HAWKWIND Space Ritual 1973 UK 1st PRESS - POSTER SLEEVE - ORANGE INNERS
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Jul 5, 2018
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Jun 25, 2018
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HAWKWIND Space Ritual 1973 UK 1st PRESS - POSTER SLEEVE - ORANGE INNERS
HAWKWINDThe Space Ritual
UK UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (UAD 60037/8) FIRST PRESSING (June 1973)
RECORDED LIVE AT LIVERPOOL STADIUM 22/12/72 & BRIXTON SUNDOWN 30/12/72
GREAT ORIGINAL COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT WITH SENSATIONAL SOUND
HOUSED IN AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE SIX PANE POSTER SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC ORANGE INNERS
THE BEIGE UA LABELS CARRY THE FIRST "LIBERTY" RIM TEXT; "A Product of Liberty - United Artists Records Ltd." (later pressings omit the reference to Liberty and state "A Product of United Artists Records Limited")
AND THE "UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS" TEXT BENEATH THE UA LOGO HAS NO REGISTRATION MARK '®' AT THE END OF THE WORDING (again, later copies carry this registration mark)
MATRIX: UAD 60037 A-2U ("RAYS" etched) / UAD 60037 B-2U and UAD 60038 A-2U / UAD 60038 B-2U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/AR, 1/OM and 1/OG, 2/HH
As the quintessential "people's band," Hawkwind carried '60s countercultural idealism into the '70s, gigging constantly, playing wherever there was an audience, and even playing for free on five consecutive days outside the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
The band's multimedia performances were the perfect accompaniment for exploring inner space and imagining outer space.
While not concerned with rock's material trappings, Hawkwind were, ironically, among the hardest-working groups in Britain, averaging one show every three days during the year preceding these recordings. Given all that practice, it's not surprising that the performances collected here are incredibly tight (although, reportedly, a couple of tracks were edited).
Incorporating most of Doremi Fasol Latido, the show for the Space Ritual tour was conceived as a space rock opera, its blend of sci-fi electronics, mesmerising psy-fi grooves, and heavy, earthbound jamming punctuated with spoken word interludes from astral poet Bob Calvert.
Calvert's manic recital of Michael Moorcock's "Sonic Attack," for instance, is an exercise in tension that subsequently explodes on the stomping "Time We Left This World Today"; with Nik Turner's otherworldly sax, Dave Brock's guitar distortion, and the earth-moving rhythm section of Simon King and Lemmy, this track offers a blueprint for the album's most potent material.
A 1973 advertisement described Space Ritual as "88 minutes of brain damage"; that characterisation still holds true
RECORD 1: Earth Calling / Born To Go / Down Through The Night / The Awakening / Lord Of LIght / The Black Corridor / Space Is Deep / Electronic No 1
RECORD 2: Orgone Accumulator / Upside Down / 10 Seconds Of Forever / Brainstorm / 7 By 7 / Sonic Attack / Time We Left This World Today / Master Of The Universe / Welcome To The Future
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, bright and unmarked labels with just a few spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
All four surfaces shine like new.
Under bright light Record One has fine wispy hairlines and Record Two has a couple of marks but none of these have any audible significance
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Play-checked at very, very loud volume the whole set sounds sensational and apart from a little surface on the run-ins and the odd one-off tick (few and far between and nothing really) plays beautifully with a strong, loud, crystal clear cut.
A very highly recommended copy of one of Hawkwind's finest records
FOLD OUT POSTER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
One of the finest preserved examples I have seen. Clean, fresh and unmarked with nothing but a touch of rub on the corners
ORANGE INNER SLEEVES: NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT
Both are very clean and bright with just one 4cm central bottom split to one of them, the other is perfect
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
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837 (GS 7.0.15 (837))
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