(2021) Hawkwind – Dust of Time: 1969-2021          


Review:
2 CD set gathering together 26 tracks of musical highlights of over 50 years of the legendary Hawkwind. The first ever compilation to gather together all eras of the band’s history. Hawkwind are one of the most legendary British bands who emerged at the dawn of 1970s. Formed in the Notting Hill area of London in 1969 and always helmed by their visionary leader Dave Brock, Hawkwind truly bridged the genres of psychedelic rock, hard rock and art rock to create a sound of their own. Signing to Liberty/United Artists in 1970, Hawkwind’s formative years saw them form their own brand of so-called Space Rock over a series of classic albums such as ‘X in Search of Space’, ‘Doremi Fasol Latido’, ‘Space Ritual’ and ‘Hall of the Mountain Grill’, with a series of ever changing line-ups. Their 1972 hit single ‘Silver Machine’ and imaginative stage shows firmly established them in the consciousness of rock audiences. 1975’s ‘Warrior On the Edge of Time’ marked the closure of one era of the band and saw Hawkwind progress in the latter half of the ‘70s to a more streamlined, art rock approach, with vocalist and lyricist Robert Calvert as front man on stage. The four albums the band issued during this period saw them embrace the New Wave of rock which was taking hold. In the 1980s and 1990s Hawkwind were embraced by followers of Heavy Metal and latterly Acid House audiences (although the band remained unclassifiable). Throughout the decades, the band has always retained their influential edge. — cherryred.co.uk





Track Listing:
CD1:
1. Hurry On Sundown (mono single version)
2. Mirror of Illusion
3. Master of the Universe
4. Silver Machine
5. Urban Guerrilla
6. Brainstorm
7. Space Is Deep
8. Orgone Accumulator
9. The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)
10. Paradox (single version)
11. Assault and Battery/The Golden Void
12. Back On the Streets

CD2:
1. Steppenwolf
2. Kerb Crawler (single version)
3. Sprit of the Age
4. Quark, Strangeness and Charm
5. PSI Power (single version)
6. High Rise
7 .Shot Down in the Night (single version)
8. Motorway City
9. Angels of Death (single version)
10. Heads
11. The Right to Decide
12. Alien (I Am) (Roswell edit)
13. Love in Space (studio version)
14. Strange Encounters


Media Report:
Genre: psychedelic rock
Country: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits

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