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Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin

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Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin
Live album by Hawkwind
Released	January 1985
Recorded	Empire Pool, Wembley, 27 May 1973
Genre	Space rock
Length	37:42
Label	Demi Monde
Hawkwind chronology
This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic (1984) Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin (1985) Space Ritual Volume 2 (1985)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
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Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin is a live albumbyEnglish rock group Hawkwind released in 1985 consisting of a performance at the Empire Pool, Wembley on 27 May 1973. This is a poor sound quality audience recording licensed by Nik Turner. The recording has been released numerous times under different names, with different covers and bundled into box sets.

In 2006, the whole set from the band's performance was issued under the title Empire Pool Wembley 1973, although claimed to be from a different recording source, this also suffers from poor sound quality.

The title is a reference to the 1974 Sam Peckinpah film Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, as well as Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.

Track listings[edit]

Side one

1. "Gaga" (Dunkley) – 2:10
2. "In the Egg" (Günter Grass) – 2:38
3. "Orgone Accumulator" (Calvert/Brock) – 7:25
4. "Wage War" (Jerzy Kosiński) – 2:49
5. "Urban Guerilla" (Calvert/Brock) – 6:01

Side two

1. "Master of the Universe" (Turner/Brock) – 6:53
2. "Welcome to the Future" (Calvert) – 2:38
3. "Sonic Attack" (Moorcock) – 3:26
4. "Silver Machine" (Calvert/Brock) – 3:42

Empire Pool Wembley 1973

1. "Intro - Andy Dunkley"
2. "In the Egg"
3. "Born to Go"
4. "Down Through the Night"
5. "Wage War"
6. "Urban Guerilla"
7. "Space Is Deep"
8. "Black Corridor"
9. "Orgone Accumulator"
10. "Upside Down"
11. "Brainstorm"
12. "Seven by Seven"
13. "Master of the Universe"
14. "Welcome to the Future"
15. "Sonic Attack"
16. "Silver Machine"

Personnel[edit]

• Robert Calvert – vocals
• Dave Brock – electric guitar, vocals
• Nik Turner – saxophone, flute, vocals
• Lemmy – bass guitar, vocals
• Dik Mik Davies – synthesizer
• Del Dettmar – synthesizer
• Simon King – drums
• Andy Dunkley – introductions
• Cover by Nazer Ali Khan

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