Atomhenge 76

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Atomhenge 76
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Live album by
Released16 October 2000
Recorded27 September 1976
Venue Colston Hall, Bristol
Genre Space rock
Label Voiceprint Records – HAWKVP5CD
Hawkwind chronology
Complete '79: Collectors Series Volume 1
(1999)
Atomhenge 76
(2000)
Live 1990
(2002)
Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures
ThrillingHawkwindAdventures.jpg
North America (Griffin, 2000)
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Atomhenge 76 is a 2000 live album release of part of a 1976 concert by Hawkwind.

Contents

Part of this set was previously issued in North America on a single CD as Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures (Griffin Music, November–1999, GCD8402).

Track listing

CD1
  1. "Intro" (Hawkwind) – 1:18
  2. "Reefer Madness" (Calvert, Brock) – 6:05
  3. "Paradox" (Brock) – 4:23
  4. "Chronoglide Skyway" (House) – 5:56
  5. "Hassan-i-Sabah" [aka "Assassins of Allah"] (Calvert, Rudolph) – 5:56
  6. "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 8:53
  7. "Wind of Change" (Brock) – 4:09
CD2
  1. "Instrumental" (Hawkwind) – 1:15
  2. "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 11:14
  3. "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Powell, King) – 7:36
  4. "Time For Sale" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 10:38
  5. "Back on the Streets" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 5:16
  6. "Sonic Attack" (Michael Moorcock, Hawkwind) – 6:27
  7. "Kerb Crawler" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:34
Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures version
  1. "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 9:23
  2. "Wind of Change" (Brock) – 4:31
  3. "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 11:17
  4. "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Powell, King) – 6:56
  5. "Time for Sale" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 10:13
  6. "Back on the Streets" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 4:40
  7. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock, Hawkwind) – 6:01

Personnel

Hawkwind

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References

  1. Thompson, Dave. Atomhenge 76 at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.