HW: Tim Blake - opinions please

[J Strobridge]

Keith Henderson writes:

> Dave G. asks...
>
> >I can't comment on Magick,  I've never heard of it.  In fact,  which CD
> supplier >is it from,  I'll probably buy it!
>
> The Voiceprint label carried it over here in the states, though it was never
> widely distributed.  (Gee, imagine that!)  Good chance it's oop by now.  I
> think they (Voiceprint) also offered a video (!), which IIRC wasn't a live
> performance but rather some homemade thing.  But that could be completely
> wrong, I dunno.

Magick is still available from Mail Order - I see it occasionally.
There was a video done of his show in the US but it was never widely
distributed because it was initially filmed in NTSC (I think) and
didn't convert well.    I've got it but it's of distressingly poor
quality.    And, yes, there was a t-shirt too!


>
> What (if anything) has Blake done in the last few years?  I know he showed
> up at some of the Gong reunion gigs (UK mainly), and Brock was saying that
> he may guest with HW next year (the Death Generator shows), but other than
> that??  Where does he live these days??

He joined the Gong Reunion gig in London a few years back where he was
completely hyper.   But he seemed genuinely pleased to be back performing
after a long break out of the music business and had certainly lost none
of his enthusiasm.   He also did a solo set on that occasion including a
couple of Hawkwind tracks but I've heard nothing of him since and the
various solo albums that were supposed to come from the gig never
materialised.    He was living in a windmill in France last I heard,
complete with his own studio.

jill

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