"Actor: Hawkwind"

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  Rock legends Uriah Heep Asia Family Deep Purple Thin Lizzy Hawkwind Van Halen Alice Cooper and Kiss head a cannon of rock royalty performing some of their biggest hits. Tracklist: 1. Introduction 2. Return To Fantasy - Uriah Heep 3. Heat Of The Moment - Asia 4. Strange Band - Family 5. Child In Time - Deep Purple 6. Sun Goes Down - Thin Lizzy 7. Ejection - Hawkwind 8. Jump - Van Halen 9. Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper 10. Gypsy Road - Cinderella 11. Reason To Live - Kiss 12. Sex Action - L.A. Guns 13. What Love Can Be - Kingdom Come 14. Heaven In Hell (Instrumental)

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  Night of the Hawks sees the mid-1980s incarnation of Hawkwind being really rather excellent at the Gaumont Theatre, Ipswich. The line-up here includes several of the 'Wind's elder statesmen, including Lloyd-Langton and (of course) Dave Brock, but this was also the period that saw the band being fronted by Nik Turner, dressed like a cross between a circus acrobat and a Mad Max villain. Fully outed as both a performance artist and a free jazz saxophonist, he totally steals the show, although his post-punk vocal take on "Silver Machine" demonstrates that it was indeed only Lemmy who had the right vocal range for Hawkwind's solitary hit single. That being said, there's plenty of good stuff here, such as "Ghost Dance", the bleak "Uncle Sam's On Mars" and a suitably intense version of "Sonic Attack". On the DVD: given the notorious, you-had-to-be-there murkiness of the numerous VHS releases of Hawkwind gigs, there's surely never been a band more deserving of the detail-friendly DVD format, which not only does visual justice to the snappy editing but also ensures that the glorious lighting is, at long last, part of the viewing entertainment rather than a distraction--even the darkness seems to glow. The picture is in 4:3 ratio and the disc has an assortment of fairly uninspiring extras (mainly web links and catalogues). In suitably spaced-out fashion, the entire package manages to omit personnel listings altogether, but who cares? --Roger Thomas

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  Chronicle Of The Black Sword: The success of Hawkwind during the 1970s allowed them the privilege of meeting many of the artists and writers who had influenced them. Most prominent of these was sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock whose sword and sorcery 'Elric' series had been the primary source for the bands' Chronicle Of The Black Sword' album. Filmed in December 1985 at the Hammersmith Odeon this DVD does more than justice to what was a truly epic performance from the undisputed kings of acid-rock overkill. Packed with suitably obscure psychedelic images and bizarre OTT stage antics also included is the four number encore where Moorcock performs on stage with the band. Tracklist: 1.Song of the Swords 2. Sea King 3. Master of the Universe 4. Choose Your Masques 5. Needlegun 6. Zarozinia 7. Lords of Chaos 8. Brainstorm 9. Moonglum 10. Elric the Enchanter 11. Magnu 12. Horn of Destiny 13. Coded Languages 14. Born To Go 15. Utopia 16. Levitation Night Of The Hawks: Recorded live at the Gaumont Theatre Ipswich in spring 1984 this superb film of the 'Hawks' features their most eccentric of front men Nik Turner in fine form. Resembling a creation from one of Doctor Who's least convincing episodes Turner wanders around the stage like a maniac motor-mouthing his way through what is a truly impressive set of some of Hawkwind's best material. The additional laser graphics and wild editing could not have been more suitable. Prepare yourself for an audio/visual brainstorm! Tracklist: 1. Ghost Dance 2. Watching The Grass Grow 3. Dream Worker 4. Ejection 5. The Island 6. Uncle Sam's On Mars 7. Brainstorm 8. Sonic Attack 9. Psi Power 10. Silver Machine Love In Space: Love in Space was shot during Hawkwind's Alien 4 tour in 1995 and is comprised of the highlights taken from four venues - Liverpool Royal Court Manchester Academy Bristol Colston Hall and Brixton Academy London. It shows the band at their most creative and over the top with then front man Ron Tree wearing a vast array of bizarre costumes designed specially for the tour alongside various performance artists. The band are paired down to a four piece but have lost none of the raw power one associates with archetypal Hawkwind as they rip through numbers both old and new including some true classics. With the advantage of digitally re-mastered sound you not only get to see Hawkwind at their most outrageous you also get to hear them exactly as they should be heard - loud and proud! Tracklist: 1. Abducted 2. Death Trap 3. Wastelands 4. Are You Losing Your Mind 5. Photo Encounter 6. Blue Skin 7. Sputnik Stan 8. Robot 9. Alien I Am 10. Xenomorph 11. Vega 12. Love In Space 13. Kapel 14. Elfin 15. Silver Machine 16. Welcome 17. Assassins