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Space Ritual [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]

~ Hawkwind
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Mar 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Limited Edition, Live, Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0000070SN
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 228,523 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Earth Calling
2. Born To Go
3. Down Through The Night
4. Awakening
5. Lord Of Light
6. Black Corridor
7. Space Is Deep
8. Electronic No 1
9. Orgone Accumulator
10. Upside Down
11. Ten Seconds Of Forever
12. Brainstorm
13. Seven By Seven
14. Sonic Attack
15. Time We Left This World Today
16. Master Of The Universe
17. Welcome To The Future
18. You Shouldn't Do That
19. Masters Of The Universe (2)
20. Born To Go

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Featuring Hawkwind's classic lineup, which included vocalist/guitarist (and band constant) Dave Brock and bassist/occasional vocalist Lemmy (soon to depart and form Motorhead), 1973's SPACE RITUAL is monolithic in stature and stands as thegroup's most impressive live (if not overall) recording. Although the ensemble often garnered comparisons to Pink Floyd, Hawkwind was far more aggressive than Waters, Gilmour, andcompany, charging through a potent, freeform set of cosmic freakouts (the trippy "Earth Calling") and rumbling metal ("Lord of Light" sounds like Black Sabbath in lunar orbit). While the entire outing is stellar, the British space-rock group really hits a stride during the epic "Orgone Accumulator", which settles into a deep, acid groove. Although the spoken-word segments (most notably a recitation of sci-fi/fantasyauthor Michael Moorcock's "Black Corridor" by vocalist/poetBob Calvert) might not suit everyone, SPACE RITUAL endures as both a document of its era and one of Hawkwind's finest releases.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate heavy metal electronic acid trip, 30 Dec 2000
By A Customer
Raw and ferocious live set from the 1972-73 tour fuelled by the commercial success of Silver Machine which does not feature in the CD but instead offers the excellent Shouldn't Do That originally on the 1975 Roadhawks compilation with different live versions of Earth Calling and Master of the Universe on CD 2. Only dissapointments are loss of the flow between tracks Electronic No 1 into Orgone Accumulator and Brock's closing metal chords at the end of Brainstorm both of which were hinted on in the vinyl double album. The Ritual is the definitive Hawkwind live that inspired punks and the later avante garde - note the heavy use of primitive electronics by Dikmik and the classic Lemmy Rickenbacker bass chords that hold much of the drive together with Simon Kings amphetamine drumming. Shame it cant be ressurected on DVD to appreciete the visuals including Stacia and Tony Careras dance alongside the definitive Hawkwind line up in their prime of space rock adrenaline. This period saw their hippy thing become much less peace and love and much more anarchistic . A true milestone in the history of UK rock.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Live CD, 26 Jun 2001
By J. Mann - See all my reviews
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I remember hearing Radio Caroline play four tracks from this CD in the 1970s and it converted me to Hawkind forever. The combination of Michael Moorcock poetry and unearthly, powerful, heavy alien music is unbeatable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate live album, 27 April 2000
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Financed by the fluke success of the single "Silver Machine," the SPACE RITUAL tour marked the conceptual and musical pinnacles of space rock.

The DOREMI line-up was supplemented by poet Robert Calvert, who had drifted in and out through 1971-2 as an integral part of the rambling live proceedings and who had originally sang "Silver Machine" in concert only to have his vocal wiped for Lemmy's more suggestive and more successful growl.

This is a two-disk live set of non-stop, high intensity space rock. It's simply unrelenting and positively riveting.

Calvert's declamation of "Sonic Attack" (written by fantasy novelist Michael Moorcock, who peaked on his first Hawkwind appearance) is one of the scariest and most potent moments in vinyl history.

This is the real thing. As Lux said, if you can't dig this, you can't dig nothing. If you only own one Hawkwind record, it should be SPACE RITUAL.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A total body experience, if you let it!!
This IS the best live album of all time, just let the music, the noises, the poetry get inside you, trip out on a cosmic experience, journey on the Spaceship Hawkwind. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Hippy, but not drippy. Psychedelia from hell.
Hawkwind have veered from cult status to embarrassment so many times over the years that it's pretty hard to reassess their real worth now, but this live album captures them at... Read more
Published on 19 Nov 1999

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