New Worlds Fair is a 1975 concept album by UK rock group Michael Moorcock & 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....

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Moorcock was an established science fiction

Science fiction

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 author who had contributed lyrics and occasionally performed with Hawkwind

Hawkwind

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. In 1974 he was offered a record deal by Andrew Lauder

Andrew Lauder (music executive)

Andrew Lauder is a record company executive and former A&R manager. Initially noted for his adventurous signings of bands as diverse as Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Can, Hawkwind and Brinsley Schwarz to Liberty Records and United Artists Records in the 1960s and 70s, he went on to form numerous...

, Hawkwind's A&R

A&R

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 man for United Artists Records

United Artists Records

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, although Moorcock insisted that his compatriots Steve Gilmore and Graham Charnock should have significant input into the album.

The single "Dodgem Dude"/"Starcruiser" had been recorded just prior to the album, but United Artists passed on the idea of releasing it. Some time later as Moorcock was visiting his former manager Douglas Smith, with whom he was in dispute, he discovered the tapes for the single lying around the office. Without Smith's knowledge he took them, passing them onto Frenchy Gloder who gave the single a belated release on his 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...

 label (FLS200, December 1980).

The album has received two re-releases featuring various bonus tracks, in 1995 on Griffin (USA) and Dojo (UK), and in 2008 on Esoteric (UK). In 2004, Voiceprint Records

Voiceprint Records

Voiceprint Records is a company and record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialise in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also have new releases, all under the Voiceprint and other imprints....

 released an alternate version of the album as Roller Coaster Holiday.

Side One

1. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (Michael Moorcock)
2. "Fair Dealer" (Moorcock)
3. "Octopus" (Steve Gilmore)
4. "Sixteen Year Old Doom" (Moorcock)
5. "You're A Hero" (Graham Charnock)
6. "Song For Marlene" (Sam Shepard
   Sam Shepard
   Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
   
   /Gilmore)

Side Two

1. "Come To The Fair" (Charnock)
2. "In The Name Of Rock And Roll" (Charnock)
3. "Ferris Wheel" (Gilmore)
4. "Last Merry Go Round" (Moorcock)
5. "Dude's Dream (Rolling In The Ruins)" (Moorcock)

2007 bonus tracks

1. "Dodgem Dude" (Moorcock)
2. "The Brothel In Rossenstrasse" (Moorcock/Pavli)
3. "Starcruiser" (Moorcock)
4. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (Demo) (Moorcock)
5. "Kings Of Speed" (Previously Unreleased) (Moorcock)
6. "You're A Hero" (Demo - Previously Unreleased) (Moorcock)
7. "Dodgem Dude" (First Demo - Previously Unreleased) (Moorcock)

1995 Version

1. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (narration) (Moorcock) - 1:20
2. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (demo) (Moorcock) - 4:26
3. "Fair Dealer" (Moorcock) - 5:07
4. "Narration 1" (Moorcock) - 0:34
5. "Octopus" (Gilmore) - 2:27
6. "16 Year Doom" (Moorcock) - 4:16
7. "You're a Hero" (intro) (Moorcock) - 0:12
8. "You're a Hero" (Charnock) - 3:11
9. "Song For Marlene" (intro) (Moorcock) - 0:17
10. "Song For Marlene" (Shepard/Gilmore) - 5:09
11. "Dodgem Dude" (Moorcock) - 2:45
12. "Come to the Fair" (Charnock) - 1:20
13. "Starcruiser" (Moorcock) - 3:14
14. "Narration 3" (Moorcock) - 0:24
15. "In the Name of Rock and Roll" (Charnock) - 4:07
16. "Narration 4" (Moorcock) - 0:32
17. "Ferris Wheel" (Gilmore) - 5:56
18. "Narration 5" (Moorcock) - 0:19
19. "Last Merry Go Round" (Moorcock) - 2:11
20. "Dude's Dream" (narration) (Moorcock) - 0:14
21. "Dude's Dream" (Moorcock) - 4:42
22. "Brothel in Rosenstrasse" (Moorcock/Peter Pavli) - 3:44

Roller Coaster Holiday

1. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (Moorcock) - 4:39
2. "Fair Dealer" (Moorcock) - 5:28
3. "Octopus" (Gilmore) - 2:27
4. "Sixteen Year Old Doom" (Moorcock) - 4:28
5. "You're a Hero" (Charnock) - 4:16
6. "Song for Marlene" (Gilmore, Shepard) - 4:22
7. "Dodgem Dude" (Moocock) - 3:03
8. "Come to the Fair" (Charnock) - 1:24
9. "Starcruiser" (Moorcock) - 3:19
10. "In the Name of Rock and Roll" (Charnock) - 4:34
11. "Ferris Wheel" (Gilmore) - 5:30
12. "Last Merry-Go-Round" (Moorcock) - 2:24
13. "Dude's Dream (Rolling in the Ruins)" (Moorcock) - 5:00
14. "Candy Floss Cowboy" (early workout) (Moorcock) - 6:04
15. "Starcruiser" (instrumental) (Moorcock) - 3:43
16. "Dude's Dream" (acoustic different lyrics) (Moorcock) - 5:15

Personnel

• Michael Moorcock - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
• Graham Charnock - Guitar, Vocals
• Steve Gilmore - Guitar, Vocals
• Kuma Harada - Bass
• Peter Pavli - Cello

with

• Snowy White
  Snowy White
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   - Guitar
• Herbert North - Guitar
• 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...
  
   - Saxophone
• 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...
  
   - Guitar
• Simon House
  Simon House
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   - Violin, Keyboards
• Simon King
  Simon King (musician)
  Simon King is an English drummer most noted for his work with Hawkwind. He was described in 1985 by British rock magazine 'Sounds' as 'definitive rock drummer.'...
  
   - Drums
• Alan Powell
  Alan Powell
  Alan Powell is a drummer who was mainly active during the 1970s.In 1964 Alan joined Manchester R&B band Ivans Meads who released their first single for EMI label "Sins of a Family" followed in 1965 with "We'll Talk about it Tomorrow"...
  
   - Drums
• Shirley Roden - Vocals
• Debi Ross - Vocals

Credits

• Recorded: Jackson's Studios & Pye Studios, London 1974–1975
• Cover: Barney Bubbles
  Barney Bubbles
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Release history

• March 1975: UK, United Artists (UAG 29732), vinyl
• March 1995: USA, Griffin Music
  Griffin Music
  Griffin Music was an independent record label created in 1989 in Toronto, Canada by author/publisher Robert Godwin. It was originally created to finance and record the second album of Led Zeppelin tribute act, Michael White & The White...
  
  (GCD 332 2), CD Box Set with hardback book "Death Is No Obstacle"
• May 1995: UK, Dojo Records (DOJOCD 088), CD
• 8 November 2004: Roller Coaster Holiday, UK, Voiceprint Records (VP351CD), CD
• January 2008: UK, Esoteric Records (ECLEC 2026), CD

External links

• Moorcock's Miscellany - New World's Fair Lyrics