Hawkwind CDs

The discography (we mean CDs, vinyl records and tapes) of the British space rock group Hawkwind spans the whole period from their formation in 1969 through to the present day, with usually consistent but sometiomes sporadic output of live and studio albums, EPs and singles.

The group have used aliases to release some albums in an attempt to either redefine themselves (as with the 1978 album 25 Years On released under the name Hawklord)s, or simply to distinguish the piece of work from their usual output, as with White Zone released under the name Psychedelic Warriors.

During their long history, the band has issued their music on various well-known and lesser-known labels.

From 1970 through to 1975, the group were contracted to Liberty/UA. During this period they produced their most commercially successful and critically acclaimed work, five studio albums, the UK top 9 live album Space Ritual and five singles, including the UK top 3 single "Silver Machine". This catalogue is now owned by EMI and of course is still being issued.

The mid-late 1970s saw Hawkwind produce four studio albums under contract to the record label Charisma. In the early 1980s, they produced a studio album and live album under contract to Bronze in 1980, then three studio albums for Rockfield Studios owner Kingsley Ward's Active/RCA.

Since then, the band have recorded for numerous independent labels, including Flicknife, their former manager Douglas Smith's label GWR, Essential (through Castle Communications), and from 1994-97 their own label EBS administered by Douglas Smith.

The catalogue from this 1976-97 period has passed through various record companies and seen numerous releases, in North America through Griffin, and some counterfeit copies on the German label Rock Fever. It has currently been secured by Cherry Red in the UK for their Atomhenge imprint, and is undergoing a re-issue programme with the inclusion of previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Between 1999 and 2007, the band has released both new and archive material through Voiceprint.

At the beginning of 1980, Dave Brock started collating material from his archives and issuing cassette tape albums under the imprint Weird Records. He would subsequently license these recordings to various independent record companies, such as Flicknife, former bass player Dave Anderson's American Phonograph, the then band manager Jim White's Samurai and later Voiceprint. This material has been subject to many retitling, repackaging and re-issuing through different labels, leading to multitudes of cheap titles of which the band has no control.

Below you can access official Hawkwind releases

Hawkwind CDs in order by year of release - have you got them all?

1970 Hawkwind

The one which started it all

1971 In Search of Space

Classic Hawkwind

1972 Doremi Fasol Latido

1974 Hall of the Mountain Grill

One of their best; some say the very best

1975 Warrior on the Edge of Time

1976 Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music

Reefer madness has stolen all their souls

1977 Quark, Strangeness and Charm

With the legendary Robert Calvert on vocals. Einstein was not a handsome fellow...

1978 25 Years On — Hawklords

1979 PXR5

1980 Levitation

I offer YOU this chance to learn

1981 Sonic Attack

1982 Church of Hawkwind

1982 Choose Your Masques

1985 The Chronicle of the Black Sword

1988 The Xenon Codex

1990 Space Bandits

1992 Electric Tepee

1993 It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous

1995 Alien 4

1997 Distant Horizons

1999 In Your Area

2005 Take Me to Your Leader

2006 Take Me to Your Future

2010 Blood of the Earth

Various live albums

But you had to be there