''Zones'' is an 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 ...

released in 1983 consisting of studio demos from 1981 and live performances between 1980 and 1982. The tracks on side 1 have been included on the 2009 3CD re-issue of ''

Levitation Levitation (from Latin ''levitas'' "lightness") is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via any physical contact. Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts ...

'' in expanded form.

Track listing

Side 1

#"Zones" (

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 biogra ...

) – 0:46 #"Dangerous Vision" ( Keith Hale) – 5:05 #"Running Through the Back Brain" (

Michael Moorcock Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, best-known for science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has work ...

, Brock,

Harvey Bainbridge Harvey Frederick Bainbridge (born 24 September 1949, Dorset) is an English bass and keyboard player. He is best known as the bass player and keyboard player in Hawkwind. Career Bainbridge's first musical group was when he was at school. A gro ...

Huw Lloyd-Langton Richard Hugh "Huw" Lloyd-Langton (6 February 1951 – 6 December 2012) was an English musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock band HawkwindStrong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Rock Discography'', Canongate, , p. 466 at various times. ...

, Hale,

Ginger Baker Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and Music of Africa, Africa ...

) – 6:17 #"The Island" ka "Dust of Time"(Lloyd-Langton, Brock) – 3:17 #"

Motorway City "Motorway City" is a 1983 single by the UK rock group Hawkwind. This version was recorded live on the Levitation tour and released as a single on Flicknife Records (FLS025) in the UK on 28 October 1983, taken from the album Zones. The b-side "Mas ...

" (Brock) – 4:57

Side 2

"Utopia 84" (Brock) – 2:06 #"Social Alliance" (Brock) – 4:39 #"Sonic Attack" (Moorcock, Hawkwind) – 5:47 #"Dream Worker" (Bainbridge) – 5:28 #"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 ...

) – 8:30

Personnel

;Hawkwind *

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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 ...

(side 1, track 3) *

–

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, vocals *

– electric guitar, vocals *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, keyboards, vocals * Keith Hale – keyboards, vocals (side 1) *

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(side 1) *Martin Griffin – drums (side 2) *

–

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 (side 2)

Notes

*Side 1, tracks 2,3: Battle Studio, 1981 *Side 1, tracks 4,5: Lewisham Odeon, 18 December 1980 *Side 2: recorded live on the "Choose Your Masques Tour", 1982

Release history

*Oct-1983: Flicknife Records, SHARP014, vinyl *Mar-1984: Flicknife Records, PSHARP014, picture disc (2000 copies) *Nov-1988: Flicknife Records, SHARP1422CD, UK CD with first disc from ''

This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic ''This is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic'' is a 1984 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. The album consisted of two discs: an LP which was recorded during the group's 1980 ''Levitation'' tour; and a 12" EP recorded at their June 1984 a ...

'' *Nov-1992: Anagram Records, CDMGRAM57, UK CD *Jul-1994:

Griffin Music Griffin Music was an independent record label created in 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by author/publisher Robert Godwin. It was originally created to record and finance the second album of Led Zeppelin tribute act, Michael White & The White. Du ...

, GCDHA164-2, USA CD *Jul-2000:

Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1992 by Brian Perera. The record label has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Purple Pyramid Records, Dea ...

, CLE08502, USA 2CD with ''

'' *Jul-2002: Anagram Records, CDMGRAM160, UK 2CD with ''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zones (Album) Hawkwind compilation albums 1983 compilation albums