Church of Hawkwind

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Church of Hawkwind
Studio album by Hawkwind
Released	1982
Recorded	1981-1982
Genre	Space rock
Length	50:31
Label	Active Records
Producer	Dr Technical
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Church of Hawkwind is a 1982 studio album by Hawkwind released under the name Church of Hawkwind. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than the usual heavy rock that the band were known for at the time.

Dave Brock resurrects the Dr Technical alias which he had previously used for production of the band's 1972 hit single "Silver Machine". This is almost a Dave Brock solo album considering the heavy bias towards his work, and none of these tracks were performed live by the band, save "Looking In The Future" which was re-recorded as "Letting In The Past" on It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous.

The CD bonus tracks were recorded in the 1990s and seem at odds with the overall feel of the album, and they were placed in the middle of a resequenced side 2 disrupting the flow of the album, for example the rowing that linked "Some People Never Die" with "Light Specific Data" now has 5 tracks in between.

Although credited to Dave Brock, the track "Some People Never Die" is in fact a direct copy of the track "They Call Me Gun" on an obscure lp "On The Seventh Day" (US Mercury Records 61248, 1970), right down to the famous President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald shooting commentary. An alternative edit of "Some People Never Die" is on "SpaceBrock" (2000).

[edit] Track listing

Side 1 - Space

1. "Angel Voices" (Brock/Bainbridge) 1:21 - Brock; Bainbridge
2. "Nuclear Drive" (Brock) 3:39 - Brock; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
3. "Star Cannibal" (Brock) 5:31 - Brock; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
4. "The Phenomenon of Luminosity" (Brock) 2:40 - Brock
5. "Fall of Earth City" (Brock/Bainbridge/Lloyd-Langton) 3:24 - Brock; Bainbridge; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin
6. "The Church" (Brock/Lloyd-Langton) 1:32 - Brock; Lloyd-Langton

Side 2 - Fate

1. "Joker at the Gate" (Brock/Bainbridge) 1:51 - Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
2. "Some People Never Die" (Brock) 3:52 - Brock; Sperhawk; Bodi
3. "Light Specific Data" (Brock) 3:48 - Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
4. "Experiment With Destiny" (Brock/Bainbridge) 2:31 - Brock; Bainbridge; Griffin
5. "The Last Messiah" (Brock/Bainbridge) 1:27 - Brock; Bainbridge; Madam X
6. "Looking in the Future" (Brock) 4:03 - Brock; Bainbridge; Lloyd-Langton; Griffin

Side 2 (CD Release)

1. "Identimate" (Brock) 3:45 - bonus track - Brock; Davey; Chadwick
2. "Some People Never Die" (Brock) 3:52
3. "Damage of Life" (Brock) 5:50 - bonus track - Brock; Davey; Chadwick
4. "Experiment With Destiny" (Brock/Bainbridge) 2:31
5. "Mists of Meridin" (Brock/Davey) 5:13 - bonus track - Brock; Davey; Chadwick
6. "Looking in the Future" (Brock) 4:03
7. "Joker at the Gate" (Brock/Bainbridge) 1:51
8. "Light Specific Data" (Brock) 3:48
9. "The Last Messiah" (Brock/Bainbridge) 1:27

[edit] Personnel

• Dave Brock - guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar, vocals
• Harvey Bainbridge - bass guitar, Keyboards, vocals
• Martin Griffin - drums

with

• Marc Sperhawk - bass guitar
• Capt Al Bodi - drums
• Alan Davey - bass guitar
• Richard Chadwick - drums
• Kris Tait (Madam X) - crying

[edit] Credits

• Recorded at Rockfield Studios Dec-81 to Feb-82.
• Produced by Dr Technical, engineered by Pat Moran and Ashley Howe.
• Cover by Andrew Christian andPartridge/Rushton. Booklet illustrations by John Coulthart and Tim.

[edit] Equipment listed

• Korg 700 Keyboard
• Korg Analogue Seq
• Korg MS20
• Korg Polyphonic
• Roland Jupiter 4
• Roland Sho9
• EMS Synthi
• 2 Roland 201 Space Echoes
• Koorlander Time Module
• Koorlander Multichorus Delay Module
• Pubison
• Westone Thunder HI Guitar
• Westone Padewak Guitar
• Westone Thunder 1Bass

[edit] Release History

• May 1982: RCA Active, RCALP9004 - initial copies came with a 12 page lyric book
• Jun 1994: Dojo, DOJOCD86, UK CD
• Mar 1994: Griffin, GN0932-2, USA CD

[edit] External links

• Collectable Records - Original cover and booklet