smeg and after reading the reviews
> etc I doubt I will untill I hear it played to me.
> The albums (new) that I find in music stores around Adelaide are ussually
> HoTmG - Hawkwind -  and the Epoch Elcipse album.  I was pleasantly
surprised
> tho when I found Masters o the univers and the Anthology 67 - 82 cd's in
the
> trendy mall shopping centre music shop.  Anything else has to be ordered.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Medford <nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Official Post From Hawkwind
>
>
> > In message <bc.30b12548.2b29585f at aol.com>, Bob Lennon
> > <Hawkwinder at AOL.COM> writes
> > >It's been happening for years because of the lack of quality audience
> tapes.
> >
> > I have to admit I don't follow this argument at all. You're suggesting
> that
> > Dave Anderson wouldn't be releasing all those crap albums if the fans
> > were trading more live tapes? Isn't that a little fanciful?
> >
> > There are two kinds of people who might buy "Yuri Gagarin" in the
> > shop: firstly, diehard kollektors who have to have everything, and
> > secondly, casual fans who fancy checking out some HW and don't realise
> > they're buying a lemon. Both of these people will still buy it no matter
> > how much tape trading goes on- the kollektor 'cos they have to have it,
> > and the casual fan 'cos they won't know any better and probably won't be
> > hooked up to taping trees anyway.
> >
> > I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the band's decision- certainly I
> am
> > curious as to the reasons behind it. I remain optimistic that there is a
> > good reason. But I don't buy this idea that a thriving taping network
> > would in any way limit the activities of D. Anderson and co.
> >
> > >
> > >wouldn't it be better if all the poor slobs that were "just introduced"
> to
> > >Hawkwind over the years actually found good recordings in the shops.
> Almost
> > >everywhere I go, just about the only Hawkwind cd's I see are the
> re-packaged
> > >crap we're always complaining about. At least around here. Very few
> official
> > >releases are ever seen by many on the lists
> >
> > All of which seems to argue *for* them trying to limit unofficial
> > releases, which is surely what this is about?
> >
> > confused
> > --
> > Nick Medford
> >