This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic

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This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1984
Recorded Lewisham Odeon, 18 December 1980 and Stonehenge Free Festival, June 1984
Genre Space rock
Length51:38
Label Flicknife Records
Hawkwind chronology
Zones
(1983)
This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
(1984)
The Chronicle of the Black Sword
(1985)
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This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic is a 1984 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. The album consisted of two discs: an LP which was recorded during the group's 1980 Levitation tour; and a 12" EP recorded at their June 1984 appearance at the Stonehenge Free Festival.

Contents

The group's line-up had changed by their June 1984 appearance at the Stonehenge Free Festival, with guitarists Dave Brock, Huw Lloyd-Langton and saxophonist Nik Turner remaining, Harvey Bainbridge switching from bass to keyboards. They were joined by bassist Alan Davey and drummer Clive Deamer, although Danny Thompson Jr deputised for Deamer on the Stonehenge recording.

The group undertook a 13 date UK tour in November 1984 to promote this album, with support from Wildfire. [2] The Sheffield University show on 27 November was recorded, and part released on Undisclosed Files Addendum (1995).

The tracks from disc 1 have been re-issued on the 2009 3CD re-issue of Levitation .

Track listing

Side 1 (33 RPM)

  1. "Psi Power" [listed as "Psy Power"] (Robert Calvert, Dave Brock) – 5:07
  2. "Levitation" (Brock) – 7:15
  3. "Psychosis" [unlisted] (Harvey Bainbridge) – 1:27
    "The Fifth Second of Forever" [listed as "Circles"] (Brock, Huw Lloyd-Langton) – 4:14
  4. "Space Chase" (Lloyd-Langton) – 3:19

Side 2 (33 RPM)

  1. "Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – 4:42
  2. "Angels of Death" (Brock) – 6:27
  3. "Shot Down in the Night" (Steve Swindells) – 7:07

Side 3 (45 RPM)

  1. "Stonehenge Decoded" (Brock, Bainbridge) – 8:20

Side 4 (45 RPM)

  1. "Watching the Grass Grow" (Nik Turner, Trev Thoms) – 3:40

Personnel

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Notes

Release history

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References

  1. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  2. Youles, Steve. "Gig and Set Lists 1984". Starfarer's hawkwind Page. self-published. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2009.