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Hawkwind - 'Weird Tapes,Volume 6' (Voiceprint/Hawkwind Recor

Mike Reed | USA | 02/07/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Seems like it took me a lifetime to FINALLY land down a copy of this 'Weird Tapes' series. Was impressed with the unreleased "Make What You Can", that tends to carry the true Hawkwind style, vibe and signature sound. Also dug the thirteen-minute "Born To Go", the ten-minute "We Do It" and the track simply titled as "Jam" (not sure exactly where this piece is originally from). Do keep in mind that even though most of these tunes have been reissued time and time again, that all expect for maybe one cut here is a 'somewhat' different version. You Hawkwind completists (like myself) KNOW what I'm talking about. Sound quality is great, I thought. Some amazing vintage Hawkwind sounds to be discovered here. Highly recommended."

Great Live Material from the Early Daze

Fritz Gerlich | admin@audioetc.info | 01/06/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"************************Personnel:

Dave Brock: Guitars, Vocals

Lemmy: Bass, Vocals (Tracks 1-4,8)

Nik Turner: Sax, Vocals

Del Dettmar: Keys (Tracks 1-4,8)

Dik Mik: Electronics (Tracks 1-4,8)

Simon King: Drums (Tracks 1-4,8)

Robert Calvert: Vocals (Tracks 2-4,8)

Thomas Crimble: Bass (Tracks 5-7)

Terry Ollis: Drums (Tracks 5-7)

Huw Lloyd-Langton: Guitar (Tracks 5-6)



**************************Technical Stuff

The sound quality is variable, with some tracks sounding OK, and other sounding like bootleg tracks recorded by an audience member.



**************************The Music

The first track is an out-take called "Make What You Can". It sounds like the material on The Space Ritual, just not as good which is why I suppose it was taken out.



Tracks 2, 3 & 4 "Born To Go", "Master Of The Universe", and "Jam" are killer live versions from the legendary Greasy Truck gig in 1972. The first two are also available on Greasy Truckers Party and 1996 remastered 2 disc set of The Space Ritual. As far as I know "Jam" isn't legitimately available anywhere except on this disc. "Jam" is actually the closing section of a song called "Seeing It as You Really Are" also from the Roadhouse gig.



Tracks 5 (Hurry on Sundown), 6 (Come Home), and 7 (We Do It) are all from various BBC programmes from 1970. The sound quality is pretty poor on these ones, sort of like a good mono audience boot. "Come Home" sounds like something you'd hear in the Ozarks in the 60's. "We Do It" is a pounding trance epic that probably served as the prototype for "You Shouldn't Do That." Tracks 5 and 6 are available on Anthology 67-82 and Text of Festival. As far as I'm aware "We Do It" is only available on this disc.



Track 8 (unlisted on the sleeve) is an ambient spacey thing, it is also available on the Anthology set.



************************Summary

This is a really good collection of songs if you don't own 6 of the 8 already. However, sound quality is dodgey in parts."