Masters of the Universe (Hawkwind album)

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Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe - Hawkwind.jpg
Compilation album by
Released25 February 1977 [1]
Recorded1971–1974
Genre Space rock
Label EMI
Producer Doug Bennett
(side two, tracks 3 & 4),
George Chkiantz
(side one, track 1),
Hawkwind
Hawkwind chronology
Roadhawks
(1976)
Masters of the Universe
(1977)
Repeat Performance
(1980)
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Masters of the Universe is a 1977 compilation album by Hawkwind covering the years 1971 to 1974 while the group were contracted to United Artists Records. [4] It is the group's second compilation album, after the previous year's Roadhawks , and was compiled and released without the band's input or approval.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Master of the Universe" (Nik Turner, Dave Brock) – 6:19 – from In Search of Space (1971)
  2. "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 10:44 – from Doremi Fasol Latido (1972)

Side two

  1. "Sonic Attack" (Michael Moorcock) – 2:59 – from A Space Ritual Alive (1973)
  2. "Orgone Accumulator" (Robert Calvert, Brock) – 10:00 – from A Space Ritual Alive (1973)
  3. "It's So Easy" (Brock) – 5:21 – B-side of "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)" single
  4. "Lost Johnny" (Ian Kilmister, Mick Farren) – 3:28 – from Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974)

Personnel

Release history

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References

  1. Hawkwind – Masters of the Universe
  2. "allmusic ((( Masters of the Universe [Simply the Best] > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. "Hawkwind - Masters Of The Universe at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 7 February 2010.