Doremi Fasol Latido - Remastered And Expanded Edition

直前のシングル曲「シルヴァー・マシーン」の大ヒットの勢いに乗っての1972年サード・アルバムは、新たにレミーがベースで参加する等、黄金期の幕開けとなる傑作に。デイヴ・ブロックのリードとレミーのベースが強烈なドライヴ感を呼び起こしつつ、スペイシーなシンセが絡むというスタイルが確立した記念碑的作品。オリジナル・マスターに立ち返って新規リマスターを施したオリジナル・ミックスと最新版リミックスの2枚組に、シングル曲や初登場の、未発表テイクなどのボーナスを加えた決定的再発!

Doremi may not be Hawkwind's most renowned album, but it carries the same type of prog rock spaciness as their first two releases. Even though the keyboard playing is trimmed down just a tad, the introduction of Ian Kilmister, otherwise known as Lemmy of Motorhead fame, makes up for it. With Lemmy's hard-lined guitar playing and Del Dettmar's synthesizer stabs, tracks like "Space Is Deep" and "The Watcher" are infused with elaborate instrumental meanderings in perfect Hawkwind fashion. The longer tracks, both "Brainstorm" and "Time We Left This World Today," find Lemmy settling into the band's extraordinary milieu, but it ended up being the album's strongest cuts. There's a harder feel to the songs all the way through, with the guitar and drums coming to the forefront ahead of DikMik's "generators" and "hot electronics." Doremi is the inaugural album for drummer Simon King, and with guitarist Dave Anderson and percussion man Terry Ollis now departed, Hawkwind still manages to muster up a firm intergalactic space-metal atmosphere, but with a more rugged thrust. ~ Mike DeGagne