16 Ekim 2021 Cumartesi

Pink Fairies / What A Bunch Of Sweeties (1972)

 


United Kingdom

Hard Rock, Heavy Psych, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Proto-Punk

After an awesome psych-punk debut album _Never Never Land_, the Pink Fairies ditched the acid-addled style of tracks like "Heavenly Man", instead going for lengthier, riff mad jams.

While initially not as impressive as _Never Never Land_, after a few listens _.....Sweeties_ reveals itself as a great LP in it's own right. Stand out tracks are "I Went Up, I Went Down" (the mellowest song on the album), the country piss take "Pigs Of Uranus" and a husky cover of The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There".

Also of note is the 9 minute plus version of rock 'n' roll classic "Walk Don't Run". I'm sure when Johnny Smith, whoever he may be, first wrote this (much-covered already sorta thing) tune he never imagined it'd be covered in such a way! An even longer, alternate take of the song is included as a bonus track.

This band is pretty damn underrated- I can recommend this album to all fans of jam heavy sludge, stoner, psych, proto punk and space rock.

Members

Twink (drums, vocals, 1969-71, 1975-76, 1987-88, 1995-97), Mick Farren (lead vocals, 1969), Steve Peregrine Took (guitar, 1969), Sally Meltzer [aka Silver Darling] (keyboards, 1969), Duncan Sanderson (bass, 1970-76, 1981-88, 2014-17), Russell Hunter (drums, 1970-76, 1987-88, 2014-17), Paul Rudolph (guitar, vocals, 1970-72, 1975-76, 1995-97, 2018-present), Mick Wayne (guitar, vocals, 1972-73), Larry Wallis (guitar, vocals, 1973-76, 1981-88), Martin Stone (guitar, 1976), George Butler (drums, 1981-86, 2014-17), Andy Colquhoun (guitar, vocals, 1987-88, 2014-17), Jaki Windmill (percussion, 2014-17), Alan Davey (bass, vocals, 2018-present), Lucas Fox (drums, vocals, 2018-present)

01 - Prologue

02 - Right On Fight On

03 - Portobello Shuffle

04 - Marilyn

05 - Pigs of Uranus

06 - Walk Don't Run

07 - I Went Up, I Went Down

08 - X-Ray

09 - I Saw Her Standing There


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