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Hawkwind – Live at The Chicago Auditorium (1974) (@320)
04 Mar 2008
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remains largely unchanged from the earlier tour, with Lemmy contributing his trademark vocals, although Calvert has been replaced by Michael Moorcock as poet in residence.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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about 5 years ago
MP3!
Filesonic 1 -> http://tinyurl.com/3ctmhla
Filesonic 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/42oxb54
Rapidshare 1 -> http://tinyurl.com/yrs5uk
Rapidshare 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/2lnfd5
Password -> sakalli
about 3 years ago
Thanks – you can never have enough Hawkwind (well the good stuff anyway!)
about 3 years ago
Juicy!
about 3 years ago
Yet more Hawkwind for the ears,
many thanks and keep it coming
about 3 years ago
Thanks!!!
about 3 years ago
Hello!Uhh this is great!!!
about 3 years ago
Tinyurl is down…for the 4th day running… :-(
about 3 years ago
> Tinyurl is down…for the 4th day running… :-(
I re-checked all files, their tinyurls seem to be fine (at least now).
about 3 years ago
I guess I was too late…’cause Tinyurl is down (again)…at least for me. Would and could you be so kind to use lix.in or another protection host for these files Sakalli?
about 3 years ago
Hiya, I’ve now listened to this and just wanted to say thanks again for the fine music. Next time you are sorting through your hawkwind files, have a look to see if you have ‘Electric Tepee’ as this is thought to be the last great hawkwind recording. many thanks Mal
about 3 years ago
> see if you have ‘Electric Tepee’
I don’t have it sorry, but if anyone has it at a decent bitrate, I’ll be more than happy to post it.
about 3 years ago
Thank you kindly Sakalli :-)
Is it really only me who can’t access Tinyurl? And yes…for me!…Tinyurl is still down..! I have never had this problem with Tinylurl before…
Thx again Sakalli!
about 3 years ago
> Is it really only me who can’t access Tinyurl?
If there are others, you’ve helped them too :)
about 1 year ago
An instant classic, well worth the wait…highly recommended!
about 7 months ago
Praise you for the RS.com links – Hotfile is a total nightmare – even if you’re a member!! Cheers
about 7 months ago
Thank you Sakalli.