HAWKWIND

Days Of The Underground: The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979 ESOTERIC

DARYL EASLEA

The spirit of the age, captured in full. It was as if Hawkwind had been willing punk to happen since the end of the 60s. Although they were as out-of-step with the Sex Pistols as they had been with the original prog set, their distinctive space rock was easily tweaked to create some of the most vital music of their entire career. Once Robert Calvert was reinstated as the group’s vocalist in 1976, his cerebral freak flag and anti-establishment stance dominated three marvellous albums of speed-driven edge. “It contains some career-best Hawkwind performances.” Days Of The Underground: The Studio & Live Recordings 1977-1979 captures this period in full across its 10 discs (including two Blu-rays). The original studio albums – 1977’s Quark, Strangeness And Charm, 1978’s 25 Years On and…

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