ROBERT CALVERT Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters 1977 Visa USA reissue VG+/VG+
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ROBERT CALVERT Captain Lockheed& The Starfighters VISA RECORDS USA 1977 VG+/VG+
Robert Calvert's first solo project. A brilliantly funny and sonically excellent concept album combining music and theatre. Captain Lockheed alternates between octane guzzlers in the classic Hawkwind vein and Monty Python-like vignettes. This item is the Visa Records 1977 US reissue of CLATS. Condition on visual inspection is LP: VG+, Cover: VG+. There were rudimentary photocopies of the lyrics included with some copies of this release but they are not present with this item.
Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters is a 1974 satirical concept albumby Robert Calvert, the former frontman of British space-rock band Hawkwind. It consists of a mixture of songs and comic spoken interludes. The concept was based on the German Air Ministry's purchase of the Lockheed F-104G Starfighter,which was eventually nicknamed Widowmaker by Luftwaffe pilots. In German service these planes had a poor safety record, with 262 out of 916 Luftwaffe Starfighters lost in accidents during the aircraft's tenure, which lasted from the early 1960s until the mid-1980s. Musicians who appeared on the album include members of Hawkwind, The Pink Fairies, Brian Eno (although not credited as Eno), Arthur Brown and Adrian Wagner. The spoken sketches are primarily performed by Calvert, Viv Stanshall and Jim Capaldi.
TRACK LISTING
All songs by Robert Calvert except where stated.
"Franz Josef Strauss, Defense Minister, Reviews The Luftwaffe in 1958. Finding It Somewhat Lacking in Image Potential" – 1:40
"The Aerospaceage Inferno" – 4:35
"Aircraft Salesman (A Door in the Foot)" – 1:41
"The Widow Maker" (Dave Brock, Calvert) – 2:42
"Two Test Pilots Discuss the Starfighter's Performance" –0:41
"The Right Stuff" – 4:23
"Board Meeting (Seen Through a Contract Lens)" – 0:58
"The Song of the Gremlin (Part One)" (Arthur Brown, Calvert,Adrian Wagner) – 3:21
"Ground Crew (Last Minute Reassembly Before Take Off)" – 3:17
"Hero with a Wing" – 3:20
"Ground Control to Pilot" – 0:52
"Ejection" – 3:35
"Interview" – 3:55
"I Resign" – 0:27
"The Song of the Gremlin (Part Two)" (Arthur Brown, Calvert,Adrian Wagner) – 3:10
"Bier Garten" – 0:38
"Catch a Falling Starfighter" – 2:54
Personnel
Robert Calvert - vocals
Arthur Brown - vocals on "The Song of the Gremlin (Parts 1 and2)"
Paul Rudolph - lead and rhythm guitar (all), bass guitar on "TheSong of the Gremlin (Parts 1 and 2)", "Hero with a Wing"
Dave Brock - lead guitar on "The Widow Maker"
Lemmy - bass guitar
Nik Turner - saxophone
Brian Eno (as Brian Peter George St John La Baptiste De La Salle) - synthesizer and electronic effects
Del Dettmar - synthesizer
Adrian Wagner - keyboards on "The Song of the Gremlin (Parts 1 and 2)"
Simon King - drums
Twink Alder - funeral drum on "Catch a Falling Starfighter"
The Ladbroke Grove Hermaphroditic Voice Ensemble - backing vocals
Actors
Vivian Stanshall - most leads (e.g. Ground Control, Bright Mechanic)
Jim Capaldi - American Salesman, Recruiting Officer, Dim Mechanic
Robert Calvert - Pilot
Tom Mittledorf
Richard Elen (mis-credited as "Richard Ealing")
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