Hawkwind
Stories From Time And Space CHERRY RED
Space ace.
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Hawkwind aren’t normally associated with teenage trauma, but here’s a story for you. It’s 1972, and a young fan (with the initials GB) is getting ready to play the Greasy Truckers Party album on his stereo – specifically the Hawks tracks Master Of The Universe and Born To Go. The doorbell rings, and the distracted fan exits the room and goes to the door, leaving the LP on the mantelpiece above a blazing log fire. The vinyl immediately begins to droop over the edge of the shelf, like something out of a Salvador Dali painting. Greasy Truckers becomes Melty Fuckers…