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There was a really cool little record shop tucked into a shopping center that I used to freqent at least weekly just a bicycle ride's distance from my small town home when I was a teenager in the early through mid seventies. That is where I would find most of the great new music and various previously unheard of groups that I came to love - spending part of my part time job pay check - including the group Hawkwind and this their album Hall of the Mountain Grill. I bought this remastered CD version through half.com not having heard the album for 25 or 30 years. This music is better than I remember. The style? Cross a harder-rocking Moody Blues with Pink Floyd - you get the idea. Spacey ROCK. The bonus material is more than just filler, so this version is highly recommended over a version with just the original tracks only. I won't wax the record reviewer here, only to say this is very entertaining music. We have to repect the new ground Hawkwind was breaking here. Nothing after it, to today, equals it.Read full review
Hall of the Mountain Grill is a 1974 album (reissued on CD in 2001), by space rock band Hawkwind, regarded by many critics and fans alike as a career highlight. Hawkwind minus the vocals and lyrics of Robert Calvert were joined by violinist Simon House (ex-High Tide) on this the groups 5th album. Some of the heaviest riffs were toned down a bit in favour of much more majestic and symphonic soundscapes dominated by organ, synthesizers, mellotron, violin and choir. This can be heard especially well on the instrumental "Wind of Change" and the grandiose and very atmospheric "D-Rider". The production and arrangements of the latter have to be some of the biggest sounding and most spacey ever. But the band could still rock hard and energetic on "You'd Better Believe It" and the best song Lemmy ever wrote for the band: "Lost Johnny" which Lemmy subsequently recorded in his post Hawkwind band Motorheand. "Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)" and "Paradox" fused the old riff-style with their newfound symphonic sound in a very striking way. And in between all these tracks are also some short interludes like "Goat Willow" and the title-track. "Hall of the Mountain Grill" is a masterpiece of symphonic space-rock, Dave Brock (vocals, guitars) Del Dettmar (synthesizer) Ian "Lemmy" Kilminster (bass) Nik Turner (saxophone, flute) Simon House (keyboards, violin) Simon King (drums) TRACK LIST: 1. Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) 2. Wind Of Change 3. D-Rider 4. Web Weaver 5. You'd Better Believe It 6. Hall of The Mountain Grill 7. Lost Johnny 8. Goat Willow 9. Paradox CD BONUS MATERIAL: 10. You'd Better Believe It (Single Version) 11. Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) 12. Paradox (Remix Single Edit) 13. It's So EasyRead full review
a different sounding album for hawkwind fans. some good hard rock songs interspersed with some very pink Floyd sounding songs. remastering brings out some nice details. good headphones recommended.
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This is probably one of Hawkwind's most ethereal works. Yet to come are the powerchords, wall of sound experience of what will become the Hawkwind of the future. This is pure poetry on a musical metaphysical level. A lot of the anger and angst that creeps into their later work is missing, you can feel the psychadelic era that spawned them permeating the sound of this album. This is not a Pink Floyd rip off group, they, with this album, state we are our own entity and can stand toe-to-toe with our iconic contemporaries. This is an album deserving more air time and exposure. Don't take my word for it, listen to it and see for yourself.
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