Man Erg wrote:
Pink Fairies - Never Never Land
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Privileged to see Pink Fairies perform this album live at Royal Holloway College but I can't remember which Summer Ball it was - 69, 70 or 71? Even in a small hall in a lareg Victorian building, the acoustics sounded good and we had two drummers for our money (and possibly two bass guitarists that night?????????????????). I think folk proggies Magna Carta were on the same bill as were the great Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts. However, saw a stripped down PF 6 months later at Kingston Swimming Baths, when they had become much more popular, and they became one of the few bands I walked out on before the end of the gig - unlistenable being too loud combined with diabolical acoustics because the floor was suspended over the swimming pool! Bought Never Never Land soon after its release, with the transparent PVC cover - but then played exclusively the long track with the drum duet formed from Teenage Rebel/Uncle Harry's Last Freakout, until that part of the album wore out. One of those drummers was Twink - best known for playing in Tomorrow with Steve Howe .