The Flicknife Years • 1981-1988

Remastered compilation of Hawkwind and related material originally released by Flicknife Records in the 1980s. Packaged in clam-shell heavy card box with each disc in a separate cardboard slipcase with the original release artwork. Includes 16-page booklet with credits, photos and sleeve notes. Made in the EU. All tracks ℗ Cherry Red Records Ltd., dates as shown: Disc One ℗ 1982 except tracks 1-9 & 1-10 ℗ 1980 and tracks 1-11 to 1-13 ℗ 1981. Disc Two ℗ 1983. Disc Three ℗ 1983 except track 3-9 ℗ 1982. Disc Four ℗ 1985 except tracks 4-9 & 4-10 ℗ 1984. Disc Five ℗ 1987 except tracks 5-14 & 5-15 ℗ 1988. This remastered compilation © 2014 Cherry Red Records Ltd. Atomhenge is a Cherry Red label managed by Esoteric Recordings. Tracks 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8 recorded at Mekon Studios. Track 1-6 recorded at Rockfield Studios. Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 recorded on the Hocking Mobile. Track 4-1 recorded live at Glastonbury CND Festival 1981. Track 4-2 recorded live at Uxbridge 1978. Tracks 4-3 to 4-5, 4-7 recorded in 1984. Tracks 4-6, 4-8 recorded in 1983. Tracks 5-1 to 5-13 recorded and mixed at Rockfield Studios. Tracks 4-9, 4-10 recorded live at Stonehenge Free Festival on 20th June 1984. Tracks 5-14, 5-15 recorded live at Bristol Custom Bike Show on the 23rd August 1986. Tracks 1-1 to 1-8 originally released as [r=646291] Flicknife SHARP 101 in March 1982. Tracks 1-9 and 1-10 A & B-sides of [r=1604705] single released as Flicknife FLS 200 in December 1980. Tracks 1-11 to 1-13 taken from the [r=1776568] 12-inch EP released as Flicknife FLEP 100 in 1981. Tracks 2-1 to 2-10 originally released as [r=1031695] Flicknife SHARP 014 in October 1983. Track 2-11 B-side of [r=1341555] single released as Flicknife FLS 025 in October 1983. Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 originally released as [r=1055746] Flicknife SHARP 107 in April 1983. Track 3-9 originally released as A-side of limited edition single '[r=2558556]' Flicknife EJSP 9831 in 1982. Tracks 4-1 to 4-8 originally released as [r=2639977] Flicknife SHARP 024 in April 1985. Tracks 4-9 and 4-10 taken from the album [m=251298] released as Flicknife SHARP 022 in November 1984. Tracks 5-1 to 5-13 originally released as [r=1271499] Flicknife SHARP 040 in April 1987. (Tracks 5-12 and 5-13 do not appear on the original vinyl and cassette releases). Tracks 5-14 and 5-15 originally featured on the compilation [r=1367920] released as Flicknife SHARP 2045 in November 1988. The only individual track credits given for Discs 2, 4 and 5 are Written-By for all tracks, Vocal credits for tracks 2-2 and 2-3, and Featuring credits for tracks 4-5 and 4-7. Discs 2 and 5 give lists of musicians and their instruments but do not indicate which tracks they appear on. Disc 3 lists performers for each track but without instrument credits. Disc 4 gives no other musical credits. Tracks 1-11 and 1-12 are incorrectly credited to Hawkwind on the outer box. Tracks 5-4 and 5-5 are incorrectly titled "Solitary Mind Games Tomorrow" and "Starfight" throughout. Tracks 1-5, 1-8 to 1-10 and 3-9 are all credited to Michael Moorcock & Deep Fix on the outer box. In the booklet tracks 1-5, 1-8 and 3-9 are credited to Michael Moorcock & Deep Fix and tracks 1-9 and 1-10 are credited to Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix. On the slip covers track 1-5 is credited to Michael Moorcocks Deep Fix, 1-8 is credited to Michael Moorcock s Deep Fix, tracks 1-9 and 1-10 are credited to Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix and track 3-9 is credited to Michael Moorcock & Deep Fix. The durations are not present on the release.