Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin explained

Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin
Type:live
Artist:Hawkwind
Cover:Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin - Hawkwind.jpg
Released:January 1985
Recorded:Empire Pool, Wembley, 27 May 1973
Genre:Space rock
Length:37:42
Label:Demi Monde
Prev Title:This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Space Ritual Volume 2
Next Year:1985

Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin is a live album by English rock group Hawkwind released in 1985 consisting of a performance at the Empire Pool, Wembley on 27 May 1973. This is a poor sound quality audience recording licensed by Nik Turner. The recording has been released numerous times under different names, with different covers and bundled into box sets.

In 2006, the whole set from the band's performance was issued under the title Empire Pool Wembley 1973, although claimed to be from a different recording source, this also suffers from poor sound quality.

The title is a reference to the 1974 Sam Peckinpah film Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, as well as Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.

Track listings

Side one
  1. "Gaga" (Dunkley)  - 2:10
  2. "In the Egg" (Günter Grass)  - 2:38
  3. "Orgone Accumulator" (Calvert/Brock)  - 7:25
  4. "Wage War" (Jerzy Kosiński)  - 2:49
  5. "Urban Guerilla" (Calvert/Brock)  - 6:01
Side two
  1. "Master of the Universe" (Turner/Brock)  - 6:53
  2. "Welcome to the Future" (Calvert)  - 2:38
  3. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock)  - 3:26
  4. "Silver Machine" (Calvert/Brock)  - 3:42
Empire Pool Wembley 1973
  1. "Intro - Andy Dunkley"
  2. "In the Egg"
  3. "Born to Go"
  4. "Down Through the Night"
  5. "Wage War"
  6. "Urban Guerilla"
  7. "Space Is Deep"
  8. "Black Corridor"
  9. "Orgone Accumulator"
  10. "Upside Down"
  11. "Brainstorm"
  12. "Seven by Seven"
  13. "Master of the Universe"
  14. "Welcome to the Future"
  15. "Sonic Attack"
  16. "Silver Machine"

Personnel

Release history

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DateTitleFormatRegionLabel, CatalogueNote
Jan/1985Bring Me The Head of Yuri Gagarin12"vinylUKDemi Monde, DM002
Nov/1986Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCDUK, FranceDecal, CDCHARLY40
Jan/1993Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCDUK, USA, GermanyThunderbolt, CDTB101
Mar/1996Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCDUSAMagnum America, MACD040
1996Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCD digipakFranceSpalax Music, SPALAXCD14846
Feb/1998Welcome To The FutureCD2 of 4UKDressed to Kill, CLP0220-2CD1: Masters of the Universe;
CD3: Space Ritual Volume 2;
CD4: The Text of Festival
Mar/1999The Entire and Infinite Universe of HawkwindCD2 of 4UKDressed to Kill, REDTK98re-package of Welcome to the Future
2000Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin - Live At the Empire Pool 1976CD1 of 2GermanyFalconCD2: Masters of the Universe
Mar/2000LiveCDUKBrilliant, BT33032
Sep/2000Year 2000: Codename Hawkwind Volume 2: Alive From The DarksideCDUKNew Millennium Communications, PILOT 64contains a 31-second 3D QuickTime movie of the cover artwork.
Mar/2001Silver Machine - Live!CDUKPlanet, PML 1075
Jul/2001The Legends Collection: The Hawkwind CollectionCD1 of 2UKDressed to Kill, TOPAK515CD2 is Space Ritual Volume 2
Jan/2002Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCDUKCharly/Snapper Records, SNAP050CD
Oct/2002Cosmic OverdriveCD3 of 3UKNew Millennium Communications, PILOT 146CD1: Space Ritual Volume 2;
CD3: Masters of the Universe
Mar/2006Urban GuerillaCDUKBrook Records, BROOK 1036
Apr/2006Empire Pool Wembley 1973CDUKAt Discs Records, AT75327CDFull concert, different recording source
Dec/2006Les Genies Du RockCDFrance
Apr/2008Bring Me The Head of Yuri GagarinCDUKPlastic Head Records, PHRL003CDbonus track: Yuri Gagarin speaking