Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Hawkwind – Space Ritual / Friends & Relations (live tracks). So, the big one. It never ceases to amaze, though any objectivity about SR went out of my window a long time ago. Really, what else even vaguely sounds like this? Many thoughts arose, the most basic of which being along the lines of ‘HW clearly weren’t going for the “let’s rock this municipal arts venue” vibe of, say. Deep Purple. But neither were they aspiring to the proggy uplands of, say, Yes. But there’s clearly a ‘serious’ intent here. What exactly were they up to in the context of 1972?’