PXR5

PXR5 is the ninth studio album by Hawkwind, released in 1979. It reached #59 on the UK album charts. The album was recorded and mixed at Rockfield Studios in January and February 1978. "Uncle Sam's On Mars", "Robot" and "High Rise" were originally recorded on the preceding UK tour but were overdubbed in the studio, significantly Robert Calvert's double tracked vocals. "Infinity" and "Life Form" were originally to have been part of a solo album Dave Brock was working on. After the album was recorded and mixed, the band fell apart during a US tour in March when Simon House left to join the David Bowie band and Robert Calvert suffered a bout of clinical depression. With the band in temporary hiatus and no pending promotional tour, the...