Epoch - Eclipse (The Ultimate Best Of Hawkwind) - Hawkwind

Hawkwind

Advantages: Original, influential
Disadvantages: Should have had more success

. One for completists really. 2/5 In Search of Space (1971) is a more cohesive effort, more generically rock (if a Hawkwind album can be called generic), and possibly one of the first "space rock" albums ever made. 3/5 Doremi Fasol Latido (1972) continued this trend, with more accessible songs and some shorter pieces. 3/5 Space Ritual Alive (1973) was a grand double album which began to show the band's true potential. 4/5 Hall Of The Mountain Grill (1974) was by far their best effort yet, featuring classics such as "Psychadelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)" and "Paradox". This was a somewhat commercial album but still very original- featuring groovy, riff-laden rock tracks interspersed with melodic ambient, almost classical songs such as "Wind of Change" (thankfully not related to that awful awful song by The Scorpions). This one ...

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When Hawkwind were at their peak

Advantages: Few extra minutes added to vinyl version
Disadvantages: DVD has no concert footage

. There are a few notes about how the sales of "Silver Machine" (no 1 in UK and other European countries) allowed the band to stage Space Ritual in the first place. Overall I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a record of how good Hawkwind could be when they were all friends and their live shows were second to none. You will be disappointed if you want footage of the concert in question though. If you want those few extra minutes of the concert that fade out on the vinyl version then buy this. You can always use the DVD as a coaster! If you're happy to miss out on those extra minutes, then buy the remastered CD which is several pounds cheaper. Available from all good record shops (and a few bad ones) and all the usual online suppliers. The RRP (if there is still such a thing) is about £15.00, but you may be able to get it for less ...

loki23 02.07.2007 · Read full review
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Hawkwind Out Of The Shadows live DVD

Advantages: Full show, 5.1 sound, bonus interview with Dave Brock
Disadvantages: One small gripe - Arthur Brown ad libs too much!

This is the most recent concert DVD release from Hawkwind. Recorded in Newcastle in 2002, the line up is Dave Brock, Huw Lloyd Langton, Tim Blake, Richard Chadwick, and very special guest on vocals - Arthur Brown (he of the 60's classic hit 'Fire' by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown). All in all this is a great concert with a mix of old classics and newer material. Soundwise it is superb with a great 5.1 mix which gives it much more of a proper live feel, especially if you can turn the volume up! Track listing is - Earth Calling Aerospace Age Inferno Angels Of Death Out Of The Shadows Time Captives Master Of The Universe Song Of The Gremlins Time And Confusion Hurry On Sundown Lighthouse The Watcher Assassins Of Allah Earth Calling (including You Shouldn't Do That) Sonic Attack Silver Machine That is the full 90 ...

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Review of Hawkwind - In Concert: Out Of The Shadows (DVD)