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Return of the Legendary Space 'crap'

don spiller | 05/26/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Big disappointment. Do not buy! Take it from a die-hard 'hawkfan'. This cd needs to visit the nearest 'blackhole'. I have seen HW 10 times and have over 50 of their cd releases and this, rates among the worst, if not....THE worst. The sound quality and mixing is horrendous. Am inclined to believe that someone got passed security with a PLAYSKOOL recorder stashed up their butt. It's THAT bad! Sound quality is VERY muffled and monophonic. Vocals are unbelievably poor! BUBBA the local wine-o, could do a better job. And, lets not get into the instrumentals (which I feel is Hawkwind's tour de force). They're nothing more than an embarrassing representation of what I feel is the greatest space rock group.....ever! I am a guitarist with 40 yrs. experience and I would've made sure that a release of this disgraceful magnitude, would've never hit the streets. I played it once and, that was enough. I would say after the first 10 secs. of listening, I felt as if I was robbed and my ears were violated. It was borderline auditory RAPE! Someone should've paid ME for having gone thru' the unforgiveable agony of listening to it. And even then, the price would've been unjustifiable. I will never play it again. Am determined to save the 'jewel case' and pitch the cd. Please, mark my words, if you're a true 'hawkfan', veer away from this release and save you're hard-earned money. Even if you're an avid collector......it's not worth including it in your collection. That is the cold, hard truth. Well, enough with the diatribes. Hopefully I've done my job and saved some poor-hearted fool from making the mistake I did. May you heed my warning. 'Return of the Legendary Space Rangers' is a legendary piece of [...]. I don't even know why I gave it a 1-star rating. It literally....sucks! I do not recommend it...at all! I can only hope that HW will get their butts in gear soon and concentrate on a studio release with a reputable label. The wait has been soooo..... loooong!

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