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Hawkwind The Flicknife Years 1981-1988, Atomhenge/Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records, 2014

Friends & Relations:
Hawklords on Track 01:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Steve Swindells	Keyboards
Harvey Bainbridge	Bass
Simon King	Drums
Sonic Assasins on Track 02:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Harvey Bainbridge	Bass
Robert Calvert	Synthesizers
Martin Griffin	Drums
Paul Hayles	Synthesizers
Hawkwind on Track 03:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar
Robert Calvert	Vocals, Synthesizers
Simon House	Keyboards, Violin
Adrian Shaw	Bass, Vocals
Simon King	Drums
Inner City Unit on Tracks 04 & 07:
Nik Turner	Saxophone, Vocals, Noises
Trevor Thoms	Guitar, Vocals
Ermano Erba	Drums
Fred Reeves	Bass
Michael Moorcock & Deep Fix on Tracks 05 & 08:
Michael Moorcock	Vocals, Guitar
Peter Pavli	Guitar, Bass, Synthesizers
Drachen Theaker	Drums
Hawklords on Track 06:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Steve Swindells	Keyboards
Harvey Bainbridge	Bass
Martin Griffin	Drums
Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix on Tracks 09 & 10:
Michael Moorcock	Vocals, Guitar
Steve Gilmore	Guitar
Nik Turner	Saxophone
Shirley Roden	Backing Vocals
Debi Doss	Backing Vocals
Simon King	Drums
Hawkwind Zoo on Tracks 11 & 12:
Dave Brock	Vocals, 12-String Guitar
Nik Turner	Saxophone
Mick Slattery	Lead Guitar
John Harrison	Bass
Dik Mik	Noises
Terry Ollis	Drums
Hawkwind on Track 13:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar
Nik Turner	Saxophone
Lemmy	Bass
Simon House	Keyboards
Simon King	Drums
Alan Powell	Drums
Zones:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Nik Turner	Vocals, Saxophone
Harvey Bainbridge	Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Huw Lloyd Langton	Lead Guitar, Vocals
Ginger Baker	Drums
Keith Hayle	Keyboards & Vocals on Track 02
Martin Griffin	Drums
Special Guest:
Michael Moorcock	Track 03
Friends & Relations (Twice Upon A Time):
Hawkwind on Track 01:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Nik Turner	Vocals, Saxophone
Lemmy	Bass
Dik Mik	Noises
Simon King	Drums
Hawkwind on Track 02:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Nik Turner	Vocals, Saxophone
Lemmy	Bass
Dik Mik	Noises
Terry Ollis	Drums
Hawkwind on Track 03:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Robert Calvert	Vocals, Synthesizers
Simon House	Keyboards
Adrian Shaw	Bass, Vocals
Simon King	Drums
Harvey Bainbridge on Track 04:
Harvey Bainbridge	All Instruments
Uncle Nik & The E.T.'s on Track 05:
Nik Turner	Vocals, Saxophone
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Harvey Bainbridge	Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Martin Griffin on Track 06:
Martin Griffin	Drums
Richard Strange
Rik Martinez
Dave Winthrop
Steve Swindells	Keyboards
Nik Turner on Track 07:
Nik Turner	All Instruments
Dave Brock on Track 08:
Dave Brock	All Instruments
Michael Moorcock & Deep Fix on Track 09:
Michael Moorcock	Vocals, Guitar
Peter Pavli	Guitar, Bass, Synthesizers
Drachen Theaker	Drums
Friends & Relations (Vol. 3):
Hawkwind on Track 01
Hawklords on Track 02:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Steve Swindells	Keyboards
Harvey Bainbridge	Bass
Simon King	Drums
Dave Brock on Tracks 03 & 06:
Dave Brock	All Instruments
Robert Calvert on Track 04:
Robert Calvert	All Instruments
The Alman Mulo Band on Track 05
Stravinsky's Shoe on Track 07
Underground Zero on Track 08
Hawkwind on Tracks 09 & 10:
Dave Brock	Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Huw Lloyd Langton	Guitar, Vocals
Harvey Bainbridge	Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
Nik Turner	Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Alan Davey	Bass, Vocals
Danny Thompson Jr.	Drums
Out & Intake:
Dave Brock	Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Harvey Bainbridge	Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion
Huw Lloyd Langton	Vocals, Lead Guitar
Alan Davey	Vocals, Bass
Danny Thompson	Drums, Balloon
Martin Griffin	Drums
Nik Turner	Saxophone
Paul Cobbald	Organ
Produziert von: Dr. Technical, Dave Brock, Paul Cobbold & Harvey Bainbridge Länge: 253 Min 05 Sek Medium: CD
Friends And Relations (59 Min 23 Sek):
Live Side:
01. Who's Gonna Win The War	03. Robot
02. Golden Void
Studio Side:
04. Raj Neesh	07. Human Beings
05. Good Girl, Bad Girl	08. Time Centre
06. Volume Ten
Bonus Tracks:
09. Dodgem Dude	12. Sweet Mistress Of Pain
10. Starcruiser	13. Kings Of Speed
11. Hurry On Sundown
Zones (50 Min 28 Sek):
01. Zones	06. Utopia 84
02. Dangerous Vision	07. Social Alliance
03. Running Through The Back Brain	08. Sonic Attack
04. The Island	09. Dream Worker
05. Motorway City	10. Brainstorm
Friends & Relations (Twice Upon A Time) (42 Min 17 Sek):
Live Side:
01. Earth Calling	03. Spirit Of the Age
02. We Do It
Studio Side:
04. The Changing	07. Man With The Golden Arm
05. Phone Home Elliot	08. Motherless Children
06. Work
Bonus Track:
09. The Brothel In Rosenstrasse
Friends & Relations (Vol. 3) (46 Min 24 Sek):
01. Psychedelia Lives	06. When Going Gets Tough
02. Drug Cabinet Key	07. Vampire
03. Wired Up For Sound	08. Canes Venatici
04. The Widow Song	Bonus Tracks:
05. Toad On The Road	09. Watching The Grass Grow
	10. Stonehenge Decoded
Out & Intake (54 Min 33 Sek):
01. Turner Point	09. Confrontaion
02. Waiting For Tomorrow	10. 5/4
03. Cajun Jinx	11. Ghost Dance
04. Solitary Mind Games Tomorrow	12. Coded Languages
05. Starfight	13. Warrior On The Edge Of Time
06. Ejection	Bonus Tracks:
07. Assassins Of Allah	14. Brainstorm
08. Flight To Maputo	15. Blue Dreamer

Das britische Space Rock-Urgestein HAWKWIND war in den Jahren 1975 bis 1997 bei der unabhängigen Plattenfirma Flicknife Records unter Vertrag. Zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre wurde diese von Cherry Red Records übernommen. Auf deren Sublabel Atomhenge erschien kürzlich “The Flicknife Years 1981-1988“, eine Box mit fünf CDs. Darin sind alle Alben, die von der Truppe in dem genannten Zeitraum bei Flicknife Records herausgebracht wurden, zuzüglich Bonus Tracks und stattlichem Booklet, zu finden.

In der Box sind die drei Kompilationen “Friends And Relations“ (fünf Zusatznummern), “Friends & Relations - Twice Upon A Time“ (ein Zusatztitel) und ”Friends & Relations (Vol. 3)” (zwei Bonus Tracks) zu finden. Die beiden ersteren enthalten Livemitschnitte (teilweise aus den 1970er Jahren) und Studioaufnahmen, während die dritte im ursprünglichen Albumteil nur Studiomaterial bietet. Die beiden regulären Longplayer “Zones“ (ein Extratitel) und “Out & Intake“ (zwei Bonus Songs) vervollständigen das ansehnliche Paket.

Die technische Überarbeitung der, zum Teil mit sehr prominenter Unterstützung und unterschiedlichen Formationen oder solo (siehe Credits) bewerkstelligten, Einspielungen sorgt für einen überwiegend hervorragenden Klang bei allen fünf Scheiben. Die Magie, das Psychedelische, das Anspruchsvolle, das Mitreißende, aber auch das Verwirrende, das Abgefahrene und, nicht zuletzt, der schräge Humor oder was man sonst noch herauszuhören vermag. Das alles kommt jetzt erst so richtig zur Geltung. Zu bemängeln ist lediglich, dass die Live-Aufnahmen nicht immer als solche zu erkennen sind, weil keine Konzertatmosphäre aufkommt.

Zu den Bonus Tracks sei bemerkt, dass sich darunter Stücke von der EP “Hurry On Sundown“, Singles sowie Gig-Aufzeichnungen aus 1984 und 1986 befinden.

Das Beiheft bietet, neben den Daten der Alben, Konzertfotos und einen mehrseitigen Essay von Brian Tawn aus dem März 2014.

“The Flicknife Years 1981-1988“ ist eine echte Gelegenheit, die Vielfalt und das Faszinierende am Wirken von HAWKWIND in den 1970ern und 1980ern kennenzulernen.