Michael Moorcock-Brothel in Rosenstrasse 7" signed
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Another rarity on offer, and believe me it is to any Hawkwind/Moorcock collector. Michael Moorcock Brothel in Rosenstrasse/Time Centre 7" single. This is a limited edition and number 189/500 and has the insert included which is signed by Mike Moorcock himself.
This is in mint condition both single and sleeve. To my knowledge it has only been played twice. I have had to use a stock photo for the first shot as It is black and gold and will not photograph well with my camera.
The Brothel in Rosenstrasse is a 1982 novel by Michael Moorcock. The main character is Rickhardt von Bek, of the von Bek family central to some of Moorcock's other fantasy novels, notably The War Hound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, and The Dragon in the Sword. The novel is written as Von Bek's memoir of a dying, demented man, in which he recalls his time with a loving whore in an upscale brothel in a German city far from the front lines of 19th-century war. The proper German spelling of the novel's title is "Rosenstraße" (Rose Street).
In 1981, Moorcock and Pete Pavli joined forces again to work on an EP called The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (again companion to the book of the same name). The EP was to contain the songs:- The Entropy Tango, At the Time Centre, Every Gun Plays its Own Tune, Another Quiet Day in Auschwitz, The Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Dude's Dream (a different version). As was becomming the trend, this project fell apart, and eventually (in 1982) appeared as a single with the Brothel in Rosenstrasse and Time Centre.
He has also collaborated with the British rock band Hawkwind on many occasions: the Hawkwind track "The Black Corridor," for example, included verbatim quotes from Moorcock's novel of the same name, and he also worked with the band on their album Warrior on the Edge of Time. Moorcock also penned the lyrics to "Sonic Attack," a Sci-Fi send-up of the public information broadcast, that was part of Hawkwind's Space Ritual set. Hawkwind's album The Chronicle of the Black Sword was largely based on the Elric novels. Moorcock appeared on stage with the band occasionally during the Black Sword tour. His contributions were removed from the original release of the Live Chronicles album, recorded on this tour, due to legal reasons but has subsequently appeared on some double CD versions. He can also be seen performing on the DVD version of Chronicle of the Black Sword.
Moorcock also collaborated with former Hawkwind frontman and resident poet, Robert Calvert (who gave the chilling declamation of "Sonic Attack"), on Calvert's albums Lucky Leif and the Longships and Hype.
An album New Worlds Fair by "Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix" was released in 1975, which included a number of Hawkwind regulars in the credits. A second version of the album Roller Coaster Holiday was issued in 2004. ("The Deep Fix" was the title story of an obscure collection of short stories by "James Colvin" published in the 1960s.)
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