Robert Calvert: Captain Lockheed & The Star Fighters (Vinyl LP)
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Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes printed inner sleeve. Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters is the solo debut by Robert Calvert, the former singer of the space-rock band Hawkwind. It's a satirical concept album with both songs and spoken interludes based on the story of the poor quality of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter planes. The sputtering and sprawling planes starts up the album, which portrays the West German minister of defence as a psychopath who's furious about the Luftwaffe. It's the effective combination of rock and Monty Python skits where the true power of the album lies. Psych and space rock, but also folk music makes up the different sides of the album. Some artists who appears on the album are Brian Eno, Lemmy and Arthur Brown. Franz Josef Strauss Defence Minister Reviews the Luftwaffe in 1958. Finding It Somewhat Lacking in Image Potential, The Aerospaceage Inferno, Aircraft Salesman (A Door in the Foot), The Widow Maker, Two Test Pilots Discuss the Starfighter's Performance, The Right Stuff, Board Meeting (Seen Through a Contract Lense), The Song of the Gremlin (Part One), Ground Crew (Last Minute Reassembly Before Take Off), Hero with a Wing, Ground Control to Pilot, Ejection, Interview, I Resign, The Song of the Gremlin (Part Two), Bier Garten, Catch a Falling Starfighter
Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes printed inner sleeve. Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters is the solo debut by Robert Calvert, the former singer of the space-rock band Hawkwind. It's a satirical concept album with both songs and spoken interludes based on the story of the poor quality of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter planes. The sputtering and sprawling planes starts up the album, which portrays the West German minister of defence as a psychopath who's furious about the Luftwaffe. It's the effective combination of rock and Monty Python skits where the true power of the album lies. Psych and space rock, but also folk music makes up the different sides of the album. Some artists who appears on the album are Brian Eno, Lemmy and Arthur Brown. Franz Josef Strauss Defence Minister Reviews the Luftwaffe in 1958. Finding It Somewhat Lacking in Image Potential, The Aerospaceage Inferno, Aircraft Salesman (A Door in the Foot), The Widow Maker, Two Test Pilots Discuss the Starfighter's Performance, The Right Stuff, Board Meeting (Seen Through a Contract Lense), The Song of the Gremlin (Part One), Ground Crew (Last Minute Reassembly Before Take Off), Hero with a Wing, Ground Control to Pilot, Ejection, Interview, I Resign, The Song of the Gremlin (Part Two), Bier Garten, Catch a Falling Starfighter