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The Hawkwind, Friends and Relations series of albums was released in the early 1980s containing live and studio performances by Hawkwind

Hawkwind

Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

and related bands.

It was released through the independent record company Flicknife Records

Flicknife Records

Flicknife Records was an independent record label setup in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Marc "Frenchy" Gloder, and Gina 'Wild Thing' Nares. It specialised in psychedelic rock and Hawkwind and ex-members solo projects...

, with the rights subsequently sold onto Cherry Red

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...

who continue to release packages through their Anagram

Anagram

An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...

label comprising this and other Hawkwind related material originally released by Flicknife Records

Flicknife Records

Volume 1

"Who's Gonna Win The War?
Who's Gonna Win The War?
"Who's Gonna Win The War?" is a 1980 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was released as a single in the UK on 7 November 1980, being an edit of the version on the album Levitation....

" (Brock) – Hawklords
Hawklords
Hawklords were an English music group active between 1978 and 1979. They were borne from the disbanded Hawkwind and a local Devon group named Ark with the addition of former Pilot keyboardist Steve Swindells.The use of the name Hawklords instead of Hawkwind may...

, Rockfield Studios 1979
"Golden Void" (Brock) – Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins were a UK band formed in 1977, composed of members from Hawkwind and local Devon band Ark.-Formation:Hawkwind main writers Robert Calvert and Dave Brock were living in Devon towards the end of 1977 and had befriended local band Ark, who had often supported Hawkwind at some of...

, Barnstaple 23-Dec-1977
"Robot" (Calvert/Brock) – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, Leicester 29-Sep-1977
"Raj Neesh" (Turner/Thoms/Reeves/Erba) – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...

, Mekon Studios 1982
"Good Girl, Bad Girl" (Moorcock/Pavli) – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....

, Mekon Studios 1982
"Valium 10" (Brock/Bainbridge/Swindells/King) – Hawklords
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, Rockfield Studios 1979
"Human Beings" (Turner/Thoms/Reeves/Erba) – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...

, Mekon Studios 1982
"Time Centre" (Moorcock/Pavli) – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....

, Mekon Studios 1982

Volume 2 – Twice Upon A Time

"Earth Calling" (Calvert) – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, London Sundown 30-Dec-1972
"We Do It" (Hawkwind) – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, BBC session 19-Apr-1971
"Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, Leicester 29-Sep-1977
"The Changing" (Bainbridge) – Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....

, 1983
"Phone Home Elliot" (Turner/Bainbridge/Brock) – Uncle Nik & The ETs, 1983
"Work" (Strange/Griffin) – Richard Strange
Richard Strange
For the Jesuit, see Richard Strange Richard "Kid" Strange is an English writer, actor, musician, curator, teacher, adventurer, and the founder and front man of seminal mid-seventies protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness.-Music:Strange's first band was Doctors of Madness, formed in 1975,...

featuring Martin Griffin, 1983
"The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. It stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold...

" (Bernstein/Fine) – Nik Turner
Nik Turner
Nik Turner is a British musician, best known as a founding member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner plays saxophones, flute, sings and is a composer...

, 1983
"Motherless Children" (traditional) – Dave Brock
Dave Brock
David Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...

, 1983

Volume 3

"Psychedelia Lives" (Hawkwind) – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, Glastonbury 1981
"Drug Cabinet Key" [aka "Flying Doctor"] (Calvert/Brock) – Hawklords
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

, Uxbridge 1978
"Wired For Sound" [aka "Earthed To The Ground"] (Brock) – Dave Brock
Dave Brock
David Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...

, 1984
"Widow Song" (Calvert) – Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...

, 1984
"Toad On The Road" (N.Alman/Waki Gumbo Jr) – Alman Mulo Band
Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....

, 1984
"When The Going Gets Tough" (Brock) – Dave Brock
Dave Brock
David Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...

, 1983
"Vampire" (Pavli/Theaker) – Stravinsky's Shoe, 1984
"Canes Venatica" (Rix/Rix) – Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø is a British space rock band, based in Norfolk, UK. The band is also known as UZØ. While the band is often referred to as "Underground Zero" or "Underground Zer0" in print, the official name of the band includes the slashed zero in its name...

, 1983

The Best of Hawkwind, Friends and Relations

"Spirit Of The Age" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

– from Volume 2
"Raj Neesh" – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...

– from Volume 1
"Robot" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

– from Volume 1
"Canes Venatici" – Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø is a British space rock band, based in Norfolk, UK. The band is also known as UZØ. While the band is often referred to as "Underground Zero" or "Underground Zer0" in print, the official name of the band includes the slashed zero in its name...

– from Volume 3
"Dodgem Dudes" – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
"Golden Void" – Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins were a UK band formed in 1977, composed of members from Hawkwind and local Devon band Ark.-Formation:Hawkwind main writers Robert Calvert and Dave Brock were living in Devon towards the end of 1977 and had befriended local band Ark, who had often supported Hawkwind at some of...

– from Volume 1
"Lord Of The Hornets" – Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
"Motherless Children" – Dave Brock
Dave Brock
David Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...

– from Volume 2
"Sweet Mistress Of Pain" – Hawkwind Zoo
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
"Social Alliance" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

- from Zones
Zones (album)
Zones is an album by Hawkwind released in 1983 consisting of studio demos from 1981 and live performances between 1980 and 1982.The tracks on side 1 have been included on the 2009 3CD re-issue of Levitation in expanded form.-Side 1:...
"Outside The Law" – Lloyd Langton Group
"Time Centre" – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....

– from Volume 1
"Vampire" – Stravinsky's Shoe – from Volume 3
"Over the Top" – Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins
Sonic Assassins were a UK band formed in 1977, composed of members from Hawkwind and local Devon band Ark.-Formation:Hawkwind main writers Robert Calvert and Dave Brock were living in Devon towards the end of 1977 and had befriended local band Ark, who had often supported Hawkwind at some of...
"Space Invaders" – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...
"Psi Power
Psi Power
Psi Power is a 1978 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 6 October 1978, being a slightly different version to the one on the album Hawklords....

" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

– from "This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic is a 1984 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. The album consisted of two discs: an LP which was recorded during the group's 1980 Levitation tour; and a 12" EP recorded on at their June 1984 appearance at the Stonehenge Free Festival.The group's...

"

Hawkwind, Friends and Relations: The Rarities

"Aimless Flight" – Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø is a British space rock band, based in Norfolk, UK. The band is also known as UZØ. While the band is often referred to as "Underground Zero" or "Underground Zer0" in print, the official name of the band includes the slashed zero in its name...
"Psychedelia Lives" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

– from Volume 3
"Working Time" – Lloyd Langton Group
"Rainbow Warrior" – Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø is a British space rock band, based in Norfolk, UK. The band is also known as UZØ. While the band is often referred to as "Underground Zero" or "Underground Zer0" in print, the official name of the band includes the slashed zero in its name...
"Brothel In Rosenstrasse" – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
"Toad On The Road" – Alman Mulo Band
Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....

– from Volume 3
"Earth Calling" – Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....

- from Volume 2
"The Changing" – Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Bainbridge
Harvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....

– from Volume 2
"The Widow Song" – Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert
Robert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...

– from Volume 3
"Starcruiser" – Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
"I.C.U." – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...
"I See you" – Lloyd Langton Group
"Human Beings" – Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit
Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...
"Atom Bomb"- Atomgods
Atomgods
Atomgods were a UK heavy rock band from late 1980s.The band were formed by former Inner City Unit guitarist Judge Trev Thoms, the first recording lineup consisting of Hiro Sasaki and Kofi Baker...
"Phone Home Elliott" – Uncle Nik and The ETs – from Volume 2

Hawkwind Friends and Relations Volume 6 – Cosmic Travellers

"The Right Stuff" – Pressurehead
"Between Worlds" – Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø
Underground Zerø is a British space rock band, based in Norfolk, UK. The band is also known as UZØ. While the band is often referred to as "Underground Zero" or "Underground Zer0" in print, the official name of the band includes the slashed zero in its name...
"We Do It" – Hawkwind – from Volume 2
"Grid Co/ordinate Vorp One" – Anubian Lights
"Time Of The Hawklords" – Hawklords
"Venusian Skyline" – Melting Euphoria
"The Master" – Helios Creed
Helios Creed
Helios Creed is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid 1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome. They are credited with being the godfathers of what later became known as Industrial Rock music...
"A Trip To G9" – Spiral Realms
"Seeing Strange Lights" – Dark Matter
"Pre Cambrian Shuffle" – The Brain
"Space Does Not Care" – Zero Gravity

Release history

Volume 1: LP, Mar-1982, Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records was an independent record label setup in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Marc "Frenchy" Gloder, and Gina 'Wild Thing' Nares. It specialised in psychedelic rock and Hawkwind and ex-members solo projects...

, SHARP101
Volume 2: LP, Apr-1983, Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records was an independent record label setup in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Marc "Frenchy" Gloder, and Gina 'Wild Thing' Nares. It specialised in psychedelic rock and Hawkwind and ex-members solo projects...

, SHARP107
Volume 3: LP, Apr-1985, Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records
Flicknife Records was an independent record label setup in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Marc "Frenchy" Gloder, and Gina 'Wild Thing' Nares. It specialised in psychedelic rock and Hawkwind and ex-members solo projects...

, SHARP024
Best Of: CD, Mar-1993, Anagram Records, CDMGRAM61
The Rarities: CD, Mar-1995, Anagram Records, CDGRAM91
Volume 6: Apr-1996, CD, Anagram Records, CDGRAM105
Best Of And The Rarities: Dec-2001, 2CD, Anagram Records, CDGRAM152

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