Cherry Red Records annuncia che il 31 marzo prossimo pubblicherà un enorme cofanetto contente otto CD e due BlueRay degli Hawkwind intitolato “Days Of The Underground – The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979”.
L’etichetta inglese con “Days Of The Underground” raccoglie tutte le registrazioni fatte, dunque anche inedite con diverse outtake, e pubblicate della prog/space rock band Hawkwind e dagli Hawlords, una variante della band, tra il 1977 e il 1979. A questo materiale in studio è stato aggiunto material eregistrato dal vivo, con 4 CD delle registrazioni del settembre del 1977, del concerto come Sonic Assassins del dicembre dello stesso anno e per la formazione Hawklords un live alla Uxbridge University e tutti mixati dai master multitraccia originali.
Nel box saranno presentati anche il film degli Hawklords alla Uxbridge University del 1978 e la performance di “Quark, Strangeness And Charm” degli Hawkwind al Marc Bolan TV Show.
Il materiale verrà presentato nel formato sonoro stereo e con un mixaggio 5.1 sourround per “Quark, Strangeness And Charm”, “Hawlords – 25 Years On” e “P.X.R. 5” eseguiti da Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree).
“Days Of The Underground – The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979” conterrà anche un libro con un saggio sulla band e un poster.

Gli Hawkwind con l’etichetta Charisma Records nell’ultima parte degli anni ’70, li ha visti aprire nuovi orizzonti e grazie alla collaborazione tra Dave Brock, ormai ultimo elemento orignario rimasto in formazione, e Robert Calvert. Sono gli anni, tra febbraio 1977 e giugno 1979, degli album “Quark, Strangeness And Charm”, “Hawklords – 25 Years On” e “PXR 5” e ovviamente di tantissimi concerti con Calvert come abile frontman.

Di seguito i dettagli dei CD e BluRay contenuti in “Days Of The Underground – The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979” e la sua copertina.
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DISC ONE
Quark, Strangeness And Charm – The Steven Wilson remix
1 Spirit of the Age
2 Damnation Alley
3 Fable of a Failed Race
4 Quark, Strangeness AND Charm
5 Hassan I Sahba
6 The Forge of Vulcan
7 The Days of the Underground
8 The Iron Dream
Bonus tracks
9 Damnation Alley (live studio version)
10 A minor Jam session
11 Spirit of the Age (demo excerpt)

DISC TWO
The Rockfield Studio sessions 1977
1 Damnation Alley (first version)
2 Spirit of the Age (full version)
3 The Days of the Underground (first version)
4 Quark, Strangeness AND Charm / Uncle Sam’s on Mars 5 Fable of a Failed Race (extended version)
6 Cake Out
7 Fahrenheit 451 (jam session)
8 Century X (jam session)

DISC THREE
Hawklords – 25 Years On – The Steven Wilson remix
1 PSI Power
2 Freefall
3 Automoton
4 25 Years
5 Flying Doctor
6 The Only Ones
7 (Only) The Dead Dreams of the Cold War Kid
8 The Age of the Micro Man
Bonus tracks
9 The Only Ones (acoustic demo)
10 (Only) The Dead Dreams of the Cold War Kid (demo)
11 Freefall (Take Two)
12 Automoton (full version)
13 25 Years (Take One)
14 Flying Doctor (live studio rehearsal)
15 (Only) The Dead Dreams of the Cold War Kid (Take Two) 16 The Age of the Micro Man (Take One)
17 Digger Jam

DISC FOUR
PXR 5 – The Steven Wilson remix
1 Death Trap
2 Jack of Shadows
3 Uncle Sam’s On Mars
4 Infinity
5 Life Form
6 Robot
7 High Rise
8 P.X.R. 5
Bonus tracks
9 Jack of Shadows (live studio version)
10 High Rise (live studio version)
11 We Like to Be Frightened
12 Robot (first overdubbed version)
13 Jack of Shadows (Adrian Shaw vocal version)
14 PSI Power (single version)
15 25 Years (single version)
16 Death Trap (single version)

DISC FIVE
Live September 1977 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon And The Gaumont, Ipswich
1 Brainstorm (live Croydon 1977)
2 High Rise (live Croydon 1977)
3 Robot (live Croydon 1977)
4 Wind of Change (live Croydon 1977)
5 Jack of Shadows (live Croydon 1977)
6 Spirit of the Age (live Ipswich 1977)
7 Sonic Attack (live Ipswich 1977)
8 Damnation Alley (live Ipswich 1977)
9 Uncle Sam’s on Mars / The Iron Dream (live Ipswich 1977) 10 Quark, Strangeness And Charm (live Ipswich 1977)
11 Master of the Universe (live Ipswich 1977)
12 Welcome to the Future (live Ipswich 1977)

DISC SIX
Live September 1977 – De Montfort Hall Leicester
1 Brainstorm
2 Steppenwolf
3 High Rise
4 Robot
5 Spirit of the Age
6 Sonic Attack
7 Damnation Alley
8 Uncle Sam’s on Mars /The Iron Dream
9 Master of the Universe
10 Welcome to the Future

DISC SEVEN
Sonic Assassins – Queensway Hall, Barnstaple – 23rd December 1977
1 Golden Void
2 Magnu /Angels of Life
3 Freefall
4 Death Trap
5 Over the Top
6 Master of the Universe
7 Welcome to the Future

DISC EIGHT
Hawklords – Brunel University, Uxbridge – 24th November 1978
1 Automoton
2 25 Years
3 High Rise
4 Death Trap
5 The Age of the Micro Man
6 Spirit of the Age
7 Urban Guerrilla
8 Sonic Attack
9 PSI Power
10 Brainstorm

DISC NINE

Quark Strangeness And Charm – Steven Wilson’s 5.1 Surround Sound And Stereo mixes (96kHz / 24-bit)
1 Spirit of the Age
2 Damnation Alley
3 Fable of a Failed Race
4 Quark, Strangeness And Charm
5 Hassan I Sahba
6 The Forge of Vulcan
7 The Days of the Underground
8 The Iron Dream
Bonus visual content
1 Quark, Strangeness AND Charm (‘Marc’ TV show 1977)

DISC TEN
25 Years On – Steven Wilson’s 5.1 surround sound & stereo mixes (96kHz / 24-bit)
1 PSI Power
2 Freefall
3 Automoton
4 25 Years
5 Flying Doctor
6 The Only Ones
7 (Only) The Dead Dreams of the Cold War Kid
8 The Age of the Micro Man
Bonus visual content
Hawklords – Brunel University, Uxbridge 24th November 1978 (video)
1 PSI Power (promotional film 1978)
2 25 Years (promotional film 1978)
P.X.R. 5 – Steven Wilson’s 5.1 Surround Sound & stereo mixes (96kHz / 24-bit)
1 Death Trap
2 Jack of Shadows
3 Uncle Sam’s On Mars
4 Infinity
5 Life Form
6 Robot
7 High Rise
8 P.X.R. 5