A new limited-edition deluxe box set, of Hawkwind’s Hall Of The Mountain Grill is due out on 29th August from Cherry Red Records.
Originally released in September 1974, Hawkwind’s Hall Of The Mountain Grill is regarded as one of the band’s finest albums and featured a new line-up of the band that saw the departure of Robert Calvert and Dik Mik, but the arrival of keyboard player and violinist Simon House.
Featuring such classic tracks as ‘The Psychedelic Warlords’, ‘Wind of Change’, ‘D-Rider’, ‘You’d Better Believe It’, ‘Lost Johnny’ and ‘Paradox’, the album was formed from studio recordings and over-dubbed live recordings made at concerts at Edmonton Sundown in London in January 1974. Hall Of The Mountain Grill proving to be another UK Top Twenty hit for the band.
This new limited-edition deluxe box set, comprises seven CDs and two Blu-Ray discs and features a brand new remaster of the original album with seven bonus tracks drawn from studio out-takes and rare singles along with two full previously unreleased concerts mixed by Stephen W Tayler.
The first unrelease concert was recorded at Edmonton, London in January 1974, a benefit concert for imprisoned LSD advocate Timothy Leary, featuring a guest appearance by Robert Calvert and Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Leary’s partner. The second is a full concert recorded at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio on 22 March 1974. In addition, the set also includes Stephen W Tayler’s new mix of the full 1999 Party concert at the Auditorium, Chicago on 21 March 1974.
The set also includes two Blu-Ray discs featuring what’s been described as a “stunning” 5.1 Surround Sound up-mix of Hall Of The Mountain Grill (the multi-track master tapes sadly lost) and a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of Hawkwind’s concert at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland from the original 16-track master tapes.
The set is completed with an illustrated book with new essay, making this boxed set the definitive release of this legendary album.
