Quark Strangeness and Charm

[Ripley]

Remember Hawkwind?

[Tom Kitten]

1. of course!

I bought the double live lp Space Ritual the day it came out (I was 16) because they were playing it in the record store! First time I had ever heard of them...I still have all the original albums (I think) up to PRX5...I have been able to get most of them on cd but Quark Strangeness and Charm (probably my favorite) continues to elude me...I liked them especially during the Robert Calvert years, his solo lp "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" is essentially Hawkwind plus Arthur Brown and a few other guests...(Eno? Vivian Stanshall?)
I didn't like them as much when they went more metallic later ...

I did see shows on the two tours "Nik Turner's Hawkwind" did about a decade ago...they were fun but not exactly the same thing, but that's oK...

I also saw Gong (who I kinda compare them to, you know, trippy space rock) a few years ago at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland...Pretty much the original crew was all ther except Steve Hillage, but the guitarist they had knew some chops...now that was a great show! Sparsely attended though...

I think I'll listen to some Hawkwind tonight..."Psychedelic Warlords Disappear in Smoke" sounds good...

[Ripley]

3. Blue Man Group uses some Steve Hillage...

Saw them in Vegas a few years ago. Now that was a good-weird show...if you want to talk about touching the audience....it got ... into the throat of a guy...on camera...

"Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music" more Hawkwind.

Brand X ?

[Tom Kitten]

6. I never really listened to Brand X...

except for an lp a friend brought over...it seemed more like fusion than the sound I was really into at the time, like Hawkwind, Gong, Can, Henry Cow, even Hatfield and the North...some music engages me and some leaves me sterile...I personally prefer the droning tribal sound over the sudden start stops and abrupt changes (featuring individual virtiuoso instrumentalists) I heard in so many jazz/rock groups...They just do not connect with me, sorry!

ps sorry for late reply was busy getting chagrined in GD2004 forum!

[Ripley]

5. Thanks..

low wall

[Taverner]

2. Love Hawkwind...

[Ripley]

4. leeah

[Tom Kitten]

7. plus they were influential (I like to think)...

musically if not content wise...
the bass sets the pace, the beat moves the feet , the rhythm starts the motion...to me that is essential, it is what that is added that determines uniqueness...
I've been listenibg to a bunch of Congolese music lately, especially the great Franco...He had it together!

[Ripley]

9. You are moving...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. "Epoch Eclipse"...the EMI great-sounding box set in the little box

1. Hurry On Sundown
2. Paranoia (Part 2)
3. Master Of The Universe
4. Children Of The Sun
5. Silver Machine (Original Single Version)
6. Seven By Seven (Original Single Version)
7. Brainstorm
8. Space Is Deep
9. Urban Guerilla
10. Brainbox Pollution
11. Sonic Attack
12. Orgone Acumulator
13. Lost Johnny
14. Psychedelic Warlords (Single Edit)
15. Motorhead
16. Assault And Battery
17. Golden Void (Part 2)
18. Magnu
19. Kerb Crawler
20. Steppenwolf
21. Back On The Streets
22. Quark Strangeness And Charm
23. Hassan I Shaba
24. Spirit Of The Age
25. Psi Power
26. 25 Years
27. High Rise
28. Death Trap
29. Uncle Sams On Mars
30. Shot Down In The Night (Live) (Single Version)
31. Motorway City
32. Levitation
33. Angels Of Death
34. Coded Languages
35. Some People Never Die
36. Choose Your Masques
37. Night Of The Hawks
38. Needle Gun
39. The War I Survived
40. Black Elk Speaks
41. Right To Decide
42. Sputnik Stan
43. Love In Space
44. Silver Machine (Infected By The Scourge Of The Earth)

"Full title - Epoch - Eclipse 30 year Anthology. Three disc retrospective to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the kings of space rock. 44 tracks, including some remixes, single edits, original versions and other hard to find gems. Packaged in a CD-sized brilliant box with each CD in a separate translucent slipcase. The brilliant box comes safely housed within a clear, thick plastic slipcase embossed with silver lettering."