''The '1999' Party'' is a live album by

Hawkwind Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard ...

recorded at the Chicago Auditorium Theatre on 21 March 1974 released retrospectively in November 1997 by

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. It was issued for the first time as part of EMI's re-releasing re-mastered versions of the Hawkwind back catalogue. A further budget single disk derived from this set titled ''Hawkwind Live 74'' was issued in April 2006.

Band changes

Hawkwind first toured North America in November and December 1973 undertaking 10 dates performing the Space Ritual set, albeit without

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and

Dik Mik Hawkwind are an English rock band known as one of the earliest space rock groups. Since their formation in November 1969, Hawkwind have gone through many incarnations and have incorporated many different styles into their music, including hard ...

who had left in July. On that tour

Del Dettmar Del Dettmar (born 20 April 1947 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England) is best known as synthesizer and keyboard player with the English space rock band Hawkwind from 1971 to 1974. After leaving school he had a number of jobs including working in a ...

had bought land in Canada with the intention of emigrating, but remained with the band playing from the mixing desk rather than the stage until eventually leaving in June 1974.

Simon House Simon House (born 29 August 1948 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) is a British composer and classically trained violinist and keyboard player, perhaps best known for his work with space rock band Hawkwind. Career Before his time with Ha ...

, who had known the band from his time with

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, was brought in playing alongside Dettmar and accompanied the band on this tour but, not being able to get the correct work permit in time, his participation was strictly unofficial.

The tour

Despite bad reviews, low album sales, lack of promotion and interest from their US record company, Hawkwind self-financed this North America tour safe in the knowledge that they could fill halls.Melody Maker, 23 March 1974
- America sees the light Under the banner ''The 1999 Party'', it ran from March through April 1974 and included the full stage show featuring DJ Andy Dunkley, dancer Stacia and light show by

Liquid Len Jonathan Smeeton is a British lighting and production designer who was active in the UK from the late 1960s, and then in the US from late 1970s up to his retirement in 2018. Smeeton started out in the UK underground scene in the late 1960s. B ...

, with a one-hour slot for the support band

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. *1 March: Los Angeles *2 March: Santa Monica, Auditorium *3 March: San Diego, JJ Club *7 March: San Francisco, Auditorium *10 March: Berkeley, University *15 March: Kansas City, Soldiers & Sailors *16 March: St. Louis, Auditorium *19 March: Milwaukee, Riverside Theatre *21 March: Chicago, Auditorium Theatre *22 March: Cleveland, Allen Theatre *23 March: Detroit, Palace *24 March: South Bend, Morris Auditorium *29 March: Atlanta, Electric Ballroom *2 April: Nashville *5 April: Philadelphia, Tower Theatre *6 April: New York, Steins Academy *7 April: Baltimore, Latin Casino *8 April: Boston, Orpheum Auditorium *10 April: Buffalo *13 April: Washington, Warner Theatre *14 April: Montreal *15 April: Toronto, Massey Hall The Berkeley date was in benefit of

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who had been imprisoned after being extradited from Afghanistan for his use and promotion of drugs. A phone call from his cell was broadcast over the PA interrupting the Man set. At the Nashville date "their equipment sustained damage estimated at nearly £1000 when the roof was ripped from the Nashville Hotel" by a tornado; Both the Chicago and Detroit shows were recorded. When the band next returned to the USA in September, five dates in after the

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show the

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impounded the band's equipment in lieu of an outstanding $8000 tax bill from this tour, prohibiting the band from continuing. Once the legal situation was sorted, the tour was re-scheduled for a month later.Sounds, 12 October 1974
- Impounded

The set

The set was revamped from the ''

Space Ritual ''The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London'' (commonly known as ''Space Ritual'') is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind. It is their fourth album, reached #9 in the UK album charts and briefly dented the ...

'' set, with only three poems and three songs remaining. Two

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poems based on his

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theme, which would later be used for ''

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'', are worked into the set and there are five new tracks which would later be recorded for ''

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'' album. The Man set also received a retrospective release in June 2001 as ''The 1999 Party Tour'' (Voiceprint

Track listing

Disc 1

#"Intro" (Andy Dunkley) / "Standing On The Edge" (

) – 4:16 #"Brainbox Pollution" (

Dave Brock David Anthony Brock (born 20 August 1941) is an English musician. He plays electric guitar, keyboards, bass and oscillators. He is a founder, sole constant member and musical focus of the space rock group Hawkwind.Allmusic– Dave Brock biogr ...

) – 7:52 #"It's So Easy" (Brock) – 11:02 #"You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) – 4:43 #"Veterans of a Thousand Psychic Wars" (Moorcock) – 2:21 #"Brainstorm" (

Nik Turner Nicholas Robert Turner (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician, best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, T ...

) – 9:19 #"Seven By Seven" (Brock) – 9:26

Disc 2

#"The Watcher" (

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) – 6:40 #"The Awakening" (

) – 2:40 #"Paradox" (Brock) – 5:43 #"You'd Better Believe It" (Brock) – 8:09 #"

Psychedelic Warlords ''Hall of the Mountain Grill'' is the fourth studio album by space rock band Hawkwind, released in 1974. It is regarded by many critics as a career highlight. Overview The group's fourth studio album, it was the first by a new line-up that inc ...

" (Brock) – 3:47 #"D-Rider" (Turner) – 7:46 #"Sonic Attack" (Moorcock) – 4:30 #"Master Of The Universe" (Turner/Brock) – 6:57 #"Welcome To The Future" (Calvert) – 2:32

''Hawkwind Live 74''

#"Brainbox Pollution" #"You Know You're Only Dreaming" #"Brainstorm" #"Seven By Seven" #"You'd Better Believe It" #"The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)" #"D-Rider" #"Master Of The Universe" #"Welcome To The Future"

Personnel

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Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

–

Saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

Flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

, Vocals *

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(Ian Kilmister) –

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, Vocals *

–

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–

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* Simon King –

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References

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