Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin

Performer: Hawkwind
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: Recorded live at the Empire Pool, 1973 Hawkwind: Dave Brock (vocals, guitar); Nik Turner (vocals, flute, saxophone); Robert Calvert (vocals); Del Dettmar (keyboards); Lemmy Kilmister (drum, percussion); Dikmik (unknown instrument); Dik Mike. British space-rockers Hawkwind made their reputation as a noise-drenched alternative to the psychedelia of Pink Floyd. Their live shows, more the sound of being caught in a rocket's blast-trail than in the meditative hum of space, immersed the listener in a wall of echo that could create aural hallucinations. BRING ME THE HEAD OF YURI GAGARIN presents the band at their 1973 peak, with their lineup featuring future Motorhead Lemmy on bass and journalist Robert Calvert reciting poetry and on vocals for some songs. The bootleg-quality recordings are rough, but that only adds to the power of the freeform noise.

Inspired equally by the hippie lifestyle/marathon jamming of the '60s West Coast bands and the interstellar excursions of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind helped invent "space rock" as we know it today. Through countless albums and personnel shifts, they've continued to combine heavy rock with science fiction in a futuristic setting, inspiring a generation of bands and several international space-rock festivals.

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