The cynical response to the release of yet another Hawkwind live album – at least their fifth since 2015 – is to wave a dismissive hand as if wafting away a hippie’s morning-after lentil curry fart. But to do so would be to deny an impressive aural document.
The September 2023 event at the Royal Albert Hall was billed as An Evening Of Sonic Destruction 50 Years On... Celebrating The Rituals And Odyssey Of Space. It ostensibly celebrated Space Ritual’s half-century – while actually revelling in a career-spanning set.
