Following on from my recent post of Hawkwind's singles, this one collects some of the out-takes from their albums, from their earliest titles as Hawkwind Zoo through to their late 70's releases. Not much else to say - it's just Hawkwind being Hawkwind, and giving us some great examples of their classic space-rock sound.
Track listing
01 Mirror Of Illusion (1970)02 Kiss Of The Velvet Whip (as Hawkwind Zoo 1969)03 Ejection (1972)04 Dawn (1975)05 On The Road (1975)06 Circles (1975)07 I Am The Eye (1975)08 Hash Cake Cut (1977)09 Uncle Sam's On Mars (1977)10 Robot (1977)
You don't normally think of Hawkwind as a singles band, but they did release quite a few during the early days of their career, and not all of the songs came from their then current albums. 'Silver Machine' is their most famous song, and a surprise hit single for the band, and buoyed by that success they managed to repeat it the following year with 'Urban Guerrilla'. They also tended to record more songs than were needed for their albums, and so bonus tracks have been sneaking out on the remastered albums for a while now. This album of singles, plus another one of unreleased songs which I'll post later, attempt to collect them all together in one easy to access place so that we can relive those heady days of early 70's space-rock from one of the pioneering bands of the genre.
Track listing
01 Born To Go (b-side of 'Lord Of Light' 1973)02 Seven By Seven (b-side of 'Silver Machine')03 Silver Machine (single 1972)04 Brainbox Pollution (b-side of 'Urban Guerrilla')05 Urban Guerrilla (single 1973)06 It's So Easy (b-side of 'The Psychedelic Warlords' 1974)07 Paradox (b-side of 'You'd Better Believe It' 1974)08 Motorhead (b-side of 'Kings Of Speed' 1975)09 Back On The Streets (single 1977)10 The Dream Of Isis (b-side of 'Back On The Streets')
