Live in 1979 [Import, Live]

Hawkwind | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Griffin Records
• ASIN: B000008O00
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,853 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Shot Down in the Night

2. Motorway City

3. Spirit of the Age

4. Brainstorm

5. Lighthouse

6. Master of the Universe

7. Silver Machine (Requiem)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hawkwind - 'Live '79' (Griffin), June 29, 2005

By 

Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in 1979 (Audio CD)

Not as good as their 'Complete '79' 2-CD import(see my review).This 'Live '79' is more or less an edited version of the 'Complete '79' although I doubt the two releases come from the same gig.'Live '79' is more polished sounding.Vocalist/frontman Bob Calvert(R.I.P.)does a good job with these tunes.Two I liked the best were "Spirit Of The Age" and ex-Gong member Tim Blake's "Lighthouse"."Brainstorm" is okay,but it shouldn't be played without Nik Turner.Something I even had a chance to ask current HW drummer Richard Chadwick about(Dave Brock wasn't available at the time)is what's the deal with "Silver Machine" being snipped off after a few minutes?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Getting for Hawkwind Fans, November 18, 2002

By 

Eric DiStefano - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in 1979 (Audio CD)

I delayed getting this one because someone made reference to it being covered in "Complete 79." Well, I did not do a side-by-side check for duplication, but the production quality is significantly higher than Complete 79 (which I still also recommend because it has so much more). Glad I got it. Complaints about early cut-of of Silver Machine are unfounded; I thought it an acceptable message that they were done playing that tune for a while. Besides, crank the explosion up a bit and enjoy the rumbling thunder.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not great but a worthy effort, January 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Live in 1979 (Audio CD)

79 never really finds its groove. "shot down's" great, but the "brainstorms'" nothing speical. "silver machine" flies only about 30 seconds before exploding. Not horrible by any strech, but not one of thier best.