//Hawkwind’s Space cut-out-and-keep 21-card “Galactic Tarot” pack arranged in the shape of a hawk in IT 117, November 18 – December 2, 1971. Design: Barney Bubbles//

//The cards arranged in rows of seven as recommended by the instructions//

In November 1971, design legend Barney Bubbles produced a typically audacious promotional item for Hawkwind’s recently released album X In Search Of Space.

//Front page, IT 117//

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Tags: Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, Cressida, Fontana, Glastonbury Fayre, Hawkwind Log, IT, Kings Of The Robot Rhythm, Oz, Pennie Smith., Red Dirt, Revelation Enterprises, Robert Calvert, Silver Machine, Vertigo, Victor Gordon, X In Search Of Space

//Watched by the crowd, writers/poets/frontmen Robert Calvert and Michael Moorcock (left), drummer Simon King and bassist Lemmy prepare for lift off, August 25, 1973. Photo: Dave Walkling//

//Detail of pic above showing Bubbles’ drumheads and speaker designs//

Following my post of photos from the free music festival at Windsor Great Park to the west of London in 1973, attendee Dave Walkling has sent a couple of sharp images which capture the anticipation in the crowd just before Hawkwind’s set.

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Tags: Dave Walkling, Hawkwind, Lemmy, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Robert Calvert, Simon KIng, Windsor Free Festival 1973

//Drumhead painted by Barney Bubbles in 1972. Photo: (c)//

//From left: Nik Turner, Stacia Blake, Simon King and Lemmy during Hawkwind’s set at the Windsor Free Festival on August 25, 1973. Note the drumhead on the left. Photographer: Unknown//

A rare design by the late graphics master Barney Bubbles has come to light after four decades; the psychedelic sci-fi drumhead was painted for Hawkwind when the space rocking Sonic Assassins undertook tours around the world following their success with the Silver Machine single in 1972.

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Tags: Barrie Wentzell, Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers, Dave Walkling, Doremi Fasol Latido, Glen Colson, Hawkwind, Kursaal Flyers, Lemmy, Michael Moorcock, Nik Turner, Robert Calvert, Silver Machine, Simon KIng, Stacia Blake, The Attractions, The Records, Will Birch, Windsor Free Festival

//Photo: Dylan Vivian//

I’m particularly keen on Jane Horrocks’ recently released version of the Joy Division song Isolation; Horrocks’ vocal talents are widely recognised but I didn’t appreciate her feel for rock and post-punk until I saw her perform a storming Heart Of Glass at a party a couple of years back.

Rat Scabies was drumming that night and is on this Joy Division cover, which also features latterday PiL bassist Scott Firth and producer “Kipper”.

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Tags: Cabaret Voltaire, Dylan Vivian, Hassan i-Sahba, Hawkwind, Jane Horrocks, Joy Division, Mick Farren, Nag Nag Nag, Quark Strangeness & Charm, Rat Scabies, Robert Calvert, Scott Firth