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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than ever, 9 Dec 2001
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This has all the old energy and surge of the best Hawkwind performances. Michael Moorcock, Simon House, Dave Brock from the Golden Age, plus Richard Chadwick, Ali, Ron Tree, Tim Blake, Jez Huggett -- blending the surehandedness of the old guard with the vitality of the new.Wonderful to hear the great Mr Moorcock doing his own version of Sonic Attack and a nice, atmospheric Edge of Time, from his 73 tour. Takes you back to Deep Fix daze!! I started playing New Worlds Fair, Warrior At the Edge of Time and this last night and haven't stopped yet. Great combo. Three different periods. All good in their own way. It's fairly hard to believe, but there is nothing disappointing about this live album. These blokes continue to do stuff nobody else in music is doing, and generally doing it without much hoo-ha, either. Rock on, Hawkwind! A little classic.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hawkwind and friends at their best., 28 Jun 2003
Hawkwind as they should be. Some excellent powerful performances, but disappointingly spoilt by Michael Moorcock's orations; I'd have preferred these to be similar to his original style on the "Warrior...." album and not sounding like some demented madman. I'm also perplexed by the choice of "Freefall" both for playing it live and including it on the CD. I think this is one best left to the studio version on "Hawklords".Having said that, the rest of the album is excellent, with most of the material taken from the early albums of the 70's and early 80's. For me, the high points are "Damage of Life", an absolutely amazing rendition of "Hurry on Sundown", Tim Blake's "Lighthouse", only previously available on "Live'79" (with the Hawks anyway), and a better version at that, "Spacebrock" (Track 3, not The Money Tree), and a very good version of "Space is Deep" that almost sounds like the original from "Doremi...". "Levitation" is also very good, but a little long-winded. "Assassins of Allah", ("Hassan I Sahba" from Quark...) incorporating awesome music with an Eastern flavour, and orations from Captain Rizz, is a wonderful finale. Buy this CD...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
New music now!, 27 Dec 2002
Where to begin. I mean it is Hawkwind, one of the five finest musical groupings ever to grace this planet. ‘Yule Ritual’ was recorded ‘live’ at the London Astoria last Christmas and featured a line up of Dave Brock, Richard Chadwick, Gerry Richards, Simon House, Keith Kniveton, Ron Tree and Tim Blake. So what we have is a 16 track souvenir of the show. But is it worth buying? Well, yes. In comparison to some of the p*** poor HW product that’s been floating about, it is so good to hear a properly recorded live show. Not as good as the privately released Hawkind 1997, but there you go. This is traditional Hawkwind aimed firmly at the middle of the road HW fan with few diversions into blanga, reggae or trance. Which is a shame, because experimentation was th name of the game. But here its play it properly or don't play it at all. There are some corking versions here. "Levitation" is powerful and direct, "Space Is Deep" is somnambulant, it's great to hear "High Rise" again, you can never have enough versions of "Spirit Of The Age" - fact, and the outright winner is "Assassins of Allah", a storming version, due in no small measure to the sax of Jez Huggett. So go and buy it. However, I would love to hear some new material from HW as they are in danger of turning into their own tribute band. It's great to see Ali, Harvey and Huw back, but here's hoping the follow up to Distant Horizons isn't too far away.
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