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Album Details

• Artist: Hawkwind
• Album: Epoch Eclipse
• Label: EMI
• Year of Release: 1999
• ME Rating:
• Reviewed by: gwhill on 2013-01-03

Hawkwind Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Street Journal
Chronicling the entire career of the band, this box set really is a wonderful collection. It shows the diversity of Hawkwind in all their varying styles. Although a bit pricey for a first addition to a music collection, in many ways this set would be perfect for that. It contains many killer tracks that would give the new listener a taste of all the various phases of the band. It certainly would be a great addition to the established Hawkwind collection. Even those with fairly extensive collections of Hawkwind music should find a number of tracks that they don't have included here. The booklet that accompanies this three-disc set is very nice, also. In fact, the packaging in general is superior.

The progression of music on this set shows a band that has played in their own style for years, while crossing into many musical modes. Looking at the release dates of much of this material, and hearing the musical leanings, it becomes apparent on just how many musical trends Hawkwind was ahead of the rest of the musical world.

There are a multitude of musicians who have been members of this band, and most of them are present here. They will not all be listed in this article, but the following is a partial list: Dave Brock, Lemmy, Bridget Wishhart, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Bob Calvert, Ron Tree, Richard Chadwick, Alan Davey, Simon House and Harvey Bainbridge.the only “vocals” here. If you only own one Hawkwind album and want a rundown of the group’s musical history, this comes highly recommended. It’s a great place to start your collection and get an idea of the different eras of the band.

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