Live at the Stars and Stripes, Carlisle1986

 For many people Robert Calvert was Captain Lockheed.

Captain Lockheed and The Starfighters was the title of Robert

Calvert's debut solo album in 1974. Of course prior to that

Robert had been a member of the ultimate "Space Rock"

band Hawkwind. Robert Calvert would spend his time in and

out of Hawkwind during the seventies and also record his

first two solo albums (Captain Lockheed and The Starfighters

and Lucky Leif and The Longships) Following an album and

tour as The Hawklords, Robert Calvert once again departed

Hawkwind for a solo career which would continue through the

eighties until his death in 1988

During the early eighties Robert also guested with Nik

Turner's band Inner City Unit and members of that band

guested on the albums he recorded during this period, which

included amongst others Freq.

It was rumoured in 1988 that Robert was once again about

to rejoin the band he was most famously associated with. He

was also said to be on the verge of publishing another novel

and considering other solo albums. All these plans came to a

halt with Robert Calvert's sudden death from a heart attack

in August of 1988.

In 1986 Robert Calvert and Maximum Effect played at the

Stars & Stripes venue in Carlisle. The recording was made

direct from the mixing desk to a chrome cassette. Amongst

the material covered at the concert was solo Calvert material

including Acid Rain, Ned Ludd, Lord Of The Hornets and Radio

Egypt alongside selected Hawkwind classics associated with

Robert such as Orgone Accumulator, Quark Strangeness and

Charm, Robot and Damnation Alley.

This recording has been previously available as download but

makes its first official outing on CD with this release.

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