Editing In Search of Space (section)

==Background==
Bass player John A Harrison left just after recording the first album, replaced by [[Thomas Crimble (musician)|Thomas Crimble]] who in turn was replaced by [[Dave Anderson (musician)|Dave Anderson]] from [[Amon Düül II]] for this album, and who in turn would be gone before its release. Electronics player [[Dik Mik|Dik Mik Davies]] had also temporarily left<ref>Del Dettmar left his position at the mixing desk and joined the line-up on stage, initially to cover the departure of Dik Mik, who kept leaving and rejoining. Dik Mik played on in Search of Space (United Artists UAG 29202) which was recorded in the Summer of 1971 and released in October, and then left before the cover was made. He came back again after the cover was done which is why his picture appears on the sleeve as part of the background instead of in a 'frame' like the others. – Brian Tawn, May 1986, Approved History of Hawkwind</ref> so the band's live sound engineer [[Del Dettmar]] was pulled in as a replacement, whilst [[Huw Lloyd-Langton]] had departed after a bad [[LSD]] experience at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1970|Isle of Wight Festival]].<ref>The Saga of Hawkwind – Carol Clerk (pp 44)</ref>