HW: Early Days & Studio Dates

[Captain Bl@ck]

According to Huwie, Dick Taylor played only on Hurry On Sundown, the picked
electric guitar sound. The story Huw tells is that Dick suggested the
pattern, and Huw was too young and too in awe of him to try and do it any
other way.  The remainder of the solos on the album (including the beautiful
Mirror of Illusion) were all Huw's.

John Harrison was, according to Dave Brock, a lovely geezer who was not
afraid of hard work. He used to organise lots of essential things like
transport and rehearsals. He was somewhat concerned by the volume of drugs
in the band, of which he wanted no part, and really that is why he left.
More of a jazz player, and quite a competant one at that. Huw recalls
turning up to a rehearsal one day and 'John just wasn't there anymore'.

The story of Huw's (first) departure would fill a chapter in itself and is
not really ideal for publication here.

Keith Kniveton.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Early Days & Studio Dates


> On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:38:49 -0000, Ian Abrahams
> <mail at ABRAHAMSI.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:
> >I'm currently doing some research into the early days of Hawkwind..say
> >from conception through to recording & release of the first album.
>
> Good luck!  Make sure that your ultimate findings get posted here ...
>
> >Does anybody know the recording/studio dates for the first album & the
> >official release date?
>
> According to this website:
> http://www.nfos.de/01/0102.htm
> The first album was recorded during March & April of 1970.  I can't
imagine
> that the actual recording took more than a few days, especially since the
> entire middle part of the album ("The Reason Is?" / "Be
> Yourself" / "Paranoia" / "Seeing It As You Really Are") was really one
song
> (the infamous "Sunshine Special"), and there are very few overdubs (Dave's
> & Nik's vocals, and Dick Taylor's guitar may be all of them?).
>
> And, according to Andrew Dawson's discography:
> http://www.adawson.clara.net/index.html
> The album was released in August, preceded by the "Hurry On Sundown"
single
> in July (by which time John Harrison was no longer in the band).
>
> Of course, one of the problems with researching this stuff is that the
> memory of anyone who was actually there is wholly suspect due to all those
> chemicals whizzing around their brains at the time ...
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com