Despite being a mellower and more conventionally “prog” album, with a soundscape reminiscent of Pink Floyd and mellotron-laden King Crimson, 1974’s Hall Of The Mountain Grill is one of my favourite Hawkwind albums and a great place to start if you’re new to these dystopian space rockers. Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) is worth the price of admission alone: the band at their anarchic, street-level best. And Lemmy fans will enjoy hearing an early, pub-rocking take on future Motörhead tune Lost Johnny.
I’ve become quite the Hawkwind fan since coming to the UK.
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This is just fucking sublime, I can remember hearing this for the first time and just flipping out – why had nobody ever told me about this song?!!!
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I remember falling asleep listening to it on the train one morning. When I woke up I thought I was in another dimension! But it was just Paisley.
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I’ve been there, the natives weave far out psychedelic patterns on cloth. LSD in the water, I reckon.
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