"recorded for the Johnnie Walker show in August 1972, with performances of ""Silver Machine"" and ""Brainstorm"". BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Hawkwind album) BBC Radio One Live in Concert is a 1991 live album of a 1972 concert by Hawkwind. ""It was recorded straight to quarter-inch tape – there were no overdubs and no possibility of remixing. This particular performance was also continuous for one hour which made for an interesting change over when the programme was aired since the reels of tape only lasted approximately 30 minutes each."" – Jeff Griffin, BBC in Concert series producer. This concert"
"used for two different UK television advertising campaigns: Mazda cars in 2000 and Red Square alcopops in 2004 (preview). Silver Machine ""Silver Machine"" is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching number three on the UK singles chart. The single was re-issued in 1976, again in 1978 reaching number 34 on the UK singles charts, and once again in 1983 reaching number 67 on the UK singles charts. The original mix has been re-released on the remasters version of ""In Search of Space"". ""Silver Machine"" was"
"Silver Machine ""Silver Machine"" is a 1972 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single on 9 June 1972, reaching number three on the UK singles chart. The single was re-issued in 1976, again in 1978 reaching number 34 on the UK singles charts, and once again in 1983 reaching number 67 on the UK singles charts. The original mix has been re-released on the remasters version of ""In Search of Space"". ""Silver Machine"" was recorded live at a Greasy Truckers benefit gig at The Roundhouse, London on 13 February 1972 and this version"
"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 (BRO109) on 7 November 1980, being an edit of the version on the album ""Levitation"". Bronze changed their manufacturers and distributors during the single release from EMI (which had a cream paper label depicting the evolving man logo) to Polydor Records (which had a lime green plastic label). The single was the first for which the band recorded a promotional video, as Dave Brock explains: The band also made a rare"
"Back on the Streets (song) ""Back on the Streets"" is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (CB299) on 28 January 1977. Hawkwind had toured the UK in September and October 1976 in support of their album ""Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music"", and although the song had not appeared on that album it was included in the set-list, a live version being later released on the album ""Atomhenge 76"". The group were due to enter AIR Studios in October to record this song as a stand-alone single release, not"
"Doremi Fasol Latido Doremi Fasol Latido is the third studio album by English space rock band Hawkwind. It was produced by Rockfield Studios and released in 1972. It reached No. 14 on the UK album charts. The rhythm section of Dave Anderson and Terry Ollis was replaced by Lemmy and Simon King, both of whose style differed notably from their predecessors. This changed the band’s overall musical direction. Lemmy was a self-confessed inept guitarist who used volume and stagecraft to cover his lack of ability. He became a bassist by accident after joining the band, thinking he was replacing Huw"
"Time"" was performed during the Levitation tour, and an edited instrumental version with an intro taken from the outro of ""The 5th Second of Forever"" was issued on the album ""Zones"" under the title ""The Island"". Levitation (album) Levitation is the tenth studio album by English rock group Hawkwind, released in 1980. It peaked at No. 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. And that was the record which totally expressed our ideals and what we"
"Space Ritual The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind. It is their fourth album, reached #9 in the UK album charts and briefly dented the ""Billboard Top 200"", peaking at #179. The album was recorded during the tour to promote their ""Doremi Fasol Latido"" album, which comprises the bulk of this set. In addition, there are new tracks (""Born To Go"", ""Upside Down"" and ""Orgone Accumulator"") and the songs are interspersed by electronic and spoken pieces making this one continuous performance. Their recent hit single"
"Kings of Speed ""Kings of Speed"" is a 1975 song by the British space rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (UP35808) on 7 March 1975 and was subsequently included on the album ""Warrior on the Edge of Time"", although its B-side, ""Motorhead"", was not. Although failing the chart in both the U.S. and the U.K., the track became an underground success, particularly with significant play in dance clubs. The parent album also did well, climbing up the Billboard album chart in the U.S. The lyrics for this song were written by Michael Moorcock,"
"Urban Guerrilla ""Urban Guerrilla"" is a 1973 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (UP 35566) on 27 July 1973 with ""Brainbox Pollution"" as the B side, reaching #39 on the UK singles chart before being withdrawn after 3 weeks. It is currently available on the remasters version of ""Doremi Fasol Latido"". Robert Calvert wrote and sang the lyrics, this being Hawkwind's only studio recording with a Calvert vocal prior to his rejoining the band as a permanent frontman and vocalist in 1976. At the time of the single's release,"
"of the Longines branding. An alternative version of the track, called ""Govinda '97, Hari & ST. George"", appeared on Kula Shaker's ""Summer Sun EP"", released in July 1997. Govinda (Kula Shaker song) ""Govinda"" is a song by the British rock band Kula Shaker, released on their debut album, ""K"", on 16 September 1996. It was also issued as a single, on 11 November, and peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. ""Govinda"" is notable for its heavy Indian influences and includes tambura and tabla instrumentation. The song is also the only British top-ten hit to be sung entirely"
"at Rockfield Studios in 1979 received a release on Flicknife Records in 1983. It was backed by ""Time of the Hawklords"", another demo from the same session. This demo version also appeared on """" and ""Hawkwind, Friends and Relations Volume 1"". 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 (BRO109) on 7 November 1980, being an edit of the version on the album ""Levitation"". Bronze changed their manufacturers and distributors during the single release from EMI (which had a"
"on the BBC Radio programme ""Top Gear"" on 19 September 1970. Poor quality recordings of this session were first released, without the BBC's permission, on ""The Text of Festival"" in 1983, then on various subsequent compilations. No official clean version of this track has ever been released. Hurry On Sundown ""Hurry On Sundown"" is a 1970 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (LBF15382) on 26 June 1970, being an edit of the version that appeared on the album ""Hawkwind"". Towards the end of 1969, still using the name Hawkwind"
"a distinctive style that was strongly shaped by his early experience as a rhythm guitarist, often using double stops and chords rather than the single note lines preferred by most bassists. His bass work was a fundamental part of the Hawkwind sound during his tenure, perhaps best documented on ""Space Ritual"". He also provided the lead vocals on several songs, including the band's biggest UK chart single, ""Silver Machine"", which reached #3 in 1972. In 1975, Lemmy was arrested at the Canada/United States border in Windsor, Ontario, on drug possession charges; he spent five days in jail but was released"
"Levitation (album) Levitation is the tenth studio album by English rock group Hawkwind, released in 1980. It peaked at No. 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. And that was the record which totally expressed our ideals and what we stood for."" It is their first studio album after the departure of lead vocalist and lyricist Robert Calvert, and lyrics here tend to be cursory and the number of instrumentals is increased. It is also the"
"The Earth Ritual Preview The Earth Ritual Preview is a 1984 (see 1984 in music) EP by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It spent two weeks on the UK singles chart peaking at #86. The EP is included on the remastered version of ""The Chronicle of the Black Sword"" album. The EP was a taster for a proposed full blown ""Earth Ritual"" album and tour, that would have involved Robert Calvert and Barney Bubbles, as a follow up to 1972's ""Space Ritual"". However, the project was delayed in favour of ""The Chronicle of the Black Sword"" collaboration with Michael"
"also used the aliases Dr Hasbeen and Sylvia Macmanus (his second wife's name). Brock remained Hawkwind's musical focus and primary songwriter throughout their existence. He has little interest in lyrics and much of the time has benefited from collaborating with lyricists such as Robert Calvert and Michael Moorcock. Although being the only ever-present member of the band, there have been times, particularly in the early days when the line-up was fluid, when he would miss gigs such as the 1971 Glastonbury Festival. On stage, his preference is to remain at the back and let others take centre stage and be"
"Hurry On Sundown ""Hurry On Sundown"" is a 1970 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (LBF15382) on 26 June 1970, being an edit of the version that appeared on the album ""Hawkwind"". Towards the end of 1969, still using the name Hawkwind Zoo and with Mick Slattery as the lead guitarist, the band were given studio time by Don Poole to record some demos. ""Hurry On Sundown"" was one of the tracks recorded, this version being more electric and psychedelic than the acoustic folky feel of the album version."
"publisher of the influential ""New Worlds"" magazine, became a lifelong friend. Calvert's poems were published in ""New Worlds"" and other magazines. Although he was influenced by the New Wave, Calvert developed a distinct style of his own. His ability to change fluently between poetry, music and theatre allowed him to develop into a multimedia artist. Calvert then became acquainted with Dave Brock, and became the resident poet, lyricist and frontman of Hawkwind, intermittently from 1972–1979. Calvert co-wrote Hawkwind's hit single ""Silver Machine"", which reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart. Although Lemmy sings on the single version, this is"
"Only Wanna Be with You ""Only Wanna Be with You"" is a song by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in July 1995 as the third single from their breakthrough album, ""Cracked Rear View"". It peaked at number six on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number one on the ""Billboard"" Pop Songs chart, number three on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart, and number two on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is arguably the band's signature song. Darius Rucker still performs the song solo. One verse of the song describes ""[putting] on a little Dylan""."
"Motorway 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 (FLS025) in the UK on 28 October 1983, taken from the album Zones. The b-side ""Master of the Universe"" was from the same concert, but did not appear on the album, appearing sometime later on the ""Hawkwind Anthology"" compilation album. The song was first recorded in demo form by the Hawklords at Rockfield Studios in 1979, eventually appearing on the Various Artists 2000 album ""Family Tree"" (Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP13CD)."
"Quark, Strangeness and Charm (song) ""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. The title references quarks which are sub-atomic particles; ""strangeness"" and ""charm"" are playful terms used by physicists to refer to how many strange and charm quarks are within a particle. The lyrics take a humorous look at certain famous physicists' romantic failures. It was released as a single in the UK (CB305) on 29 July 1977, being a slightly different version to the one on the album. Some European copies"
"Fayre 2001"" (2002). Motorway 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 (FLS025) in the UK on 28 October 1983, taken from the album Zones. The b-side ""Master of the Universe"" was from the same concert, but did not appear on the album, appearing sometime later on the ""Hawkwind Anthology"" compilation album. The song was first recorded in demo form by the Hawklords at Rockfield Studios in 1979, eventually appearing on the Various Artists 2000 album ""Family Tree"""
"Hawkwind Hawkwind are an English rock band and one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. Formed in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and they have incorporated different styles into their music, including hard rock, progressive rock and psychedelic rock. They are also regarded as an influential proto-punk band. Dozens of musicians, dancers and writers have worked with the band since their inception. Notable musicians to have performed in the band include Lemmy, Ginger Baker, Nik Turner and Huw Lloyd-Langton, but the band are most closely associated with their founder,"
"Motorhead (Motörhead song) ""Motorhead"" is the eponymous song of the British heavy metal band of the same name. It was originally recorded by the space rock band Hawkwind, of whom the song's author, Motörhead frontman Ian ""Lemmy"" Kilmister, had been a member from 1971 to 1975. It was the last song that he had written for them, but it had only been released as the B-side of the single ""Kings of Speed"", in March 1975. In May of that year, Lemmy was fired from Hawkwind and formed a new band, naming it after the song. It indicated the direction in"
"first-ever edition of the BBC's ""Top of the Pops"", on 1 January 1964. The song was re-released in 1988, coinciding with its use in a soft-drink commercial, as a 7"" & 12"" single (see cover in infobox). It peaked at number 83 in the UK. It also was featured as the theme song for the comedy series Arliss, which ran on ""HBO"" from 1996 to 2002. In 2018, the song was used as the outro for the ""Woman's Work"" episode of The Handmaid's Tale, as sung by Madeline Brewer in character as ""Janine."" The Bay City Rollers recorded ""I Only"
"""NME"" (6 November 1976) reviewed the album as ""Hawkwind are back on form... their music has acquired about fifteen new levels since the old churn-churn days"". He highlights ""Reefer Madness"" as the ""stand-out"" track and notes that ""Simon House has injected a big shot of tuneful keyboarding into the mix"". Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind, released in 1976. It reached No. 33 on the UK album charts. The title makes references to old science fiction magazines (""Astounding"" and ""Amazing Stories""), the concept being that each piece"
"finally released in 2016 as Coded Languages. Choose Your Masques Choose 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. The group's line-up for this album remained unchanged from the previous ""Church of Hawkwind"" album, although for this recording the group started to heavily use drum machines and drum loops, with most of Griffin's contributions being relegated to disjointed drum fills. Griffin was unhappy with this role, and group-leader Dave Brock was dissatisfied with Griffin's time keeping, so they mutually"
"September 1971, having reached #3 in the UK and #14 in Ireland. The Four Tops released a cover version in the UK in 1971. The single peaked at position three on the chart. The song's B-side for the UK release was ""You Stole My Love"", a song written by Justin Hayward and Tony Clarke. The song was released as a single in the U.S. in 1972, stalling on the chart at position 90. The B-side, which differed from its UK counterpart, was a song called ""L.A. (My Town)"". A Simple Game ""A Simple Game"" is a 1968 song by the"
"Live Seventy Nine Live Seventy Nine is a 1980 live album by Hawkwind recorded on their Winter 1979 tour. It reached #15 on the UK album chart. This is a reconstituted Hawkwind with Brock, Bainbridge and King emerging from the dissolved Hawklords, joined by lead guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton who had played on the debut album ""Hawkwind"" and keyboardist Tim Blake who was a long-standing friend of the band and had played on Gong's Radio Gnome trilogy. This band embarked upon a UK Winter 1979 tour despite not having a record deal nor any product to promote, recording one of the"
"2010 EMI release ""Hawkwind: At the BBC – 1972"". The song was also recorded live at the Paris Cinema, London on 28 September 1972 as part of the hour-long ""In Concert"" series broadcast. This full concert was released in mono in 1991 as ""BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert"", and in mono and stereo in 2010 as ""Hawkwind: At the BBC – 1972"". On 3 December 2007, Cleopatra Records in the USA issued a limited edition of 500 10-inch vinyl EPs consisting of both BBC versions of ""Silver Machine"", the live version as the A-side and the session version as"
"single, with ""The Sound Of Your Cry"" on the B-side. In the United States, ""It's Only Love"" reached number 51 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week of November 6, 1971. It is also charted on the ""Billboard"" Easy Listening chart. In 1980 it was in some countries released as a single with ""Beyond the Reef"" on the B-side. In the UK Singles Chart the single charted as ""It's Only Love / Beyond the Reef"" (double-A-sided), peaking at number 3 on the week of August 30, 1980. Also the song ""It's Only Love"" was included in the 1980 box set"
"of the open road, ""Protocol"", about the futility of war, and ""Alberta Bound"", which was inspired by a lonely teenaged girl named Grace he met on a bus while travelling to Calgary in 1971. In 1972 Lightfoot contracted Bell's palsy, a condition that left his face partially paralyzed for a time. The affliction curtailed his touring schedule but Lightfoot nevertheless continued to deliver major hits: in June 1974 his classic single ""Sundown"" from the album ""Sundown"" went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. It would be his only number one hit in the United States. He performed it"