The Weird Tapes No. 3: Free Festivals

~ Release by Hawkwind (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded at Stonehenge Free Festival, June 1977.
Tracks 6 to 8 recorded live at Watchfield Free Festival, Aug 1975.

Tracklisting printed on sleeve and insert is incorrect

Damnation Alley part 2 is actually included as the second half of Track 2
Track 5 is the unlisted track Cake Out (also known as Hash Cake 77).

Writing credits for tracks 3 (4 as printed) and 8 have been swapped on insert.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-01 14:37 UTC.

Tracklist

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1High Rise
drums (drum set) and violin:
Simon King (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Adrian Shaw
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard:
Simon House
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Stonehenge (stone circle) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1977-06-21)
recording of:
High Rise
writer:
Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind) and Simon House
5:37
2Damnation Alley (Parts 1 & 2)
drums (drum set) and violin:
Simon King (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Adrian Shaw
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard:
Simon House
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Stonehenge (stone circle) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1977-06-21)
recording of:
Damnation Alley
lyricist:
Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
composer:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Simon House
7:59
3Uncle Sam’s on Mars / Iron Dream
drums (drum set) and violin:
Simon King (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Adrian Shaw
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard:
Simon House
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Stonehenge (stone circle) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1977-06-21)
recording of:
Uncle Sam’s on Mars
writer:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind), Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind), Simon House and Simon King (drummer)
6:32
4Robot
drums (drum set) and violin:
Simon King (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Adrian Shaw
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard:
Simon House
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Stonehenge (stone circle) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1977-06-21)
recording of:
Robot (Hawkwind)
lyricist:
Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
composer:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
revision of:
Robot (Underground Zero)
7:20
5Hash Cake ’77 aka Cake Out
drums (drum set) and violin:
Simon King (drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Adrian Shaw
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard:
Simon House
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind) and Robert Calvert (South African-British writer, poet, and musician, lead vocals for Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Stonehenge (stone circle) in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1977-06-21)
recording of:
Hash Cake ’77
writer:
Hawkwind
4:43
6Circles aka The Fifth Second of Forever
drums (drum set):
Alan Powell (UK drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Rudolph
electronic instruments:
Andy Dunkley
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard and violin:
Simon House
saxophone:
Nik Turner
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Watchfield Festival in Watchfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975-08)
4:28
7Elements
drums (drum set):
Alan Powell (UK drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Rudolph
electronic instruments:
Andy Dunkley
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard and violin:
Simon House
saxophone:
Nik Turner
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Watchfield Festival in Watchfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975-08)
4:26
8Slap It on der Table
drums (drum set):
Alan Powell (UK drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Paul Rudolph
electronic instruments:
Andy Dunkley
guitar:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
keyboard and violin:
Simon House
saxophone:
Nik Turner
vocals:
Dave Brock (UK guitarist/synthesizer singer/songwriter, member of Hawkwind)
recorded at:
Watchfield Festival in Watchfield, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1975-08)
0:50