HAWKWIND
I HAVING SEEN THREE HAWKWIND CONCERTS IN SEVENTIES. ONE OF WHICH WAS "SPACE RITUAL" AT SUNDOWN 1972, ANOTHER AT "THE HAWKWIND PARTY" 1973 WHICH WAS NOTED FOR SUPPORT ACTS MAKING IT A HAPPENING AND LAST ON "ASTOUNDING SOUNDS, AMAZING MUSIC" TOUR 1976. I HAD ALL THE HAWKWIND LP'S OF THAT TIME PLUS BOUGHT PAPERBACK "BLACK CORRIDOR" BY MOORCOCK. WHEN BY RELEASE OF "HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL" (1974), I DECIDED TO ESCHEW THE ALBUM, INSTEAD I WOULD BUY THEIR SINGLES WHICH I BUILT LIBRARY OF 15 -HAWKWIND/RELEATED SINGLES/EP. I ALSO MISSED OUT ON "WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME" (1975), AND NOW FOUND OUT IN 21ST CENTURY THAT THESES WOULD BE LAST OF GREAT ALBUMS. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS 15 - 18 YEARS OLD. NOW IN 2012 IT SEEMS TO ME VERY YOUNG AGE, AND WHILE I NEVER BE THAT AGE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE ONE. I WOULD THOUGH BUY MY LAST ALBUM HAS A YOUNG PERSON WITH "ASTOUNDING SOUNDS, AMAZING MUSIC" (1976) WHICH COULD BE LAST GREAT HAWKWIND ALBUM. THERE IS ALSO GOOD MERITS FOR "LEVITATION" RELEASED IN 1980 WHICH I HAVE HEARD SNIPPETS FROM AND WILL HAVE TO BUY. HAVING RECORDED CONCERT FROM TV AND BBC DOCUMENTARY, ALSO BUYING EXTENDED "SPACE RITUAL" DOUBLE CD, "SPACE RITUAL 2" DOUBLE CD, "LIVE FROM DARKSIDE" CD, "PALACE SPRINGS" LP, "EPOCH ECLIPSE" 3 CD COLLECTION SET & "THE XENON CODE" CD FOR £1, I DECIDED WITH HELP OF A ADVERT TO BUY LIMITED EDITION "ONWARD" ALBUM. CONTINUES LIKE OLD TIMES PROGRESSIVE SPACE ROCK. MELODIC, SPACEY, PSYCHEDELIC ROCK, HARD ROCK, ATMOSPHERIC AMBIENT TERRITORY FREAK-OUTS. FORTY YEARS PLUS INTO THEIR MUSICAL CAREER AND THEY GET BETTER. MUCH JOYOUS TIME-PATH IS ENTERED DURING THIS HEAD SPACE WITH "SYSTEM CHECK" AND "COMPUTER COWARDS" RIDE ALONG WITH "GREEN FINNED DEMON" AND "THE HILLS HAVE EARS". TINGLES RISE UP MY SPINE WHEN I PLAYED "IN SEARCH OF SPACE", "DOREMEI FASOL LATIDO" AND "SPACE RITUAL" IN SEVENTIES. MAYBE I COULD PLEASE HAVE ONE ONWARD PARTY. MUST GET "LOVE IN SPACE".
