| Artist: | Hawkwind |
| Studio: | 35 |
| Live: | 13 |
| Compilation: | 17 |
| Ep: | 8 |
| Singles: | 22 |
The discography of the British space rock group Hawkwind spans from their formation in 1969 through to the present day, with consistent output of live and studio albums, EPs and singles. The group have used aliases to release some albums in an attempt to either redefine themselves, as with the 1978 album 25 Years On released under the name Hawklords, or simply to distinguish the piece of work from their usual output, as with White Zone released under the name Psychedelic Warriors.
From 1970 through to 1975, the group were contracted to Liberty/UA producing their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed work, five studio albums, the UK top 9 live album Space Ritual and five singles, including the UK top 3 single "Silver Machine". This catalogue is now owned by EMI and is in print.[1]
The mid-late 1970s saw them produce four studio albums under contract to Charisma. In the early 1980s, they produced a studio album and live album under contract to Bronze in 1980, then three studio albums for Rockfield Studios owner Kingsley Ward's Active/RCA. Since then, the band have recorded for numerous independent labels, including Flicknife, their former manager Douglas Smith's label GWR, Essential (through Castle Communications), and from 1994 to 1997 their own label EBS administered by Smith.
The catalogue from this 1976–97 period has passed through various record companies and seen numerous releases, in North America through Griffin, and some counterfeit copies on the German label Rock Fever. It was secured by Cherry Red in the UK for their Atomhenge imprint in 2008 and has been re-issued with the inclusion of previously unreleased bonus tracks.[2]
Between 1999 and 2007, the band released both new and archive material through Voiceprint, this catalogue now being out of print.[3]
At the beginning of 1980, Dave Brock started collating material from his archives and issuing cassette tape albums under the imprint Weird Records. He would subsequently license these recordings to various independent record companies, such as Flicknife, former bass player Dave Anderson's American Phonograph, the then band manager Jim White's Samurai and later Voiceprint. This material has been subject to many retitling, repackaging and re-issuing through different labels, leading to multitudes of cheap titles of which the band have no control.
This section contains official (i.e. contractual and contemporaneous) albums that Hawkwind have recorded live or in the studio for release. It has long been a practice of theirs to incorporate live recordings (albeit with studio overdubs) of previously unreleased tracks on studio albums (for example Hall of the Mountain Grill), and studio recordings of previously unreleased tracks on live albums (for example Palace Springs). Compilation albums listed are those that have been compiled by record labels that had Hawkwind under contract to produce a series of albums.
| Year | Title | Label, Cat.no. | Chart positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30 | UK [4] | width=30 | AUS [5] | width=30 | US | ||
| 1970 | Hawkwind | Liberty, LBS83348 | 75 | – | |||
| 1971 | In Search of Space | United Artists, UAG29202 | 18 | 34 | UK : Gold[6] | ||
| 1972 | Doremi Fasol Latido | United Artists, UAG29364 | 14 | – | |||
| 1974 | Hall of the Mountain Grill | United Artists, UAG29672 | 16 | 92 | 110 | studio with some live tracks – UK : Silver | |
| 1975 | Warrior on the Edge of Time | United Artists, UAG29766 | 13 | 91 | 150 | UK : Silver | |
| 1976 | Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music | Charisma, CDS4004 | 33 | – | |||
| 1977 | Quark, Strangeness and Charm | Charisma, CDS4008 | 30 | – | |||
| 1978 | 25 Years On | Charisma, CDS4014 | 48 | – | Released under the name "Hawklords" | ||
| 1979 | PXR5 | Charisma, CDS4016 | 59 | – | studio with some live tracks | ||
| 1980 | Levitation | Bronze, BRON530 | 21 | – | |||
| 1981 | Sonic Attack | RCA/Active, RCALP6004 | 19 | – | |||
| 1982 | Church of Hawkwind | RCA/Active, RCALP9004 | 26 | – | Released under the name "Church of Hawkwind" | ||
| Choose Your Masques | RCA/Active, RCALP6055 | 29 | – | ||||
| 1985 | The Chronicle of the Black Sword | Flicknife, SHARP033 | 65 | – | |||
| 1988 | The Xenon Codex | GWR, GWLP29 | 79 | – | |||
| 1990 | Space Bandits | GWR, GWLP103 | 70 | – | |||
| 1992 | Electric Tepee | Essential, ESD181 | 53 | – | |||
| 1993 | It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous | Essential, ESD196 | 75 | – | |||
| 1995 | White Zone | EBS, EBS113 | – | Released under the name "Psychedelic Warriors" | |||
| Alien 4 | EBS, EBS118 | 119 | – | ||||
| 1997 | Distant Horizons | EBS, EBS139 | – | ||||
| 1998 | In Your Area | Griffin Music | – | live and studio | |||
| 2000 | Spacebrock | Voiceprint | – | Dave Brock solo album released as Hawkwind | |||
| 2005 | Take Me to Your Leader | Voiceprint | – | ||||
| 2006 | Take Me to Your Future | Voiceprint | – | Dual Disc: studio audio and live video | |||
| 2010 | Blood of the Earth | Eastworld, EWO042CD | – | ||||
| 2012 | Onward[7] | Plastic Head | 75 | – | |||
| Stellar Variations | Esoteric, EANTCD1008 | – | Released under the name "Hawkwind Light Orchestra" | ||||
| 2016 | The Machine Stops[8] | Cherry Red | 29 | – | |||
| 2017 | Into the Woods[9] | Cherry Red | 34 | – | |||
| 2018 | Road to Utopia[10] | Cherry Red | 44 | – | |||
| 2019 | All Aboard the Skylark | Cherry Red | 34 | – | |||
| 2020 | Carnivorous | Cherry Red | 61 | – | Released under the name "Hawkwind Light Orchestra" | ||
| 2021 | Somnia | Cherry Red | 57 | – | |||
| 2023 | The Future Never Waits | Cherry Red | 62 | – | |||
| 2024 | Stories from Time and Space | Cherry Red | 51 | ||||
| Year | Title | Label, Cat.No. | Chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30 | UK | width=30 | US | ||
| 1973 | The Space Ritual Alive | United Artists, UAD60037/8 | 9 | 179 | UK : Silver |
| 1980 | Live Seventy Nine | Bronze, BRON527 | 15 | ||
| 1986 | Live Chronicles | GWR, GWS1 | |||
| 1991 | Palace Springs | GWR, GWLP104 | live with some studio tracks | ||
| 1994 | The Business Trip | EBS, EBS111 | live with some studio tracks | ||
| 1996 | Love in Space | EBS, EBS120 | |||
| 2001 | Yule Ritual | Voiceprint | |||
| 2002 | Canterbury Fayre 2001 | Voiceprint | |||
| 2008 | Knights of Space | Vision Music | |||
| 2015 | Space Ritual Live | Gonzo Media | |||
| 2017 | At the Roundhouse | Cherry Red | |||
| 2020 | 50 Live | Cherry Red | 50th anniversary show at the Royal Albert Hall | ||
| 2022 | We Are Looking in on You | Cherry Red | |||
| align=center width="5%" | Year | align=center width="30%" | Title | align=center width="25%" | Label, Cat.No. | align=center width="5%" | UK# | align=center width="35%" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Roadhawks | United Artists, UAK29919 | 45 | covers 1970–75 – UK : Silver | |||||
| 1977 | Masters of the Universe | United Artists, UAG30025 | covers 1971–74 | ||||||
| 1980 | Repeat Performance | Charisma, BG2 | covers 1976–78 | ||||||
| 1986 | Angels of Death | RCA/Active, NL71150 | covers 1981–82 | ||||||
| 1988 | Spirit of the Age | Virgin, COMCD8 | covers 1976–78 | ||||||
| 1990 | Stasis (The UA Years 1971 – 1975) | EMI, CZ297 | covers 1971–74 | ||||||
| 1992 | Tales from Atom Henge | Virgin, CDVM9008 | covers 1976–78 | ||||||
| 1992 | Psychedelic Warlords | Cleopatra, 95741 | |||||||
| 1994 | 25 Years On | Griffin Music, GCD-299-0 | 4CD covers 1970–1994, included four unreleased tracks | ||||||
| 1999 | Epocheclipse – 30 Year Anthology | EMI, 21751 | 3CD covers 1969–99 | ||||||
| 1999 | Epocheclipse – The Ultimate Best Of | EMI, 21747 | covers 1969–99 | ||||||
| 2002 | Masters of Rock | EMI, 37765 | covers 1970–75, includes two new 2001 live tracks | ||||||
| 2006 | The Collection | EMI, 3592182 | covers 1970–74 | ||||||
| 2008 | Spirit of the Age | Atomhenge, ATOMBOX3002 | 3CD covers 1976–84 | ||||||
| 2008 | The Dream Goes On | Atomhenge, ATOMBOX3003 | 3CD covers 1985–97 | ||||||
| 2013 | Spacehawks | Eastworld, EW0138 | Composed largely of re-recorded and remixed material. | ||||||
| 2022 | Dust of Time – An Anthology | Atomhenge, ATOMCD61048 | 6CD covers 1968–2021 |
The singles and EPs listed here, in the main, are all of those that went on general release in the UK. There are a couple of overseas releases included as they are significant in that their A-side and/or B-side were unavailable in the UK.
This section lists those Hawkwind albums, EPs and singles that have been compiled and released from previously unissued archive tapes, be it live, studio out-takes or demo material. All of the releases listed here are the original ones; retitles, re-releases and derivatives have purposefully been omitted. Only one release, Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin, was not approved for release by Dave Brock.
| align=center width="5%" | Year | align=center width="30%" | Title | align=center width="25%" | Label, Cat.No. | align=center width="40%" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Weird Tape Volume 1 | Weird, 101 | Sonic Assassins live 1977, Dave Brock demos 1979 | ||||
| 1980 | Weird Tape Volume 2 | Weird, 102 | live 1977, Hawklords demos 1979 | ||||
| 1981 | Weird Tape Volume 3 | Weird, 103 | live 1977, live 1975 | ||||
| 1981 | Weird Tape Volume 4 | Weird, 104 | live 1978 | ||||
| 1982 | Weird Tape Volume 5 | Weird, 105 | live 1976, live 1977 | ||||
| 1982 | Weird Tape Volume 6 | Weird, 106 | BBC session 1970–71, live 1972 | ||||
| 1983 | Weird Tape Volume 7 | Weird, 107 | Dave Brock demos 1979–82 | ||||
| 1983 | Weird Tape Volume 8 | Weird, 108 | BBC session 1971, demos 1975, Dave Brock 1967 | ||||
| 1983 | The Text of Festival | Illuminated, JAMS29 | live and BBC Sessions 1970–71 | ||||
| 1983 | Zones | Flicknife, SHARP014, UK#45 | live and demos 1980 to 1982 | ||||
| 1984 | This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic | Flicknife, SHARP022, UK#101 | live 1980 and 1984 | ||||
| 1984 | Space Ritual Volume 2 | American Phonograph, APK8 | live 1972 | ||||
| 1985 | Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin | Demi Monde, DM002 | live 1973 | ||||
| 1985 | Hawkwind Anthology | Samurai, SAMR038/039/040 | live and studio out-takes 1967–82 | ||||
| 1987 | Out & Intake | Flicknife, SHARP040 | live and studio out-takes 1982 and 1986 | ||||
| 1991 | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | Windsong, WINCD007 | live 1972 | ||||
| 1992 | The Friday Rock Show Sessions | Raw Fruit, FRSCD005 | live 1986 | ||||
| 1992 | Hawklords Live | Hawkdiscs, DOJOCD7 | live 1978 | ||||
| 1992 | California Brainstorm | Iloki, ILCD 1014 | live 1990 | ||||
| 1995 | Undisclosed Files Addendum | EBS, EBS114 | live 1984 and 1988 | ||||
| 1997 | The 1999 Party | EMI, HAWKS6 | live 1974 | ||||
| 1999 | Glastonbury 90 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP1CD | live 1990 | ||||
| 1999 | Complete '79: Collector Series Volume 1 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP4CD | live 1979 | ||||
| 1999 | Complete '79: Collector Series Volume 1 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP4CD | live 1979 | ||||
| 1999 | Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures | Griffin Music | live 1976 | ||||
| 2000 | Atomhenge 76 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP5CD | live 1976 | ||||
| 2002 | Live 1990 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP12CD | live 1990 | ||||
| 2008 | Minneapolis, 4th October 1989 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP45CD | live 1989 | ||||
| 2009 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP3CD | live 1982 | |||||
| 2009 | Reading University, 19th May 1992 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP46CD | live 1992 | ||||
| 2009 | Live '78 | Atomhenge, ATOMCD1014 | live 1978 | ||||
| 2009 | Winter Solstice 2005 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP44CD | Soundtrack from the DVD Winter Solstice 2005 | ||||
| 2010 | Treworgey Tree Fayre 1989 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP47CD | Soundtrack from the DVD Treworgey Tree Fayre | ||||
| 2010 | San Francisco 1990 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP48CD | Soundtrack from the DVD USA Tour 1989–1990 | ||||
| 2010 | At The BBC – 1972 | EMI, HAWKS7 | BBC live and studio sessions, 1972 | ||||
| 2011 | Leave No Star Unturned | Easy Action, EARS041 | live 27 January 1972 | ||||
| 2011 | Parallel Universe | EMI, HAWKS8 | 3CD compilation 1970-4, includes previously unreleased out-takes | ||||
| 2022 | Dreamworkers of Time – The BBC Recordings 1985–1995 | Atomhenge, ATOMCD31049 | 3CD live 1986 and 1988, radio sessions 1985 and 1995 | ||||
| 2023 | Days of the Underground (The Studio & Live Recordings 1977–1979) | Atomhenge, ATOMCD101050 | 8CD/2BR remixes of Quark Strangeness and Charm, PXR5 and 25 years On; studio out-takes; live performances |
This section contains Various Artists compilations that contain Hawkwind material that was unavailable elsewhere.
| align=center width="5%" | Year | align=center width="30%" | Title | align=center width="25%" | Label, Cat.No. | align=center width="40%" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Glastonbury Fayre | Revelation, REV1 | includes "Silver Machine", "Welcome to the Future" | ||||
| 1972 | Greasy Truckers Party | United Artists, UDX 203/4 | includes "Master of the Universe", "Born to Go" | ||||
| 1982 | Hawkwind, Friends and Relations Volume 1 | Flicknife, SHARP101 | includes "Who's Gonna Win the War?" (demo 1979); "Robot" (live 1977); "Valium 10" (demo 1979) | ||||
| 1982 | Hawkwind, Friends and Relations Volume 2 | Flicknife, SHARP107 | includes "Earth Calling" (live 1972); "We Do It" (BBC Session 1971); "Spirit of the Age" (live 1977) | ||||
| 1982 | Hawkwind, Friends and Relations Volume 3 | Flicknife, SHARP024 | includes "Psychedelia Lives" (Glastonbury 1981); "Drug Cabinet Key" (a.k.a "Flying Doctor") (live 1978) | ||||
| 1988 | Travellers Aid Trust | Flicknife, SHARP2045 | includes "Brainstorm", "Blue Dreamer" | ||||
| 1998 | The Elf & the Hawk | Black Widow, BWRCD026-2 | includes "Countdown"; "Ejection"; "Ghost Dance" | ||||
| 2003 | Hawkfest 2002 | Voiceprint, HAWKVP100CD | includes "Night of the Hawks" | ||||
| 2007 | Greasy Truckers Party | EMI, 0999 503235 2 4 | 3CD re-issue, includes full set |
There have been several CDs and DVDs that have been privately pressed by the band and made available for either members of the band's fan club, or for the audience at gigs.