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Originally Posted by Ice fyre  I havn't heard much Hawkwind just silver machine. But being a Heavy Metal fan I think I'm going to try and lay me hands on some, which albums would you all recommend? |
Eeep.
Depends, really, on what you're after. For classic early Hawkwind with some Moorcockian influence,
Doremi Fasol Latido, and for outright connection to MM, the aforementioned
Warrior at the Edge of Time. For that transitional early-mid period, I'd have trouble picking...
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music has some very good stuff on it, but I might just go with
Quark, Strangeness and Charm. For a heavier sound,
Sonic Attack (which has some Moorcock pieces on it) and
Choose Your Masques. And then, if you're really interested in the Moorcock connection, there's
Chronicle of the Black Sword and
Live Chronicles of the Black Sword, the latter of which has more material but the sound isn't as crisp, of course.
The Xenon Codex has some very interesting stuff on it, too, as does
Space Bandits. There's also
Zones, which is an uneven album, but some of it is quite good, and it does have Moorcock's "Running Through the Backbrain" on it, with vocals by Mike. Personal favorites:
Doremi Fasol Latido,
Warrior, "Steppenwolf" (from
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music),
PXR-5 and
Quark, Strangeness and Charm, and
Sonic Attack and
Choose Your Masques... and the first side, especially, of
Space Bandits.
Here's a fairly decent (though by no means complete) discography:
Hawkwind Discography