In these circumstances it would be grossly unfair to be at all critical - especially as the band battled on for 75 minutes without making a big thing of thing of their problems. Hang-ups the PA refused to function properly whilst guitarist Dave Brock spent as much time encouraging his equipment to work as he did playing through it. His major hang-ups occurred in “You Shouldn’t Do That” (which was taken much slower than usual) and “Born To Go” which disintegrated into a most enjoyable jam. Fortunately Twink is a mate of Hawkwind from way back, and is conversant with most of the material. Then the roadie mislaid drummer Terry Ollis - but managed to pick up a last minute replacement in Pink Fairy / Pretty Thing - Twink. Hawkwind’s gig at Birmingham’s Kinetic Play-ground appeared doomed right from the start! Nik Turner mislaid his alto sax and was forced to play all the alto parts on flute - which resulted in a distinct loss of fullness of sound. Taped by: Some guy with a tape recorder in the audience Low gen tape transferred to CDR > Ripped with CDParanoia III > xACT > Flac Hawkwind - Kinetic Playground, Birmingham.
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