''Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin'' is a

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rock group Hawkwind released in 1985 consisting of a performance at the Empire Pool,

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on 27 May 1973. This is a poor sound quality audience recording licensed by Nik Turner. The recording has been released numerous times under different names, with different covers and bundled into box sets. In 2006, the whole set from the band's performance was issued under the title ''Empire Pool Wembley 1973'', although claimed to be from a different recording source, this also suffers from poor sound quality. The title is a reference to the 1974

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film '' Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'', as well as Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.

Track listings

;Side one #"Gaga" (Dunkley) – 2:10 #"In the Egg" (

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) – 2:38 #"Orgone Accumulator" (Calvert/Brock) – 7:25 #"Wage War" (

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" (Calvert/Brock) – 6:01 ;Side two #"Master of the Universe" (Turner/Brock) – 6:53 #"Welcome to the Future" (Calvert) – 2:38 #"Sonic Attack" (Moorcock) – 3:26 #"

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" (Calvert/Brock) – 3:42 ;''Empire Pool Wembley 1973'' #"Intro - Andy Dunkley" #"In the Egg" #"Born to Go" #"Down Through the Night" #"Wage War" #"Urban Guerilla" #"Space Is Deep" #"Black Corridor" #"Orgone Accumulator" #"Upside Down" #"Brainstorm" #"Seven by Seven" #"Master of the Universe" #"Welcome to the Future" #"Sonic Attack" #"Silver Machine"

Personnel

Robert Calvert Robert Newton Calvert (9 March 1945 – 14 August 1988) was a South African-British writer, poet, and musician. He is principally known for his role as lyricist, performance poet and lead vocalist of the space rock band Hawkwind. Early life ...

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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 ...

* Dave Brock –

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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 ...

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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 ...

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*Andy Dunkley – introductions *Cover by Nazer Ali Khan

Release history

References

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