The Text of Festival

The Text of Festival is an archive album by Hawkwind consisting of BBC sessions and live performances between 1970 and 1971. It was originally released in 1983 after the band had exited their Active Records contract, and has continuously been repackaged and retitled ever since.

The copyright of the recordings on the first disc is owned by the BBC who were not approached for permission for their commercial use, so the legality of this album is questionable. The source tapes used are not from the BBC, but inferior-quality off-air recordings of the broadcast. The recordings have also appeared on The Weird Tapes, Hawkwind, Friends and Relations and Hawkwind Anthology.

Side 1

 * 1) "Master of the Universe" (Nik Turner, Dave Brock) – 6:00
 * 2) "You Know You're Only Dreaming" (Brock) – 4:15
 * 3) "You Shouldn't Do That" (Turner, Brock) – 5:52
 * 4) "Hurry on Sundown" (Brock) – 6:20

Side 2
"Seeing It As You Really Are" (Hawkwind) – 11:50
 * 1) "Paranoia" (Hawkwind)
 * 1) "We Do It" (Hawkwind) – 13:45

Side 3

 * 1) "You Shouldn't Do That" (Hawkwind) – 21:35 [listed as "Sound, Shouldn't, Improvise"]

Side 4
"Be Yourself" (Hawkwind) – 5:51 [listed as "Improvise, Compromise, Reprise"]
 * 1) "The Reason Is?" (Hawkwind) – 11:35

Personnel

 * Dave Brock - guitar, vocals
 * Nik Turner - saxophone, flute, vocals
 * Huw Lloyd-Langton - guitar (track 4)
 * Thomas Crimble - bass guitar (tracks 4-6 and disc 2)
 * Dave Anderson - bass guitar (tracks 1-3)
 * Dik Mik Davies - Synthesizer
 * Terry Ollis - drums