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by the English

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group Hawkwind, released in 1995. At the end of 1994, with the group established as a three piece of guitarist Dave Brock, bassist Alan Davey and drummer Richard Chadwick, they felt they were lacking visually in terms of showmanship. Ron Tree, who had been involved with groups in the English free-festival scene, had offered his services and the group accepted them. In addition, guitarist Jerry Richards, another musician involved in the English free-festival scene as a member of the group Tubilah Dog, started contributing to some live dates and recording sessions. This new line-up undertook a 13 date North America tour in April 1995, then recorded a

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session on 27 July, at Maida Vale Studios. The album was recorded at

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in the summer, and the ''Area S4'' EP featuring a "Roswell Mix" of "Alien (I Am)" was issued. "Death Trap" is a re-recording of the song from their 1978 album ''

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''. "Wastelands" is a re-recording of "Wastelands Of Sleep" from their 1988 album '' The Xenon Codex''. "Are You Losing Your Mind?" is a re-recording of "The Iron Dream" from their 1977 album ''

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'' with new spoken words. The group undertook a 13 date UK tour in October, followed by 7 European dates, to promote the album. The

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show on 19 October was filmed and recorded, and issued as the album ''

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'' and video ''

''. The group appeared on the

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programme ''Under the Bridge'' on 14 April 1996.

Track listing

Side 1

# "Abducted" ( Ron Tree, Brock) – 2:45 # "Alien (I Am)" (Brock) – 7:46 # "Reject Your Human Touch" (Tree, Brock, Richard Chadwick, Alan Davey) – 2:20 # "Blue Skin" (Tree, Brock, Chadwick, Davey) – 7:07

Side 2

"Beam Me Up" (Hawkwind) – 4:11 # "Vega" (Davey) – 3:51 # "Xenomorph" (Tree, Davey) – 4:52 # "Journey" (Brock, Davey) – 3:12

Side 3

"Sputnik Stan" (Davey) – 7:03 # "Kapal" (Brock, Chadwick, Davey) – 5:11 # "Festivals" (Kris Tait, Brock) – 6:50

Side 4

"Death Trap" (

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, Brock) – 3:57 # "Wastelands" ka "Wastelands of Sleep"(Brock) – 1:22 # "Are You Losing Your Mind?" (Tree, Brock, Chadwick, Davey) – 2:33 # "Space Sex" (Brock) – 2:56 - vinyl and Atomhenge CD versions only

Personnel

; Hawkwind * Ron Tree –

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* Dave Brock –

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, vocals * Alan Davey –

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, vocals * Richard Chadwick –

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* Jerry Richards – electric guitar (tracks 12–14)

Credits

* Cover by Alan Arthurs

Release history

* October 1995:

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, UK; 2x12" vinyl (EBSLP118), CD digipak (EBSSCD118), CD (EBSCD118) * February 2010: Atomhenge ( Cherry Red) Records, ATOMCD1018, UK 2CD

External links

Alien 4 catalogue entry – Atomhenge Records

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Hawkwind albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios