Greasy Trucker s Party The Great White Whale For Music Collectors For 35 Years
By: Marek Adam
Submitted: 2008-06-08 17:04:16 | Word Count: 627
The Greasy Truckers Party, as a double LP set, was the item that every serious music collector in the 70 s and 80 s just had to have. Just to have seen a copy was something to tell fellow enthusiasts at the next fair.
In 2007, over 30 years later, the original eight track master tapes had not only survived, but they had been turned into three very fully packed CDs, the complete sets of Man, Brinsley Schwarz, and Hawkwind (with a Magic Michael & Friends track thrown in too).
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With the addition of Deke Leonard from The Dream , the Man started to be talked about with the same weight as The Grateful Dead. The band were a late addition to the Greasy Truckers Party, held at London s Roundhouse, on Sunday 13th February 1972. Hawkwind were the headline act on a bill that included Brinsley Schwarz and Magic Michael.
Andrew Lauder, UA s label manager, called the Greasy Truckers, a loose organisation of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile causes.
Man contributed five tracks to the CD with Spunk Rock (originally a four minute track entitled Spunk Box ) providing a 20 minute mix of electric guitars and powerhouse drumming.
This was the first of two concerts to be recorded (the second, Dingwalls Dancehall, featured Camel, Henry Cow, Gong and the Global Village Trucking Co).
Brinsley Schwarz were an excellent band, albeit in a pub rock kind of way and featured a certain Nick Lowe. They played a creative yet tight set.
Magic Michael + Friends contributed just one track to the album and it s best to swiftly move on.
The balance of the party is given to Hawkwind, with 12 tracks to enjoy.
This was originally sold as a double vinyl album, sold at ?1.50, it rapidly sold out, and became a collector s item. The original album contained:
Side 1
Man Spunk Rock (Ace/Jones/Leonard/Williams)
Side 2
Man Angel Easy (Ace/John/Jones/Leonard/Williams)
DJ Andy Dunkley Speech
DJ Andy Dunkley Power cut
Brinsley Schwarz Wonder Woman (Tousaint)
Brinsley Schwarz Its Just My Way of Saying Thank You (Lowe)
Brinsley Schwarz I m Ahead If I Can Quit While I m Behind (Ford)
Side 3
Brinsley Schwarz Midnight Train (trad. arranged Brinsley Schwarz)
Brinsley Schwarz Surrender to the Rhythm (Lowe)
Magic Michael Music Belongs to the People (Michael)
Side 4
Hawkwind Master of the Universe (Turner/Brock)
Hawkwind Born to Go (Calvert/Brock)
The complete recording of the concert was released as a triple CD box set in 2007. This box set includes the original take of Hawkwind s Silver Machine single, (actually remixed in the studio, Lemmy replacing the original vocals).
Disk 1
Man Spunk Rock
Man Many Are Called But Few Get Up
Man Angel Easy
Man Bananas (Early Instrumental Version)
Man Romaine
Disk 2
Brinsley Schwarz Intro
Brinsley Schwarz Country Girl
Brinsley Schwarz One More Day
Brinsley Schwarz Unknown Number
Brinsley Schwarz She s Got to Be Real
Brinsley Schwarz Home Work
Brinsley Schwarz Nervous on the Road (But Can t Stay at Home)
Brinsley Schwarz Range War
Brinsley Schwarz Silver Pistol
Brinsley Schwarz Going Down the Road
Brinsley Schwarz Midnight Train
Brinsley Schwarz Private Number
Brinsley Schwarz It s Just My Way of Saying Thank You
Brinsley Schwarz Wonder Woman
Brinsley Schwarz I m Ahead If I Can Quit While I m Behind
Brinsley Schwarz Surrender to the Rhythm
Magic Michael Music Belongs to the People
Disk 3
Hawkwind Announcement/Apology
Hawkwind This is Your Captain Speaking (Breakdown)
Hawkwind This is Your Captain Speaking
Hawkwind You Shouldn t Do That
Hawkwind The Awakening
Hawkwind Master of the Universe
Hawkwind Paranoia
Hawkwind Earth Calling
Hawkwind Silver Machine
Hawkwind Welcome to the Future
Hawkwind Born to Go
Hawkwind Brainstorm (Jam)
DJ Andy Dunkley End Announcement
Author Resource:-
Marek Norvid has been in the music business since he was the entertainment officer at Newcastle Uni in the 80s. In the late 80s he set up RPM Music - one of the few independent records stores still in existence in the UK. Visit http://www.cdxpress.co.uk to check out the latest classic rock releases.
