OUT & INTAKE

on listening this seems to be exactly what it says on the tin here, a collection of outtakes. i am normally wary of outtake albums for obvious reasons, material left off albums due to lack of space or ideas the band felt didn't work. there are eleven such tracks on this album, a real mixed bag, some live, a few of them do work very well, though most of them are rather eccentric and unremarkable except "cajun mix" which i thought was very good, (very similar in style to the music on the "chronicle of the black sword" album, i don't know if that was recorded during those sessions) and "ejection". side two kicks off with "assassins of allah", which sounded very similar to "hassan i sahba" off the 1977 "quark..." album. when i checked it out it turned out to be a reworked version of that song, though much better in my opinon. the rest of side two is unremarkably eccentric and indulgent, not quite up to the usual high standard of material you expect from hawkwind, sound quality is not exceptional. it's not a poor album by any means,overall i would really only recommend this album for hawkwind fans, collectors and completionists only, therefore two stars.