Hawkwind / Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Artist Hawkwind
Album Title: Hall Of The Mountain Grill
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: Progressive Rock
Format CD
Released 00/00/1974
Reissue Date 00/00/2001
Label EMI Records Ltd.
Catalog No 7243 5 30035 2 4
Bar Code No 7 24353 00352 4
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) (6:50)
2. Wind Of Change (5:08)
3. D-Rider (6:14)
4. Web Weaver (3:15)
5. You'd Better Believe It (7:13)
6. Hall Of The Mountain Grill (2:24)
7. Lost Johnny (3:30)
8. Goat Willow (1:37)
9. Paradox (Live At Edmonton Sundown) (5:35)
10. You'd Better Believe It (Live At Edmonton Sundown) (Single Version Edit) (3:22)
11. The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) (Single Version) (3:57)
12. Paradox (Live At Edmonton Sundown) (Remix Single Edit) (4:04)
13. It's So Easy (Live At Edmonton Sundown) (5:20)
Date Acquired 06/07/2011
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 10.83

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Notes

Digitally remastered by Paul Cobbold and Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London
Recorded at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, May through June 1974, except tracks 5, 9, 10, 12, and 13 recorded live at Edmonton Sundown on 26th January 1974.
Coordination; Doug Snif, Fenstein, Oggy.
Artwork [Front Cover] – Barney Bubbles
Bass, Vocals – Lemmy
Design [CD Package Design] – Phil Smee
Design [Redesign] – The Red Room
Drums, Percussion – Simon King
Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Morris, David Hamilton-Smith
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Kalimba – Del Dettmar
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Violin – Simon House
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ, Vocals – Dave Brock
Photography By – Phil Franks
Producer – Doug Bennett (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9, 11 to 13), Hawkwind (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 9, 11 to 13), Roy Baker (tracks: 5, 10)
Remastered By – Paul Cobbold, Peter Mew
Research [Tape], Compiled By – Nigel Reeve
Saxophone, Oboe, Flute, Vocals – Nik Turner
Written-By – David Brock (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 to 13)
Marketed By – EMI
Distributed By – EMI
Phonographic Copyright – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
Made By – EMI Uden
Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Barcode (Text): 7 24353 00352 4
Barcode (String): 724353003524
Label Code: LC 0542
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Analyzed Folder: Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill_dr.txt
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DR        Peak        RMS        Filename                      
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DR13    -1.65 dB   -16.69 dB  01 - The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke).flac
DR10    -0.40 dB   -15.35 dB  02 - Wind of Change.flac      
DR11    -2.92 dB   -16.74 dB  03 - D-Rider.flac            
DR11    -3.83 dB   -19.17 dB  04 - Web Weaver.flac          
DR12    -1.39 dB   -16.00 dB  05 - You'd Better Believe It.flac
DR09    -4.51 dB   -17.56 dB  06 - Hall of the Mountain Grill.flac
DR10    -2.11 dB   -13.50 dB  07 - Lost Johnny.flac        
DR10    -8.98 dB   -24.46 dB  08 - Goat Willow.flac        
DR12    -2.34 dB   -18.41 dB  09 - Paradox.flac            
DR11    -2.61 dB   -16.03 dB  10 - You'd Better Believe It (single version edit).flac
DR12    -1.30 dB   -16.37 dB  11 - The Psychedelic Warlords (single version).flac
DR12    -2.53 dB   -17.26 dB  12 - Paradox (remix single edit).flac
DR12    -1.64 dB   -15.93 dB  13 - It's So Easy.flac        
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Number of Files: 13
Official DR Value: DR11
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Bruce Eder
The band's best studio album, coming off of the success of Space Ritual. The group's rock roots are juxtaposed effectively with the swelling synthesizer flourishes and pretentious song ideas, creating the quintessential guitar-oriented space rock record. The highlight was the live recording of "You'd Better Believe It," with its crunchy guitars, but nobody minded keyboardman Simon House's languid synthesizer-laden "Hall of the Mountain Grill" (especially as it was followed by the Lemmy-sung "Lost Johnny," a great all-out rocker). The sound, especially the mix of ballsy high-volume guitar playing and soaring electronic keyboards ("The Psychedelic Warlords," "D-Rider"), would later get co-opted by outfits such as Blue Öyster Cult ("(Don't Fear) The Reaper") and Kansas. Overall, this is the sound and imagery that the punkier kids and druggies who went to shows like Laserium were looking for, and if the producers of Laserium had devised something hooked around this record, it could have run 20 years or better.
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