Hawkwind: Cosmic Calypso And Sonic Surprise
Nick Kent, NME, 11 November 1972
UNLESS YOU'RE DEAF, dumb and blind, or alternatively haven't been keeping up with the music press, you will know that Hawkwind embark this week upon their fabled Space Ritual, once a germ in the brain of Robert Calvert and now a full blown spectacular, around the country.
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