How the fuck is there no Pink Fairies thread?

their Stiff single is so good too. It's all good. even 'Kill Em and Eat Em' has some good tracks.

NeverNeverLand I think is as good as Kings Of Oblivion.

I still love the first two. It's just that I love Kings SO much.

True understanding of Kings isn't to be had unless the first Motorhead is played afterward, at least once.

CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: I do not like the Pink Fairies, and that said, I think Never Neverland is BETTER than Kings of Oblivion, but maybe there's something to what Libcrypt says. One never knows. (and I've TRIED! I bought Kings of Oblivion blind and listened to it maybe twice in three years before selling it back.)

(A lot of my friends are into the Pink Fairies, so maybe it could just be the contrarian in me.)

Pink Fairies (Polydor UK 1976) > Kings of Oblivion > What A Bunch Of Sweeties > Never Never Land.

They're all pretty good, though.

what is Pink Fairies (Polydor UK 1976), chuck?

oh wait ... is that that comp with the airbrushed logo on the cover that you put in Stairway? yeah that is pretty cool because it has those singles like "The Snake" and so forth ... but I still don't think it tops Kings.

but i do thank you for introducing me to it because quite frankly when I got into Pink Fairies in the 90s, i didn't even know those other extraneous tracks existed!

xp Weird, the compilation I call Pink Fairies is called Flashback here and there on the Internets, though it doesn't say that word anywhere on my copy. But maybe it is 1976 rather than 1975:

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/the_pink_fairies/flashback__pink_fairies/

Shit! I mean, maybe it's 1975, not 1976 (as some places seem to claim.)

yup .. "Snake" and "well Well Well" etc ..totally essential..

Do it! Do it! Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it!

yup .. "Snake" and "well Well Well" etc ..totally essential..

yup, which is why I'm glad to own the CD versions! Fairies vinyl is apparently as elusive as Stairway assured us. (I did find Never Never Land way back in the '80s but that was luck.)

Kings > Never > Sweeties is my ranking

I've got a 3 sided lp of BBC sessions called "Uncle Harry" (one of the sides of the 2lp set is etched with flying pigs). Has a totally shredful version of "The Snake" on it. I think it's probably a bonus on one of the cd releases or something. Also has a nice cover of "lucille" and a couple takes of "Uncle Harry" and "DO IT."

Fairies vinyl is apparently as elusive as Stairway assured us.

Wait, so does that mean my LP copies of Kings of Oblivion and the Flashback comp are worth $$$? How much? (As usual, I'm clueless about such record-collecting details. And I even more cluelessly sold my copy of What A Bunch of Sweeties after I wrote Stairway, along with most of the other albums in the book, undoubtedly for a fortune less than it is now worth. I've only ever owned Never Never Land on a cassette someone made for me.)

from popsike recently, these are probably mint copies to...

PINK FAIRIES Kings of Oblivion UK ORIG LP NM PRISTINE 40 GBP

PINK FAIRIES: Never-Never Land Orig UK/71 Psych Prog 192 EUR

Great band. Only got the cd reissues though, never seen any vinyl about.

Polydor replica reissue of Masters of Oblivion all over the place a couple years back. Dunno if it's still around.

Can't miss their unusual version of "I Saw Her Standing There" which turns into an S&M party in which the girl hits the singer with her broom.

I've got a 3 sided lp of BBC sessions called "Uncle Harry" (one of the sides of the 2lp set is etched with flying pigs). Has a totally shredful version of "The Snake" on it. I think it's probably a bonus on one of the cd releases or something. Also has a nice cover of "lucille" and a couple takes of "Uncle Harry" and "DO IT."

i think this is more or less the same as "mandies and mescaline round at uncle harry's" - though if it contains those really ass-fidelity covers of "tomorrow never knows" and "3/5ths of a mile" it might be split between mandies and that cleopatra comp. so annoying that you have to get both of those if you want the best quality glastonbury and bbc sessions, since they're radically different in sound on those two discs.

best band ever

are these drunk revives? be honest.

yes. yes they are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQGxkiCcYA&feature=rec-fav-watch-cur_emp-farside_rn

"What a Bunch of Sweeties" deserves way more props I think. Everything about their version of "Walk Don't Run" is killer! The lazy, just on the right side of sloppy feel, the amazing guitar tone, deep, heavy drums, and the bit where it goes into sort of ragarock mode at the end, crank it up on a decent set of speakers and it feels like it could move stuff around the room. It's one of my favouritest records.

Was just talking about Pink Fairies with someone the other day funnily enough.

DO IT DO IT DO IT

srsly watch this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18LKOI81Kc

"What a Bunch of Sweeties" deserves way more props I think.

This is true. It's really pretty good, just a little too self-indulgent at times.

Also "Chambermaid" from Kings is so fucking good.

Bought some time ago the Finland Freakout cd that contains insanely massive versions of Tomorrow Never Knows and The Snake - hippy-punk at its best.

Finland Freakout and one song on a Stiff Singles comp are the only PF material on Spotify

http://www.amazon.com/Keep-It-Together-Deviants-Fairies/dp/190048661X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1331488779&sr=8-5

Anyone read this book? Worth reading?

Keep It Together!: Cosmic Boogie with the Deviants and the Pink Fairies [Paperback]
Rich Deakin (Author), Mick Farren of The Deviants (Introduction)
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I have and it's definitely worth reading! Pretty basic history of the time, but very interesting if you're into the Pink Fairies or the Ladbroke Grove bands, free festivals, etc. Not being British a lot of that was new to me.

Namechecked in this awesome advert from the 70s... Larry Grayson and Larry Wallis together at last!

http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/529121_389905447736525_1663748630_n.jpg

so if I love Kings of Oblivion, which Deviants album do I need? (I've never knowingly heard the Deviants and only I know of them via their connection to the Fairies)

hmmmm

Ptoof! Is absolutely insane, everybody should own it

You have to dive into the Deviants, 'cause there's no real direct analogy with the PFs.