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DELUXE 3CD/2 BLU-RAY, LIMITED EDITION BOX SET OF THE CLASSIC 1972 ALBUM BY HAWKWIND.
• FEATURING THE ORIGINAL 1972 MIX NEWLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND NEW STEREO & 5.1 SURROUND SOUND REMIXES BY STEPHEN W TAYLER INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SESSION OUT-TAKES & THE SINGLE ‘URBAN GUERRILLA’ & ‘BRAINBOX POLLUTION’ & THE ‘URBAN GUERRILLA’ PROMOTIONAL VIDEO.
• ALSO INCLUDING STUNNING NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND AND STEREO MIXES OF HAWKWIND’S LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE GREASY TRUCKERS PARTY IN FEBRUARY 1972.
• WITH A LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK & REPRODUCTION POSTER.
• RADIO COVERAGE, REVIEWS IN NATIONAL PRESS, CLASSIC ROCK, UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR & PROG MAGAZINES & ALL SPECIALIST PRESS PLUS COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES.
Recorded at Rockfield and Olympic studios in September and October 1972, the legendary album followed on the success of the band’s hit single ‘Silver Machine’ and was their first to feature Lemmy Kilmister on bass & vocals and Simon King on drums. Featuring such classic tracks as ‘Brainstorm', ‘Space is Deep’, ‘Lord of Light', ‘Down Through the Night’ and ‘Time We Left This World Today’, the album reached the UK Top 20 upon its release in November 1972.
This limited edition deluxe boxed set comprises three CDs featuring a new remaster of the original album, along with superb new stereo mixes by Stephen W Tayler, including three session out-takes and new mixes of the single tracks ‘Urban Guerrilla’ and ‘Brainbox Pollution’. Also included is a stunning new mix of Hawkwind’s performance at the GREASY TRUCKERS PARTY at the Roundhouse on 13th February 1972.
The set also includes two region-free Blu-Ray discs which feature Stephen W Tayler’s stunning new 5.1 Surround Sound mixes of ‘DOREMI FASOL LATIDO’ and bonus tracks and the complete live GREASY TRUCKERS PARTY performance. An additional bonus feature is the 1973 promotional film of ‘Urban Guerrilla’.
The set is completed with a 68-page illustrated book with new essay and a reproduction poster initially included with the first pressing of album in November 1972 making this boxed set the definitive release of this legendary album.