HW: not-necessarily-Nottingham Live 90

[Andrew Garibaldi]

OK folks - the double Hawk '90 CD is out and instock NOW!!!!!!!
As a bonus, the sound quality is spectacular throughout. Drawback is I've
already spotted two back cover track list errors!!
Way to go..............
Andy G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:01 PM
Subject: HW: not-necessarily-Nottingham Live 90


> Very cool to see that the cover art and track listing have been posted on
> Mission Control!
>
> 1. Karnac Intro
> 2. Angels Of Death
> 3. Void Of Golden Light
> 4. Ejection
> 5. Wings
> 6. Out Of The Shadows
> 7. Snake Dance
> 8. Night Of The Hawks
> 9. The 7th Star
> 10. TV Suicide
> 11. Back In The Box
> 12. Assassins Of Allah
> 13. Images
> 14. Lives Of Great Men
> 15. Void Of Golden Light
> 16. Out Of The Shadows
> 17. Snake Dance
> 18. Night Of The Hawks
> 19. The 7th Star
> 20. Back In The Box
> 21. Utopia
> 22. Ejection
> 23. Damnation Alley Pt.1
> 24. Your Secret's Safe With Me
> 25. Damnation Alley Pt.2
>
> I would assume that tracks 1-13 are the first CD, and 14-25 are on the
> second.  The second CD would appear to be from the 25 jan 90 Nottingham
> show (6-piece lineup w/House & Wishart) previously released on video, but
> the first CD would have to be from later in 1990, after Simon House left
> (the "Angels of Death"/"Golden Void" opener is the giveaway), but with
> Bridget still in the band.  Or am I totally wrong about that?
>
> But do we really need duplicate versions of "Out of the Shadows", "Snake
> Dance", "Night of the Hawks", "7th Star" (aka "Star Song"
> aka "Eons"), "Back in the Box" AND "Ejection" (especially since there are
> already 1990 versions of these on 'California Brainstorm')?  I'd consider
> the versions with Simon to be much more essential ... but instead of the
> other (Simon-less) versions, I'd prefer to see some of the other songs the
> band performed in 1990 (and 1989, with the same/similar lineup) such
> as "Needle Gun", "Wind of Change", "Dream Worker", "Damage of Life",
"Right
> Stuff", "Master of the Universe", "Urban Guerilla", "Lost Chronicles", and
> that version of "Death Trap" with the chorus from "Kings of Speed" thrown
> in.
>
> Sorry to nitpick, but I'm very excited about this release, as I like the
> 89/90 era of Hawkwind more than just about anything else (possible
> exception: spring '84 Earth Ritual tour w/Nik and Fred Reeves and a few
> guests) they did in the 15 years between Bob's departure and Ron's
> arrival.  I will be quite happy to have this one sitting next to the other
> 3 major live releases from 89/90 ('Palace Springs', 'Glastonbury 90',
> and 'California Brainstorm').
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com