HAWKWIND Space Ritual 1973 UK 1st PRESS w/ POSTER SLEEVE & ORANGE INNERS
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£ 28
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Feb 16, 2012
Sold Date
Feb 6, 2012
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HAWKWIND Space Ritual 1973 UK 1st PRESS w/ POSTER SLEEVE & ORANGE INNERS
UK 1st PRESSING w/ LIBERTY RIM TEXT & NO ® MARK - EX
HAWKWINDThe Space Ritual
UK UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS (UAD 60037/8) VERY FIRST PRESSING (June 1973) OF HAWKWIND'S DOUBLE LP SET
RECORDED LIVE AT LIVERPOOL STADIUM 22/12/72 & BRIXTON SUNDOWN 30/12/72
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/GA, 1/GR and 1/RG, 3/GH
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SIX PANE POSTER SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL PSYCHEDELIC ORANGE INNERS
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 - barely any spindle traces on Record One and only a handful on Record Two (mostly caused by one single attempt to find the spindle hole)
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Record One has a few light surface marks which are superficial and do not sound but a small scuff on the run-in to Side One is audible for a few seconds before the music begins (please see detailed audio assessment below)
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Play-checked at very, very loud volume it sounds sensational and apart from the mark on the run-in mentioned above causing a few audible sounds before the music begins, but soon disappears once the fade in to "Earth Calling" starts, the whole set plays beautifully with little else to fault (just a few minor isolated background clicks on Record Two, nothing major, not been played much). A really nice very first UK pressing of Hawkwind's finest LP
FOLD OUT POSTER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Notoriously difficult to find in anything above very good condition due to its flimsy nature, this one's held up remarkably well.
There are no rips, tears or splits to the folds and the surfaces are very clean, especially the inside which is spotless
ORANGE INNER SLEEVES: EXCELLENT
Both are very clean and bright with no damage, marks or seam splits (extremely rare for these inners)
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVES WITH ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
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