I was 11 years old when this was released. My uncle was a hippy and introduced me to this band and I'm now 64 and never looked back... I believe a lot of tecno and house culture are influenced by this band..seen them 14 times.. Still love them
i agree...They were pioneers of techno, as Gong and a lot of german bands, like Can, Neu, and others....I saw them live in 1973, and it was hypnotical, impossible to resist the rythm...Same tempo than a lot of techno songs...
66 me self. Government pension, free travel. Off to kilarney in June for a bike festival, then maybe out to the Islands again. I did my bit, 4 well adjusted kids all doing well, house all paid for. Just give me some weed, mushies good music, friendship, I'll go anywhere.
Heard this at my cousins house in 1971. (Up to then I'd only listened to the charts). On headphones. Loud. In a dark room lit only by a dull multicoloured garden lamp. My initial reaction was "what the fucks this?". Went out and bought it the day after. 45 years on and it was the first album I put on my home streaming system. If I was stuck on a decaying rotting mother ship in the astral void and I could have 1 album it would STILL be this. Nothing comes close.
Dont Make Em Like This Anymore.... Fabulous stuff... Your story mirrors mine... absolutely knocked out at 15 and still loving it 45 years on. Please have a listen to a band called The Wooden Shjips - more reminiscent of Pink Fairies than these guys & excellent live
My Soul mate introduced me to Hawkwind, almost 30 years ago now! My life has never been the same, for better or worse 😂 Sadly, cancer tore him from me (& our gorgeous three children), & into an early grave. Hawkwind, therefore, have special significance to us all, especially because their music helps fill in the blanks for my Son, who'll unfortunately, never know his Dad for the brilliant man he was! Thus, eternal gratitude for the legacy of Hawkwind! "Space is deep..." (Swallow me whole & let me sleep 😴) . ☮️
I saw Hawkwind as a young man of 18, and they changed my life forever. Finally, almost 50 years later, I got hearing aids and now I'm finding out what I've been missing since I saw them!
I agree...Isaw hawkwind in 1973, i was 14, and i saw Gong the year after...Those two concerts made me enter another universe beyond the usaual one...never stopped alternate living both ;+) hope you understand my french broken english! ;+)
I've lost count how many times I've seen them, but I never really watched them on stage because I didn't stop dancing from the moment they played the first track. Nowadays listening to their 70s tracks takes me back to the sheer joy of dancing to them, back when I had the energy of youth.
My 28 year old daughter acknowledges Hawkwind and Neu as the godfathers of modern dance music. She also acknowledges that her old mans taste in music is fucking excellent!
When I was turned on to Hawkwind I was 16. I sold a complete fish tank setup to this older dude. We smoked a joint and he jammed a Hawkwind album. It went hand in hand.
@johntricket8481 I first heard this tripping . I was in a high rise flat no curtains looking at a dark sky with the stars listening to this tripping away I was really out in deep space fantastic experience 😎
I would in my humble opinion say this is the best ever Hawkwind track. Love the band and have done for a long time but this just lifts everything they've ever done to an extra special dimension. 15 minutes of sheer cosmic spaced out brilliantness that never fails to hit the spot.
This remember me my first concert of Hawkwind, in 1973....with Stacia dancing naked on the stage in the middle of stroboscops, just before Hawkwind do their "Sonic attack" Ha Ha Haaaaaa 🤣🤣 NOBODY can imagine what's a SONIC ATTACK...You just have to try survive it and say it 50 years later on RU-vid.....
I was 10 years old when I got introduced to HAWKWIND astounding sounds amazing music, I have never stopped listening to them since I even got the chance to see them live in 97 I think, in a bar way over here in NZ, fucking outstanding as fuck!!
I was 15 years old when this came out. The first prog album I e er bought. I was instantly hooked and now 51 years later I have every Hawkwind studio album. Still my favorite Hawkwind track
You know what's sad? I'm not sure there is one person in my life that would like their music. So sad. I'm a 63 old guy that has lived his entire life in OKC. Uh, that's Oklahoma. And, this music just connects with me. Most folks just don't get it. Man, if you're invested, it's a trip. You get no air. You get nowhere. You're getting aware. Holy crap! I'm trippin' again! And NO drugs! Well... I've had a couple of drinks 🍸.
@@matbreitling4838 I love hawkwind always have. I was born in 73. Yes I dabbled with Mushrooms and LSD but that's not the point. I've always loved the 60s and 70s, some fantastic bands. Gonna go off subject here, I can't stand Pink Floyd post Syd. They threw the bloke under the bus for personal gain. And used him has a scapegoat and let his mental health become blown up and exaggerated in the media. I think they are disgusting, you wouldn't want them to say they've got your back would ya? Anyway rant over Warrior's On The Edge Of Time 👍🏻
I'm 18 and I discovered hawkwind through my love of early motorhead I hope other young people will get a chance to hear this too. It sounds so modern it's incredible.
I discovered them in the early 70s while in high school, via radio station promo copies at a local radio station. A couple of my friends worked at the station, as did I following high school. We had this album, as well as Doremi Fasol Latido and the live Space Ritual. I left the station to join the Navy, and heard/saw little to nothing of Hawkwind for years. A used album here and there. Then came CDs and reissues of everything under the sun. I now have around 46 albums on CD by Hawkwind. There is a LOT to explore in their catalog, and a lot of different styles with the number of personnel changes over the years (Dave Brock being the only consistent member). My original favorite song was Brainstorm, from the Doremi album, but now I tend to favor the Calvert era and particularly the work with/influenced by Michael Moorcock. I finally got to see them live in 1995, at a bar in Springfield, VA. And from what I've seen in some recent videos on here, they're still around and still working.
Thanks for uploading this. You pumped some more life in this 71 years old heart. it's hard to believe that I'm really this old. My body is crapping out on me and my young heart is tired but, Am I really this old? I was 16 just a short time ago.
Keep going Douglas, keep going man, David Brock is 78 and still going strong and I'm going to see them in Manchester on their 50th anniversary tour! I'm 63, if I make it till I'm 71 it will be wonderful after the life Ive led, you are doing fine , I was 16 recently too.... I know I know .... but dont give in, we are immortal, remember that
I'm 45. Listening to Hawkwind since age of 17. As for getting old quick, I noticed Time flies faster for people who dont much like their job and cant wait to get home each day. So they 'tune out' until clock out time. 8-10 hours is a lot of time to be tuning out each day, and before you know it, yer old wondering where the time went. Find a job/career you enjoy doing, and your life will feel more enriched.
29th December 1972, Sundown Edmonton, Space Ritual tour, just turned 17, ex RAF greatcoat on, stank of dope, no one cared those days, best band and concert ever, with Stacia!
Honestly.No other band influenced and shook me as much as Hawkwind did,all those years ago with a coconut bong and all that follows after. Nobody has put me on a ceiling,looking down at myself apart from Hawkwind and acid...Thank God for Hawkwind.!!!!
Tripped at many gigs lol Wont lie - still do on rare occasions and I'm 62! Acid was one thing that made my head how it turned out. And glad its like it is. Tho Ive had a couple of mates I did a lot of acid over the years not so lucky. The minds a strange thing. sometimes when you unlock that door of perception you can't close it again. I leave my door ajar!
@@steevedaw566 EXCELLENT!! My inlaws are both in mid 80s. Known them 46 years. dad is a single malt collector and 2 or 3 glaases a night but when he had some health issues the quack said he had to cut it out. I got them both smoking weed. Got them sorted with vapes and always make sure hes got supplies. Ive taken them n hols to India/Thailand and had them taking shrooms and half a E each and theyve loved it all. So open minded. And they know Id never hive them anything that would hurt them or couldn't handle. Got a passed away mates dad wgo is still quite a high up,respected Barrister in London who has had a heroin habit since the mid 60s knocking about with all the musicians etc at the time. Hes had a script from the same private Dr ever since. Hes never missed a days work and has a great family and lifestyle. It just goes to show that IF peeps have clean,regular heroin or ANY addictive substance its possible to carry on with a normal productive life.
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Watched a vintage episode of "Callan" yesterday and during one scene, this brilliant track was playing loudly in the background ! It was incredibly rare to have any contemporary rock music in British tv programmes of the early 70s, so this was very subversive indeed. "In Search Of Space " was the first Hawkwind album I bought. I also recognised the late Richard Morant who acted memorably as the vicious Flashman in "Tom Brown's Schooldays", and was Callan's adversary during this scene.
I actually remember seeing that at the time, was thinking of it recently for some reason, but couldn't remember which TV show it was, I thought it might have been Special Branch, so thanks for clearing that up! Callan was the best thriller anyway, Mr Woodward peaked in that show in my opinion
14 y.old when I bought this album. So much ahead of its time! Listen to «We took the wrong step years ago» and tell me about what's happening now, april 1st 2020...
Lovely to hear all your experiences of hawkwind I am a lifelong fan ,I like to think man and boy! First hearing quark on my first smiley mushroom tab on a magical summer night on smithwood Common at the tender age of 13.I am not advocating the use of drugs and anyone with sense knows the score! Big respect to space ship Hawkwind and all you wonderfully Hawkies every where !😊
First music of this kind i ever heard, 44 years ago. blew me out of my socks then and still does it now. washing machine music, my kids used to call it. absolutely brilliant anti establishment sonic attack. fantastic.
@@larspeterson8720W used to sing I've got a washing machine at the Hawkwind gigs to Silver machine when they played Ipswich Gaumont, so much so that Hw started singing it too.
Saw Hawkwind do Space Ritual live back in the day. Quite a thing. Never really been same since...Stacia /dry ice and "Silver Machine" really did turn my young head! Brainstorm etc..
I saw them twice at St Andrew's Hall in the early 70s as well. What an impact on a teenager. I remembered one of the roadies lighting up masses of joss sticks with a blow torch and handing them round just before they started,let alone Stacia dancing 😁
Sadly I missed the Space Ritual but saw Hawkwind for the first time at St Andrews Hall for the 1999 party tour. Stood next to Nik Turner while the support band were on.
I remember sitting on a bedroom floor, in the dark, listening to this whilst staring at the pretty little illuminated bars on the graphic equalizer on my stereo, wearing a huge set of headphones. I wasn't smoking anything, just a beer or three. Awesome. wooo... pretty lights....... R.I.P Nik Turner on Sax .
My youth in one track and one album. Saw them many times, always tripping. Pink Fairies often on the bill, Twink sometimes standing in for Terry ‘Boris’ Ollis if he was passed out from mandrax, before Simon replaced him. Hawkwind one of the most influential and underrated bands of all time.
We took the wrong step years ago! Still have my original vinyl album, complete with Captains Log, in original blue inner sleeve and fold out album cover.
I always and still do, get hawkwind WITHOUT the need for drugs, loved them since 1974, there will come a day when the music industry acknowledges them as one of the greatest bands ever, a cult, innovative, genre leading, massive influence on the music scene band, more so than their commercially successful counterparts
Check out Joe Bank's magnificent book on the Hawks: "Hawkwind: Days Of The Underground". It is a brilliant overview of their career from 1970 -80. He has rightly placed Hawkwind's importance as one of the greatest rock groups of all time. Beg, steal or borrow. You need to own a copy.
you should do that, you shouldn't do that, you try so hard to get somewhere, they push you round, they cut your hair, you want to be free, they just don't care ... superb
December 1972. I was at this concert age 18. iv'e been to a lot of hawkwind concerts over the years and in my opinion the space ritual was the best, dirty, trippy and fucking heavy
My first time on a plane I brought my Walkman and started this track as the plane was taxing onto the run way (yes, I planned this way ahead of time). It was pretty amazing. It really couldn't have synced up any better and the roar of the plane taking off fused w the cacophony of the mighty Hawkwind perfectly. I must have looked ridiculous, some long hair w his eyes closed and a smile on his face 😌 and my petite gf sitting next to me, squeezing my hand with clenched teeth 😬. Good stuff. "This is your captain speaking....your captain is dead"
Haha! I did the exact same thing to Silver Machine years ago. Managed to get through the whole track (and take off) before it was noticed and was told to switch off all electric appliances.... Great experience!
Great track that reminds me of Brainstorm in a way - btw the booklet that came with the original album was also a treat...much liked the fold out album covers too.Thanks for uploading this one
I've still got the original fold-out sleeve version of this 1st Hawkwind 1970 album, now held together with sellotape but what can you expect after 50 YEARS, SHIT! I did my 1st acid trip to this track in a biker/hippie DJ-gig pub in south London, if you're doing mushrooms (now Nov. 2021) I strongly recommend it! 😂. Thanks for going to the trouble of posting this full length version 👍 This album also includes the original "Master of the Universe" on the 'B-side', great if anyone could add that. "Shouldn't do That" appears in a scene in an episode from the 1970's ITV series "Callan" about an asassination squad starring Edward Woodward (the Police Sergeant in "The Wicker Man"). Sad that there's been no new music (in my view) since Prodigy began in 1990, since Madonna everything's been autotune, nicked (shared) or, I'm sad to say, even 'live' rock being fed from the mixing desk (as with Foo Fighters) to back up what bands can't manage live. Motorhead was fully live & I remember a gig at Hammersmith 'Odeon' when Phil Taylor (drums) & Lemmy started playing a different piece to Fast Eddie Clarke (guitar) & nobody realised until the chorus, that was hilarious for both the band & the crowd. Hawkwind did this quite often but who cared, both the band & crowd were on acid (or drug of pleasure) we just enjoyed it, plus the gorgeous, huge-titted Stacia dancing naked in front of the band, until she ran off & settled down with Dik Mik (electronics) ~ lucky old Dik (there may be something in the name?😂). Now everything HAS to be digitally "perfect" although the beauty of music comes from the imperfection of different musicians playing the same composition live, in their own style & Hawkwind were certainly no exception to this 😂. We're never gonna see this musicianship & originality again &, being an old git, I can say young people have sadly been robbed of this experience, singular characters like Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne, experimenters like Bowie & politicos like Roger Waters, Neil Young & Johnny (Rotten) Lydon aren't being replaced. Looks like all future music will be tailor-made "for us" by apps driven by servers!
I bought In Search Of Space the week it was released and remember checking the sleeve and the booklet on the way home from the record shop, not like crappy CD releases these days and the dreaded MP3s! I also used to see Hawkwind a lot at the Free Festivals with the likes of the Pink Fairies, I was even lucky enough to see the single tour of The Hawklords at Gants Hill Odeon back in 1977. . Wonderful Head music, I'm just missing Stacia and her Fabulous Breasts. Oooo those certainly was the days. Hawkwind and early Gong, Hippy Heaven. 🙂❤️🙂❤️
I had a reply that said about, "locking themselves in", while they took acid & prescription speed... That is not the first time I've been told by people that they literally used to lock the door and keep the key safe, doing pure acid!!