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losthighway wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:23 pm I just want everyone to know how much fun I've been having driving around listening to U.F.O.

That’s not a situation for a n-nervous boy!

losthighway wrote: Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:23 pm I just want everyone to know how much fun I've been having driving around listening to U.F.O.

Glad to read this.

Choose just one? I love 'em all. This is seriously some of my favorite music. Have to go with Deep Purple for the excellence of Ian Gillan (THE best hard rock vocalist of the early '70s) and flash lefty drummer Ian Paice. In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head and Made In Japan are all essential. The Book Of Taleisyn (with early vocalist Rod Evans) has its moments, especially the supercharged version of Neil Diamond's Kentucky Woman. Burn (with David Coverdale) is primo shit as well.

Captain Beyond, Groundhogs, Randy Holden's Population II, Budgie, Hawkwind, Sir Lord Baltimore, and St. Cecilia by Stalk-Forrest Group (aka Blue Oyster Cult) are also in heavy rotation at my house.

This, right here. Play it LOUD:

Next question:

Favorite Hawkwind records?

I dipped my toe in mostly due to the Lemmy connection, but their discography is so deep and varied that I never found my way.

losthighway wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 1:58 pm Next question:

Favorite Hawkwind records?

I'm somewhat hesitant about recommending a live record as an entry point but I'd be surprised if anyone argued against checking out Space Ritual.

Don't feel guilty skipping the Cosmic Poetry Interludes if that's not your thing.

Man, I want to vote Blue Cheer but I think I've heard only Vincebus Eruptum and it, seriously, has to have been over a decade since I did.

I guess I'll just take this thread as a recommendation list.

Krev wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:56 am

I Iike Argus by Wishbone Ash, but it's not really heavy at all.

History Channel should do a docu-series on records that didn't sound like their covers; Argus could be an episode, with that big metal af knight on the cover.

Another candidate would be Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson. Looks metal af but is just the wimpiest goddamned thing. Got it sound unheard from a Goodwill hin when I was eighteen. Cool gatefold cover. But damn. Wimpy.

losthighway wrote: Sun Jul 31, 2022 1:58 pm Next question:

Favorite Hawkwind records?

I dipped my toe in mostly due to the Lemmy connection, but their discography is so deep and varied that I never found my way.

I fucking love Hawkwind.

OK, so Hawkwind has "periods" the way The Fall did. The Fall had Mark Smith, Hawkwind has Dave Brock.

For the early stuff (1970-1975), I'd recommend starting with In Search of Space, but all the studio releases up through Warrior on the Edge of Time are good. I really love the S/T debut as well, though this has more a krautrock/hippy vibe. Lemmy appears on much of this stuff.

The next period is the Robert Calvert years, 1976-1979. This period is much different, and moves into pop/prog territory. Calvert was a strange cat who wrote great lyrics, very sci-fi, probably a PKD fan. Quark, Strangeness, and Charm, 25 Years On (released as Hawklords), and PXR5 are all really good. Astounding... I'm not such a fan of. Jello Biafra is a huge fan of Hawkwind and Calvert in particular, and Biafra kind of took something from Calvert's vocal style. A couple of favorites:





Calvert also fronted the albums Lucky Leif & the Longships and Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters, both concept albums, the latter of which is excellent. On both of those he was backed by Hawkwind and others. IIRC, Brian Eno produced the former.

The releases after Calvert I have little interest in.

Have fun!

Charlie D wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:35 pm

Krev wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:56 am

I Iike Argus by Wishbone Ash, but it's not really heavy at all.

History Channel should do a docu-series on records that didn't sound like their covers; Argus could be an episode, with that big metal af knight on the cover.

Another candidate would be Olias of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson. Looks metal af but is just the wimpiest goddamned thing. Got it sound unheard from a Goodwill hin when I was eighteen. Cool gatefold cover. But damn. Wimpy.

If there was one band that never sounded like their covers presented, it's Molly fucking Hatchet.

enframed wrote: Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:18 pm Have fun!

Thanks for the analysis.

So far "Psychedelic Warlords (disappear in smoke)" has been the most fun. I started with Hall of the Mountain Grill. It's been inconsistent but I think I should follow your advice and go back through Space Ritual, Doremi and In Search of Space.