ATOMHENGE, the home of HAWKWIND’s catalogue from 1976 – 1997, continue their series of reissues with the classic solo album by ROBERT CALVERT “Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters”. Recorded in 1974 for United Artists Records, the concept album featured classic songs such as ‘Ejection’, ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘The Widowmaker’ interwoven with humorous satirical dialogue from Calvert, Jim Capaldi & Viv Stanshall. The musical guests included Hawkwind, Arthur Brown and Brian Eno, making for a unique and legendary album. Reissued on CD for a short time in 2007, the album is now available once more with three special bonus tracks on ATOMHENGE .
1. FRANZ JOSEF STRAUSS, DEFENCE MINISTER, REVIEWS THE LUFTWAFFE IN 1958. FINDING IT SOMEWHAT LACKING IN IMAGE POTENTIAL
2. THE AEROSPACEAGE INFERNO
3. AIRCRAFT SLAESMAN (A DOOR IN THE FOOT)
4. THE WIDOW MAKER
5. TWO TEST PILOTS DISCUSS THE STARFIGHTER’S PERFORMANCE
6. THE RIGHT STUFF
7. BOARD MEETING (SEEN THROUGH A CONTACT LENSE)
8. THE SONG OF THE GREMLIN (PART ONE)
9. GROUND CREW (LAST MINUTE REASSEMBLY BEFORE TAKE- OFF)
10. HERO WITH A WING
11. GROUND CONTROL TO PILOT
12. EJECTION
13. INTERVIEW
14. I RESIGN
15. THE SONG OF THE GREMLIN (PART TWO)
16. BIER GARTEN
17. CATCH A FALLING STARFIGHTER
BONUS TRACKS
18. THE RIGHT STUFF (EXTENDED VERSION)
19. EJECTION (SINGLE VERSION)
20. CATCH A FALLING STARFIGHTER (SINGLE VERSION)