Hawkwind
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Rating: *** (3 stars) Title: Roadhawks Company: United Artists Catalog: UAK 29919 Year: 1976 Grade (cover/record): VG/VG+ Comments: UK pressing; gatefold sleeve Available: 1 Price: $20.00
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With the band having signed with Charisma
Records, United Artists wasted little time releasing a retrospective set.
With help from Dave Brock (he remixed the material), "Roadhawks"
featured a mix of live and studio material from the 1970-75 era. To
someone who's not a major Hawkwind fan, the set's actually quite good.
"Hurry Sundown" stands as an attractive ballad that you wouldn't
normally associate with these guys. More typical are the instrumental
"Paranoia" (easy to picture legions of teenage boys tripping to
this one on mushrooms and an overdose of beer) and the live "Silver
Machine". It's a nice introduction to the band's early/mid-'70s
catalog and probably worth owning just for the hard to find
"Guerilla". Briefly released as a single, the track was
dropped after a series of IRA bombings in London. The BBC apparently
thought the song contained pro-terrorism lyrics and banned it from airplay .
"Roadhawks" track listing: 1.) Hurry Sundown (Dave Brock - Hawkwind) - 2.) Paranoia (instrumental) 3.) You Shouldn't Do That (live) 4.) Silver Machine 5.) Guerrilla 6.) Space Is Deep (Dave Brock) - 7.) Wind of Change (instrumental) (Dave Brock) - 8.) Golden Void (Dave Brock) -
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