Zones (album) explained

Zones
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Hawkwind
Cover:	Zones - Hawkwind.jpg
Released:	28 October 1983
Recorded:	1980–1982
Genre:	Space rock
Length:	46:52
Label:	Flicknife Records
Prev Title:	The Text of Festival
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
Next Year:	1984

Zones is an album by Hawkwind released in 1983 consisting of studio demos from 1981 and live performances between 1980 and 1982.^{[1] [2]}

The tracks on side 1 have been included on the 2009 3CD re-issue of Levitation in expanded form.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Zones" (Dave Brock)  - 0:46
2. "Dangerous Vision" (Keith Hale)  - 5:05
3. "Running Through the Back Brain" (Michael Moorcock, Brock, Harvey Bainbridge, Huw Lloyd-Langton, Hale, Ginger Baker)  - 6:17
4. "The Island" [aka "Dust of Time"] (Lloyd-Langton, Brock)  - 3:17
5. "Motorway City" (Brock)  - 4:57

Side 2

6. "Utopia 84" (Brock)  - 2:06
7. "Social Alliance" (Brock)  - 4:39
8. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock, Hawkwind)  - 5:47
9. "Dream Worker" (Bainbridge)  - 5:28
10. "Brainstorm" (Nik Turner)  - 8:30

Personnel

Hawkwind

• Michael Moorcock – vocals (side 1, track 3)
• Dave Brock – electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Huw Lloyd-Langton – electric guitar, vocals
• Harvey Bainbridge – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Keith Hale – keyboards, vocals (side 1)
• Ginger Baker – drums (side 1)
• Martin Griffin – drums (side 2)
• Nik Turner – saxophone, flute, vocals (side 2)

Notes

• Side 1, tracks 2,3: Battle Studio, 1981
• Side 1, tracks 4,5: Lewisham Odeon, 18 December 1980
• Side 2: recorded live on the "Choose Your Masques Tour", 1982

Release history

• Oct-1983: Flicknife Records, SHARP014, vinyl
• Mar-1984: Flicknife Records, PSHARP014, picture disc (2000 copies)
• Nov-1988: Flicknife Records, SHARP1422CD, UK CD with first disc from This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
• Nov-1992: Anagram Records, CDMGRAM57, UK CD
• Jul-1994: Griffin Music, GCDHA164-2, USA CD
• Jul-2000: Cleopatra Records, CLE08502, USA 2CD with This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
• Jul-2002: Anagram Records, CDMGRAM160, UK 2CD with This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAWKWIND - Zones (1983).
2. Web site: Hawkwind - Zones. Discogs.