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Caveat Emptor

William Wood | Sydney, New South Wales Australia | 01/08/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Let the buyer beware."From the darkside" is a bootleg quality disc of Hawkwind live at the Empire Pool in London in 1973.It is also called "Codename Hawkwind Volume 2".It also seems to be the second disc of the four disc box set "Welcome to the future" which I see gets some very poor reviews for it's sound quality( or lack thereof).
So,if you are looking for a murky,dark recording of Hawkwind from 1973,look no further."

Hawkwind - 'Codename Hawkwind,Vol. II:Live From The Darkside

Mike Reed | USA | 08/26/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"First off,I'd like to say that I am really tired of seeing this SAME title released over and over ...and freaking OVER!People!For those of you who may not know,it's the SAME disc that we old school Hawkfans know as 'Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin'(see my review).I've actually seen online reviews of this release from fans that APPEAR not to realize as to WHAT this CD title is.Only reason I'm giving it a two-star review instead of one,is because of the artistic cover.So FOR completists,it's almost painful."

This is just Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin reissued

David Lord | Clemons, Iowa United States | 10/09/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"So check other reviews under that listing. Yes, it has some good songs. Yes the sound is terrible. Recorded on a portable recorder by someone in the audience the clapping in time and background noise is a real distraction on Silver Machine.

NEW NOTE- May 2006: This concert has just been remastered and reissued IN FULL as 'Empire Pool Wembley 1973'. It still has an annoying humm through most of the concert that I would think could have been digitally removed but it is a somewhat better sounding CD than this one. Plus it includes 8 more tracks including a personal favorite, Seven by Seven."