Live at the Roundhouse/Previously Unreleased/Do It

by The Pink Fairies

Overview

A compilation of various Pink Fairies releases from the mid- to late '70s, Live at the Roundhouse/Previously Unreleased/Do It is rather frustrating. The glorious ferocity of the original Live at the Roundhouse LP is preserved here in its entirety, but it remains inexplicable why more songs from the Roundhouse gig (which reunited all five past members of the Fairies) were not included, since Pink Fairies concerts were legendary for their excessive length. Instead, the short Roundhouse album is padded with Previously Unreleased, a fairly poor scam in every sense of the word. For one thing, Previously Unreleased is really a collection of solo material recorded by Fairies guitarist Larry Wallis, rather than, as its title implies, newly uncovered Fairies outtake's. For another, it's utterly tedious, despite the presence of Fairies bassist Duncan Sanderson and legendary rock writer Mick Farren (who served as co-writer, much as he did in the Fairies' early days). As yet another bonus, the CD adds Twink's 1978 solo EP, Do It (With the Fairies), and much like Wallis' solo work, the music here is mediocre (Twink's reworking of the Fairies' classic "Do It," for instance, is superfluous at best). Live at the Roundhouse is still an interesting document, but by padding it with such forgettable music rather than more of the original show, the Pink Fairies have made it less of an essential purchase and more of a disc that's of little value to anyone but completists. ~ Victor W. Valdivia

Product Details

Release Date:	09/03/2002
Label:	Ace / Big Beat Uk
UPC:	0029667196529
Rank:	202834

Tracks

1. City Kids
2. Waiting For the Man
3. Lucille
4. Uncle Harry's Last Freako
5. Going Down
6. As Long as the Price Is R
7. Waiting For the Lightning
8. Can't Find the Lady
9. No Second Chance
10. Talk of the Devil
11. I Think It's Coming Back
12. Do It 1977
13. Psychedelic Punkeroo
14. Enter the Diamonds

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Pink Fairies   Primary Artist
Twink and the Fairies   Primary Artist
Russell Hunter   Drums
Chris Chesney   Guitar
Duncan Sanderson   Bass,Vocals
Larry Wallis   Vocals,Guitar
Paul Rudolph   Vocals,Guitar
Kid Rogers   Vocals,Guitar
Danger Sun   Bass

Technical Credits

Mick Farren   Composer
Russell Hunter   Composer
Duncan Sanderson   Composer
Larry Wallis   Composer,Producer
Paul Rudolph   Composer
Al Collins   Composer
Alec Hawkins   Engineer
Little Richard   Composer
Phil Smee   Cover Design
Neil Richmond   Engineer
Lou Reed   Composer
Twink and the Fairies   Performer
Edward Barker   Illustrations,Original Sleeve Design
Jeremy Green   Mixing,Producer