PXR5 was Hawkwind’s final LP for Charisma, creeping out to minimal fanfare in June 1979 at a time when many fans didn’t even know the band still existed.
Yet despite its undeserved reputation as an odds-and-sods compilation, it contains some of the Robert Calvert era’s finest material. With its eclectic selection of studio and ‘live’ tracks, it’s like a late 70s counterpart to the more celebrated Hall Of The Mountain Grill from earlier in the decade.
