Hawkwind - 1973 - Space Ritual

Artist....: Hawkwind

Title.....: Space Ritual

Rel. Date.: 1973

Type/Genre: Space Rock

Size......: 211MB

Format....: mp3

Khz.......: 44.1

Mode......: Stereo

Bitrate...: 256



Tracklist:

1. Earth Calling

2. Born To Go

3. Down Through The Night

4. The Awakening

5. Lord Of Light

6. Black Corridor

7. Space Is Deep

8. Electronic No. 1

9. Orgone Accumulator

10. Upside Down

11. 10 Seconds Of Forever

12. Brainstorm

13. 7 By 7

14. Sonic Attack

15. Time We Left This World Today

16. Master Of The Universe

17. 'Welcome To The Future

18. You Shouldn't Do That

19. Master Of The Universe

20. Born To Go



The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind. It is their fourth album, reached #9 in the UK album charts and briefly dented the Billboard Top 200, peaking at #179.



The album was recorded during the tour to promote their Doremi Fasol Latido album, which comprises the bulk of this set. In addition, there are new tracks ("Born To Go", "Upside Down" and "Orgone Accumulator") and the songs are interspersed by electronic and spoken pieces making this one continuous performance. Curiously, their recent hit single "Silver Machine" was excluded from the set, and only "Master of the Universe" remains from their first two albums.



The Space Ritual show attempted to create a full audio-visual-cerebral experience, representing themes developed by Barney Bubbles and Robert Calvert entwining the fantasy of Starfarers in suspended animation travelling through time and space with the concept of the music of the spheres. The performance featured dancers Stacia, Miss Renee and Tony Carrera, stage set by Bubbles, lightshow by Liquid Len and poetry recitations by Calvert.



"Sonic Attack" had been written by sci-fi author Michael Moorcock, who often performed with the band when convenient and Calvert was unavailable. Here it is recited by Calvert and it was scheduled for single release, promotional copies being distributed in a cloth sleeve, but it never did receive a full release.