The most sought-after version of Hawkwind's "Spirit Of The Age", live 1979.

This is the version of this song that brings me out in goosebumps and to many it is the definitive version; perhaps even more so than the original. There is an energy which is hard-pressed to find or define from any other of their concerts, with every beep and whistle in the right place. The Philip K. Dick-style narrative is elevated to particular intensity when compared to the campier, albeit great, original.

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