Hawkwind: doremi fasol latido LP 1972 Used, 2nd hand, original UK cover silver foil sleeve! With Lemmy from Motorhead. Check audio (whole album)

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Doremi Fasol Latido is the third studio album from Hawkwind released in 1972. It reached #14 on the UK album charts.
The rhythm section of Dave Anderson and Terry Ollis was replaced by Lemmy and Simon King, both of whose style differed notably from their predecessors. This changed the bands overall musical direction. Lemmy was a self-confessed inept guitarist who used volume and stagecraft to cover his lack of ability. He became a bassist by accident after joining the band, thinking he was replacing Huw Lloyd Langton. Lemmy said “I knew the guitarist because he took eight tabs of acid and then we never saw him for five years”. However Dave Brock decided to play lead and continue without a second guitarist. Hawkwinds bass guitarist failed to turn up and Lemmy was available. He said “I learned to play bass onstage with Hawkwind I go out onstage with this bass around my neck, and it was a Rickenbacker, too. The bass player, like an idiot, left his bass in the truck. So I’m learning. Nik Turner says to make some noises in E. ‘This ones called You Shouldn’t Do That.’ Then he walks away.” This led to Lemmys very unorthodox technique. Lemmy stated “I just don’t play like a bass player. There are complaints about me from time to time. Its not like having a bass player; its like having a deep guitarist.” Kings drumming was more square beat and “rock” than the jazzier free flowing Ollis.

“Brainstorm” is Turners first sole composition for the band and features an extended middle section that would be reworked throughout the years (including Ginger Bakers drum solo in 1980). Before its appearance on this album, it was recorded on 2 August 1972 at the BBCs Maida Vale studio for broadcast on the Johnnie Walker show along with “Silver Machine”, followed by an appearance on the In Concert hour long BBC broadcast from the Paris Cinema on 28 September 1972. It has almost remained an ever present in the live set with numerous live versions being released and has been covered by Monster Magnet on their 1993 album Superjudge.
“Space Is Deep” lyrics are derived from Michael Moorcocks “Black Corridor” poem. The first vocal part is an acoustic piece played by both Brock (on 12-string) and Lemmy with layered electronic effects, the second instrumental part being the full band in an electric workout, finally returning to an acoustic coda. It was dropped from the live set during 1973 as the band moved away from the Space Ritual show, only briefly being resurrected for some reunion shows during 2000, a version of which can be heard on the Yule Ritual album.
“One Change” is a brief sedate instrumental featuring a heavily echoed keyboard contribution from Dettmar.
An edited version of “Lord of Light” (see Zelaznys ‘Lord of Light) was released as a single in Germany (UA35492, June 1973) backed by an edited version of “Born to Go” from the Greasy Truckers Party album. It was dropped from the live set in the mid-1970s, but reinstated for the 1995 “Alien 4” tour, a version being released as the B-side to the 1997 single “Love in Space”.
“Down Through the Night” is another Brock acoustic number with layered electronics, flute and reverse echoed vocals. For the Space Ritual set it featured the full electric band.
“Time We Left (This World Today)” is a song in four movements, the first being a chanted Call and response bemoaning the direction society was heading in the same vein Brock was exploring with “We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago” and “Psychedelic Warlords”. The second movement is an instrumental dissonance passage leading into the third movement featuring a powerful bass guitar and lead guitar interchange, eventually returning to the first movement. It appeared in the Space Ritual set with “Paranoia” replacing the middle section, and also made an appearance during 1989-91 with “Heads” as the middle section, as can be heard on Palace Springs.
“The Watcher” is Lemmys first composition for Hawkwind, this being a spacious acoustic number with fuzz-bass. The lyrics were written from the perspective of someone from afar (perhaps God or an alien master race) watching the inhabitants of Earth destroy themselves through their own greed. This is the only song from the album that wasn’t featured in the Space Ritual set, but it did briefly make an appearance during 1973 and 1974 as can be heard on The 1999 Party, slightly rearranged as a more uptempo band performance. Lemmy would re-record the song with Motörhead on their 1977 debut album Motorhead.
[edit]Title, sleeve and philosophy

The package was put together and titled by graphic artist Barney Bubbles and is a continuation on themes he introduced with In Search of Space carried through and culminating in the Space Ritual. The title refers to the assignment of syllables to steps of the diatonic scale (Do-Re-Mi, etc.). It alludes to the music of the spheres which Bubbles expounds upon:
“The basic principle for the starship and the space ritual is based on the Pythagorean concept of sound. Briefly, this conceived the Universe to be an immense monochord, with its single string stretched between absolute spirit and at its lowest end – absolute matter. Along this string were positioned the planets of our solar system. Each of these spheres as it rushed through space was believed to sound a certain tone caused by its continuous displacement of the ether. These intervals and harmonies are called ‘The Sound Of The Spheres.’ The interval between Earth and the fixed stars being the most perfect harmonic interval.”
Do – Mars – red
Re – Sun – orange
Mi – Mercury – yellow
Fa – Saturn – green
So – Jupiter – blue
La – Venus – Indigo
Ti – Moon – violet
The original cover came in a silver foil sleeve with black print, the front depicting a shield which became an ident for the band, being used on many other album and single covers. The rear cover, inner sleeve and poster depict barbarian-type warriors in futuristic settings. The back cover includes in the legend:
The Saga of Doremi Fasol Latido is a collection of ritualistic space chants, battle hymns and stellar songs of praise as used by the family clan of Hawkwind on their epic journey to the fabled land of Thorasin.
The legend tells of the Hawklords last and defeated stand against the “tyranny of the corrupt forces for law and evil”, but the inner sleeve has redemption in the legend:
And in the fullness of time, the prophecy must be fulfilled and the Hawklords shall return to smite the land. And the dark forces shall be scourged, the cities razed and made into parks. Peace shall come to everyone. For is it not written that the sword is key to Heaven and Hell?

Critical Reaction
The UK music press warmly received the album, Nick Kent in the NME confessing “I’d be ashamed to say I didn’t love it” describing the music as one chord short of “the strongest high energy cosmic hubcap this side of the Metal Zone”.] Andrew Means of Melody Maker commented that “Its not melody and its not harmony, and its not really rhythm… it is ambiguity. It is the spaced out slipstream, the rushing, gurgling torrent of weightless sound that first turns the circle of mental pictures, associations and impressions picked out from space, time and earth… The listener is as much a traveller as the musician.” Sounds’ Martin Hayman meanwhile described the music as “the bass and drums batter on with unflagging pace, synthesisers swirl and whistle around the thunderous block riffs whose endless repetition generates that numbed hypnosis, tuneless and menacing voices incant largely incomprehensible lyrics. This is not to knock Hawkwind: the sound they are getting is thicker, fuller, more convincing than ever before. Its total effect is pretty devastating, but the means by which the effect is achieved is no revolution in sound.”

Track listing
Side 1
“Brainstorm” (Nik Turner) 11:33
“Space Is Deep” (Dave Brock) 5:10
“One Change” (Del Dettmar) 0:49
Side 2
“Lord of Light” (Brock) 6:59
“Down Through the Night” (Brock) 3:04
“Time We Left This World Today” (Brock) 8:43
“The Watcher” (Ian Kilmister) 4:00

Musicians
Dave Brock 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Nik Turner saxophone, flute, vocals
Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) bass guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals on “Space Is Deep” and “The Watcher”
Dik Mik (Michael Davies) Synthesizer
Del Dettmar Synthesizer
Simon King drums
Additional musicians
Robert Calvert vocals on “Urban Guerilla” and “Ejection”
Paul Rudolph guitars on “Ejection”

Release history
Nov-1972: United Artists Records, UAG29364, UK vinyl – original issues came in black on silver foil single sleeve

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5.0 out of 5 stars Motors now running at Warp Factor Nine,
Previously they had only been in search of Space – now they were deep in HawkSpace – a previously unexplored region where hippy whimsy met extreme heavy metal while being adorned with electronic bleeps and howls old Mr Stockhausen might have recognised. Like nothing before & not really much since….
Hawkwind had picked up two new members by 1972, Lemmy on bass & Simon King on drums – the pair tightened up the rhythm section considerably and this now became the driving force of the Hawkwind sound.

It all starts with true classic ‘Brainstorm’ – this is what Hawkwind would be about from now on, thunderously loud & driving rock with the aforementioned bleeps, bloops & whooshes with the spectral sax of Captain Nik in the background. Next up is the almost ballad like Space is Deep with some gorgeous 12 string before the rest of the band cruch into action on top of a VCS drone. Slight dip in form with One Change – 50 seconds long & 50 seconds of your life wasted. Lord of Light – OK but again not a personal favourite. Down Through the Night – another semi acoustic looking back (almost for the last time) at the first two albums which leads into the magnum opus Time We Left This World Today which boasts lyrics of staggering silliness allied to a monster riff and allows Lemmy to show that he was streets ahead of any previous or later Hawkwind bass players – the climax to the track defies description. As a reward Lemmy gets to have one his own songs recorded, a sinister and understated piece pretty well consisting of acoustic guitar & very mixed down fuzzed bass. Great Stuff & virtually all the tracks on Doremi found their way onto the even more classic live double album Space Ritual the following year.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of their greatest!,
This album beautifully epitomises the Hawkwind sound of the 70s, and does indeed contain some of their best-loved work. The classics Brainstorm, Lord Of Light and Space Is Deep can all be found here and are familiar to every Hawkfan. All the tracks here are laden with great and memorable tunes, with Down Through The Night being a personal favourite of mine; very appealing and addictive. Buy!!

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