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Robert Calvert - Catch A Falling Starfighter - WAV vinyl rip

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Channel: Doktor Uzo · 2016 · Education

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The genius (madness) that was Bob Calvert.
From the concept LP  'Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters', which tells the story of Germany's ill fated use of the American fighter jet, the Lockheed Starfighter. Nicknamed the 'Flying Coffin', the 'Widow Maker' and the 'Jinx Jet' due to the number of deaths because of faulty ejector seats.
The jet was unstable and difficult to control. Upto making the album in 1974 there had been 162 Starfighter crashes.
The album was almost a de-facto Hawkwind LP, with contributions from Dave Brock, Lemmy, Nik Turner, Simon King, Del Dettmar, Paul Rudolph as well as Adrian Wagner.

Catch a falling starfighter
Put it in the pocket of your jeans
You can use it as a cigarette lighter
Or as an opener for a can of beans

Catch a falling starfighter
Shine it up and wear it on a chain
You will find that it will be much brighter
If you empty out it's cockpit down the drain
If you empty out it's cockpit down the drain

I focused the magnifying glass
That brought the downfall of Icarus
Balloons were easy, a simple pin
Or a knife in the case of the zeppelin

That blade was the cause of many a prank
In the early days of stick and string
I am the gremlin, I was there
Making mischief in the air
And always will be wherever man
Flies in the face of creation's plan

Fabulous

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