OFF: Ozric Tentacles/ Pink Fairies

[Nick Medford]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0107011217350.5867-100000 at chiark.greenend.o
rg.uk>, Jon Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK> writes

>1970: Band lineup features Paul Rudolph & Twink, Paul and the other two
>being freshly ex-Deviants; the first single is `The Snake'/`Do It' and the
>album it comes from is _Never Never Land_ (isn't it?)

Well the b-side is- and it's one of the Fairies' finest moments, but "The
Snake" isn't on the album. It is however on the Polydor compilation (called,
er, "Pink Fairies") which I think has been re-issued on CD.

>1971 Paul Rudolph quits and the other to grab a guitarist called James
>Wayne for one single (`Well Well Well')

This track also appears on the aforementioned comp.

>1975 Everyone except Wayne is gathered back for a reunion, and this
>generates the _Live at the Roundhouse_ LP

then in 1976: you might not have known that they reformed briefly- indeed
there were sporadic reformations throughout the late 70s- with Wallis,
Sanderson, Hunter plus guitarist Martin 'Mad Dog' Stone, and released a
single on Stiff, "Between The Lines"/"Spoiling For A Fight". The a-side is
punked-up rockabilly, the b-side is almost a foretaste of the kind of material
on "Kill Em and Eat Em" but is very good with it. I've got the original
picsleeve 45, the cover is brilliant, if I ever get a scanner I'll happily scan it
in for folks who are interested.

>
>1987 Another reformation featuring Wallis, Sanderson (bass), Twink &
>Hunter and ex-Deviants Andy Colquhun who was never in the Pink Fairies
>before. The album produced is called _Kill 'Em and Eat 'em_ and is OK 80s
>rock with sadly _Xenon Codex_-like production values, but it's not really
>what one expects from the PF moniker.

I rather like that album, certainly not very psychedelic but Wallis has a real
knack as a raunch'n'roll songwriter. The Mick Farren lyrics on a couple of
tracks are a bonus too. Certainly I like it better than the "Previously
Unreleased" mini-album to which you refer elsewhere.

--
Nick Medford