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Space Ritual
(1973)
Hawkwind
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Label: One Way Records
Duration: 1:28:27
Genre: Space Rock

The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind. It is their fourth album, reached #9 in the UK album charts and briefly dented the Billboard Top 200, peaking at #179.

The album was recorded during the tour to promote their Doremi Fasol Latido album, which comprises the bulk of this set. In addition, there are new tracks ("Born To Go", "Upside Down" and "Orgone Accumulator") and the songs are interspersed by electronic and spoken pieces making this one continuous performance. Their recent hit single "Silver Machine" was excluded from the set, and only "Master of the Universe" remains from their first two albums.

The Space Ritual show attempted to create a full audio-visual experience, representing themes developed by Barney Bubbles and Robert Calvert entwining the fantasy of Starfarers in suspended animation traveling through time and space with the concept of the music of the spheres. The performance featured dancers Stacia, Miss Renee and Tony Carrera, stage set by Bubbles, lightshow by Liquid Len and poetry recitations by Calvert.


TrackDuration
Earth Calling/Born to Go11:40
Down Through the Night6:10
The Awakening1:49
Lord Of Light6:41
Black Corridor2:43
Space Is Deep8:12
Electronic No. 12:32
Orgone Accumulator10:00
Upside Down2:52
10 Seconds to Forever1:57
Brainstorm9:22
Seven By Seven6:10
Sonic Attack2:53
Time We Left This World Today5:46
Master of the Universe7:39
Welcome To The Future2:01
10 Seconds Of Forever2:05
7 By 76:13
Original Release: 1973-01-01
Composer: Dave Brock, Robert Calvert, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner
Producer: Hawkwind
UPC: 724353003227, 5013929635432