Spirit of the Age Anthology
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Spirit of the Age and The Dream Goes On are two triple CD anthologies released in 2008 covering the periods 1976-84 and 1985-97 of the British rock group Hawkwind
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They will be released on Atomhenge Records, a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records, which will be dedicated to re-releasing Hawkwind's back catalogue from the years 1976 to 1997. These anthologies precede the release of the re-mastered albums which will feature bonus tracks.
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....
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They will be released on Atomhenge Records, a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records, which will be dedicated to re-releasing Hawkwind's back catalogue from the years 1976 to 1997. These anthologies precede the release of the re-mastered albums which will feature bonus tracks.
Disc 1
- "Reefer Madness" [full version] (Robert CalvertRobert CalvertRobert 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...
, Dave BrockDave BrockDavid 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...
) – Astounding Sounds, Amazing MusicAstounding Sounds, Amazing MusicAstounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind, released in 1976. It reached #33 on the UK album charts....
– this version previously unreleased - "Kadu Flyer" (Nik TurnerNik TurnerNik 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...
, Simon HouseSimon HouseSimon House is a composer and classically trained violinist and keyboard player, perhaps best known for his work with space rock band Hawkwind. His arrival in 1974 introduced a new element to the band's style...
) – Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music - "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
- "Kerb CrawlerKerb CrawlerKerb Crawler is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 16 July 1976 taken from the album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music....
" (Calvert, Brock) – Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music - "Back on the StreetsBack on the Streets (single)Back on the Streets is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 28 January 1977 and has been included on some North American versions of the album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music. It featured on Spirit of the Age - a 1988 compilation album...
" (Calvert, Paul RudolphPaul Rudolph (musician)Paul Fraser Rudolph is a guitarist,bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling...
) – single A-side - "The Dream of Isis" (Brock, House, Simon KingSimon 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.'...
) – "Back on the Streets" single B-side - "Quark, Strangeness and CharmQuark, Strangeness and Charm (single)"Quark, Strangeness and Charm" is a 1977 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind, being the title track from the Quark, Strangeness and Charm album....
" (Calvert, Brock) – Quark, Strangeness and CharmQuark, Strangeness and CharmQuark, Strangeness And Charm is the seventh studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1977. It spent 6 weeks on the UK albums chart peaking at #30.... - "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- "Damnation Alley" (Calvert, Brock, House) – Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- "Hassan-i-Sabbah" (Calvert, Rudolph) – Quark, Strangeness and Charm
- "Over the Top" (Calvert, Brock) – Sonic AssassinsSonic AssassinsSonic 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...
- "The Golden Void" (Brock) – Sonic Assassins
- "Psi PowerPsi PowerPsi 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....
" (Calvert, Brock) – 25 Years On25 Years OnHawklords is the eighth studio album by Hawkwind, released in 1978. It released under the name Hawklords for legal reasons, as there was a dispute over ownership of the name "Hawkwind" at the time. It reached #48 on the UK album charts. It was originally titled 25 Years On and the first 25000 were...
Disc 2
- "25 Years" [alternate mix] (Brock) – 25 Years On – this version previously unreleased
- "Freefall" [non-cross-faded mix] (Calvert, Harvey BainbridgeHarvey BainbridgeHarvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....
) – 25 Years On – this version previously unreleased - "The Only Ones" [non-cross-faded mix] (Calvert, Brock) – 25 Years On – this version previously unreleased
- "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, King) – PXR5PXR5PXR5 is the ninth studio album by Hawkwind, released in 1979. It reached #59 on the UK album charts.-Overview:The album was recorded and mixed at Rockfield Studios in January and February 1978. "Uncle Sam's On Mars", "Robot" and "High Rise" were originally recorded on the preceding UK tour but were...
- "Jack of Shadows" (Calvert, House, Adrian Shaw) – PXR5
- "High Rise" (Calvert, House) – PXR5
- "Robot" (Calvert, Brock) – PXR5
- "Shot Down in the NightShot Down in the NightShot Down in the Night is a 1979 song written by Steve Swindells, who was at that time keyboardist with the UK rock group Hawkwind. Swindells and Hawkwind released different versions of the song as a single on 27 June 1980...
" [live] [single version] (Steve SwindellsSteve SwindellsSteve Swindells is an English singer-songwriter, keyboardist, party organiser, club promoter and journalist.Swindells grew up in the Bath and Bristol area, dropping out of art college to play keyboards with the rock band Squidd. Relocating to London in 1973 and living in squats, he recorded his...
) – Live Seventy Nine - "Brainstorm" [live] (Turner) – Live Seventy Nine
- "Motorway CityMotorway City"Motorway City" is a 1983 single by the UK rock group Hawkwind.This version was recorded live on the Levitation tour and released as a single on Flicknife Records in the UK on 28 October, 1983, taken from the album Zones...
" (Brock) – LevitationLevitation (album)Levitation is the tenth studio album by English rock group Hawkwind, released in 1980. It peaked at #21 on the UK Albums Chart.At the time of its release, band leader Dave Brock stated: "with Levitation we’ve come full circle back to the style of our debut album... - "Levitation" (Brock) – Levitation
- "Space Chase" (Huw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-Langton is an English guitarist, best known as the guitarist for Hawkwind. He also had his own band, the Lloyd Langton Group with bass player Kenny Wilson and drummer John Clark , and is the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on...
) – Levitation - "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....
" [single version] (Brock) – Levitation - "Nuclear Toy" (Brock, Lloyd-Langton) – "Who's Gonna Win the War?" single B-side
- "Transdimensional Man" (Brock) – "Angels of Death" single B-side
Disc 3
- "Angels of DeathAngels of Death (single)Angels of Death is a 1981 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK on 18 October 1981, being an edit from the one on the album Sonic Attack....
" [alternate single version] (Brock) – Sonic Attack – this version previously unreleased - "Rocky Paths" (Lloyd-Langton) – Sonic Attack
- "Virgin of the World" (Bainbridge) – Sonic Attack
- "Nuclear Drive" (Brock) – Church of HawkwindChurch of HawkwindChurch of Hawkwind is the twelfth studio album by Hawkwind, released under the band name Church of Hawkwind in 1982. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than the usual heavy rock that the band were...
- "Some People Never Die" (Brock) – Church of Hawkwind
- "The Psychedelic Warlords" (Brock) – "Silver Machine" single B-side
- "Silver MachineSilver MachineSilver Machine is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching #3 on the UK singles chart. The single was re-issued in 1976, 1978 reaching #34 on the UK singles charts, and in 1983 reaching #67 on the UK singles charts...
" [single version] (Calvert, Brock) – Choose Your MasquesChoose Your MasquesChoose Your Masques is the thirteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1982. It spent five weeks on the UK albums chart peaking at #29.... - "Choose Your Masks" (Michael MoorcockMichael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
, Brock) – Choose Your Masques - "Dream Worker" (Bainbridge) – Choose Your Masques
- "Waiting for Tomorrow" (Lloyd-Langton) – Choose Your Masques
- "Arrival in Utopia" (Moorcock, Brock) – Choose Your Masques
- "Utopia `84" [live] (Brock) – ZonesZones (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:...
- "Social Alliance" [live] (Brock) – Zones
- "Dragons and Fables" (Lloyd-Langton) – The Earth Ritual PreviewThe Earth Ritual PreviewThe Earth Ritual Preview is a 1984 EP by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It spent two weeks on the UK singles chart peaking at #86...
EP - "Night of the Hawks" (Brock) – The Earth Ritual Preview EP
- "Stonehenge Decoded" [live] (Brock) – This Is Hawkwind, Do Not PanicThis Is Hawkwind, Do Not PanicThis 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...
- "Orgone Accumulator" [live] (Calvert, Brock) – Undisclosed Files AddendumUndisclosed Files AddendumUndisclosed Files Addendum is a 1995 live album release by Hawkwind, composed of highlights from two concerts in 1984 and 1988.Tracks 7-11 were re-released in May 2010 as bonus tracks on The Xenon Codex.-Track listing:...
Disc 1
- "Song of the Swords" (Brock) – The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- "Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- "Needle Gun" (Brock) – The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- "Zarozinia" (Kris Tait, Brock) – The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- "Master of the Universe" [live] (Turner, Brock) – Live ChroniclesLive ChroniclesLive Chronicles is a 1986 album by Hawkwind recorded of a live performance of their The Chronicle of the Black Sword concept album based on the Michael Moorcock character Elric of Melniboné.-Overview:...
- "Dreaming City" [live] (Lloyd-Langton) – Live Chronicles
- "Moonglum" [live] (Lloyd-Langton) – Live Chronicles
- "Elric the Enchanter" [live] (Brock, Alan DaveyAlan DaveyAlan Davey may refer to:* Alan Davey , chief executive of the Arts Council England* Alan Davey is best known as the former bassist with Hawkwind. He is now the bass player/vocalist for Gunslinger as well as Hawklords, Meads of Asphodel, and Thunor....
) – Live Chronicles - "Conjuration of Magnu" [live] (Brock) – Live Chronicles
- "Magnu" [live] (Brock) – Live Chronicles
- "Dust of Time" [live] (Brock, Bainbridge, Lloyd-Langton) – Live Chronicles
- "Cajun Jinx" (Bainbridge, Brock, Davey, Danny Thompson) – Out and Intake
- "The War I Survived" (Roger Neville-Neil, Brock) – The Xenon CodexThe Xenon Codex-External links:*...
- "Heads" (Neville-Neil, Brock) – The Xenon Codex
- "Lost Chronicles" (Bainbridge) – The Xenon Codex
- "Wastelands of Sleep" (Tait, Brock) – The Xenon Codex
- "Wings" (Davey) – Space BanditsSpace BanditsSpace Bandits is the sixteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1990. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #70....
- "Ship of Dreams" (Brock) – Space Bandits
- "T.V. Suicide" (Bainbridge) – Space Bandits
Disc 2
- "Images" (Bridget WishartBridget WishartBridget Wishart is a vocalist and performance artist who performed with Hawkwind from 1989 to 1991, appearing on the albums Space Bandits, Palace Springs, California Brainstorm and Take Me to Your Future and, among others, the Nottingham 1990 video.She obtained BA in Fine Art from Newport Art...
, Brock, Davey) – Space Bandits - "Back in the Box" (Wishart, Brock, Bainbrige, Davey, Richard Chadwick) – Palace SpringsPalace Springs (album)Palace Springs is a 1991 live/studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind.Although released in 1991, this album was recorded in 1989 prior to the previous album Space Bandits...
- "Treadmill" (Brock) – Palace Springs
- "Assault and Battery" (listed as "Lives of Great Men") [live] (Brock) – Palace Springs
- "The Golden Void" (listed as "Void of Golden Light") [live] (Brock) – Palace Springs
- "Eons" (aka "Snake Dance") [live] (Brock, Bainbrige, Davey, Chadwick) – California BrainstormCalifornia BrainstormCalifornia Brainstorm is a live album by the British space rock group Hawkwind, recorded during their North America tour in 1990, and released in 1992 in the USA on the Iloki label....
- "Ejection" [live] (Calvert) – California Brainstorm
- "LSD" (Davey, Chadwick) – Electric TepeeElectric TepeeElectric Tepee is the seventeenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1992. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #53....
- "Mask of Morning" (Brock) – Electric Tepee
- "The Secret Agent" (Brock) – Electric Tepee
- "Letting in the Past" (aka "Looking in the Future") (Brock) – It Is the Business of the Future to Be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous is the eighteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1993. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #75....
- "The Camera That Could Lie" (Brock) – It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
Disc 3
- "Space is Their (Palestine)" (Brock) – It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
- "The Dream Goes On" (aka "The Iron Dream") [live] (Brock, Davey, Chadwick) – The Business TripThe Business TripThe Business Trip is a 1994 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It was recorded during the group's 1992 tour to promote the It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous album....
- "Right to Decide" [live] (Brock, Davey) – The Business Trip
- "The Dream Has Ended" (aka "You Know You're Only Dreaming") [live] (Brock, Davey, Chadwick) – The Business Trip
- "This Future" (aka "Welcome to the Future") [live] (Calvert) – The Business Trip
- "White Zone" (Brock) – White ZoneWhite ZoneWhite Zone is the nineteenth studio album by Hawkwind released under the band name Psychedelic Warriors in 1995. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than rock, the album is completely instrumental ...
- "Sputnik Stan" (Davey) – Alien 4Alien 4 (album)Alien 4 is the twentieth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1995. At the end of 1994, with the group established as a three piece of guitarist Dave Brock, bassist Alan Davey and drummer Richard Chadwick, they felt they were lacking visually in terms of showmanship...
- "Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – Alien 4
- "Alien I Am" [The Roswell Edit] (Brock) – Area S4 EP
- "Love in Space" (Brock) – Love in Space EP
- "Lord of Light" [live] (Brock) – Love in Space EP
- "Distant Horizons" (Brock, Chadwick) – Distant HorizonsDistant HorizonsDistant Horizons is the twenty-first studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1997.Towards the end of 1996, Jerry Richards, who had been contributing lead guitar to some live dates and recording sessions, joined the group permanently. Disatisfied with the musical direction...
- "Phetamine Street" (Ron Tree) – Distant Horizons
- "Waimeia Canyon Drive" (Brock) – Distant Horizons
- "Alchemy" (Jerry Richards, Chadwick) – Distant Horizons