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And just when you thought it was safe to go back into the archive, another box load of Hawkwind rarities tumbles out and this time, someone hit the mother lode. Welcome as they have been, the bonus tracks affixed to the Atomhenge reissues have simply reiterated or reawakened fans' feelings about the original LPs they are bolstering. The 16 or so cuts that this three disc-box pronounces either rare or unreleased, however, are Hawkwind in excelsis, offering whole scale revisions of the once-immutable truths and establishing Parallel Universe as perhaps the most important Hawkwind compilation yet released. A chronological march from the first album in 1969 to the 1974 American tour, the set rounds up all the little things that you may not ever have realized you missed, like the original single mix of "Silver Machine," which is so punchy and powerful. There's an alternate vocal for its B-side, "Seven by Seven," which is imploring and sinister. Studio versions of "It's So Easy" and "You'd Better Believe It" are here, along with a seven-minute "full-length" version of "Brainbox Pollution," a radically alternate version of "Winds of Change," and a stab at "You Know You're Only Dreaming," recorded during the sessions for the first album. Even in cold black-and-white, such details scream out to be heard, and there is no disappointment to be found among them. Indeed, the only real disappointment comes when the album slips into the familiar territory of straightforward album cuts, between two and four per original LP, and the dizzying thrill of discovery is put on hold for a few moments. Economically packaged but bolstered with a very serviceable booklet, Parallel Universe does not replace any of the Hawkwind albums you already own. Rather, it supplements them like no other comp ever has, and leaves the committed collector wondering what could possibly be left in the archive. Apart from the still unreleased, and ever-more legendary 1974 Edmonton Sundown concert, that is.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Dick Taylor, Producer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Dick Taylor, Producer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Dave Anderson, Guitar, Bass - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Dick Taylor, Producer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - Nik Turner, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Vocals - Terry Ollis, Drums, Percussion
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Guitar, Percussion, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Hawkwind, Arranger, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - Dick Taylor, Producer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - Nik Turner, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals - Terry Ollis, Drums - Huw Lloyd, Lead Guitar - John A Harrison, Bass
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Guitar, Percussion, Lead Vocals, Harmonica - Hawkwind, Arranger, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - Dick Taylor, Producer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - Nik Turner, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Vocals - Terry Ollis, Drums - Huw Lloyd, Lead Guitar - John A Harrison, Bass
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Barry Ainsworth, Engineer - Dave Brock, Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Harmonica - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Dick Taylor, Producer - Nik Turner, Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals - Terry Ollis, Drums - Huw Lloyd, Guitar - Dik Mik, Engineer, Electronics - John Harrison, Bass
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Hawkwind, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - George Chkiantz, Producer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - George Chkiantz, Producer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - George Chkiantz, Producer - Nik Turner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - George Chkiantz, Producer - Nik Turner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Anderson, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - George Chkiantz, Producer - Nik Turner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
Peter Mew, Masterer, MasteringEngineer - Vic Maile, Engineer - Paschal Byrne, Mixer - Mark Powell, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Performance, MainArtist - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, RecordingEngineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Calvert, Composer - Doctor Technical, Producer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - Doctor Technical, Producer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Nik Turner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Hawkwind, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Calvert, Composer - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Anton Matthews, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Mixer - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Anton Matthews, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Vic Maile, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Calvert, Composer - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Anton Matthews, Mixer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michael Moorcock, Composer - Vic Maile, Mixer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Vic Maile And The Pye Mobile, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Anton Matthews, Mixer - Harvey Bainbridge, Composer - Huw Lloyd Langton, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 3
Andy Morris, Engineer - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Robert Calvert, Composer - Anton Matthews, Engineer - Roy Baker, Producer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Calvert, Composer - Anton Matthews, Engineer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Anton Matthews, Engineer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Peter Mew, Mixer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Mew, Mixer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - KINGSLEY WARD, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Peter Mew, Mixer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Dave Brock, Composer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Mixer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Brock, Composer - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer - Simon House, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Andy Morris, Engineer - Ian Kilmister, Composer - Doug Bennett, Producer - Hawkwind, Producer, MainArtist - David Hamilton Smith, Engineer - Mick Farren, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Thomas Baker, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Paul Cobbold, Mixer, Editor - Dave Brock, Mixer, Editor - Hawkwind, MainArtist - Nik Turner, Composer
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roy Thomas Baker, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - Paul Cobbold, Mixer, Editor - Ian Kilmister, Composer - Dave Brock, Mixer, Editor - Hawkwind, MainArtist
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
And just when you thought it was safe to go back into the archive, another box load of Hawkwind rarities tumbles out and this time, someone hit the mother lode. Welcome as they have been, the bonus tracks affixed to the Atomhenge reissues have simply reiterated or reawakened fans' feelings about the original LPs they are bolstering. The 16 or so cuts that this three disc-box pronounces either rare or unreleased, however, are Hawkwind in excelsis, offering whole scale revisions of the once-immutable truths and establishing Parallel Universe as perhaps the most important Hawkwind compilation yet released. A chronological march from the first album in 1969 to the 1974 American tour, the set rounds up all the little things that you may not ever have realized you missed, like the original single mix of "Silver Machine," which is so punchy and powerful. There's an alternate vocal for its B-side, "Seven by Seven," which is imploring and sinister. Studio versions of "It's So Easy" and "You'd Better Believe It" are here, along with a seven-minute "full-length" version of "Brainbox Pollution," a radically alternate version of "Winds of Change," and a stab at "You Know You're Only Dreaming," recorded during the sessions for the first album. Even in cold black-and-white, such details scream out to be heard, and there is no disappointment to be found among them. Indeed, the only real disappointment comes when the album slips into the familiar territory of straightforward album cuts, between two and four per original LP, and the dizzying thrill of discovery is put on hold for a few moments. Economically packaged but bolstered with a very serviceable booklet, Parallel Universe does not replace any of the Hawkwind albums you already own. Rather, it supplements them like no other comp ever has, and leaves the committed collector wondering what could possibly be left in the archive. Apart from the still unreleased, and ever-more legendary 1974 Edmonton Sundown concert, that is.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 03:32:10
- Main artists: Hawkwind
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2011 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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