Hawkwind: Space Ritual Tour, 1972

byJoe Banks
September 10, 2020

We’re setting the dials for 1972 and the futuristic multimedia explosion of Hawkwind’s Space Ritual tour

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Hawkwind: Space Ritual Tour, 1972

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Joe Banks

‘Dub From Creation’

Laurent Garnier ‘Electrochoc’

Marvin Gaye ‘Sexual Healing’

Mike Oldfield ‘Blue Peter’

Madonna at the HaÇienda

New Order on BBC TV

Mark Moore ‘Theme From S’express’

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Hawkwind: Space Ritual Tour, 1972

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