PXR5
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| Studio album by Hawkwind | ||
| Released | 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1977-1978 | |
| Genre | Space Rock | |
| Label | Charisma Records | |
| Producer(s) | Hawkwind | |
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| Hawkwind chronology | ||
| 25 Years On (1978) |
PXR5 (1979) |
Live, 79 (1980) |
PXR5 is a 1978 studio and live album by Hawkwind released in 1979. It reached #59 on the UK album charts.
Hawkwind fragmented as a band around this time period and the album was pieced together by Dave Brock from various live tracks with some new material cobbled from the Quark, Strangeness and Charm line-up. Its release was delayed until the after the following Hawklords album, resulting in the strange This is the last but one message on the cover.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- Side 1
- "Death Trap" (Calvert/Brock) 3:51
- "Jack Of Shadows" (Calvert/House/Shaw) 3:28
- "Uncle Sam's On Mars" (Calvert/Brock/House/King) 5:44
- "Infinity" (Calvert/Brock) 4:17
- "Life Form" (Brock) 1:44
- Side 2
- "Robot" (Calvert/Brock) 8:14
- "High Rise" (Calvert/House) 4:36
- "PXR5" (Brock) 5:39
[edit] Personnel
- Robert Calvert - vocals (tracks 1-3,6,7)
- Dave Brock - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Adrian Shaw - bass guitar (tracks 2,3,6-8)
- Simon House - violin, keyboards (tracks 2,3,6-8)
- Simon King - drums (except 5)
[edit] Credits
- Tracks 1,2,8: Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Jan-1978
- Tracks 3: Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, 5-Oct-1977
- Tracks 4,5: Recorded at Week Park Farm, 1978
- Tracks 6,7: Recorded at Leicester De Montford Hall, 29-Sep-1977
- Mixed at Rockfield Studios, Feb-1978. Engineered by Dave Charles and Anton Matthews.
- Artwork by Phillip Tonkyn.
[edit] Notes
[edit] Lyrical References
- "Jack of Shadows" lyrics are inspired by Roger Zelazny's book of the same name.
- "Uncle Sam's On Mars" this evolved from the Neu!-esque "Opa Loka", with a Calvert anti-US rant over the top of it.
- "Infinity" uses a Calvert poem from Space Ritual.
- "Robot" lyrics are inspired by Isaac Asimov's I, Robot book.
- "High Rise" lyrics are inspired by J.G. Ballard's book of the same name.
- "PXR5" lyrics deal with Hawkwind's transitory period between Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music and Quark, Strangeness and Charm
[edit] Mix
- The CD issue was mastered from different tapes from the original vinyl version. The most notable difference is that "High Rise" is the live version without studio overdubs, so starts with a clunk rather than the smooth bass intro and has a coarser vocal from Calvert. Also "PXR5" gains an introduction that's missing from the original.
[edit] Release History
- May-1979: Charisma, CDS4016, UK vinyl - first 5000 contained Pete Frame's Hawkwind Family Tree poster. The original cover had artwork of an incorrectly wired UK electric plug which caused controversy on safety grounds, so subsequent copies were released with a supposedly-unremovable sticker covering the offending artwork. Subsequent prints had the artwork blanked out.
- Mar 1984: Charisma, CHC25, UK vinyl
- Apr 1989: Virgin, CDSCD4016, UK CD
[edit] External links
- Collectable Records - Original cover
