Hawkwind and Man - Apr/May 2010
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Topic: Hawkwind and Man - Apr/May 2010
Posted By: sonic_assassin
Subject: Hawkwind and Man - Apr/May 2010
Date Posted: May 14 2010 at 06:56
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The gameplan was to stay sober at the Cardiff show, an all-seater affair, and get video clips... and then get nicely slaughtered at the Leamington Spa event a couple of days later. That all worked ok, except that I put the wrong SD data card in my camera for the Cardiff show, and only had 256 MB of memory to play with, instead of 2 GB. So the longer clips, shot at Leamington Spa, show a distinct deteoriation in steadiness as the afternoon wore on and evening approached. Cardiff St Davids Hall, 30 Apr 2010 Excellent sound quality, almost hifi. Great to be able to listen to a thread in the sound and look to see who was doing it. I often focussed on Dave Brock, of course. The number of tracks in the setlist was pruned a fair bit, allowing more time to expand upon each one. A bit like the old "blanga" days, really. Setlist: Space is Deep, Angels, Fahrenheit 451, Sentinel, Lighthouse, Green Machine, Wraith, Prometheus, Warrior narrative, Magnu, Tide of the Century, You'd Better Believe It. Encore: Hassan, Silver Machine For me, it was the best Hawkwind show since (excluding) the 1989 Treworgey show. So, best show for 21 years is another way of putting it! A clip from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrTA4PPeoYs - "Angels of Death" Swansea and Leeds, 1 May There's no word yet on how the ManBand show went, at Swansea. Hawkwind were playing Leeds that night, and it sounds like folks enjoyed it. Leamington Spa, 2 May Hawkwind's "psychedelic sundae" and the lineup included: Krankshaft (Calvert collaberators) - sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REh7n__vskk - "Lord of the Hornets" Banco de Gaia - sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=466ERxVrfj4 - "Spirit of the Age" Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4XJHJPa9Ow - "Spunk Rock" Huw Lloyd-Langton (ex-Hawkwind guitarist) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUOga4jXLO8 - "Waiting for Tomorrow" Hawkwind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAerHBgKmDk - "Prometheus" Interesting to see Martin Ace's incarnation of Man. Some purists/Micky Jones fans don't regard this outfit as the real deal, but the Hawkwind crowd liked it. Hawkwind's set was pretty much the same as Cardiff 2 days earlier... being able to move around and drink while watching them was a lot more fun, of course! -------------------- My previous Hawkwind reviews on this site... 2006 Apr - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21407 - Exeter 2007 Dec - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=44467 - Exeter 2007 Dec - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=44697 - London, Astoria 2008 Dec - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54154 - Exeter 2009 Aug - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60902 - London, Porchester Hall 2009 Dec - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63667 - Falmouth etc |
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Posted By: GeorgeClement
Date Posted: June 23 2010 at 04:31
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The Leamington show was tops. It's a real treat hearing fantastic sound quality watching a great performance in good company AND being able to move around and drink a bit. I hate sit-downs. Saw some band near Yeovil (Green Scythe Fair) and had this deja vu thing come over me, there I was, back in Leamington - called Bag of Rats or something. Oh well, I'm going to have to earn some festival tokens andboogey with the Hawk Freaks again soon. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 26 2010 at 15:46
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Hi,
You b*****ds get all the good stuff ... around here we only get cheap jazz crap revivals and the worst of all the rock bands you can imagine, not to mention wannabe everythings that have more ego and pants than they do music! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Rabid
Date Posted: August 26 2010 at 17:23
We like to eat bananas.
  ------------- "...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..." |
moshkito wrote:Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 31 2010 at 20:34
And play with John Cippolina, I'm sure! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |