Live Chronicles Explained

Live Chronicles
Type:live
Artist:Hawkwind
Cover:Live Chronicles - Hawkwind.jpg
Released:1986
Recorded:4 December 1985
Venue:Hammersmith Odeon
Genre:Space rock
Label:GWR
Producer:Hawkwind
Prev Title:The Chronicle of the Black Sword
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:The Xenon Codex
Next Year:1988

Live Chronicles is a 1986 album by Hawkwind recorded of a live performance of their The Chronicle of the Black Sword concept album based on the Michael Moorcock character Elric of Melniboné. The Hammersmith Odeon dates on 3 and 4 December were professionally audio recorded and the stage show video taped.

During 1986, the group performed some festival dates, including Bristol Custom Bike Show, and headlining Reading Festival on 24 August, with a guest appearance from Lemmy and recorded by BBC Radio 1's Friday Rock Show.Web site: Hawkwind: Dreamworkers Of Time – The BBC Recordings 1985-1995, 3CD Box Set . . 3 May 2023.

The video of the Black Sword shows was released on 25 July by Jettisoundz,[1] followed by this 2LP on 24 November.Web site: Hawkwind: Live Chronicles . . 3 May 2023. The group promoted the album's release with a 31 date UK tour in November and December, with support from The Babysitters.Book: Clerk, Carol . The Saga of Hawkwind . . 1-84449-832-8 . 2004 . 23 - The Story of the Support Band . 341-346. The Preston show was video recorded by Jettisoundz and was part released in 1996 as Chaos. The group revived the Black Sword show one last time on 28 August 1987 for the World Science Fiction Convention at Brighton Conference Centre.

Former manager Douglas Smith had set-up GWR Records for releasing albums by his roster of bands, significantly Motörhead. Although Brock had previous financial disputes with Smith, he was unhappy with the promotion and distribution his albums were receiving through Frenchy Gloder's Flicknife Records, so licensed this live recording to Smith's newly formed company. Hawkwind would remain with the label until its demise in 1991.[2]

The cover was one of the earliest commissions for Duncan Storr, who subsequently made a career out of book and record illustrations, although this would be his only work for the group.Web site: Duncan Storr the Illustrator . Duncan Storr . 25 April 2023.

The original album lacked "Assault and Battery" and "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" as they had been licensed to Flicknife for single B-sides,Web site: Hawkwind – Zarozinia 12" Single . Discogs . 15 February 2024. and the Michael Moorcock spoken pieces due to Moorcock being in dispute with GWR owner Smith. They would be restored to subsequent re-issues on the Griffin and Atomhenge labels. "Assault and Battery" and "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" are in mono on those releases. The two tracks appear in stereo on the Flicknife CD "The Chronicle Of The Black Sword".Web site: The Chronicle Of The Black Sword Flicknife CD . Discogs . 15 February 2024.

Track listing

Original version

  1. "Song of the Swords" (Dave Brock) – 3:13
  2. "Dragons and Fables" (Huw Lloyd-Langton) – 3:11
  3. "Narration" (Harvey Bainbridge) – 0:47
  4. "The Sea King" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 3:47
  5. "Angels of Death" (Brock) – 4:43
  6. "Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – 3:54
  7. "Rocky Paths" (H. Lloyd-Langton, Marion Lloyd-Langton) – 2:51
  8. "Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)" (Brock) –0:37
  9. "The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge, Alan Davey) – 2:32
  10. "Master of the Universe" (Brock, Nik Turner) – 3:57
  11. "Dreaming City" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:18
  12. "Choose Your Masques" (Brock, Michael Moorcock) – 4:55
  13. "Fight Sequence" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 3:21
  14. "Needle Gun" (Brock) – 4:10
  15. "Zarozinia" (Brock, Kris Tait) – 4:15
  16. "Lords of Chaos" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:00
  17. "The Dark Lords" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:36
  18. "Wizards of Pan Tang" (Bainbridge, Brock, Davey, Lloyd-Langton, Danny Thompson) – 1:46
  19. "Moonglum" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:44
  20. "Elric the Enchanter (Part 2)" (Davey) – 2:33
  21. "Conjuration of Magnu" (Brock) – 1:48
  22. "Magnu" (Brock) – 3:16
  23. "Dust of Time" (Bainbridge, Brock, H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:29
  24. "Horn of Fate" (Brock) – 6:27

Castle CD bonus tracks

  1. "Magnu" (Brock) – 3:10 - from Hawkwind Anthology
  2. "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Robert Calvert, Brock) – 2:35 - from Hawkwind Anthology
  3. "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 7:45 - from Live Seventy Nine
  4. "Who's Gonna Win the War" (Brock) – 4:47 - from Levitation
  5. "Ghost Dance" (Bainbridge, Turner) – 5:34 - from Hawkwind Anthology
  6. "Master of the Universe" (Brock, Turner) – 3:54 - from Live Chronicles
  7. "Choose Your Masques" (Brock, Moorcock) – 4:52 - from Live Chronicles
  8. "Lost Chronicles" (Bainbridge) / "Neon Skyline" (Davey) – 5:21 - from The Xenon Codex
  9. "Tides" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:53 - from The Xenon Codex
  10. "Wings" (Davey) – 5:22 - from Space Bandits
  11. "Lives of Great Men" [a.k.a. "Assault And Battery"] (Brock) – 3:26 - from Palace Springs
  12. "Void of Golden Light" [a.k.a. "Golden Void"] (Brock) – 6:48 - from Palace Springs
  13. "Techno Tropic Zone Exists" (Brock) – 4:31 - from It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous
  14. "Gimme Shelter" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:38 - from It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous

Griffin and Atomhenge versions

CD1
  1. "The Chronicle of the Black Sword" (Michael Moorcock) - 1.52
  2. "Song of the Swords" (Brock) - 3:09
  3. "Dragons and Fables" (H. Lloyd-Langton) - 3:09
  4. "Narration" (Bainbridge) – 0:45
  5. "The Sea King" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 3:07
  6. "Dead God's Homecoming" (Moorcock) - 1:31
  7. "Angels of Death" (Brock) – 4:42
  8. "The Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – 3:49
  9. "Rocky Paths" (H. Lloyd-Langton, Marion Lloyd-Langton) – 2:52
  10. "Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)" (Brock) –0:55
  11. "The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge, Davey) – 2:14
  12. "Master of the Universe" (Brock, Turner) – 4:00
  13. "Dragon Song" (Moorcock) - 1:32
  14. "Dreaming City" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:29
  15. "Choose Your Masques" (Brock, Moorcock) – 4:51
  16. "Fight Sequence" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 3:25
CD2
  1. "Assault and Battery" (Brock) - 3:40
  2. "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" (Brock, Moorcock) - 4:37
  3. "Zarozinia" (Brock, Tait) – 4:16
  4. "Lords of Chaos" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:00
  5. "The Dark Lords" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:37
  6. "Wizards of Pan Tang" (Bainbridge, Brock, Davey, H. Lloyd-Langton, Thompson) - 1:41
  7. "Moonglum" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:40
  8. "Elric the Enchanter (Part 2)" (Davey) – 2:26
  9. "Needle Gun" (Brock) – 4:07
  10. "Conjuration of Magnu" (Brock) – 1:52
  11. "Magnu" (Brock) – 3:16
  12. "Dust of Time" (Bainbridge, Brock, H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:30
  13. "The Final Fight" (Moorcock) - 1:27
  14. "Horn of Fate (Destiny)" (Brock) – 6:39

Personnel

Hawkwind
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Release history

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cherry Red Records : DVD : Hawkwind . 3 May 2023 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110307015123/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/dvd/product.php?display=hawkwind . 7 March 2011 . dmy-all .
  2. Book: Clerk, Carol . The Saga of Hawkwind . . 1-84449-832-8 . 2004 . 22 - Elric The Enchanter . 332–337.

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