Space Rock

**william r sanford72** · 20th December 2024 15:46

The Tale Continues

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YggDmE4J3DE

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**Vicus** · 20th December 2024 16:38

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1H-_fvwpWeM

Another Earth Soundtrack - The First Time I Saw Jupiter; End Title

**william r sanford72** · 27th December 2024 16:05

Spacekeeper

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7kI3g7kwwmA

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**william r sanford72** · 27th December 2024 16:11

Stay Tuned..

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AskdKW4VitY

Look to Your Orb For The Warning

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fDyQGLBiLTU

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**william r sanford72** · 14th January 2025 16:02

The Beverly Crushers

-Enterprise-

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bwA4Wq6Ra9k

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**william r sanford72** · 14th January 2025 16:06

In Place Of Bees,Glow worms..

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TnAvRe_wLQI

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**william r sanford72** · 14th January 2025 16:11

Curious Ruminant

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFOv9HHe19c

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**Bluegreen** · 15th January 2025 01:30

Hawkwind - Space is Deep

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MUR7FIVNQ8

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**Paul D.** · 15th January 2025 17:07

Posted by Bluegreen (here)
Hawkwind - Space is Deep

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4MUR7FIVNQ8

Rock on ..

Perfecto . I learned to space rock to this album when I was 10/11. Proper havin' it, religiously, after school 🙂 (I had a elder brother who got me into some fine music from a tender age ).
I still listen to Hawkwind, an extremely underestimated band. Some, like John Lydon give them the credit they deserve though. I saw them a couple of times in my teens, but they were The Hawklords one of the times & punk was taking hold, so they weren't as has potent as early 70's .
I saw Nik Turner's Space Ritual a couple of years ago & they were tres bon.
And Barney Bubbles, my word, I could eulogize about him too. He's my all time favourite graphic designer.
Oh I do like 70's Space rock .
I'll be posting some Gong soon me thinks , never a month goes by without them .
🙂
Here the full album, just because.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iNQpQzYS1qI

**Bluegreen** · 17th January 2025 00:43

Thx Paul very cool. You may find this rerun from pg 2 to be of interest.

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What do space rock pioneers Jon Anderson of Yes and Daevid Allen of Gong have in common?

None other than actor Sherman Hemsley aka George Jefferson of the long-running All In The Family spin-off sitcom The Jeffersons.

Hemsley, a keyboardist with a background in jazz as well as a veteran of the Air Force and Broadway, was a dedicated fan of the "progressive" rock movement of the 70's and beyond. He once appeared on The Dinah Shore Show and spent his entire segment extolling the virtues of Gentle Giant to the baffled and smiling talk show hostess.

In this episode of The Jeffersons, "Sherm" managed to convince the writers to include the music of one of his favorite bands: Nektar.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MKHY3pMEUJs

In the late 90's, Hemsley collaborated with Yes vocalist Jon Anderson on what was described as a "funk-rock opera" entitled Festival Of Dreams, which examined the mystical and spiritual qualities of the number seven. After failing to find financial backing for what was intended to be a musical for the stage, the project was abandoned and the music remains, sadly, unreleased.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1c070IfKFlU

Daevid Allen:

"It was 1978 or 1979, and Sherman Hemsley kept ringing me up. I didn't know him from a bar of soap because we didn't have television in Spain, where I was living. He called me from Hollywood saying, 'I'm one of your biggest fans and I'm going to fly you here and put Flying Teapots all up and down the Sunset Strip.' I thought, 'This guy is a lunatic.' He kept it up so I said, 'Listen, can you get us tickets to LA via Jamaica? I want to go there and make a reggae track and have a honeymoon with my new girlfriend.' He says, 'Sure! I'll get you two tickets.'

I thought, 'Well, even if he's a nutcase at least he's coming up with the goods.' The tickets arrived and we had this great honeymoon in Jamaica. Then we caught the plane across to LA. We had heard Sherman was a big star, but we didn't know the details. Coming down the corridor from the plane we see this black guy with a whole bunch of people running after him trying to get autographs. Anyway, we get into this stretch limousine with Sherman and immediately there's this big joint being passed around. I say, 'Sorry man, I don't smoke.' He says, 'You don't smoke and you're from Gong?'

Inside the front door of Sherman's house was a sign saying, 'Don't answer the door because it might be the Man.' There were two Puerto Ricans who had an LSD laboratory in his basement, so they were really paranoid. They also had little freebase depots on every floor. Then Sherman says, 'Come on upstairs and I'll show you the Flying Teapot room.' Sherman was very sweet but was surrounded by these really crazy people.

We went up to the top floor and there was this big room with darkened windows and "Flying Teapot" is playing on a tape loop over and over again. There were also three dumb-looking, very voluptuous Southern gals stoned and wobbling around naked. They were obviously there for the guys to play around with.

My girlfriend and I were really tired and went to our room to go to bed. The next day we came down (and) Sherman took us to see these Hollywood PR people. They said, 'Well, Mr Hemsley wants us to get the information we need in order to do these Flying Teapot billboards on Sunset Strip.' I looked at them and thought they were the cheesiest, most nasty people I had ever seen in my life and I gave them the runaround. I just wanted out of there. I liked Sherman a lot. He was a very personable, charming guy. I just had a lot of trouble with the people around him."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k2Yc9mHCwRI

**Paul D.** · 17th January 2025 18:00

Thank B.G., I, the same as Daevid , "didn't know Sherman Hemsley from a bar of soap"

Sherman or the two sit coms are all new to me, they never really crossed over here , as far as I know. However I always appreciate a Daevid Allen anecdote & confirmation that he didn't smoke as well, I thought not. I love the guy, he can 'get you there' like no other i.m.o.. I saw Gong a couple of times...oh no, I better stop now , before I start again lol.