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<blockquote data-quote="Mitchell" data-source="post: 7122" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor was brought in to produce the 1970 debut album <em>Hawkwind</em>. Although it was not a commercial success, it did bring them to the attention of the UK underground scene, which found them playing free concerts, benefit gigs, and festivals. Playing free outside the Bath Festival, they encountered another Ladbroke Grove based band, the Pink Fairies, who shared similar interests in music and recreational activities; a friendship developed which led to the two bands becoming running partners and performing as "Pinkwind". Their use of drugs, however, led to the departure of Harrison, who did not partake, to be replaced briefly by Thomas Crimble (about July 1970–March 1971). Crimble played on a few BBC sessions before leaving to help organise the Glastonbury Free Festival 1971; he sat in during the band's performance there.[12] Lloyd-Langton also quit, after a bad LSD trip at the Isle of Wight Festival led to a nervous breakdown.[13]</p><p></p><p>Their follow-up album, 1971's <em>In Search of Space</em>, brought greater commercial success, reaching number 18 on the UK album charts. This album offered a refinement of the band's image and philosophy courtesy of graphic artist Barney Bubbles and underground press writer Robert Calvert, as depicted in the accompanying <em>Hawklog</em> booklet, which would be further developed into the <em>Space Ritual</em> stage show. Science fiction author Michael Moorcock and dancer Stacia also started contributing to the band. Dik Mik had left the band, replaced by sound engineer Del Dettmar, but chose to return for this album giving the band two electronics players. Bass player Dave Anderson, who had been in the German band Amon Düül II, had also joined and played on the album but departed before its release because of personal tensions with some other members of the band.[14] Anderson and Lloyd-Langton then formed the short-lived band Amon Din.[15] Meanwhile, Ollis quit, unhappy with the commercial direction the band were heading in.[16]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mitchell, post: 7122, member: 190"] Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor was brought in to produce the 1970 debut album [I]Hawkwind[/I]. Although it was not a commercial success, it did bring them to the attention of the UK underground scene, which found them playing free concerts, benefit gigs, and festivals. Playing free outside the Bath Festival, they encountered another Ladbroke Grove based band, the Pink Fairies, who shared similar interests in music and recreational activities; a friendship developed which led to the two bands becoming running partners and performing as "Pinkwind". Their use of drugs, however, led to the departure of Harrison, who did not partake, to be replaced briefly by Thomas Crimble (about July 1970–March 1971). Crimble played on a few BBC sessions before leaving to help organise the Glastonbury Free Festival 1971; he sat in during the band's performance there.[12] Lloyd-Langton also quit, after a bad LSD trip at the Isle of Wight Festival led to a nervous breakdown.[13] Their follow-up album, 1971's [I]In Search of Space[/I], brought greater commercial success, reaching number 18 on the UK album charts. This album offered a refinement of the band's image and philosophy courtesy of graphic artist Barney Bubbles and underground press writer Robert Calvert, as depicted in the accompanying [I]Hawklog[/I] booklet, which would be further developed into the [I]Space Ritual[/I] stage show. Science fiction author Michael Moorcock and dancer Stacia also started contributing to the band. Dik Mik had left the band, replaced by sound engineer Del Dettmar, but chose to return for this album giving the band two electronics players. Bass player Dave Anderson, who had been in the German band Amon Düül II, had also joined and played on the album but departed before its release because of personal tensions with some other members of the band.[14] Anderson and Lloyd-Langton then formed the short-lived band Amon Din.[15] Meanwhile, Ollis quit, unhappy with the commercial direction the band were heading in.[16] [/QUOTE]
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