Hillage, Steve

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Aura Used - LP - AURA 1 Beautiful 1979 Original Still In Shrink Wrap. more
	Fish Rising Used - LP - V 2031 Rare 1975 UK Twin Virgins Label Original With The Lyric Insert. LP Appears Unplayed. “After Departing Gong In 1975, Steve Hillage Followed The Same Route As Everyone Else, By Making A Solo Album. He Enlisted Some Gong Colleagues — Bassist Mike Howlett, Saxophonist Didier Malherbe, And Drummer Pierre Moerlen — And Augmented Them With Others From His Canterbury Past, Keyboard Player Dave Stewart (The Two Had Played Together At The Beginning Of The Decade) And Henry Cow's Lindsay Cooper. The Result, Apart From Revealing A Slightly Unhealthy Obsession With Fish (At Least A Change From Gong's Pothead Pixies) Is A Canterbury Musical Delight, Even If The Lyrics Are Chock-Full Of Hippie-Dippy Sentiment. There Are Plenty Of Complex Time Changes, Easily And Smoothly Handled By The Musicians, And While Hillage Doesn't Contribute As Many Solos As Admirers Of His Style Might Wish, He Does Use Layers Of Guitar To Create Some Wonderful Textures And Harmonies. This Is, In Fact, A Very Sophisticated Record, With Interesting Arrangements And Some Innovative Production — A Harbinger Of Hillage's Future Career Behind The Boards. On The Few Occasions He Does Unleash The Fretwork, It's Quite Glorious, With His Trademark Echo Letting The Notes Trail Like A Comet's Tail. He Doesn't Need To Prove He's The Fast Gun In Town, Simply One With Plenty Of Invention. The Real Emphasis Is On Band Arrangements And Those Multi-Part Compositions That Were An Indelible Part Of The Prog '70s (As In The Pretentiously Titled "Solar Musick Suite"). However, Pomposity Is Carefully Avoided, And The Musicians Bring Enough Of Their Own Personalities To The Party, Especially Malherbe. As A Solo Debut It's A Success, Taking The Qualities Of Hillage's Previous Gigs On Board, But Making The Final Product His Own. It Might Be Fishy, But It Certainly Doesn't Stink.” – Chris Nickson, All Music Guide. more
	Fish Rising New - LP - VR 13-118 Sealed 1975 US Original. Cut Corner. “After Departing Gong In 1975, Steve Hillage Followed The Same Route As Everyone Else, By Making A Solo Album. He Enlisted Some Gong Colleagues — Bassist Mike Howlett, Saxophonist Didier Malherbe, And Drummer Pierre Moerlen — And Augmented Them With Others From His Canterbury Past, Keyboard Player Dave Stewart (The Two Had Played Together At The Beginning Of The Decade) And Henry Cow's Lindsay Cooper. The Result, Apart From Revealing A Slightly Unhealthy Obsession With Fish (At Least A Change From Gong's Pothead Pixies) Is A Canterbury Musical Delight, Even If The Lyrics Are Chock-Full Of Hippie-Dippy Sentiment. There Are Plenty Of Complex Time Changes, Easily And Smoothly Handled By The Musicians, And While Hillage Doesn't Contribute As Many Solos As Admirers Of His Style Might Wish, He Does Use Layers Of Guitar To Create Some Wonderful Textures And Harmonies. This Is, In Fact, A Very Sophisticated Record, With Interesting Arrangements And Some Innovative Production — A Harbinger Of Hillage's Future Career Behind The Boards. On The Few Occasions He Does Unleash The Fretwork, It's Quite Glorious, With His Trademark Echo Letting The Notes Trail Like A Comet's Tail. He Doesn't Need To Prove He's The Fast Gun In Town, Simply One With Plenty Of Invention. The Real Emphasis Is On Band Arrangements And Those Multi-Part Compositions That Were An Indelible Part Of The Prog '70s (As In The Pretentiously Titled "Solar Musick Suite"). However, Pomposity Is Carefully Avoided, And The Musicians Bring Enough Of Their Own Personalities To The Party, Especially Malherbe. As A Solo Debut It's A Success, Taking The Qualities Of Hillage's Previous Gigs On Board, But Making The Final Product His Own. It Might Be Fishy, But It Certainly Doesn't Stink.” Chris Nickson, All Music Guide. more
	Fish Rising Used - LP - VR 13-118 1975 White Label Promo With Custom Promo Song Hype Sticker On Jacket And Custom Inner Sleeve. Saw Notch. Appears Glossy, Unplayed. “After Departing Gong In 1975, Steve Hillage Followed The Same Route As Everyone Else, By Making A Solo Album. He Enlisted Some Gong Colleagues — Bassist Mike Howlett, Saxophonist Didier Malherbe, And Drummer Pierre Moerlen — And Augmented Them With Others From His Canterbury Past, Keyboard Player Dave Stewart (The Two Had Played Together At The Beginning Of The Decade) And Henry Cow's Lindsay Cooper. The Result, Apart From Revealing A Slightly Unhealthy Obsession With Fish (At Least A Change From Gong's Pothead Pixies) Is A Canterbury Musical Delight, Even If The Lyrics Are Chock-Full Of Hippie-Dippy Sentiment. There Are Plenty Of Complex Time Changes, Easily And Smoothly Handled By The Musicians, And While Hillage Doesn't Contribute As Many Solos As Admirers Of His Style Might Wish, He Does Use Layers Of Guitar To Create Some Wonderful Textures And Harmonies. This Is, In Fact, A Very Sophisticated Record, With Interesting Arrangements And Some Innovative Production — A Harbinger Of Hillage's Future Career Behind The Boards. On The Few Occasions He Does Unleash The Fretwork, It's Quite Glorious, With His Trademark Echo Letting The Notes Trail Like A Comet's Tail. He Doesn't Need To Prove He's The Fast Gun In Town, Simply One With Plenty Of Invention. The Real Emphasis Is On Band Arrangements And Those Multi-Part Compositions That Were An Indelible Part Of The Prog '70s (As In The Pretentiously Titled "Solar Musick Suite"). However, Pomposity Is Carefully Avoided, And The Musicians Bring Enough Of Their Own Personalities To The Party, Especially Malherbe. As A Solo Debut It's A Success, Taking The Qualities Of Hillage's Previous Gigs On Board, But Making The Final Product His Own. It Might Be Fishy, But It Certainly Doesn't Stink.” – Chris Nickson, All Music Guide. more
	Fish Rising Used - LP - VI 2031 1979 US Reissue On Pale Yellow Virgin International Label, Without Original Inner Sleeve. EX/NM- Vinyl. Crease To Top Left Corner. “After Departing Gong In 1975, Steve Hillage Followed The Same Route As Everyone Else, By Making A Solo Album. He Enlisted Some Gong Colleagues — Bassist Mike Howlett, Saxophonist Didier Malherbe, And Drummer Pierre Moerlen — And Augmented Them With Others From His Canterbury Past, Keyboard Player Dave Stewart (The Two Had Played Together At The Beginning Of The Decade) And Henry Cow's Lindsay Cooper. The Result, Apart From Revealing A Slightly Unhealthy Obsession With Fish (At Least A Change From Gong's Pothead Pixies) Is A Canterbury Musical Delight, Even If The Lyrics Are Chock-Full Of Hippie-Dippy Sentiment. There Are Plenty Of Complex Time Changes, Easily And Smoothly Handled By The Musicians, And While Hillage Doesn't Contribute As Many Solos As Admirers Of His Style Might Wish, He Does Use Layers Of Guitar To Create Some Wonderful Textures And Harmonies. This Is, In Fact, A Very Sophisticated Record, With Interesting Arrangements And Some Innovative Production — A Harbinger Of Hillage's Future Career Behind The Boards. On The Few Occasions He Does Unleash The Fretwork, It's Quite Glorious, With His Trademark Echo Letting The Notes Trail Like A Comet's Tail. He Doesn't Need To Prove He's The Fast Gun In Town, Simply One With Plenty Of Invention. The Real Emphasis Is On Band Arrangements And Those Multi-Part Compositions That Were An Indelible Part Of The Prog '70s (As In The Pretentiously Titled "Solar Musick Suite"). However, Pomposity Is Carefully Avoided, And The Musicians Bring Enough Of Their Own Personalities To The Party, Especially Malherbe. As A Solo Debut It's A Success, Taking The Qualities Of Hillage's Previous Gigs On Board, But Making The Final Product His Own. It Might Be Fishy, But It Certainly Doesn't Stink.” AMG - Chris Nickson. more
	For To Next Used - LP - V 2244 1982 UK Original Still In Shrink Wrap. Collaborative Effort With Miquette Giraudy. more
	Green Used - LP - V2098 1978 Original With Custom Insert. Bottom Right Corner Has Been Bumped/Creased. more
	Green Colored Vinyl - V2098 1978 UK Limited Edition Green Virgin Vinyl Housed In An Embossed Cover With Insert. Shrink Wrap Intact With The Original Tower Records Price Tag And "Cosmic Gypsy" Green Vinyl Hype Sticker. Glossy, Unplayed Condition. more
	Green Colored Vinyl - V2098 1978 UK Limited Edition Green Virgin Vinyl Housed In An Embossed Cover With Insert And Large Color Poster. Shrink Wrap Intact And "Cosmic Gypsy" Green Vinyl Hype Sticker Plus A Licorice Pizza Union Jack Import Sticker. Glossy, Unplayed Condition. “On Steve Hillage's 1978 Release Green, The Underground Prog Rock Fan Favorite Issues More Of His Trademark Thinking-Man's Music. Fans Of Mid- To Late-'70s Pink Floyd Will Want To Check This Album Out, Since It Possesses Many Of The Same Musical Qualities, Due To The Fact That It Was Produced By Floyd Drummer Nick Mason, Along With Hillage. Although Not As Consistent As Some Of His Other Albums, It Certainly Has Its Moments. Hillage's Recurring Sci-Fi Influence Is Still Felt In His Music, Especially On Such Tracks As "Sea Nature," "UFO Over Paris," And "Unidentified (Flying Being)." Hillage Uses The Same Band That Appeared On His Motivation Radio Album, Which Helps Make Hillage's Twisted Songs Even Better (Like His Other Albums, The Musicianship Is Top-Notch). Besides Comparisons To Floyd, The Album's Music Is Also Similar To David Bowie's Late-'70s Experimental Electronic Phase (Check Out The Track "Crystal City," With Vocals Almost Identical To Bowie). Hillage Fans Will Definitely Not Be Disappointed With Green.” Greg Prato, AMG. more
	Kamikaze Eyes Used - 12 - VS574-12 Beautiful Original UK 45 RPM 12 Inch Housed In A Picture Sleeve. A-Side Is An Extended Version (7:50), B-Sides Are "Before The World Was Made" And "Glory." more
	L New - LP - SD 18205 Sealed 1976 Original. COH. more
	L Used - LP - V 2066 1976 UK Original. Appears Unplayed. Light Edge Wear To Jacket. more
	L Used - LP - SD 18205 1976 Original Featuring Don Cherry. Large Promo Sticker On The Cover. Clean Cut Out Hole. Jacket Shows Slight Signs Of Wear. LP Appears Glossy, Unplayed. “After A Stint With Gong As Their Trippy, Hippy, New Agey Guitar Guru Of Cosmically And Extremely Raga-Esque Trance Rock And Improv Heaven, Steve Hillage Went Solo. He Branched Out To Carry His Own Version Of The Gong Gospel Of Personal Freedom Via His Special Blend Of Cosmic Brotherhood, Eastern Religion, New Age, Pyramids, Ley Lines, Crystals, And Some Ferocious Jazz Fusion And Progressive Rock Guitar Blended With Space Rock Synths. Hillage Reinterprets Some Well-Known Tunes By Other Artists Like Donovan And George Harrison Here As Well As Penning Some Of His More Memorable Sonic Treats. His Awesome Riffing And Speedy Solos On His Fender Strat Rival Those Of Hendrix And Frank Marino But Go Further Compositionally Via Exotic Scales From Other Cultures. Add In Todd Rundgren's Engineering And Production Genius, His Utopians Guesting, And Several Others Like Don Cherry On Brass And Tibetan Trumpet Along With A 15th Century Hurdy Gurdy And You Have A Wild Romp Into Eclectic Rock. The 12-Minute-Long "Lunar Musick Suite" Is The Pinnacle Moment Of The Release And "Om Nama Shivaya" Comes In A Close Second For Hillage's Most Blissed-Out Trance Rock. Both Gong And Hillage's Solo Career Have Brought Such Superb Musical Echoes And Legends Such As Veteran Space Rockers, The Ozric Tentacles.” John W. Patterson, AMG. more
	Motivation Radio New - LP - SD 19144 Sealed 1977 Original. “Those In Tune With Being Transported Through Music Will Want To Station Themselves Near The Speakers For Motivation Radio. Call It The "Light Side Of The Moon," This Album Draws The Listener Into Its Own Astral Plane With A Glossy And Gauzy Sound Similar To Pink Floyd Without The Darkness, Or Alan Parsons Project Without The Dorkiness. The New Age/Space Ideology Isn't Far Removed From Gong's Original Alternate Reality (Remember The Octave Doctors?), Spelled Out Best During The Album's True Point Of Transmigration, "Saucer Surfing." Hillage's Guitar Work Is Typically Transcendent, Giraudy's Keyboards A Vital Component (Note The Doctor Who-Isms Of "Searching For The Spark"), And Joe Blocker's Drums A Frequent Breath Of Change. “ Dave Connolly, All Music. more
	Motivation Radio Used - LP - SD 19144 1977 US Original, Monarch Pressing With Printed Inner. Nice Vibrant Cover, Few Light Crease Marks; Glossy Vinyl With Slight Bag Rash. "Those In Tune With Being Transported Through Music Will Want To Station Themselves Near The Speakers For Motivation Radio. Call It The "Light Side Of The Moon," This Album Draws The Listener Into Its Own Astral Plane With A Glossy And Gauzy Sound Similar To Pink Floyd Without The Darkness, Or Alan Parsons Project Without The Dorkiness. The New Age/Space Ideology Isn't Far Removed From Gong's Original Alternate Reality (Remember The Octave Doctors?), Spelled Out Best During The Album's True Point Of Transmigration, "Saucer Surfing." Hillage's Guitar Work Is Typically Transcendent, Giraudy's Keyboards A Vital Component (Note The Doctor Who-isms Of "Searching For The Spark"), And Joe Blocker's Drums A Frequent Breath Of Change. Steve Hillage Doesn't Have The Vocal Presence To Reach Out To Listeners; At Best, He Can Meet Them Halfway. Motivation Radio Works As Well As It Does Because It Draws Listeners To That Halfway Point (And Beyond), Steering Them With Spiritual Signposts And Rewarding Them With Rapturous Music. It's A Remarkably Smooth Journey, More Accessible Than L, If Equally Cosmic. Again, It Was An Idiomatic Cover Tune, "Not Fade Away," That Became The Single; Though An Odd Way To End The Record, It Wouldn't Have Made Any Sense In The Middle. The Rest Of The Record Is A Contiguous Collection Of Music. So Tune In And Bliss Out." AMG - Dave Connolly. more
	Open Used Import - V 2135 1979 UK Original With Die-Cut Jacket, Custom Card Inner Sleeve & Original British Plain Inner Protective Sleeve. Both Points Of Die-Cut Letter "N" Show Bending, Ding To Jacket Mouth Edge. Recorded At Ridge Farm, August 1979. more
	Rainbow Dome Musick New - LP - VR 1 Sealed 1979 UK Original With Original Custom Price Sticker On Front Cover. “Rainbow Dome Musick Is Too Avant-Garde To Be Classified As A New Age Album And Too Sleek Sounding To Fit Into Any Progressive Rock Subgenres, But No Matter How It's Categorized, It's An Excellent Example Of Steve Hillage's Adeptness And Vast Musical Background. His Time Spent With Daevid Allen's Gong And Their Far-Out, Space-Fused Grooves Has Rubbed Off On Him, As He Has Channeled His Learned Musical Experimentation Into An Equally Entertaining But More Refined Style Of Music. Playing Guitar In Soft Machine And Working With Kevin Ayers Doesn't Hurt Either, But The 20-Plus Minutes Of Both Tracks On This Album Harbor Some Intelligent And Mature-Sounding Instrumentation Thanks To A Distinct Array Of Sequencers And Percussion. "Garden Of Paradise" Is A Lush, Intricately Woven Melange Of Guitar, Piano, And Synthesizer Which Are All Pioneered By Hillage. Giving The Track Its Feel And Sustenance Are The Tibetan Bells And The Powerful Undertow Of Miquette Girandy's Double Sequencer. The Instruments Gracefully Converge To Craft The Non-Existent Paradise In Which Hillage Has Musically Created. "Four Ever Rainbow" Contains Much More Rhythm And Current Thanks To The Electric And Glissando Guitar And The Subtle Hovering Of A Harmoniser Played By Rupert Atwill. The Final Result Of The Culmination Of Both Tracks Is A Relaxing And Pleasantly Divergent Journey Through A Sorted Spectrum Of Instruments, Making This Album One Of Steve Hillage's Best Solo Pieces.” Miked DeGagne, AMG. more