Thanks to Zen Archer for his contribution.

(Review from amazon)

Hawkwind fans have long endured poorly recorded early live sets (endless re-packagings of Text of a Festival and Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin), unimaginative alternate versions and re-mixes from the definitive tour (Space Ritual Vol 2, Ridicule) and numerous later era official live releases that are often very good, but always very different to the classic era of the band (Palace Springs, Live Chronicles, Live ’79), all in the pursuit of the heady first rush of the Space Ritual.

Live at the Chicago Auditorium (also known as the The 1999 Party), which was actually recorded in March 21st of 1974 might be considered as in the same league as Space Ritual Alive.

For a start, the band line-up remains largely unchanged from the earlier tour, with Lemmy contributing his trademark vocals, although Calvert has been replaced by Michael Moorcock as poet in residence. Several key elements of the actual Space Ritual remain (The Awakening, Sonic Attack, Welcome to the Future), however it is no mistake that the title features the word ‘party’, and while Space Ritual Alive fully captured the reverential awe of that particular event, the 1999 Party is a wonderful document of the band at their most playful, with even Sonic Attack rendered slapstick by the addition of ‘boom-tish’ drum fills to punctuate the dire warnings.

Whereas the “Space Ritual” tour had largely utilised songs from the “Doremi Fasol Latido” album to fill the musical gaps in Calvert’s original vision, this live album showcases tunes from the “Hall of the Mountain Grill” and features the first live version of D-Rider on record anywhere, while “You’d Better Believe It and Paradox”, which were actually live versions when first issued on the “Hall of the Mountain Grill”, get their first outing on an official concert album. You get yet another version of Brainstorm, albeit a particularly good one, the first live recording of single “Brainbox Pollution”, which is an absolute gem, and while this set was purged of all other Doremi material, this album paradoxically features the first live recording of Lemmy’s menacing The Watcher – and what an incredible bass-driven rendering it is!

Lemmy would be busted for possession of amphetamines on the next North American tour and sacked from the band, dancer Miss Stacia and kinky saxophonist Nik Turner both left during the next couple of years, and although Robert Calvert later returned in an expanded role as genuine frontman of the band throughout the second half of the seventies, as the band surprisingly trailblazed their way through the landscape of punk/new wave, Hawkwind would never again be the same band that they were during ’73/’74 – if you were weaned on Space Ritual Alive, then Hawkwind Live at the Chicago Auditorium (The 1999 Party) is the alternate source of the sustenance to which you have become accustomed.

Line-up:
* Dave Brock – guitar, keyboards, vocals
* Nik Turner – saxophone, flute, vocals
* Lemmy – bass guitar, vocals
* Del Dettmar – Synthesizer
* Simon House – violin, keyboards
* Simon King – drums

Track List:
CD1
01. Intro / Standing On The Edge – 4:16
02. Brainbox Pollution – 7:52
03. It’s So Easy – 11:02
04. You Know You’re Only Dreaming – 4:43
05. Veterans of a Thousand Psychic Wars – 2:21
06. Brainstorm – 9:19
07. Seven By Seven – 9:26
CD2
01. The Watcher – 6:40
02. The Awakening – 2:40
03. Paradox – 5:43
04. You’d Better Believe It – 8:09
05. Psychedelic Warlords – 3:47
06. D-Rider – 7:46
07. Sonic Attack – 4:30
08. Master Of The Universe – 6:57
09. Welcome To The Future – 2:32

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