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  HAWKS8CD  £15.00

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EMI

Hawkwind

Parallel Universe

'Parallel Universe' is a 3CD journey through the four years Hawkwind spent on the Liberty/U.A. labels. This package of great tracks is something that no serious Hawkwind fan or collector should be without. These are the seminal recordings of the band, the essence of what Hawkwind was at that time, and was all about.

As well as containing a good cross-section of the band's output over the first five years, (the band was actually formed in 1969), the album also features previously unreleased different versions of some songs, as well as a couple of previously unreleased new songs, 'Hog Farm', and 'Take What You Can'. All add to and sit alongside the known recorded history.

Initially the band was psychedelic, musicians from a variety of musical genres, of very different stripes. Mick Slattery, blues guitarist, who played in the band at the conception, but left before the first album was produced; Dave Brock, a blues guitarist and busker; Nik Turner, a free-jazz saxophonist; John Harrison, a big-band bassist; Huw Lloyd-Langton, a classical guitarist; Dik Mik Davis, a primitive Concrete Music Electronics exponent, and Terry Ollis, a primitive drummer. They put together the first album, simply titled, Hawkwind - which was basically a live studio-recording of their live performance; a lot of jamming and free-form music, as well as a couple 'songs': 'Hurry on Sundown', and Mirror of Illusion'. The whole thing was recorded twice and the best of the two versions chosen for the album, with some guitar added by the producer Dick Taylor, guitarist with that band 'The Pretty Things'. The two songs on the album were released as the band's first single.

Tracklist

• CD 1:
  Hurry On Sundown (original mono single)
  Mirror Of Illusion (mono single edit)
  You Know You're Only Dreaming (original 1970 version) (previously unreleased)
  The Reason Is (alternate version) (previously unreleased)
  Be Yourself (alternate mix) (previously unreleased)
  Seeing It As You Really Are (from the album Hawkwind)
  Hog Farm (previously unreleased)
  Kiss Of The Velvet Whip (aka Sweet Mistress Of Pain) (1971 version) (previously unreleased)
  You Shouldn't Do That (from the album In Search Of Space)
  Master Of The Universe (original vocal take) (previously unreleased)
  Children Of The Sun (from the album In Search Of Space)
  Paranoia (Greasy Truckers Party version – live)

  CD 2:

  Brainstorm (from the album Doremi Fasol Latido)
  Space Is Deep (from the album Doremi Fasol Latido)
  Lord Of Light (from the album Doremi Fasol Latido)
  Take What You Can (previously unreleased)
  Silver Machine (original single mix)
  Seven By Seven (original single alternate vocal mix) (previously unreleased)
  Born To Go (Space Ritual version - live)
  Down Throught The Night (Space Ritual version - live)
  Orgone Accumulator (Space Ritual version - live)
  Sonic Attack (Space Ritual version - live)

  CD 3:
  Ejection
  Urban Guerilla (original single)
  Brainbox Pollution (Full length version) (previously unreleased)
  It's So Easy (original studio version) (previously unreleased)
  You'd Better Believe It (Rockfield Studios version) (previously unreleased)
  Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) (single version)
  Wind Of Change (alternate version) (previously unreleased)
  Paradox (remix single edit)
  Hall Of The Mountain Grill (from the album Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
  Lost Johnny (from the album Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
  D-Rider (1999 Party version - live)
  The Watcher (1999 Party version - live)