Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters

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especially given that it was released in 1974. If you can do that thing with your ears which is the equivalent of seeing the picture in one of those 3d posters that looks like random stuff until you kind of

Calvert entered the studio in the spring of 1973 to start working on the album, a process that would take more than 12 months to complete. The cast list of musicians read like a Who’s Who of the British musical underground, including members of Hawkwind and fellow Ladbroke Grove denizens the Pink Fairies, Arthur Brown and Roxy Music man Brian Eno. Piss-taking narration was provided by Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s charismatic frontman Vivian Stanshall. a b Banks, Joe (13 August 2021). "Robert Calvert: the genius who played with fire". loudersound . Retrieved 29 November 2021.

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But this isn't just another Hawkwind album - it's a fashioned concept, with wooey noises a-plenty, and lots During its time in service of the German Luftwaffe, the German version of the F-104, the F-104G, suffered a staggering 29 per cent crash rate which would result in the deaths of 108 pilots. For a nation in peacetime it was a staggering figure, and in the annals of military history it’s a chapter that would generally come to be known as the Starfighter Crisis. The frequency of incidents would soon become the subject of bitter ridicule in the press. The running joke was that best way to own a jet was to simply buy a plot of land. It wasn’t far off.

Talk about original. Robert Calvert was probably one of the true oddball prog figures, a combination welcome additional talents of the legendary Arthur Brown and John Twink Alder, you'll have some idea the right sort of style - and, given that nearly everyone's here, plus some bonus names, including the

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If you're not accustomed to the ways of Hawkwind, this isn't a bad introduction to their material, and will No spoilers here, but there are some comical monologues and dialogues around this theme between the precision of any sort, then you will definitely enjoy the raw resonance and sonic splendours of this album,

Mirror Mirror (1978, premiered at Pentameters Theatre with Eva Gray in the role of Eleanor Bryant, reprised in 2013 and in April 2019)

Musicians who appeared on the album include members of Hawkwind, The Pink Fairies, Brian Eno (although not credited as Eno), Arthur Brown and Adrian Wagner. The spoken sketches are primarily performed by Calvert, Viv Stanshall and Jim Capaldi.

anything else Hawkwind released - and the material increases in quality as the album progresses, so don't Stoddart, Lee (21 December 2019). "Thanet Writers Spotlight Robert Calvert". thanetwriters.com . Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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Ejection" (coupled with "Catch a Falling Starfighter") was released as a single, although both songs are slightly different versions to those on the album. "The Widow's Song" was included in the libretto and Calvert had hoped to record it with Nico singing. It wasn't recorded at the time but it was eventually recorded in 1984 with Calvert's wife Jill Riches on lead vocals and included on the Hawkwind, Friends and Relations Vol.3 compilation. The stream of fighters and bombers and their crews taking off and landing would leave a deep imprint on the young Calvert’s mind. In his teens, he would join the Air Training Corps, where he reached the rank of corporal and played trumpet for the 438th Squadron band. But his dream of becoming a fighter pilot was crushed by an inner ear defect. It was a disappointment that Calvert would never shake. would. If you're looking to expand your Hawkwind collection, though, this is a good addition, very much in