The Weird Tapes are a set of music tapes by the English rock group Hawkwind. Issued in the early 1980s, they contain live, radio sessions, out-take and demo performances.Dave Brock collated this material from his own private library and issued them as 40 minute TDK cassette tapes on his own Weird imprint through Geoff Hocking. The first tape (101) was made available through mail order at the beginning of 1980, whilst the last tape (108) was first issued at the end of 1983. When Brock hooked-up with Rob Ayling of Voiceprint Records at the end of 1999, this material was re-released on CD without alteration.
Volume 1: Sonic Assassins / Dave Brock
"Over the Top" (Robert Calvert, Dave Brock) – 7:53 "Magnu"/"Angels of Life" (Brock) – 4:23 "Freefall" (Calvert, Harvey Bainbridge) – 7:54 "Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – 4:30 "Nuclear Toy" [aka "Nuclear Drive"] (Brock) – 4:21 "Who's Gonna Win the War" (Brock) – 5:55 "The Dream" (Brock) – 1:21 "Assassination" [aka "Some People Never Die"] (Brock) – 3:34 "The Dream II" (Brock) – 0:26 "Satellite" [aka "The Phenomenon of Luminosity"] (Brock) – 2:49
Volume 2: Hawkwind Live / Hawklords Studio
"Quark, Strangeness and Charm" (Calvert, Brock) – 2:38 "Master of the Universe" (Nik Turner, Brock) – 4:44 "Welcome to the Future" (Calvert) – 2:10 "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:57 "Sonic Attack" (Michael Moorcock) – 5:27 "Valium 10" (Brock, Bainbridge, Steve Swindells, Simon King) – 7:51 "Douglas in the Jungle (Ode to A Manager)" (Brock, Bainbridge, Swindells, King) – 6:53 "Time of the Hawklords" (Brock, Bainbridge, Swindells, King) – 4:07
Volume 3: Hawkwind Free Festivals
"High Rise" (Calvert, Simon House) – 5:37 "Damnation Alley" (Calvert, Brock, House) – 8:00 "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, King) / "The Iron Dream" [unlisted] (King)– 6:33 "Robot" (Calvert, Brock) – 7:21 "Cake Out" [aka "Hash Cake"] (Hawkwind) – 4:44 "Circles" (Turner, Brock, Paul Rudolph, Alan Powell) – 4:29 "Elements" [aka "I Am the Eye"] (Turner, Brock, Rudolph, Powell) – 4:26 "Slap It on De Table" (Hawkwind) – 0:50
Volume 4: Hawklords Live 1978
"Death Trap" (Calvert, Brock) – 6:21 "Age of the Micro Man" (Calvert, Brock) – 3:40 "Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 9:25 "Urban Guerilla" (Calvert, Brock) – 5:18 "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 9:07 "Freefall" (Calvert, Bainbridge) – 5:28 "Uncle Sam's on Mars" (Calvert, Brock, House, King) – 6:28 "The Iron Dream" [unlisted] (King) – 2:05
Volume 5: Hawkwind Live 1976-77
"Back on the Streets" (Calvert, Rudolph) – 3:50 "Chronoglide Skyway" [incorrectly listed as "City of Lagoons"] (House) – 5:09 "Brainstorm" (Turner) – 7:25 "Wind of Change" (Brock) – 4:07 "Assassins of Allah" [aka "Hassan I Sabbah"] (Calvert, Rudolph) – 7:17 "Forge of Vulcan" (House) – 2:33 "Steppenwolf" (Calvert, Brock) – 10:29 "Where Are They Now" (Brock) – 2:19
Volume 6: Hawkwind Live 1970-73
"Make What You Can" (Brock) – 7:11 "Born to Go" (Calvert, Brock) – 12:49 "Master of the Universe" (Turner, Brock) – 7:18 "Seeing It As You Really Are" [listed as "Jam"] (Hawkwind) – 3:25 "Hurry on Sundown" (Brock) – 4:49 "Come Home" [aka "Some of That Stuff"] (Hawkwind) – 2:11 "We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 10:35 "Earth Calling" (Calvert) – 3:28
Volume 7: Dave Brock Demos
"Welcome to the Dream Machine" [unlisted] (Brock) – 0:19 "Streets of Fear" (Brock) – 4:18 "First Landing on Medusa" [aka "The Church"] (Brock) – 3:14 "Touchdown" (Brock) – 1:56 "Winter of Discontent" (William Shakespeare, Brock) – 2:41 "Outer Limits" [unlisted] (Brock) – 1:03 "Choose Your Masks" (Moorcock, Brock) – 4:58 "Looking in the Future" (Brock) – 3:39 "Space Travellers" (Brock) – 2:36 "Disintegration" [unlisted] (Brock) – 1:06 "Circles" (Brock) – 6:25 "Speed of Light" [aka "Transdimensional Man"] (Brock) – 5:40 "Bombed Out" (Brock) – 4:08
Volume 8: Live 1969-73
"Space Is Deep" (Brock) – 8:05 "Down on Her Knees" (Brock) – 5:58 "Live and Let Live" (Brock) – 4:07 "Etchanaty" (Brock) – 3:21 "Roll 'Em Pete" (Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson) – 2:15 "Come On" (unknown) – 2:25 "Dealing With the Devil" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 2:10 "Bring It On Home" (Willie Dixon) – 3:11 "You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) / "You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) – 12:00
