It’s quite sad, really, that the news of HAWKWIND‘s “Hall Of The Mountain Grill” getting a belated 50th anniversary overhaul comes on the heels of other news, that of the passing of Simon House whose debuted with the band on this album. But it’s also a celebration of his, and his colleagues, talents, because what they concocted remains a solid classic without which the tremendous "Warrior On The Edge Of Time" wouldn’t have been possible. That’s why the reissue planned for August 29th should not be ignored.
There will be three formats: a CD comprising a fresh remaster of the platter, with a smattering of bonus tracks, a vinyl LP with a 12-inch 45 rpm EP, and a massive box set that, in fact, could be a bit lighter and, thus, cheaper. Surely, nobody must complain about the seven CDs which deepen the album’s context with no less than three concerts, two – including the recording of a benefit for Timothy Leary, where the Hawks’ former singer Robert Calvert guested – previously unreleased and one newly mixed by Stephen W Tayler, yet the contents of two Blu-rays, detailed below, could easily fit on a single disc. No stereo remix this time, either, but the deluxe edition seems enticing.
Hall Of The Mountain Grill
CD 1 – “Hall Of The Mountain Grill” Remastered:
1. The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
2. Wind Of Change
3. D-Rider
4. Web Weaver
5. You’d Better Believe It
6. Hall Of The Mountain Grill
7. Lost Johnny
8. Goat Willow
9. Paradox
bonus tracks:
10. It’s So Easy (studio version)
11. You’d Better Believe It (Rockfield Studios version)
12. Wind Of Change (alt. version)
13. It’s So Easy (B-side)
14. The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke) (single version)
15. You’d Better Believe It (single version)
16. Paradox (single version)
CD 2 – Live At The Edmonton Sundown – January 1974 – Pt. 1 *:
1. Introduction
2. Brainbox Pollution
3. It’s So Easy
4. You Know You’re Only Dreaming
5. America Poem
6. Brainstorm
7. Seven By Seven
8. The Watcher
9. The Awakening
10. Paradox
CD 3 – Live At The Edmonton Sundown – January 1974 – Pt. 2 *:
1. You’d Better Believe It
2. D-Rider
3. Sonic Attack
4. Master Of The Universe
5. Welcome To The Future
6. Orgone Accumulator
7. Silver Machine
CD 4 – The 1999 Party – Live At The Auditorium, Chicago 21 – March 1974 (New Mix) – Pt. 1:
1. Introduction
2. Standing On The Edge
3. Brainbox Pollution
4. It’s So Easy
5. You Know You’re Only Dreaming
6. Veterans Of A Thousand Psychic Wars
7. Brainstorm
8. Seven By Seven
CD 5 – The 1999 Party – Live At The Auditorium, Chicago 21 – March 1974 (New Mix) – Pt. 2:
1. The Watcher
2. The Awakening
3. Paradox
4. You’d Better Believe It
5. Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
6. D-Rider
7. Sonic Attack
8. Master Of The Universe
9. Welcome To The Future
CD 6 – The 1999 Party – Live At The Allen Theatre, Cleveland – March 22nd, 1974 – Pt. 1 *:
1. Introduction
2. Standing On The Edge
3. Brainbox Pollution
4. It’s So Easy
5. You Know You’re Only Dreaming
6. Veterans Of A Thousand Psychic Wars
7. Brainstorm
8. Seven By Seven
CD 7 – The 1999 Party – Live At The Allen Theatre, Cleveland – March 22nd, 1974 – Pt. 2 *:
1. The Watcher
2. The Awakening
3. Paradox
4. You’d Better Believe It
5. Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)
6. D-Rider
7. Sonic Attack
8. Master Of The Universe
9. Welcome To The Future
10. Orgone Accumulator
Blu-ray 1 – “Hall Of The Mountain Grill” –
5.1 Surround Sound Up-Mix
1-9 – as on CD 1
Blu-ray 2 – The 1999 Party – Live At The Allen Theatre, Cleveland –
5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes:
1-18 – as on CDs 6 & 7
* previously unreleased
