Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Franz Josef Strauss, Defence Minister, Reviews The Luftwaffe In 1958. Finding It Somewhat Lacking In Image Potential	1:40
2	The Aerospaceage Inferno	4:36
3	Aircraft Salesman (A Door In The Foot)	1:41
4	The Widow Maker Lead Guitar, Music By – Dave Brock	2:42
5	Two Test Pilots Discuss The Starfighter's Performance	0:41
6	The Right Stuff	4:23
7	Board Meeting (Seen Through A Contract Lense)	0:58
8	The Song Of The Gremlin (Part One) Keyboards, Synthesizer [Series III], Music By – Adrian Wagner Voice, Music By – Arthur Brown	3:22
9	Ground Crew (Last Minute Reassembly Before Take Off)	3:17
10	Hero With A Wing	3:20
11	Ground Control To Pilot	0:52
12	Ejection	3:35
13	Interview	3:56
14	I Resign	0:27
15	The Song Of The Gremlin (Part Two) Keyboards, Synthesizer [Series III], Music By – Adrian Wagner Voice, Music By – Arthur Brown	3:11
16	Bier Garten	0:39
17	Catch A Falling Star Fighter Drums [Funeral Drum] – Twink	2:54
Bonus Tracks
18	The Right Stuff (Extended Version) Mixed By – Mark Powell, Paschal Byrne	8:07
19	Ejection (Single Version)	3:47
20	Catch A Falling Starfighter (Single Version) Drums [Funeral Drum] – Twink	3:00

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – SPV GmbH – SPV 305572
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Eclectic Entertainment Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Eclectic Entertainment Ltd.
• Licensed From – EMI Records UK
• Recorded At – Island Studios
• Recorded At – Olympic Studios
• Recorded At – Radio Luxembourg Studios
• Remixed At – Trident Studios
• Remastered At – The Audio Archiving Company
• Pressed By – MPO

Credits

• Art Direction [Original Sleeve Art Direction] – Pierre Tubbs
• Backing Vocals – The Ladbroke Grove Hermaphroditic Voice Ensemble
• Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Lemmy
• Compiled By [CD Reissue], Coordinator [CD Reissue], Research [CD Reissue] – Mark Powell
• Coordinator – Douglas Smith
• Design [CD Package Design] – Phil Smee
• Drums – Simon King
• Graphics [Original Sleeve Graphics] – Solution
• Illustration [Original Sleeve Illustration] – Stanislaw Fernandes
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar – Paul Rudolph
• Lyrics By – Bob Calvert*
• Music By – Bob Calvert* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9 to 14, 16 to 20)
• Producer – Roy Baker*
• Remastered By – Paschal Byrne
• Saxophone – Nik Turner
• Sleeve [Original Sleeve Concept] – Bob Calvert*
• Synthesizer – Del Dettmar
• Synthesizer, Effects [Electronic] – Brian Peter George St John Le Batiste De La Salle*
• Technician – Anton Matthews, Frank Owen, Phil Chapman, Phil Brown*, Rufus Cartwright
• Vocals, Voice Actor, Percussion – Bob Calvert*
• Voice Actor – Jim Capaldi, Richard Ealing, Tom Mittledorf, Vivian Stanshall

Notes

Robert Calvert's 1st solo project.
A concept album: Music/Theater - Captain Lockheed alternates between octane guzzlers in the classic Hawkwind vein and Monty Python-like vignettes.

Original release date 1975.

Track 18 recorded at Olympic Studios on 17th August 1973 - previously unreleased.
Tracks 19, 20 A & B sides of single - released as United Artists UP 35543 in 1973.

Recording Studios:
- Island
- Olympic
- Radio Luxembourg (Dialogue)

Recorded between March 1973 and January 1974.

Remastered from the original master tapes at The Audio Archiving Company.
"The Right Stuff" bonus version mixed from the original 16-track master at The Audio Archiving Company.

This compilation: ℗ 2007 Eclectic Entertainment Ltd., under license from EMI Records UK.
© 1974 EMI Records UK.
"The Right Stuff" (extended version) © 2007 EMI Records UK.

Title on original cover repro: "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters by Robert Calvert"
Release comes in jewelcase with cardboard wraparound sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 93723 05572 5
• Matrix / Runout (Outer Ring): CA ECLCD1056 @
• Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring 4 x logos): [MPO Logo]
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L039
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 1261

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
UAG 29507	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	United Artists Records	UAG 29507	UK	1974
TCK 29507	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(Cass, Album)	United Artists Records	TCK 29507	UK	1974
BGOCD5	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(CD, Album, RE)	BGO Records	BGOCD5	UK	1994
RCV014LP(G)	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(2xLP, Col)	Back On Black	RCV014LP(G)	UK	2010
IMP 1011	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(LP, Album)	Import Records	IMP 1011	US	1977

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