Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is a 1976 studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind. It reached #33 on the UK album charts. The title makes references to old science fiction magazines (Astounding), the concept being that each piece of music (and its title) would be interpreted as an individual science fiction story. The record cover is a parody of the cover of these magazines, while the inner sleeve carried small ads, with each band member ... more

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is a 1976 studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind. It reached #33 on the UK album charts. The title makes references to old science fiction magazines (Astounding), the concept being that each piece of music (and its title) would be interpreted as an individual science fiction story. The record cover is a parody of the cover of these magazines, while the inner sleeve carried small ads, with each band member having their own product (e.g. Dr Brock's cure for piles, Paul Rudolph's Manly Strapon, and Simon King's Pleasure Primer). This album marked the start of a new era for Hawkwind, having left the management of Douglas Smith for Tony Howard and changed record companies from United Artists Records to Charisma Records. Musically, the dirty heavy metal lead bass guitar playing of Lemmy was replaced by the cleaner, formally trained bass playing of Paul Rudolph. All members of the band were now contributing to the writing and arrangement of the music... less