"the Ship of Dreams"

Established in 1995, Blue Rose Records is one of the most popular and most successful labels in the area Roots Rock and Americana Music - not only in Germany but also in Europe. With great love and sacrifice of this genre is maintained, many of the artists and bands on Blue Rose have in this country never get a label deal, let alone they had come on concert tours.

The Hawkwind anthology phenomenom has baffled me for decades. What also baffles me even more is why I own so many of them that contain tracks that I already have on regular albums! I never quite understood the marketing strategy or demographic targets but statistically they sell regardless of quality, concept or whether or not the band sees any royalties from them. The band certainly is recieving royalties from this latest offering from Atomhenge who has apparently bought up the rights to most of Hawkwind's back catologue.

Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to secluded places; they buried themselves underground or built comfortable settlements.