HAWKWIND/DOREMI FASOL LATIDO UAG 29364 (-72) UK

For me Hawkwind has always been about the early years, their first three studio albums plus the concert they did for "Greasy Truckers Party"  https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=greasy+truckers+party  . I love those "space-jam" recordings, barefaced and dirty with what it seems little concern for being commonly loved or even accepted. From the forth - "Hall Of The Montain Grill" - and on more produced and levelled with a somewhat softer outcome. Not bad as such, but not fully matching my taste for the outrageous. This does. I'm having lots of fun reading what then new member Lemmy Kilmister has said about the circumstances of the recordings...how he was hired as a guitarist cause the former, Huw Langton, had overdosed on acid and disappeared, but then the bassist also failed to show up so he had to replace him instead and learned playing as they went along...or that the studio was a barn "with mattresses on the walls and things"...or the recording mode where bass/drum/guitar/vocals were live and the effects added after. I think the former - "In Search Of Space"  https://monolover.blogspot.com/2013/05/hawkwindin-search-of-space-uag-29202-71.html  - is a great album and this works even better for me. Still spaced out far but more rock'n'roll. Harder, rawer, filled with scourging guitars and Lemmys creative bass play. To my taste space rock at its best. Originally issued pretty much all over the world on vinyl, also cassette and 8-track. First US on U.A. (UA-LA001-F). EU 2001 CD on EMI (7243 5 30031 2 8) came with four bonus tracks. As UK EMI changed facilities and was on the move at time for first vinyl release they couldn't cope with domestic demands and most of the UK original vinyls were pressed in Germany, hosted in UK sleeves. The actual UK premiere press had label as shown here and 2U/2U matrixes with PORKY/PECKO etchings, picture inner and "space rat" poster (sadly missing with my copy). (HÖWK*)