In Search of Space

There is some confusion over the official name of this album, between “In Search of Space”, “Xin Search of Space” or “X In Search of Space” (as Wikipedia says).

Much of the cover art, aside from the front cover, has “In Search of Space”.

Contraiwise, from a Louder Than Sound article:

In Search Of Xin: What or who is Xin? Prog unearths a mystery behind the album title.

One of the abiding mysteries about Hawkwind’s second album is what exactly it’s called. While commonly referred to as In Search Of Space, Barney Bubbles’ cover design clearly says Xin Search Of Space. And as it was Bubbles who gave the album its title, maybe the latter is correct? Terry Ollis confirms: “Barney said to me, it’s pronounced ‘Zin’. But what that means, I don’t know!” However, obviously not everybody got the design memo, because the original album’s spine, inside cover and record label all say plain In Search Of Space. Still, whatever you call it, it’s definitely not X In Search Of Space.