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1980 compilation album by Hawkwind

The Weird Tapes

Compilation album by

Hawkwind

Released| March 1980 – November 1983
Recorded| 1966–1982
Genre| Space rock
Label| Weird Tapes, Voiceprint
Hawkwind chronology
|  | The Weird Tapes
(1980)  | Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
(1982)

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The Weird Tapes are a set of music tapes by the English rock group Hawkwind. Issued in the early 1980s, they contain live, radio sessions, out-take and demo performances.

Dave Brock collated this material from his own private library and issued them as 40 minute TDK cassette tapes on his own Weird imprint through Geoff Hocking. The first tape (101) was made available through mail order at the beginning of 1980, whilst the last tape (108) was first issued at the end of 1983. When Brock hooked-up with Rob Ayling of Voiceprint Records at the end of 1999, this material was re-released on CD without alteration.

## Volume 1: Sonic Assassins / Dave Brock

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [1]

### Track listing

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1. "Over the Top" (Robert Calvert, Dave Brock) – 7:53
2. "Magnu"/"Angels of Life" (Brock) – 4:23
3. "Freefall" (Calvert, Harvey Bainbridge) – 7:54
4. "Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – 4:30
5. "Nuclear Toy" [a.k.a. "Nuclear Drive"] (Brock) – 4:21
6. "Who's Gonna Win the War" (Brock) – 5:55
7. "The Dream" (Brock) – 1:21
8. "Assassination" [aka "Some People Never Die"] (Brock) – 3:34
9. "The Dream II" (Brock) – 0:26
10. "Satellite" [a.k.a. "The Phenomenon of Luminosity"] (Brock) – 2:49

### Credits

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* Tracks 1–4: Sonic Assassins, Barnstaple 23 December 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Harvey Bainbridge; Paul Hayles; Martin Griffin. Included on 2009 re-mastered 25 Years On 2CD.
* Tracks 5,7–10: Dave Brock demos 1979.
* Track 6: Hawklords, Rockfield Studios 1979: Dave Brock; Harvey Bainbridge; Steve Swindells; Simon King. Included on 2009 re-mastered Levitation CD.

## Volume 2: Hawkwind Live / Hawklords Studio

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### Track listing

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1. "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Calvert, Brock) – 2:38
2. "Master of the Universe" (Nik Turner, Brock) – 4:44
3. "Welcome to the Future" (Calvert) – 2:10
4. "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:57
5. "Sonic Attack" (Michael Moorcock) – 5:27
6. "Valium 10" (Brock, Bainbridge, Steve Swindells, Simon King) – 7:51
7. "Douglas in the Jungle (Ode to A Manager)" (Brock, Bainbridge, Swindells, King) – 6:53
8. "Time of the Hawklords" (Brock, Bainbridge, Swindells, King) – 4:07

### Credits

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* Tracks 1–5: Stonehenge Free Festival 21 June 1977, and New Theatre Oxford 30 September 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King. Track 1 included on 2009 re-mastered PXR5 CD. Track 4 included on 2009 re-mastered Quark, Strangeness and Charm 2CD.
* Tracks 6–8: Hawklords, Rockfield Studios 1979: Dave Brock; Harvey Bainbridge; Steve Swindells; Simon King. Included on 2009 re-mastered Levitation CD.

## Volume 3: Hawkwind Free Festivals

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### Track listing

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1. "High Rise" (Calvert, Simon House) – 5:37
2. "Damnation Alley" (Calvert, Brock, House) – 8:00
3. "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, King) / "The Iron Dream" [unlisted] (King) – 6:33
4. "Robot" (Calvert, Brock) – 7:21
5. "Cake Out" [a.k.a. "Hash Cake"] (Hawkwind) – 4:44
6. "Circles" (Turner, Brock, Paul Rudolph, Alan Powell) – 4:29
7. "Elements" [a.k.a. "I Am the Eye"] (Turner, Brock, Rudolph, Powell) – 4:26
8. "Slap It on De Table" (Hawkwind) – 0:50

### Credits

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* Tracks 1–4: Recorded on the Autumn tour 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King. Track 1 included on 2009 re-mastered Quark, Strangeness and Charm 2CD.
* Tracks 5&8: Rockfield Studios, January 1977: Dave Brock; Paul Rudolph; Simon House; Simon King. Track 5 included on 2009 re-mastered Quark, Strangeness and Charm 2CD as "Hash Cake Cut."
* Tracks 6&7: Watchfield Festival 23 August 1975: Dave Brock; Paul Rudolph; Nik Turner; Alan Powell. Both tracks included on 2013 remastered Warrior on the Edge of Time 2CD+DVD-A and Box Set.

## Volume 4: Hawklords Live 1978

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### Track listing

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1. "Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – 6:21
2. "Age of the Micro Man" (Calvert, Brock) – 3:40
3. "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 9:25
4. "Urban Guerilla" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:18
5. "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 9:07
6. "Freefall" (Calvert, Bainbridge) – 5:28
7. "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, King) – 6:28
8. "The Iron Dream" [unlisted] (King) – 2:05

### Credits

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* Hawklords, Plymouth Polytechnic 23 November 1978: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Harvey Bainbridge; Steve Swindells; Martin Griffin.

## Volume 5: Hawkwind Live 1976–77

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### Track listing

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1. "Back on the Streets" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 3:50
2. "Chronoglide Skyway" [incorrectly listed as "City of Lagoons"] (House) – 5:09
3. "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 7:25
4. "Wind of Change" (Brock) – 4:07
5. "Assassins of Allah" [a.k.a. "Hassan I Sabbah"] (Calvert, Rudolph) – 7:17
6. "Forge of Vulcan" (House) – 2:33
7. "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 10:29
8. "Where Are They Now?" (Brock) – 2:19

### Credits

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* Tracks 1–2: Hammersmith Odeon, 5 October 1976: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Paul Rudolph; Nik Turner; Simon House; Alan Powell; Simon King.
* Track 3, 4: Croydon, Fairfields Hall, 25 September 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King.
* Tracks 5, 6: probably taken from Hammersmith Odeon, 5 October 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King.
* Track 7: Leicester DeMontfort (frequently misspelled as DeMontford) Hall, 3 October 1977: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Adrian Shaw; Simon House; Simon King.
* Track 8: unknown.

## Volume 6: Hawkwind Live 1970–73

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### Track listing

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1. "Make What You Can" (Brock) – 7:11
2. "Born to Go" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:05
3. "Master of the Universe" (Turner, Brock) – 7:18
4. "Seeing It As You Really Are" [listed as "Jam"] (Hawkwind) – 3:25
5. "Hurry on Sundown" (Brock) – 4:49
6. "Come Home" [a.k.a. "Some of That Stuff"] (Hawkwind) – 2:11
7. "We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 10:35
8. "Earth Calling" (Calvert) – 3:28

### Credits

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* Track 1: studio 1973: Dave Brock; Lemmy; Nik Turner; Del Dettmar; Dik Mik; Simon King.
* Tracks 2–4: The Roundhouse, 12 February 1972: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Lemmy; Nik Turner; Del Dettmar; Dik Mik; Simon King. Included on 2007 re-mastered Greasy Truckers Party 3CD.
* Tracks 5–6: BBC Radio 1 session, Maida Vale Studios, 18 August 1970: Dave Brock; Thomas Crimble; Nik Turner; Dik Mik; Terry Ollis; Huw Lloyd-Langton.
* Track 7: BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Paris Cinema, London, 5 November 1970: Dave Brock; Thomas Crimble; Nik Turner; Dik Mik; Terry Ollis.
* Track 8: Brixton Sundown, 30 December 1972: Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Lemmy; Nik Turner; Del Dettmar; Dik Mik; Simon King.

## Volume 7: Dave Brock Demos

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### Track listing

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1. "Welcome to the Dream Machine" [unlisted] (Brock) – 0:19
2. "Streets of Fear" (Brock) – 4:18
3. "First Landing on Medusa" [a.k.a. "The Church"] (Brock) – 3:14
4. "Touchdown" (Brock) – 1:56
5. "Winter of Discontent" (William Shakespeare, Brock) – 2:41
6. "Outer Limits" [unlisted] (Brock) – 1:03
7. "Choose Your Masks" (Moorcock, Brock) – 4:58
8. "Looking in the Future" (Brock) – 3:39
9. "Space Travellers" (Brock) – 2:36
10. "Disintegration" [unlisted] (Brock) – 1:06
11. "Circles" (Brock) – 6:25
12. "Speed of Light" [a.k.a. "Transdimensional Man"] (Brock) – 5:40
13. "Bombed Out" (Brock) – 4:08

* Note: the CD issue, although listed as above, is re-sequenced with tracks 6–13 followed by tracks 1–5. Also, tracks 2 and 3 on the CD are the same (Looking in the Future) 4 sec. difference.

### Credits

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* Dave Brock demos, 1980–82.

## Volume 8: Live 1966–73

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### Track listing

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1. "Space Is Deep" (Brock) – 8:05
2. "Down on Her Knees" (Brock) – 5:58
3. "Live and Let Live" (Brock) – 4:07
4. "Etchanaty" (Brock) – 3:21
5. "Roll 'Em Pete" (Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson) – 2:15
6. "Come On" (unknown) – 2:25
7. "Dealing With the Devil" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 2:10
8. "Bring It On Home" (Willie Dixon) – 3:11
9. "You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) / "You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) – 12:00

### Credits

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* Track 1: although stated to be Brixton Sundown, 30 December 1972, it is actually Liverpool Stadium, 22 December 1972:[2] Robert Calvert; Dave Brock; Lemmy; Nik Turner; Del Dettmar; Dik Mik; Simon King.
* Tracks 2–4: Unknown.
* Tracks 5–8: pre-Hawkwind Dave Brock 1966–69. Track 8 included on 1996 re-mastered Hawkwind CD.
* Tracks 9: BBC Radio 1 session, Maida Vale Studios, 19 May 1971: Dave Brock; Dave Anderson; Nik Turner; Dik Mik; Terry Ollis.

## Release details

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* Volume 1: Cassette, Mar-1980, Weird Records, WEIRD101; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP6CD
* Volume 2: Cassette, Oct-1980, Weird Records, WEIRD102; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP7CD
* Volume 3: Cassette, Oct-1980, Weird Records, WEIRD103; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP8CD
* Volume 4: Cassette, Jun-1981, Weird Records, WEIRD104; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP9CD
* Volume 5: Cassette, Sep-1981, Weird Records, WEIRD105; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP10CD
* Volume 6: Cassette, Oct-1982, Weird Records, WEIRD106; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP11CD
* Volume 7: Cassette, Oct-1982, Weird Records, WEIRD107; CD, Sep-2000, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP14CD
* Volume 8: Cassette, Nov-1983, Weird Records, WEIRD108; CD, Mar-2006, Voiceprint Records, HAWKVP36CD

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
2. ^ "Hawkwind "Space Ritual" 10CD/BR Box Set Due Sept. 2023". Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Retrieved 18 February 2025.

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* Richard Chadwick
* Magnus Martin
* Thighpaulsandra
* Doug MacKinnon

* Nik Turner
* Dik Mik
* Terry Ollis
* Huw Lloyd-Langton
* Thomas Crimble
* Del Dettmar
* Simon King
* Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister
* Robert Calvert
* Simon House
* Alan Powell
* Paul Rudolph
* Adrian Shaw
* Harvey Bainbridge
* Steve Swindells
* Keith Hale
* Ginger Baker
* Andy Anderson
* Robert Heaton
* Alan Davey
* Clive Deamer
* Bridget Wishart
* Ron Tree
* Mr Dibs
* Tim Blake
* Niall Hone

Studio albums|

* Hawkwind
* In Search of Space
* Doremi Fasol Latido
* Hall of the Mountain Grill
* Warrior on the Edge of Time
* Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music
* Quark, Strangeness and Charm
* 25 Years On (as Hawklords)
* PXR5
* Levitation
* Sonic Attack
* Church of Hawkwind
* Choose Your Masques
* The Chronicle of the Black Sword
* The Xenon Codex
* Space Bandits
* Electric Tepee
* It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
* White Zone (as Psychedelic Warriors)
* Alien 4
* Distant Horizons
* In Your Area
* Spacebrock
* Take Me to Your Leader
* Take Me to Your Future
* Blood of the Earth
* Onward
* The Machine Stops
* Into the Woods
* Road to Utopia
* All Aboard the Skylark
* Carnivorous (as Hawkwind Light Orchestra)
* Somnia
* The Future Never Waits
* Stories from Time and Space
* There Is No Space for Us

Live albums|

* Space Ritual
* Live Seventy Nine
* Coded Languages
* This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
* Live Chronicles
* Palace Springs
* The Business Trip
* Love in Space
* Hawkwind 1997
* Yule Ritual
* Canterbury Fayre 2001
* Spaced Out in London
* Knights of Space
* Space Ritual Live
* At the Roundhouse
* 50 Live
* We Are Looking in on You

Archive albums|

* The Weird Tapes
* Hawkwind, Friends and Relations
* The Text of Festival
* Zones
* Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin
* Space Ritual Volume 2
* Hawkwind Anthology
* Out & Intake
* BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
* The Friday Rock Show Sessions
* Hawklords Live
* California Brainstorm
* Undisclosed Files Addendum
* The 1999 Party
* Glastonbury 90
* Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2
* Complete '79: Collector Series Volume 1
* Atomhenge 76
* Live 1990

Compilation albums|

* Roadhawks
* Masters of the Universe
* Repeat Performance
* Angels of Death
* Spirit of the Age
* Stasis (The UA Years 1971–1975)
* Tales from Atom Henge
* Epocheclipse
* Future Reconstructions – Ritual of the Solstice
* Masters of Rock
* Spirit of the Age Anthology
* The Dream Goes On

Extended plays|

* Hawkwind Zoo EP
* Sonic Assassins EP
* The Earth Ritual Preview
* Quark, Strangeness and Charm

Singles|

* "Hurry On Sundown"
* "Silver Machine"
* "Urban Guerrilla"
* "Kings of Speed"
* "Kerb Crawler"
* "Back on the Streets"
* "Quark, Strangeness and Charm"
* "Psi Power"
* "25 Years"
* "Shot Down in the Night"
* "Who's Gonna Win the War?"
* "Spirit of the Age"

Associated acts|

* Sonic Assassins
* Hawklords
* Space Ritual
* Hawklords (2008)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Members
* Videography
* Liquid Len
* Barney Bubbles
* Stacia
* Hawkfest
* Michael Moorcock
* Motörhead

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