Wednesday, January 27, 2010

This Is Your Captain Speaking






Here are some pictures I scanned in some time ago from the amazing booklet that comes with In Search of Space, Hawkwind's second album from 1971. It features a collage of text and photos/illustrations - supposedly a found log book belonging to a space ship - containing notes left by these wandering space travellers, cryptic messages to whatever roaming earthling might stumble upon it: in search of space, in search of the past...






















7 comments:

SIRLORDTHOMAS said...

LOOKS LIKE A REAL MAGIC CARPET RIDE!

jigsoaK said...

Woohoo!

Anonymous said...

Good heavens, I've not seen this for ages! (Have still got it, mind you, just can't play my remaining vinyl anymore!)

Anonymous said...

i love this blog! too cool

Tuesday Morning said...

hey! WOW this is so cool, i've never seen this before!!
time to study.

Emma said...

Such a cool pist. I love the vibes. I just discovered your blog and I'm so glad I adore it. I love every post. Your welcome to check out mine and I would love to follow each other?

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AVY said...

Very cool, captures the era perfectly :)

/ Avy
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