In Search of Space
| In Search of Space | ||||
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| Studio album by Hawkwind | ||||
| Released | 8 October 1971 | |||
| Recorded | Olympic Studios, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Space rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 42:17 | |||
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United Artists (most of the world) Liberty (Japan & South Africa) |
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| Producer | George Chkiantz and Hawkwind | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| Head Heritage | (Positive) |
In Search of Space is the second studio album from Hawkwind, released in 1971. It reached No. 18 on the UK album charts.
Bass player John A Harrison left just after recording the first album, replaced by Thomas Crimble who in turn was replaced by Dave Anderson from Amon Düül II for this album, and who in turn would be gone before its release. Electronics player Dik Mik Davies had also temporarily left so the band's live sound engineer Del Dettmar was pulled in as a replacement, whilst Huw Lloyd-Langton had departed after a bad LSD experience at the Isle of Wight Festival.
"You Shouldn't Do That" is an extended piece that they had been playing live from Crimble's time in the band, and he asserts that he should have received a writer's credit for the central bass line on which this is based. It was recorded for a BBC Maida Vale session on 19 May 1971 for the Sounds of the Seventies show, a bootleg version of the session can be found on The Text of Festival. It was the encore for the Space Ritual show but omitted from that album, later appearing in 1976 on the compilation album Roadhawks. It has been part of the live set at various times throughout their career, versions of which can be found on The Business Trip (1994) and Spaced Out in London (2004).
"You Know You're Only Dreaming" uses the riff and feel from Steve Miller Band's "Jackson-Kent Blues" from Number 5, an artist Brock has acknowledged as being an influence upon him. This too was recorded for the BBC Sounds of the Seventies session and has appeared in the live set at various times throughout their career, including The 1999 Party (1974) and The Business Trip (1994).
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