PLASTIC HEAD MAILORDER EXCLUSIVE!! PLASTIC HEAD MAILORDER WILL BE THE ONLY RETAILER IN THE UK STOCKING THIS RELEASE AMAZING 180 GRAM 1000 ONLY LIMITED EDITION GATEFOLD YELLOW VINYL REISSUE OF HAWKWINDS FOURTH ALBUM. The group's fourth studio album, it was the first by a new line-up that included Simon House on synthesizer, Mellotron and electric violin; absent were Robert Calvert, who had previously contributed lyrics, vocals and spoken word interludes, and Dik Mik, who provided electronic effects. House's addition was generally seen as enhancing the band's musicianship and sense of structure, though perhaps at the expense of the improvisational nature of earlier work.
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