In Search of Space
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The band had started working with a wider range of artists, many of whom were contributing to the underground press. Graphic artist [Barney Bubbles](/wiki/Barney_Bubbles "Barney Bubbles") titled the album and designed the cover and with space\-age poet [Robert Calvert](/wiki/Robert_Calvert "Robert Calvert") produced the accompanying 24\-page *The Hawkwind Log* with photos by Phil Franks.[Phil Franks](http://www.ibiblio.org/mal/MO/philm/hawkwind/) – Philm Freax Digital Archive[Collectable Records](http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/hawkwind/search.htm) – Original foldout cover and booklet

The front cover is a die\-cut interlocking foldout. The back cover has a shot of a naked [Stacia](/wiki/Stacia "Stacia") on stage under strobe lights and the phrase "TECHNICIÄNS ÖF SPÅCE SHIP EÅRTH THIS IS YÖÜR CÄPTÅIN SPEÄKING YÖÜR ØÅPTÅIN IS DEA̋D" which some people assert is a demonstration of the [heavy metal umlaut](/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut "Heavy metal umlaut"). The inside panel features individual portraits of the band, however as Dik Mik had left the band his portrait was not taken, so on rejoining just before the album's release a hastily added image was included. Inside the foldout sleeve are various pictures of Hawkwind and the [Pink Fairies](/wiki/Pink_Fairies "Pink Fairies") playing together underneath the [Westway](/wiki/Westway_%28London%29 "Westway (London)") in London.

There is no overall concept or theme to the songs on the album; the ideas that would culminate in the *[Space Ritual](/wiki/Space_Ritual "Space Ritual")* show are merely contained within the album package, principally *The Hawkwind Log*. It opens with:

Within, the journal entries are from various times and places, including a return to a burnt out Earth in November 1987\. Themes explored include astrology and astronomy, ecology, science, occultism and mysticism, religion and philosophy. Some pieces would later be reused, such as the entries "0207 hrs 15 April 1572, Praesepe cluster" and "Countdown to Lift Off" which appeared on *[Space Ritual](/wiki/Space_Ritual "Space Ritual")* as "The Awakening" and "Ten Seconds of Forever" respectively, and [Black Elk](/wiki/Black_Elk "Black Elk")'s "Offering of the Pipe" *Hetchetu Aloh* chant was later used on "Black Elk Speaks" from *[Space Bandits](/wiki/Space_Bandits "Space Bandits")*. One of the last entries, *1027 hrs. 5 May 1971, Ladbroke Grove*, explains:


Who wrote the chant used on 'Black Elk Speaks' from [Space Bandits]?