HAWKWIND SPACE RITUAL ORIG 1973 US PRESS 2XLP ACID PROG PSYCH FOLD-OUT COVER
HAWKWIND – SPACE RITUAL – ORIGINAL 1973 UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS STEREO 2 X LP UA-LA120-H2 (Terre Haute)
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL HUGE FOLD-OUT POSTER COVER
ORIGINAL AUTO-COUPLED
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
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Aside from Sun Ra, few artists captured that sense of mind-warping, my-God-it's-full-of-stars astronomical mysticism in their music like Hawkwind. With their tendency towards extended jams full of disorienting electronic drones and drummer Simon King's NEU/CAN-like hypnotic rhythms, they had a certain creative kinship with their Krautrock contemporaries. But their racket could also be as unrelentingly punchy and violent as anything from the Stooges' Fun House, especially considering guitarist Dave Brock's Ron Asheton-esque affinity for blistering, wah-wah-drenched riffs and Nik Turner's freeform sax outbursts, which were more Steve MacKay than John Gilmore...and topped off by the bombastic power-driven bass (ala lead guitar) work of Lemmy Kilmister ...It was all put to good use by their lyrics and their philosophy, much of which was inspired by the writing of sci-fi author and sometime collaborator Michael Moorcock, and typically themed around interstellar travel, metaphysics and Pythagoras' theory of celestial-mathematical "music of the spheres."
Hawkwind, at their peak, as on '73's live "Space Ritual" double LP, were an air-tight rock'n'roll demolition unit who combined the best of trancey psychedelia and buttocks-scorching rock'n'roll. If you have the remotist interest in Krautrock or high-energy rock a la MC5/Stooges/Pink Fairies/Deviants, then you need this in your collection.
From Dik's crazy synth whoops and bleeps thru to the sublime sci-fi spoken-word babble right up to the apocalyptic "Orgone Accumulator" (almost 10 minutes of pure sonic fist-shaking bliss), this is an album for both rock'n'roll purists and avant-prog heads alike
Space Ritual is dark, creepy and cinematic. Medication or not, it really is the music that makes you sit and stumble.
(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; I grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)
I could only see some very light marks, actually there are really hardly any marks at all across all four sides, however the original full gloss of the vinyl is missing.
Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!
The cover is vg for ring wear (photos) and some cellophane tape on the front. When I opened the full cover I did see one small hole. The spine is solid but not very readable.
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