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{{Infobox album
| name = Live Chronicles
| type = live
| artist = [[Hawkwind]]
| cover = Live Chronicles - Hawkwind.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1986
| recorded = 4 December 1985
| venue = [[Hammersmith Odeon]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Space rock]]
| length = {{Duration|m=76|s=10}}
| label = [[GWR Records|GWR]]
| producer = [[Hawkwind]]
| prev_title = [[The Chronicle of the Black Sword]]
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = [[The Xenon Codex]]
| next_year = 1988
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r40172|first=Dave|last=Thompson}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>

|noprose=yes
}}
'''''Live Chronicles''''' is a 1986 album by [[Hawkwind]] recorded of a live performance of their ''[[The Chronicle of the Black Sword]]'' [[concept album]] based on the [[Michael Moorcock]] character [[Elric of Melniboné]]. The [[Hammersmith Apollo|Hammersmith Odeon]] dates on 3 and 4 December were professionally audio recorded and the stage show video taped.

During 1986, the group performed some festival dates, including Bristol Custom Bike Show, and headlining [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] on 24 August, with a guest appearance from [[Lemmy]] and recorded by [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[Friday Rock Show]]''.<REF NAME="READINGCD">{{cite web | url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-dreamworkers-of-time-the-bbc-recordings-1985-1995-3cd-box-set/ | title=Hawkwind: Dreamworkers Of Time – The BBC Recordings 1985-1995, 3CD Box Set | publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] | accessdate=3 May 2023}}</REF>

The video of the ''Black Sword'' shows was released on 25 July by Jettisoundz,<ref name="CHERRYRED">{{cite web |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/dvd/product.php?display=hawkwind |title=Cherry Red Records : DVD : Hawkwind |access-date=3 May 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307015123/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/dvd/product.php?display=hawkwind |archive-date=7 March 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> followed by this 2LP on 24 November.<REF NAME="CHRONLP">{{cite web | url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-live-chronicles/ | title=Hawkwind: Live Chronicles | publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]] | accessdate=3 May 2023}}</REF> The group promoted the album's release with a 31 date UK tour in November and December, with support from The Babysitters.<REF NAME="SAGA23">{{cite book | last=Clerk | first=Carol | title=The Saga of Hawkwind | publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] | isbn=1-84449-832-8 | year=2004 | chapter=23 - The Story of the Support Band | pages=341-346}}</REF> The Preston show was video recorded by Jettisoundz and was part released in 1996 as ''Chaos''.<ref name="CHERRYRED" /> The group revived the ''Black Sword'' show one last time on 28 August 1987 for the ''[[45th World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention]]'' at [[Brighton Centre|Brighton Conference Centre]].<REF NAME="SAGA23" />

Former manager Douglas Smith had set-up [[GWR Records]] for releasing albums by his roster of bands, significantly [[Motörhead]]. Although Brock had previous financial disputes with Smith, he was unhappy with the promotion and distribution his albums were receiving through Frenchy Gloder's Flicknife Records, so licensed this live recording to Smith's newly formed company. Hawkwind would remain with the label until its demise in 1991.<ref name="saga">{{cite book | last=Clerk | first=Carol | title=The Saga of Hawkwind | publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] | isbn=1-84449-832-8 | year=2004 | chapter=22 - Elric The Enchanter | pages=332–337}}</ref>

The cover was one of the earliest commissions for Duncan Storr, who subsequently made a career out of book and record illustrations, although this would be his only work for the group.<REF NAME="COVER">{{cite web | url=http://duncanstorr.co.uk | title=Duncan Storr the Illustrator | author=Duncan Storr | accessdate=25 April 2023}}</REF>

The original album lacked "Assault and Battery" and "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" as they had been licensed to Flicknife for single B-sides,<REF NAME="Single B-sides">{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/718790-Hawkwind-Zarozinia | title=Hawkwind – Zarozinia 12" Single | author=Discogs | accessdate=15 February 2024}}</REF> and the Michael Moorcock spoken pieces due to Moorcock being in dispute with GWR owner Smith. They would be restored to subsequent re-issues on the Griffin and Atomhenge labels. "Assault and Battery" and "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" are in mono on those releases. The two tracks appear in stereo on the Flicknife CD "The Chronicle Of The Black Sword".<REF NAME="The Chronicle Of The Black Sword">{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1623696-Hawkwind-The-Chronicle-Of-The-Black-Sword | title=The Chronicle Of The Black Sword Flicknife CD | author=Discogs | accessdate=15 February 2024}}</REF>

==Track listing==
===Original version===
#"Song of the Swords" ([[Dave Brock]]) – 3:13
#"Dragons and Fables" ([[Huw Lloyd-Langton]]) – 3:11
#"Narration" ([[Harvey Bainbridge]]) – 0:47
#"The Sea King" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 3:47
#"Angels of Death" (Brock) – 4:43
#"Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – 3:54
#"Rocky Paths" (H. Lloyd-Langton, Marion Lloyd-Langton) – 2:51
#"Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)" (Brock) –0:37
#"The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge, [[Alan Davey (musician)|Alan Davey]]) – 2:32
#"Master of the Universe" (Brock, [[Nik Turner]]) – 3:57
#"Dreaming City" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton ) – 4:18
#"Choose Your Masques" (Brock, [[Michael Moorcock]]) – 4:55
#"Fight Sequence" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 3:21
#"Needle Gun" (Brock) – 4:10
#"Zarozinia" (Brock, [[Kris Tait]]) – 4:15
#"Lords of Chaos" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:00
#"The Dark Lords" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:36
#"Wizards of Pan Tang" (Bainbridge, Brock, Davey, Lloyd-Langton, [[Danny Thompson]]) – 1:46
#"Moonglum" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:44
#"Elric the Enchanter (Part 2)" (Davey) – 2:33
#"Conjuration of Magnu" (Brock) – 1:48
#"Magnu" (Brock) – 3:16
#"Dust of Time" (Bainbridge, Brock, H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:29
#"Horn of Fate" (Brock) – 6:27

===Castle CD bonus tracks===
#"Magnu" (Brock) – 3:10 - from ''[[Hawkwind Anthology]]''
#"Quark, Strangeness and Charm" ([[Robert Calvert]], Brock) – 2:35 - from ''Hawkwind Anthology''
#"Spirit of the Age" (Calvert, Brock) – 7:45 - from ''[[Live Seventy Nine]]''
#"Who's Gonna Win the War" (Brock) – 4:47 - from ''[[Levitation (Hawkwind album)|Levitation]]''
#"Ghost Dance" (Bainbridge, Turner) – 5:34 - from ''Hawkwind Anthology''
#"Master of the Universe" (Brock, Turner) – 3:54 - from ''Live Chronicles''
#"Choose Your Masques" (Brock, Moorcock) – 4:52 - from ''Live Chronicles''
#"Lost Chronicles" (Bainbridge) / "Neon Skyline" (Davey) – 5:21 - from ''[[The Xenon Codex]]''
#"Tides" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:53 - from ''The Xenon Codex''
#"Wings" (Davey) – 5:22 - from ''[[Space Bandits]]''
#"Lives of Great Men" [a.k.a. "Assault And Battery"] (Brock) – 3:26 - from ''[[Palace Springs (album)|Palace Springs]]''
#"Void of Golden Light" [a.k.a. "Golden Void"] (Brock) – 6:48 - from ''Palace Springs''
#"Techno Tropic Zone Exists" (Brock) – 4:31 - from ''[[It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous]]''
#"Gimme Shelter" ([[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]]) – 5:38 - from ''It is the Business of the Future to be Dangerous''

===Griffin and Atomhenge versions===
;CD1
#"The Chronicle of the Black Sword" (Michael Moorcock) - 1.52
#"Song of the Swords" (Brock) - 3:09
#"Dragons and Fables" (H. Lloyd-Langton) - 3:09
#"Narration" (Bainbridge) – 0:45
#"The Sea King" (H. Lloyd-Langton) – 3:07
#"Dead God's Homecoming" (Moorcock) - 1:31
#"Angels of Death" (Brock) – 4:42
#"The Shade Gate" (Bainbridge) – 3:49
#"Rocky Paths" (H. Lloyd-Langton, Marion Lloyd-Langton) – 2:52
#"Narration - Elric The Enchanter (Part 1)" (Brock) –0:55
#"The Pulsing Cavern" (Bainbridge, Davey) – 2:14
#"Master of the Universe" (Brock, Turner) – 4:00
#"Dragon Song" (Moorcock) - 1:32
#"Dreaming City" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:29
#"Choose Your Masques" (Brock, Moorcock) – 4:51
#"Fight Sequence" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 3:25
;CD2
#"Assault and Battery" (Brock) - 3:40
#"Sleep of a Thousand Tears" (Brock, Moorcock) - 4:37
#"Zarozinia" (Brock, Tait) – 4:16
#"Lords of Chaos" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:00
#"The Dark Lords" (Bainbridge, Brock) – 1:37
#"Wizards of Pan Tang" (Bainbridge, Brock, Davey, H. Lloyd-Langton, Thompson) - 1:41
#"Moonglum" (H. Lloyd-Langton, M. Lloyd-Langton) – 4:40
#"Elric the Enchanter (Part 2)" (Davey) – 2:26
#"Needle Gun" (Brock) – 4:07
#"Conjuration of Magnu" (Brock) – 1:52
#"Magnu" (Brock) – 3:16
#"Dust of Time" (Bainbridge, Brock, H. Lloyd-Langton) – 2:30
#"The Final Fight" (Moorcock) - 1:27
#"Horn of Fate (Destiny)" (Brock) – 6:39

==Personnel==
;Hawkwind
*[[Dave Brock]] – [[electric guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[singing|vocals]]
*[[Huw Lloyd-Langton]] – electric guitar, vocals
*[[Harvey Bainbridge]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], vocals
*[[Alan Davey (musician)|Alan Davey]] – [[bass guitar]], vocals
*Danny Thompson Jr – [[drum kit|drums]]
;with
*[[Michael Moorcock]] – vocals
*Tony Crerar – mime & dance
*Kris Tait – mime & dance, vocals
*[[Tim Pollard]] – mime

==Release history==
*Nov 1986: [[GWR Records|GWR]], GWSP1, UK vinyl
*Feb 1994: [[Griffin Music]], GCDHA0136-2, USA 2CD includes reprint of Michael Moorcocks Elric novel "The Dreaming City".
*Aug 1998: [[Castle Communications]], CCSCD829, UK 2CD with bonus tracks
*January 2009: Atomhenge ([[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]]) Records, ATOMCD2007, UK CD

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110910051150/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/atomhenge.asp Atomhenge Records]

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[[Category:Hawkwind live albums]]
[[Category:1986 live albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo]]

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