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Xena Donovan
So I am not even going to attempt a Hawkwind discography having released a staggering 92 albums (Live and studio) and a further minefield of 102 compilations and that is just under the Hawkwind name alone, when you start looking at side bands, pseudonyms etc it just makes you dizzy I own 24 CD's by them and my digital collection amounts to a staggering 11 GB and I can honestly say I'm only scratching the surface! Couple that with the fact that they have re-recorded old material multiple times it's just insane and makes my head hurt! I think even a true dedicated lifetime HAWFAN would struggle to provide you with a full discography! So what can I give my discerning blog readers that would fit the bill and satisfy me that I was giving you a top quality overview of one of my favourite bands???
Back in 2010 Hawkwind hooked up with notorious underground label Cherry Red which I think is still their home to date and started a sub-label called Atomhenge this was to be the ultimate in Hawkwind reissuing, remastering, repackaging and expanding a huge chunk of their classic back catlog covering the years 1975 - 1997. For the Hawkwind fan this was an absolute mind blower. Not only were the albums remastered and sounded great, in most cases they were expanded massively with outtakes, EP's Live shows and all sorts. They also reissued some of their key side projects such as Robert Calvert's 1st solo album , Psychedelic Warriors and Hawklords debut. However it would appear that Hawkwind were unable to or unwilling to purchase the rights to their classic first 4 studio albums and the seminal live double album "Space Ritual" the rights for these belong to EMI and I can't imagine negotiations to procure those could have been easy! However EMI took it upon themselves to reissue/remaster & expand these themselves,, though not quite as exhaustive as the Atomhenge releases they look and sound great and come with some essential bonuses. There is one more small thing I felt I had to add! Seems like for some reason not one of these amazing reissues contains Hawkind's most famous song "Silver Machine" so you will also find below a little file with the original "Silver Machine/Seven By Seven" 7" below taken from the "Of Time And Stars" singles collection.
This brings me to your links... The original intention behind this post was to bring you the complete (or as near complete as my research can tell me) set of Atomhenge Hawkwind reissues along with the key side projects I mentioned in the last paragraph. However I felt that if I was NOT gonna do a discography the least I could do was give you the Atomhenge albums plus the absolutely essential first 5 albums on EMI too! As it seemed a shame that you'd miss out on the first 7 years of the band.
Can't understand why there is no one commenting. I had never heard of them and am just listening to their first EPs. They seem pretty good to me, solid songwriting, good tunes, good voice, all the guitars we love to hear from that era (in fact, fortunately they sound more like 1982). Well, it's not a unique sound, but a very likeable one. Thank you for sharing this!!
I think you will enjoy their following couple of albums, where their sound really starts to sound like their own. One other track to note from their Black Sessions is "Moved To Tears", which I don't think is on any other release. Very good track.
Lowlife were truly a gem in the schism of gloomy pop bands...I too, was always struck by how many folks were hard core Cocteau Twins fans and had no idea of Lowlife...further they are part of that whole cannon, Sad Lovers and Giants, Breathless, Lucy SHow...etc, that do what they do so well and yet are infrequently ever referenced as bands that defined that gloomy dreampop sound...They were perfect throughout the bulk of every recording...is there a bad song?
I used top make tapes and evetually burn cd's of their work to send to people around the world who expressed an interest in who they were...
I'm glad I can still find in 2009 a person whom is excited about them...I started the Lowlife forum that eventually merged with their official site and am glad the spirit continues!....They are a keeper!
Just to let you know how far Lowlife went: I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in 1988 (I think) I could record the 3 songs from "Vain Delights" EP broadcasted during the "Novas Tendencias" (New Tendencies) radio program, presented by DJ Jose Roberto Mahr, at a rock radio station of that time, named Radio Fluminense.
Since then, I became a big fan of this band.
Thanks for this discography.
Lowlife were timeless. Are. Their songs and sound echoes in the space of so many rooms, solid and grey and dark. One of the greatest bands from the 80s. Great voice and atmospheres. Just listen to the very first Cocteaus album... Garlands and you'll see. The same dense textures and circle sound. Too good to be forbidden and forget.
Thank you Sir for this tribute.
I discovered this band few months ago,i think it was that i read the Bo of higgie that i could heard them for first time. Eternity road!, just amazing Sound, voice, of course bass to (Searching my experience.
), just amazing. Well now i can enjoying this albums, thnk you again.
Cheers!
I recently heard a few Lowlife songs, and I'm hooked. I want to thank you for taking the time to share their discography! I'd like to eventually find and purchase their albums on vinyl, and your uploads give me a chance to enjoy their music and decide what to buy. Thank you so very much!
best post punk band so far. and my favorite one. the coldest vocal of Craig Lorentson. I can listen to them even when i don't want to listen any music at all. what makes them so special among all other good and iconic bands?
Wayne Shorter is one of the great masters of modern jazz saxophone. His sound is unique and innovative, instantly recognizable and completely his own. The styles he plays vary from straight-ahead acoustic jazz to fusion to pop, delighting vastly different audiences while maddening purists. With each tune he plays, Wayne creates marvelous kalaidoscopic musical journeys, building tension by combining fragments, colors, angular phrases, and fast runs, then easing into a melody or crying out to provide release. He can be lyrical, wailing, cerebral, and soulful all in the same solo.
I first heard Wayne when I was in high school and he was in Weather Report. I loved his music and have been a natural fan of his ever since. But making a playlist encompassing his entire 63-year discography was a daunting task even for an obsessive like me. Though I've owned and listened to most of Wayne's albums for decades, it took six months of intensive review to find all the tracks I wanted to include. The result is this massive 366-track catalog in recording session order, the largest playlist I've ever compiled.
Here's an in-depth blog about this playlist:
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