You never see any Hawkwind albums in bargain bins because they never get there. The unsold copies are apparently re-released with gaudy new covers and resold at regular prices. And that simply makes Space Ritual, In Search of Space twice, because this is a double package. For the benefit of those who insist this is truly a new LP set, please note that the bassist is still playing his same two notes, the synthesizer manipulators still maintain their fixation on "Journey to a Forbidden Planet" and the band's idea of dynamics still consists of turning the volume controls up or down. The group's real efforts seem to go into making up the record-album covers. This one folds six separate times before it's capable of holding the album intact. At the very least, Hawkwind's continued existence proves that somebody out there is still doing acid. (RS 153)

ALAN NIESTER