Live Chronicles
Encyclopedia
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
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CD2
with
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
recorded of a live performance of their The Chronicle of the Black Sword concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
based on the Michael Moorcock
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
character Elric of Melniboné
Elric of Melniboné
Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock, and the antihero of a series of sword and sorcery stories centering in an alternate Earth. The proper name and title of the character is Elric VIII, 428th Emperor of Melniboné...
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Overview
The original album release lacked "Assault and Battery" and "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" as they had been licensed to Flicknife records for single b-sides, and the Michael Moorcock spoken pieces due to Moorcock being in dispute with GWR owner Douglas Smith.Original version
- "Song of the Swords" (Dave BrockDave BrockDavid Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...
) – 3:13 - "Dragons and Fables" (Huw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-Langton is an English guitarist, best known as the guitarist for Hawkwind. He also had his own band, the Lloyd Langton Group with bass player Kenny Wilson and drummer John Clark , and is the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on...
) – 3:11 - "Narration" (Harvey BainbridgeHarvey BainbridgeHarvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....
) – 0:47 - "The Sea King" (Lloyd-Langton) – 3:47
- "Angels of Death" (Brock) – 4:43
- "Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – 3:54
- "Rocky Paths" (Lloyd-Langton/Marion Lloyd-Langton) – 2:51
- "Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)" (Brock) –0:37
- "The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge/Alan DaveyAlan Davey (musician)Alan Davey is best known as the former bassist with Hawkwind. He is now the bass player and vocalist for Gunslinger as well as Hawklords, Meads of Asphodel, and Thunor.-Early musical career:...
) – 2:32 - "Master of the Universe" (Brock/Nik TurnerNik TurnerNik Turner is a British musician, best known as a founding member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner plays saxophones, flute, sings and is a composer...
) – 3:57 - "Dreaming City" (Lloyd-Langton) – 4:18
- "Choose Your Masques" (Brock/Michael MoorcockMichael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
) – 4:55 - "Fight Sequence" (Bainbridge/Brock) – 3:21
- "Needle Gun" (Brock) – 4:10
- "Zarozinia" (Brock/Kris Tait) – 4:15
- "Lords of Chaos" (Bainbridge/Brock) – 1:00
- "The Dark Lords" (Bainbridge/Brock) – 1:36
- "Wizards of Pan Tang" (Bainbridge/Brock/Davey/Lloyd-Langton/Danny Thompson) – 1:46
- "Moonglum" (Lloyd-Langton) – 4:44
- "Elric the Enchanter (Part 2)" (Davey) – 2:33
- "Conjuration of Magnu" (Brock) – 1:48
- "Magnu" (Brock) – 3:16
- "Dust of Time" (Bainbridge/Brock/Lloyd-Langton) – 2:29
- "Horn of Fate" [aka "Horn Of Destiny"] (Brock) – 6:27
Castle CD bonus tracks
- "Magnu" (Brock) – 3:10 - from Hawkwind AnthologyHawkwind AnthologyThe Hawkwind Anthology series of records were originally issued mid-1980s containing live and outtake material from Hawkwind's career to that date....
- "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Robert CalvertRobert CalvertRobert Calvert was a writer, poet, and musician.-Biography:Born Robert Newton Calvert in Pretoria, South Africa, Calvert's parents moved to England when he was two years of age and later attended school in London and Margate. He began his career by writing poetry and in 1967 formed a Street...
/Brock) – 2:35 - from Hawkwind Anthology - "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert/Brock) – 7:45 - from Live Seventy Nine
- "Who's Gonna Win the War" (Brock) – 4:47 - from LevitationLevitation (album)Levitation is the tenth studio album by English rock group Hawkwind, released in 1980. It peaked at #21 on the UK Albums Chart.At the time of its release, band leader Dave Brock stated: "with Levitation we’ve come full circle back to the style of our debut album...
- "Ghost Dance" (Bainbridge/Turner) – 5:34 - from Hawkwind Anthology
- "Master of the Universe" (Brock/Turner) – 3:54 - from Live Chronicles
- "Choose Your Masques" (Brock/Moorcock) – 4:52 - from Live Chronicles
- "Lost Chronicles" (Bainbridge) / "Neon Skyline" (Davey) – 5:21 - from The Xenon CodexThe Xenon Codex-External links:*...
- "Tides" (Lloyd-Langton) – 2:53 - from The Xenon Codex
- "Wings" (Davey) – 5:22 - from Space BanditsSpace BanditsSpace Bandits is the sixteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1990. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #70....
- "Lives of Great Men" [aka "Assault And Battery"] (Brock) – 3:26 - from Palace SpringsPalace Springs (album)Palace Springs is a 1991 live/studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind.Although released in 1991, this album was recorded in 1989 prior to the previous album Space Bandits...
- "Void of Golden Light" [aka "Golden Void"] (Brock) – 6:48 - from Palace Springs
- "Techno Tropic Zone Exists" (Brock) – 4:31 - from It is the Business of the Future to be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be DangerousIt Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous is the eighteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1993. It spent one week on the UK albums chart at #75....
- "Gimme Shelter" (Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
/Keith RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
) – 5:38 - from It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous
Griffin and Atomhenge versions
CD1- "The Chronicle Of The Black Sword" (Michael Moorcock)
- "Song Of The Swords"
- "Dragons And Fables"
- "Narration"
- "The Sea King"
- "Dead God's Homecoming" (Moorcock)
- "Angels Of Death"
- "The Shade Gate"
- "Rocky Paths"
- "Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)"
- "The Pulsing Cavern"
- "Master Of The Universe"
- "Dragon Song" (Moorcock)
- "Dreaming City"
- "Choose Your Masques"
- "Fight Sequence"
CD2
- "Assault And Battery"
- "Sleep Of A Thousand Tears"
- "Zarozinia"
- "Lords Of Chaos"
- "The Dark Lords"
- "Wizards Of Pan Tang"
- "Moonglum"
- "Elric The Enchanter (Part 2)"
- "Needle Gun"
- "Conjuration Of Magnu"
- "Magnu"
- "Dust Of Time"
- "The Final Fight" (Moorcock)
- "Horn Of Fate" [aka "Horn Of Destiny"]
Personnel
- Dave BrockDave BrockDavid Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...
– electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Huw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-LangtonHuw Lloyd-Langton is an English guitarist, best known as the guitarist for Hawkwind. He also had his own band, the Lloyd Langton Group with bass player Kenny Wilson and drummer John Clark , and is the session lead guitarist for UK band The Meads of Asphodel.As a member of Hawkwind he appeared on...
– electric guitar, vocals - Harvey BainbridgeHarvey BainbridgeHarvey Frederick Bainbridge is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind....
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals - Alan DaveyAlan Davey (musician)Alan Davey is best known as the former bassist with Hawkwind. He is now the bass player and vocalist for Gunslinger as well as Hawklords, Meads of Asphodel, and Thunor.-Early musical career:...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - Danny Thompson Jr – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
with
- Michael MoorcockMichael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
– vocals - Tony Crerar – mime & dance
- Kris Tait – mime & dance, vocals
- Tim PollardTim PollardTim Pollard is an English actor and entertainer who has been appearing and performing as Robin Hood in and around his home town of Nottingham England for over 16 years...
– mime
Release history
- Nov 1986: GWRGWR RecordsGWR Records was a record label active in the UK from 1986 through to 1991.By 1984, Gerry Bron's Bronze Records were in financial difficulty leading to a hiatus in recording activity for Motörhead...
, GWSP1, UK vinyl - Feb 1994: Griffin MusicGriffin MusicGriffin Music was an independent record label created in 1989 in Toronto, Canada by author/publisher Robert Godwin. It was originally created to finance and record the second album of Led Zeppelin tribute act, Michael White & The White...
, GCDHA0136-2, USA 2CD includes reprint of Michael Moorcocks Elric novel "The Dreaming City". - Aug 1998: Castle CommunicationsCastle CommunicationsCastle Communications was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Terry Shand, Cliff Dane and Jon Beecher. The company was acquired by the American music distributor Alliance Entertainment in 1994 and in 2000 it was absorbed into Sanctuary Records Group...
, CCSCD829, UK 2CD with bonus tracks - January 2009: Atomhenge (Cherry RedCherry RedCherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
) Records, ATOMCD2007, UK CD