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Act One
1	Frank Joseph Strauss, Defence Minister, Reviews The Luftwaffe In 1958. Finding It Somewhat Lacking In Image Potential.	1:40
2	The Aerospaceage Inferno	4:35
3	Aircraft Salesman (A Door In The Foot)	1:41
4	The Widow Maker Lead Guitar – Dave Brock	2:42
5	Two Test Pilots Discuss The Starfighter's Performance	0:41
6	The Right Stuff	4:23
7	Board Meeting (Seen Through A Contract Lense).	0:58
8	The Song Of The Gremlin (Part One) Synthesizer [Series III] – Adrian Wagner Voice – Arthur Brown	3:21
Act Two
9	Ground Crew (Last Minute Reassembly Before Take Off)	3:17
10	Hero With A Wing	3:20
11	Ground Control To Pilot	0:52
12	Ejection	3:35
13	Interview	3:55
14	I Resign	0:27
15	The Song Of The Gremlin (Part Two) Synthesizer [Series III] – Adrian Wagner Voice – Arthur Brown	3:10
16	Bier Garten	0:38
17	Catch A Falling Starfighter Percussion [Funeral Drum] – Twink	2:54

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – EMI Special Markets
• Distributed By – Universal Music Group
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BGO Records
• Recorded At – Island Studios
• Recorded At – Olympic Studios
• Recorded At – Radio Luxembourg Studios
• Remixed At – Trident Studios

Credits

• Backing Vocals – The Ladbroke Grove Hermaphroditic Voice Ensemble
• Bass, Rhythm Guitar – Lemmy
• Drums – Simon King
• Keyboards – Adrian Wagner
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass – Paul Rudolph
• Music By – Adrian Wagner (tracks: 8, 15), Arthur Brown (tracks: 8, 15), Dave Brock (tracks: 4)
• Producer – Roy Baker*
• Saxophone – Nik Turner
• Synthesizer – Del Dettmar
• Synthesizer, Effects [Electronic] – Brian Eno (tracks: Brian Peter George St John Le Baptiste De La Salle)
• Technician – Anton Matthews, Frank Owen, Phil Chapman, Phil Brown*, Rufus Cartwright
• Vocals, Voice [Spoken Word], Percussion – Bob Calvert*
• Voice [Spoken Word] – Jim Capaldi, Richard Ealing, Tom Mittledorf, Vivian Stanshall
• Words By – Robert Calvert

Notes

Recorded at Island, Olympic, Radio Luxembourg (dialogue) between March 1973 and January 1974.

Original released on LP in 1974.

Made in Great Britain.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 5 017261 200051
• Barcode (String): 5017261200051

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
UAG 29507	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	United Artists Records	UAG 29507	UK	1974
TCK 29507	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(Cass, Album)	United Artists Records	TCK 29507	UK	1974
BGOCD5	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(CD, Album, RE)	BGO Records	BGOCD5	UK	1994
RCV014LP(G)	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(2xLP, Col)	Back On Black	RCV014LP(G)	UK	2010
IMP 1011	Robert Calvert	Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters ‎(LP, Album)	Import Records	IMP 1011	US	1977

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