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The Text of Festival
The Text of Festival
Compilation album by Hawkwind
Released	16 September 1983
Recorded	BBC Sessions 1970-71; Colchester Technical College, 19-Feb-1971
Genre	Space rock
Label	Illuminated Records
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The Text of Festival is an archive album by Hawkwind consisting of BBC sessions and live performances between 1970 and 1971. It was originally released in 1983 after the band had exited their Active Records contract, and has continuously been repackaged and retitled ever since.

The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the BBC who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but inferior-quality off-air recordings of the broadcast. The recordings have also appeared on The Weird Tapes, Hawkwind, Friends and Relations and Hawkwind Anthology.

Track listing

Side 1

"Master of the Universe" (Nik Turner, Dave Brock) – 6:00
"You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) – 4:15
"You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) – 5:52
"Hurry on Sundown" (Brock) – 6:20

Side 2

"Paranoia" (Hawkwind)
"Seeing It As You Really Are" (Hawkwind) – 11:50
"We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 13:45

Side 3

"You Shouldn't Do That" (Hawkwind) – 21:35 [listed as "Sound, Shouldn't, Improvise"]

Side 4

"The Reason Is?" (Hawkwind) – 11:35
"Be Yourself" (Hawkwind) – 5:51 [listed as "Improvise, Compromise, Reprise"]

Personnel

Dave Brock - guitar, vocals
Nik Turner - saxophone, flute, vocals
Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar (track 4)
Thomas Crimble - bass guitar (tracks 4-6 and disc 2)
Dave Anderson - bass guitar (tracks 1-3)
Dik Mik Davies - Synthesizer
Terry Ollis - drums

Notes

"Come Home" is listed on the album following "We Do It", but has never been included on any of the releases of this album. It does appear on the Hawkwind Anthology compilation set.
"The Reason Is?" and "Be Yourself" have never be issued on any of the CD versions.
Later releases erroneously claim that this recording is from the Cambridge Corn Exchange. There is a recording in existence from The Six Hour Technicolor Dream featuring Hawkwind, Pink Fairies and Syd Barrett at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 27-Jan-1972, the Hawkwind portion of which was released in 2011 as Leave No Star Unturned (see Discogs entry).

Sources

Track 1-3: Maida Vale, London, 19-May-1971; Broadcast: Sounds of the Seventies, 27-May-1971 (with Wishbone Ash) & 24-Jun-1971 (with Cochise).
Track 4: Maida Vale, 18-Aug-1970; Broadcast: Top Gear, 19-Sep-1970. Tracks originally broadcast from this session: "Hurry on Sundown", "Seeing It As You Really Are" and "Some of That Stuff" [aka "Come Home"].^[3]
Track 5-6: Paris Cinema, London, 5-Nov-1970; Broadcast: John Peel Sunday Concert, 15-Nov-1970.
Disc 2: Recorded at Colchester Technical College, 19-Feb-1971 (with Uriah Heep).

Credits

Cover art by John Coulthart.
The album title is a reference to the debut novel by Mick Farren.

Release history

Date	Title	Format	Region	Label, Catalogue	Note
Jul/1983	The Text of Festival	2x12"vinyl	UK	Illuminated Records, JAMS29
Jul/1985	In the Beginning	CD	UK	Demi Monde, DM005	sides 1 and 2
Nov/1988	The Text of Festival	2x12"vinyl	UK, Germany	Thunderbolt THBL 2.068
Dec/1988	The Text of Festival	CD	UK	Thunderbolt CDTB 2.068	sides 1-3
Jul/1992	Masters of the Universe	CD	UK, USA, Germany	Thunderbolt, CDTB105	sides 1 and 2
1993	The Text of Festival	CD	UK	Thunderbolt CDTB 068	sides 1-3
1996	Masters of the Universe	CD digipak	France	Spalax, SPALAXCD14972	sides 1 and 2
Jan/1996	Masters of the Universe	CD	USA	Magnum America, MACD028	sides 1 and 2
Feb/1998	Welcome to the Future	CD1 of 4	UK	Dressed to Kill, CLP0220-2	sides 1 and 2
Feb/1998	Welcome to the Future	CD4 of 4	UK	Dressed to Kill, CLP0220-2	sides 1-3
Mar/1999	The Entire and Infinite Universe of Hawkwind	CD1 of 4	UK	Dressed to Kill, REDTK98	sides 1 and 2
Mar/1999	The Entire and Infinite Universe of Hawkwind	CD4 of 4	UK	Dressed to Kill, REDTK98	sides 1-3
Aug/1999	Live 1970 1972	CD	UK	Pegasus, PEGCD197	sides 1-3
Sep/1999	Year 2000: Codename Hawkwind	CD2 of 2	UK	New Millennium Communications, PILOT33	sides 1 and 2
2000	Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin: Live At the Empire Pool 1976	CD2 of 2	Germany	Falcon	sides 1 and 2, omits "Master of the Universe"
Oct/2002	Cosmic Overdrive	CD2 of 2	UK	New Millennium Communications, PILOT 146	sides 1 and 2
Mar/2005	Codename Hawkwind	CD	UK	Neptune Records, TUNECD102	sides 1 and 2

References

^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 35.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Garner, Ken. In Session Tonight: The Complete Radio 1 Recordings. BBC (c) 1993. ISBN 0-563-36452-1.

[1] "Music Week" (PDF). p. 35.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[IST-3] Garner, Ken. In Session Tonight: The Complete Radio 1 Recordings. BBC (c) 1993. ISBN 0-563-36452-1.

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 '''''The Text of Festival''''' is an archive album by [[Hawkwind]] consisting of BBC sessions and live performances between 1970 and 1971. It was originally released in 1983 after the band had exited their [[Active Records]] contract, and has continuously been repackaged and retitled ever since.
-The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the [[BBC]] who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but recordings of the broadcast and the quality leaves a lot to desired. These same low quality recordings have also appeared on ''[[The Weird Tapes]]'', ''[[Hawkwind, Friends and Relations]]'' and ''[[Hawkwind Anthology]]''.
+The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the [[BBC]] who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but inferior-quality off-air recordings of the broadcast. The recordings have also appeared on ''[[The Weird Tapes]]'', ''[[Hawkwind, Friends and Relations]]'' and ''[[Hawkwind Anthology]]''.
 ==Track listing==
 ===Side 1===
-#"Master Of The Universe" ([[Nik Turner]], [[Dave Brock]]) &ndash; 6:00
+#"Master of the Universe" ([[Nik Turner]], [[Dave Brock]]) &ndash; 6:00
 #"You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) &ndash; 4:15
 #"You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) &ndash; 5:52
 #"[[Hurry on Sundown]]" (Brock) &ndash; 6:20
 ===Side 2===
 #<LI value=5>"Paranoia" (Hawkwind)<br />"Seeing It As You Really Are" (Hawkwind) &ndash; 11:50
 #"We Do It" (Hawkwind) &ndash; 13:45
 ===Side 3===
 #<LI value=7>"You Shouldn't Do That" (Hawkwind) &ndash; 21:35 [listed as "Sound, Shouldn't, Improvise"]
 ===Side 4===
 #<LI value=8>"The Reason Is?" (Hawkwind) &ndash; 11:35<br />"Be Yourself" (Hawkwind) &ndash; 5:51 [listed as "Improvise, Compromise, Reprise"]
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 *[[Nik Turner]] - [[saxophone]], [[flute]], [[vocals]]
 *[[Huw Lloyd-Langton]] - [[guitar]] (track 4)
-*[[Thomas Crimble (musician)|Thomas Crimble]] - [[bass guitar]] (tracks 4-5 and disc 2)
+*[[Thomas Crimble (musician)|Thomas Crimble]] - [[bass guitar]] (tracks 4-6 and disc 2)
-*[[Dave Anderson]] - [[bass guitar]] (tracks 1-3,6)
+*[[Dave Anderson (musician)|Dave Anderson]] - [[bass guitar]] (tracks 1-3)
 *[[Dik Mik Davies]] - [[Synthesizer]]
 *[[Terry Ollis]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
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 *"Come Home" is listed on the album following "We Do It", but has never been included on any of the releases of this album. It does appear on the ''[[Hawkwind Anthology]]'' compilation set.
 *"The Reason Is?" and "Be Yourself" have never be issued on any of the CD versions.
-*Later releases erroneously claim that this recording is from the [[Cambridge Corn Exchange]]. There is a recording in existence from ''The Six Hour Technicolor Dream'' featuring [[Hawkwind]], [[Pink Fairies]] and [[Syd Barrett]] at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 27-Jan-1972, but so far it is unreleased — see [http://www.nsblog.co.uk/FraKcman/131/ FraKcman's Blog].
+*Later releases erroneously claim that this recording is from the [[Cambridge Corn Exchange]]. There is a recording in existence from ''The Six Hour Technicolor Dream'' featuring [[Hawkwind]], [[Pink Fairies]] and [[Syd Barrett]] at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on 27-Jan-1972, the Hawkwind portion of which was released in 2011 as ''Leave No Star Unturned'' (see [https://www.discogs.com/Hawkwind-Leave-No-Star-Unturned/release/3100911 Discogs entry]).
 ;Sources
-*Track 4: [[Maida Vale]], 18-Aug-1970; Broadcast: [[Top Gear (radio show)|Top Gear]], 19-Sep-1970. Tracks originally broadcast from this session: "Hurry on Sundown", "Seeing It As You Really Are" and "Some of That Stuff" [aka "Come Home"]<ref name="IST">{{cite book |last=Garner |first=Ken |title=In Session Tonight: The Complete Radio 1 Recordings |publisher=BBC (c) 1993|isbn=0563364521 |pages= }}</ref>
+*Track 1-3: Maida Vale, London, 19-May-1971; Broadcast: [[Sounds of the Seventies]], 27-May-1971 (with [[Wishbone Ash]]) & 24-Jun-1971 (with [[Cochise (band)|Cochise]]).
+*Track 4: [[Maida Vale]], 18-Aug-1970; Broadcast: [[Top Gear (radio show)|Top Gear]], 19-Sep-1970. Tracks originally broadcast from this session: "Hurry on Sundown", "Seeing It As You Really Are" and "Some of That Stuff" [aka "Come Home"].<ref name="IST">{{cite book |last=Garner |first=Ken |title=In Session Tonight: The Complete Radio 1 Recordings |publisher=BBC (c) 1993|isbn=0-563-36452-1 }}</ref>
-*Track 5: Paris Cinema, London, 5-Nov-1970; Broadcast: [[John Peel]] Sunday Concert, 15-Nov-1970
+*Track 5-6: Paris Cinema, London, 5-Nov-1970; Broadcast: [[John Peel]] Sunday Concert, 15-Nov-1970.
-*Track 6: Playhouse, London, 19-Apr-1971; Broadcast: Top Gear, 24-Apr-1971 (with [[Sutherland Brothers|Quiver]], [[Gnidrolog]]); Tracks originally broadcast from this session: "Inwards Out" [aka "We Do It"], "You Know You're Only Dreaming" and "You Shouldn't Do That"<ref name="IST"/>
-*Track 1-3: Maida Vale, London, 19-May-1971; Broadcast: [[Sounds of the Seventies]], 27-May-1971 (with [[Wishbone Ash]]) & 24-Jun-1971 (with [[Cochise (band)|Cochise]])
 *Disc 2: Recorded at Colchester Technical College, 19-Feb-1971 (with [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]).
 ;Credits
-*Cover by [[John Coulthart]]
+*Cover art by [[John Coulthart]].
-*The album title is a reference to a book by [[Mick Farren]]
+*The album title is a reference to the debut novel by [[Mick Farren]].
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v t e Hawkwind
Dave Brock Richard Chadwick Magnus Martin Thighpaulsandra Doug MacKinnon Nik Turner Dik Mik Terry Ollis Huw Lloyd-Langton Thomas Crimble Del Dettmar Simon King Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister Robert Calvert Simon House Alan Powell Paul Rudolph Adrian Shaw Harvey Bainbridge Steve Swindells Keith Hale Ginger Baker Andy Anderson Robert Heaton Alan Davey Clive Deamer Bridget Wishart Ron Tree Mr Dibs Tim Blake Niall Hone
Studio albums	Hawkwind In Search of Space Doremi Fasol Latido Hall of the Mountain Grill Warrior on the Edge of Time Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music Quark, Strangeness and Charm 25 Years On (as Hawklords) PXR5 Levitation Sonic Attack Church of Hawkwind Choose Your Masques The Chronicle of the Black Sword The Xenon Codex Space Bandits Electric Tepee It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous White Zone (as Psychedelic Warriors) Alien 4 Distant Horizons In Your Area Spacebrock Take Me to Your Leader Take Me to Your Future Blood of the Earth Onward The Machine Stops Into the Woods Road to Utopia All Aboard the Skylark Carnivorous (as Hawkwind Light Orchestra) Somnia The Future Never Waits Stories from Time and Space
Live albums	Space Ritual Live Seventy Nine Coded Languages This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic Live Chronicles Palace Springs The Business Trip Love in Space Hawkwind 1997 Yule Ritual Canterbury Fayre 2001 Spaced Out in London Knights of Space Space Ritual Live At the Roundhouse 50 Live We Are Looking in on You
Archive albums	The Weird Tapes Hawkwind, Friends and Relations The Text of Festival Zones Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin Space Ritual Volume 2 Hawkwind Anthology Out & Intake BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert The Friday Rock Show Sessions Hawklords Live California Brainstorm Undisclosed Files Addendum The 1999 Party Glastonbury 90 Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2 Complete '79: Collector Series Volume 1 Atomhenge 76 Live 1990
Compilation albums	Roadhawks Masters of the Universe Repeat Performance Angels of Death Spirit of the Age Stasis (The UA Years 1971–1975) Tales from Atom Henge Epocheclipse Future Reconstructions – Ritual of the Solstice Masters of Rock Spirit of the Age Anthology The Dream Goes On
Extended plays	Hawkwind Zoo EP Sonic Assassins EP The Earth Ritual Preview Quark, Strangeness and Charm
Singles	"Hurry On Sundown" "Silver Machine" "Urban Guerrilla" "Kings of Speed" "Kerb Crawler" "Back on the Streets" "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" "Psi Power" "25 Years" "Shot Down in the Night" "Who's Gonna Win the War?" "Spirit of the Age"
Associated acts	Sonic Assassins Hawklords Space Ritual Hawklords (2008)
Related articles	Discography Members Videography Liquid Len Barney Bubbles Stacia Hawkfest Michael Moorcock Motörhead