Space Shanty

1972 studio album by Khan

Space Shanty

Studio album by Khan
Released	2 June 1972
Recorded	December 1971 – March 1972
Studio	Command Studios, Olympic Studios and Tollington Park Studios, London
Genre	Progressive rock,^[1] Canterbury scene
Length	46:03 54:02 (Bonus tracks)
Label	Deram Records Polydor Records Mantra Records Eclectic Discs Records (re-release)
Producer	Neil Slaven

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Classic Rock	^[2]

Space Shanty is the only album by the short-lived Canterbury scene band Khan. Steve Hillage's first solo album, Fish Rising, included material originally intended for the second album by Khan, but the band split up before it became a possibility.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Space Shanty" (Including The Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons)	Steve Hillage	9:01
2.	"Stranded" (Including Effervescent Psycho Novelty No. 5)	Hillage	6:35
3.	"Mixed Up Man of the Mountains"	Nick Greenwood, Hillage	7:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Driving to Amsterdam"	Hillage	9:23
5.	"Stargazers"	Hillage	5:33
6.	"Hollow Stone" (Including Escape of the Space Pilots)	Hillage	8:16

2004 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Break the Chains"	Greenwood, Hillage	3:31
8.	"Mixed Up Man of the Mountains" (First version)	Greenwood, Hillage	4:28

Personnel

Band

Steve Hillage – guitars, vocals
Nick Greenwood – bass guitar, vocals
Eric Peachey – drums
Dave Stewart – organ, piano, celesta, marimbas

Production^[1]

David Anstey – sleeve design
Pete Booth – engineer
George Chkiantz – engineer
Dave Grinstead – remixing
Neil Slaven – producer
Derek Varnals – engineer, remixing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. Space Shanty review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-27.
^ Henderson, Paul (February 2005). "Khan 'Space Shanty'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 102.