Hawkwind: Space Ritual (Stephen W Tayler 5.1 mix coming in September 2023!)

[~dave~~wave~]

Amazon USA now showing in stock from third-party seller with 7-day delivery for $137.
Amazon Global UK price is down to $117 with free shipping, 2-5 week delivery time.

"#1 New Release in Classic Psychedelic Rock"

Amazon.com

 

[bgf1973]

Ordered 31/08 in Amazon.de I already feared the worst...but no!! I received the shipping notification today!!…… 34,45 €

 

[~dave~~wave~]

I was happy I had two copies deliver on the same day, as the blu ray had a defect.
It would freeze and/or skip on the 5.1 mix.

After a thorough cleaning, I tried again, on three different blu ray spinners.
Orgone Accumulator would never play without errors, so back it went.


I continue to be amazed by the @Stephen W Tayler surround mix, as I am so familiar with the original stereo.
The detail and separation reveal new minutiae on every subsequent listen.



The authoring of the blu ray is exceptional in the "Ken Burns"-style panning background visuals from the original 12-panel triple-gatefold vinyl (even down to the full-color inner sleeves).
Song titles super-imposed in the original "computer-ish" early 70s font from the days of IBM mainframes with punch card programming.

I haven't made it to the live recordings or thoroughly read the book yet.
I will be savoring it slowly through the long winter nights.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

Price and availability continue to fluctuate.

Wednesday last, importcds dropped the price from $117 to $85.
When I checked that day, it was showing back ordered at that price.
Today the listing has disappeared altogether.

 

[Neil Palfreyman]

I missed getting a copy of this on release, but I contacted Cherry Red who told me "We are hoping to repress it in the coming weeks, so please keep an eye on our website for further information"

So I'll be doing just that!

[Edit]
Had the re-press confirmed by Vicky Powell from Esoteric/Cherry Red too, so it's definitely happening.

 

[Bill B]

On Amazon right now for $85.

Hawkwind - Space Ritual - 50th Anniversary Deluxe - Box Set Edition, 10CD + Blu-ray - Amazon.com Music

Hawkwind - Space Ritual - 50th Anniversary Deluxe - Box Set Edition, 10CD + Blu-ray - Amazon.com Music

www.amazon.com

 

[Dynamic Editor]

I generally wouldn't post about me looking for a set in a thread, but I am in an odd predicament, where I am both looking for the set AND can get it for someone who lives in Germany for that low-price that was offered at Amazon DE a while back. So, if you or someone you know lives in Germany and would like the set for a crazy good price, let me know!

I explain more in this thread:

Looking for 2023 Hawkwind Space Ritual Box Set + special offer for those in Germany looking for the set

Looking for the 2023 Hawkwind Space Ritual box set. Hoping for a price around the $80 USD range, but I won't be offended if there's some fluctuations there. For some reason, my order during the lower price period on Amazon DE was cancelled, and after many, many messages in correspondence, they...

www.quadraphonicquad.com

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Down to $104 on Amazon right now: Amazon.com

 

[colsky]

£84.99 at Amazon UK, Black Friday deal:

Amazon.co.uk : hawkwind

 

[timbre4]

Does anybody know where I can get the running times for all the different versions on CDs this box? Sloppy disc titling. I put them all into iTunes and it F'ed it all up when I got to disc 10. It dumped ALL tracks into disc 10 and I can't tell them apart w/o running times. Looked at Discogs and a dozen other places and no help found. If nobody knows, I'll stick them into Sound Forge to get the times.

 

[steelydave]

musicbrainz has the majority of it (all the CD's except 7 & 8, and the BluRay):

Release “Space Ritual” by Hawkwind - MusicBrainz

50th anniversary, Format: 10×CD + Blu-ray, Year: 2023, Label: Atomhenge (ATOMCD111053), Barcode: 5013929635326

musicbrainz.org

You could even load the tracks into mp3tag, do the musicbrainz lookup, and rearrange the tracks by running time to match the tag info..

 

[Dynamic Editor]

Does anybody know where I can get the running times for all the version on this box? Sloppy disc titling. I put them all into iTunes and it F'ed it all up when I got to disc 10. It dumped ALL tracks into disc 10 and I can't tell them apart w/o running times. Looks at Discogs and a dozen other places and no help found. If nobody knows, I'll stick them into Sound Forge to get the times.

Not sure, but it would be great for them to be added to discogs when you figure it out! https://www.discogs.com/release/edit/27429489

 

[omega4]

£84.99 at Amazon UK, Black Friday deal:

Amazon.co.uk : hawkwind

Many thanks for the heads up. I went straight to my Amazon app and the first page said I had been given a £5 voucher to spend before 7 Dec. It didn't last that long! So, woo hoo, bought for £79.99! Cracking deal. Ta v much again!

Delivery is shown as 2nd December so part of the re-press I should think. On that basis, according to Apple Corps CEO's philosophy, Hawkwind must be more popular than the Beatles! Wow!

 

[François]

Does anybody know where I can get the running times for all the different versions on CDs this box? Sloppy disc titling. I put them all into iTunes and it F'ed it all up when I got to disc 10. It dumped ALL tracks into disc 10 and I can't tell them apart w/o running times. Looked at Discogs and a dozen other places and no help found. If nobody knows, I'll stick them into Sound Forge to get the times.

I think if you display the tracks as a list, in the view options you can choose to display a Date added column, and then you can sort the list by this column: as tracks are imported from CD sequentially you may be able to tell them apart.

 

[Marplot]

Does anybody know where I can get the running times for all the different versions on CDs this box? Sloppy disc titling. I put them all into iTunes and it F'ed it all up when I got to disc 10. It dumped ALL tracks into disc 10 and I can't tell them apart w/o running times. Looked at Discogs and a dozen other places and no help found. If nobody knows, I'll stick them into Sound Forge to get the times.

If you still need help drop me a PM. I can send screen shots of the times.

 

[timbre4]

Not sure, but it would be great for them to be added to discogs when you figure it out! https://www.discogs.com/release/edit/27429489

This was just completed in DISCOGS!

 

[timbre4]

If you still need help drop me a PM. I can send screen shots of the times.

Big thanks to Marplot for the info!

All done except disc details; only #3/4 Liverpool survived. Ugh.
Disc 3 says 22/12/72 but disc 4 (same show) was done as 12/22/72. Like I said sloppy.
The XML doesn't update properly in real times so iTunes must be closed and re-opened multiple times to verify changes I made. Double Ugh.
DISCOGS listing was updated - 10 CDs / 1 BD

Nothing good to say about the decline of iTunes so I'll stop on a positive note.

 

[NYMo]

Somebody (smarter than me) may want to edit Steven W Tyler to the correct spelling on the DISCOGS 10 disc box set !

 

[Stephen W Tayler]

Somebody (smarter than me) may want to edit Steven W Tyler to the correct spelling on the DISCOGS 10 disc box set !

Crikey! That is why I adopted the 'W' for my professional name - nobody could ever spell my first and last names correctly!

 

[NYMo]

Crikey! That is why I adopted the 'W' for my professional name - nobody could ever spell my first and last names correctly!

Know the feeling !