''Distant Horizons'' is the twenty-first studio album by the

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, released in

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. Towards the end of 1996, Jerry Richards, who had been contributing lead guitar to some live dates and recording sessions, joined the group permanently. Dissatisfied with the musical direction of the group, longstanding bassist Alan Davey chose to leave at the end of 1996. His bass playing duties were picked up by singer

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and keyboardist Julian "Crum" Crimmins began contributing to live dates, although neither would appear on this record. The album's release was preceded by the ''Love in Space'' EP, although the lead track differs remarkably from the album version, having vocals and being produced by Zeus B. Held. The group undertook a 32 date UK tour from September through to November to promote the album, followed by three Netherlands/Belgium dates. Some shows were recorded and issued as '' In Your Area'' and ''

Hawkwind 1997 ''Hawkwind 1997'' is a 1999 live album by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It was recorded at various shows during the group's 1997 tour to promote the ''Distant Horizons'' album. Track listing #"Wheels (Your World)" (Richard Chadwick ...

'', and some shows were professionally filmed by punkcast, but as yet unreleased.

Track listing

#"Distant Horizons" (

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, Richard Chadwick) – 5:19 #"Phetamine Street" (

) – 5:42 #"Waimea Canyon Drive" (Brock) – 4:53 #"Alchemy" (Jerry Richards, Chadwick) – 3:14 #"Clouded Vision" (Brock) – 3:49 #"Reptoid Vision" (Tree) – 7:39 #"Population Overload" (Brock, Chadwick) – 6:51 #"Wheels" (Richards, Chadwick) – 6:24 #"Kauai" (Brock) / "Taxi for Max" (Brock) – 2:51 #"Love in Space" (Brock) – 4:51

Atomhenge CD bonus tracks

"Archaic" (Brock) - 6:51 #"Kauai" lternate take(Brock) - 2:45 #"Morpheus" (Brock) - 2:26

Personnel

;Hawkwind *

– electric guitar, keyboards,

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*Jerry Richards – electric guitar *

– vocals,

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*Richard Chadwick –

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Release history

*November 1997:

Emergency Broadcast System Records 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 ...

, UK, CD (EBS139) *30 May 2011: Atomhenge ( Cherry Red) Records, ATOMCD1028, UK CD

External links

Atomhenge Records

References

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