Space Ritual

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Space Ritual - Alive in London and Liverpool
Space Ritual - Alive in London and Liverpool cover
Live album by Hawkwind
Released 1973
Recorded December 1972
Genre Space Rock
Length 86:55 (original release)
Label United Artists
Producer(s) Hawkwind
Professional reviews
Hawkwind chronology
Doremi Fasol Latido
(1972)		 Space Ritual
(1973)		 Hall of the Mountain Grill
(1974)


Space Ritual - Alive in London and Liverpool is a 1973 Hawkwind album of recordings taped live from the 1972 tour of the same name. Two concerts were featured on the original release which appeared as a double vinyl LP. The first two sides (up to Electronic No. 1) were recorded at Brixton on December 30, whilst the third and forth sides (up the Welcome to the Future) were recorded at the Liverpool Stadium on December 22. Subesquent CD releases have had either no, two or three bonus tracks.

Considered by fans to be one of the group's finest releases, it features the "golden age" band line up of: Dave Brock, Nik Turner, Bob Calvert, Lemmy Kilmister, Simon King, Del Detmar, Dik Mik and Stacia.

Space Ritual features Hawkwind classics such as Master of the Universe, Sonic Attack, Space Is Deep, Born To Go and Brainstorm. Many of these tracks had previously appeared on the earlier studio albums In Search of Space and Doremi Fasol Latido.

There is also a later release entitled Space Ritual Volume 2, which is not actually a sequel but rather a selection of alternate versions of the same material from the December 30 show. This was compiled by former band member Dave Anderson after a series of poor quality unofficial albums were released made from shows from around the same period prompted Dave Brock to allow Anderson to use the remaining recordings from the Space Ritual tour.

Contents

[edit] Tracks

Disc 1
  1. Earth Calling (Calvert) 1:46
  2. Born To Go (Calvert/Brock) 9:56
  3. Down Through The Night (Brock) 6:16
  4. The Awakening (Calvert) 1:32
  5. Lord Of Light (Brock) 7:21
  6. The Black Corridor (Moorcock) 1:51
  7. Space Is Deep (Brock) 8:13
  8. Electornic No 1 (Dik Mik/Dettmar) 2:26
Disc 2
  1. Orgone Accumulator (Calvert/Brock) 9:59
  2. Upside Down (Brock) 2:43
  3. Ten Seconds Of Forever (Calvert) 2:05
  4. Brainstorm (Turner) 9:20
  5. Seven By Seven (Brock) 6:13
  6. Sonic Attack (Moorcock) 2:54
  7. Time We Left (This World Today) (Brock) 5:47
  8. Master Of The Universe (Turner/Brock) 7:37
  9. Welcome To The Future (Calvert) 2:03
Bonus tracks on Remasters CD
  1. You Shouldn't Do That (Turner/Brock) / Seeing It As You Really Are (Brock) 6:55
  2. Master Of The Universe (Turner/Brock) 7:26
  3. Born To Go (Calvert/Brock) 13:04

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Credits

  • Recorded at Liverpool Stadium, 22-Dec-1972 and Brixton Sundown 30-Dec-1972.
  • Produced with Vic Maile and Anton Matthews at Olympic, Barnes.
  • Sleeve by Barney Bubbles - The original sleeve was made of one large 3'x2' piece of cardboard printed on both sides. The records (in psychedelic orange & yellow sleeves) were folded into this. It made Q Magazines 100 greatest album covers list.
  • You Shouldn't Do That (bonus track) recorded at Brixton Sundown 30-Dec-1972. Originally released on the Roadhawks compilation album
  • Master Of The Universe and Born To Go (bonus tracks) recorded at The Roundhouse, 13-Feb-1972. Originally released on the Greasy Truckers Party Various Artists album.

[edit] Notes

  • Earth Calling is a spoken piece, inspired by Lord Haw Haw's 'Germany calling' wartime broadcasts.
  • The Awakening is a spoken piece which had been printed in the Hawklog.
  • The Black Corridor is a spoken piece, adapted from the Michael Moorcock book of the same name.
  • Electronic No. 1 is an elctronic piece, very similar to Cluster '71.
  • Orgone Accumulator lyrics were inspired by Wilhelm Reich. The music (including bass solo) is a version of Canned Heat's Fried Hockey Boogie.

[edit] Release History

  • May-1973: United Artists Records, UAD60037/8, UK vinyl - original issues came in 6 panel fold-out sleeve with inner sleeves. Subsequent releases in gatefold sleeve.
  • Sep-1992: One Way Records, S2257659, USA CD
  • Mar-1996: EMI Remasters, HAWKS4, UK CD - initial copies in digipak with reproduction of the Space Ritual tour programme (Instellation 15)

[edit] External Links

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