HW et al: Fuz magazine #2

[Captain Bl@ck]

If it IS Paul Rudolph playing lead, then that has to be some of his finest
work. I'd appreciate it if you could check the credits sometime, Doug.

Captain Bl at ck




----- Original Message -----
From: Douglas Pearson <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: HW et al: Fuz magazine #2


> On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:45:41 +0100, Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
> wrote:
> >Agree with comments on Think Pink. But who actually played on it?
>
> The new Italian reissue includes full credits.  It varies from track to
> track, but the gist of it is (I'm at work, so no album in front of me, but
> I just looked at these on saturday, so) ...
>
> Paul Rudolph plays almost all of the lead guitar (he's joined on a couple
> tracks by Victor Unitt of the Pretty Things / Edgar Broughton Band).
>
> Twink plays all the drums EXCEPT "Mexican Grass War" which is original
> Pretty Things drummer Vivian Prince.
>
> John "Junior" Wood of Tomorrow plays (I think) all the bass parts (and
> maybe some keyboards, too, I forget).
>
> John Povey of the Pretty Things plays sitar (and also maybe keyboards).
>
> John "Wally" Waller of the Pretty Things plays keyboards.
>
> (... and Twink is John Alder - John's all over this album.  No wonder they
> all needed nicknames!)
>
> I *think* that's all the instruments, except possibly some extra acoustic
> guitar and percussion by Twink & Steve Took.  Mick Farren, Silver (Twink's
> girlfriend at the time), and others also made vocal contributions.  But
> Paul Rudolph's guitar playing on this album is MIND-BLOWING; it almost
> could've been a solo album by HIM.
>
>     -Doug
>      ceres at sirius.com