The Saga Of The Space Ritual

After blasting out of the underground via the acid-laced rocket fuel of Silver Machine, Hawkwind created a spectacular multimedia live show unlike anything seen or heard before: the Space Ritual. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, this is the story of its creation and of the extraordinary album it gave rise to.

Joe Banks

“The basic idea of the opera – for want of a better word – is that a team of starfarers are in a coma, a state of suspended animation, and the opera is a presentation of the dreams that they’re having in deep space.”Robert Calvert ‘Dim visions smoked his brain. Pictures of people standing and screaming and a band playing loud shrieking metal music…’ Extract From The Saga of Doremi Latido Fasol It’s November 1972, and something extraordinary is happening in the sleepy Norfolk market town of King’s Lynn. The Corn Exchange venue is packed to the rafters with East Anglian heads and freaks, along with the local chapter of Hells Angels and a smattering of terrified teenyboppers. It’s the first night of Hawkwind’s Space Ritual tour, an event that’s been…

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