HAWKWIND SEARCH OF SPACE 1st UK PRESS-1U-1U MiNt AuDiO

	£		82
	$		109

HAWKWIND ''IN SEARCH OF SPACE'' 1st UK PRESSING CAT NO.UAG 29202 (1971) ON THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS LABEL! VERY NEAR MINT AUDIO ON MY SYSTEMS! ASTOUNDING AUDIO SEPERATION! STUNNING E.DAY &CO 1ST PRESS INTERLOCKING DIE CUT FOLD OUT COVER!! COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LOG BOOK!! A-1U B-1U MATRIX ENDINGS AND ''1'' TO ''1'' MOTHER STAMPERS!! HIGHLY COLLECTABLE LIKE THIS!!!

Another from my personal collection, One of my favourite all time Hawkind albums, I have most of their original UK albums on vinyl! This album is in exceptional condition for an astonishing 38 years old and the original 1st pressing issue complete with the original log book and custom fold out cover! look 1u matrix endings and '1' to '1' mother stampers on both sides! Becoming very very collectable and sought after like this! The audio plays through very near perfect on my systems absolutely awesome sounding and unbeleivable seperation that only can be acheived from these earliest pressings! Can not be surpassed in any other fermat in my opinion!!From my personal experiance of collecting vinyl for over 35 years, the earliest stampers make for the best audio quality available on vinyl, This pressing boast of being very very early indeed!!The overall grade of this album must be at least excellent if not better!!! ! 

In Search of Space is the second studio album from Hawkwind released in 1971. It reached #18 on the UK album charts!!

Bass player John A Harrison left just after recording the first album, replaced by Thomas Crimble who in turn was replaced by Dave Anderson from Amon Düül II for this album, and who in turn would be gone before its release. Electronics player Dik Mik Davies had also temporarily left so the band's live sound engineer Del Dettmar was pulled in as a replacement, whilst Huw Lloyd-Langton had departed after a bad LSD experience at the Isle Of Wight Festival!.

Side 1.

1."You Shouldn't Do That" is an extended piece that they had been playing live from Crimble's time in the band

2."You Know You're Only Dreaming" uses the riff and feel from Steve Miller Band's "Jackson-Kent Blues" from Number 5, an artist Brock has acknowledged as being an influence upon him!

Side 2.

3."Master of the Universe" was written by Brock and Turner, although Anderson contends that he should also have received a writer's credit for writing the main riff!!

4."We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago" is a 12 string acoustic number with a band jam in the middle section and its lyrics bemoan the direction of society.

5."Adjust Me" is a band improvisation!!.

6."Children of the Sun" is an acoustic guitar number, although after the vocal passage the repeated heavy riff is augmented by electric guitars and bass. The riff is a familiar one of the time, and it was also later used by Marc Bolan for his "Children Of The Revolution" single!!.

The band originally started to record the album at George Martin's AIR Studios, but after a week with little to show for their effort, and the studio engineers reported to be reluctant to work with the band after reports that friends of the band broke "into George Martin's drinks cabinet, pinched all his booze and spiked the engineers with acid." The record company moved them to Olympic Studios to work with George Chkiantz in order to finish the recording quickly!!

The band had started working with a wider range of artists, many of whom were contributing to the underground press. Graphic artist Barney Bubbles titled the album and designed the cover and with space-age poet Robert Calvert produced the accompanying 24 page The Hawkwind Log with photos by Phil Franks!!!.

The front cover is a die-cut interlocking foldout. Although titled In Search of Space, the title on the cover clearly has an "X" preceding it, so many fans insist on referring to it as X In Search of Space.The back cover has a shot of a naked Stacia on stage under strobe lights and the phrase "TECHNICIÄNS ÖF SPÅCE SHIP EÅRTH THIS IS YÖÜR CÄPTÅIN SPEÄKING YÖÜR ØÅPTÅIN IS DEA?D" which some people assert is a demonstration of the heavy metal umlaut. The inside panel features individual portraits of the band, however as Dik Mik had left the band his portrait was not taken, so on rejoining just before the album's release a hastily added image was included. Inside the foldout sleeve are various pictures of Hawkwind and the Pink Fairies playing together underneath the Westway in London!!!.

There is no overall concept or theme to the songs on the album, the ideas that would culminate in the Space Ritual show are merely contained within the album package, principally the The Hawkwind Log. The The Hawkwind Log opens with:.....

Within, the journal entries are from various times and places, including a return to a burnt out Earth in November 1987. Themes explored include astrology and astronomy, ecology, science, occultism and mysticism, religion and philosophy. Some pieces would later be reused, such as the entries "0207 hrs 15 April 1572, Praesepe cluster" and "Countdown to Lift Off" which appeared on Space Ritual as "The Awakening" and "Ten Seconds of Forever" respectively, and Black El's "Offering of the Pipe" Hetchetu Aloh chant was later used on "Black Elk Speaks" from Space Bandits!. One of the last entries, 1027 hrs. 5 May 1971, Ladbroke Grove, explains:...

The Matrix

Side 1. ''UAG 2920 2A A-1U''

Side 2. ''UAG 29202 B-1U''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1. ''1'' ''M'' (mega meaga rare '1' to '1' mother stampers earl.iest pressed from the first original master) 

Side 2 ''1'' ''O'' (mega meaga rare '1' to '1' mother stampers earl.iest pressed from the first original master) 

The Vinyl

This lays perfectly flat on the turntable and looks awesome for 38 years old , still retaining its original sheen from new! On initial inspection I can barely see a blemish, Only in strong light can any surface marks possibly be seen just very light whyspy sleeve removal marks and a small scuff mark on one side but absolutely (no) audio sounding marks that I heard what so ever! Unbeleivable to find!!

The Audio Quality

I have played this through track for track at very loud volume on a top system! The audio was very near perfect throughout in fact this plays as new in my opinion,, or at least as good as it gets quite astonishing! Absolutely cristal clear and very vibrant and fantastic audio seperation indeed! (no) clicks or pops and certainly (no) distortion in fact i never even heard a tick or any crackle!!!I ould grade the audio as very near perfect\near mint!!

The Labels

Feature the 'United Atists' labels! Spidering is minimal and can only be seen angled to the light! very little spindle ware the hole is perfectly round! UK pressing!

The record sleeve

This is the plain hite poly lined sleeve in superbe condition

The cover

This is the original 1st UK unlaminated die cut interlocking fold out cover printed by E.Day & co ltd England (only 1st UK press)! Very hard to keep in good ondition. This is awesome just bare minimal storageware \rubbing  to the edges to talk of with very minimal creasings only noticed at the fold out ends slightly This is very strong and straight as it should be! I noticed a small number 405 ritten on the inside barely noticable unless you look for it. Extreemely hard and rare to find like this indeed! Please note! I have stored this cover with the vinyl seperated from ther vinyl and sleeve in sa case for at lease 25 years which has obviously preserved this cover very very rare like this!!! This must grade at least excellent if not better!

The Log book

This is the original log book enclosed that came with this album in superbe condition (no) real ware at all and all pages intact!!! !!..

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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