PINK FAIRIES - Never Neverland

RARE Original First UK pressing 1971 Polydor LP A1/B1

Classic prog rock 10 track LP with a great picture sleeve

Released on Polydor label

catalogue number 2383-045

matrix numbers

2383045 A//1

2383045 B//1

Pink Fairies – Never - Neverland

Tracklist ?

Credits?

• Co-producer – Neil Slaven
• Design [Sleeve] – Pennie Smith, Tony Vesely
• Engineer – Andy Hendriksen, Gary Lyons
• Written-By, Music By, Producer – Pink Fairies*
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Released over a year after their formation, “Never Never Land” is one freakin’, rockin’-rollin’ monster. The group formed in early 1970 around ex-Deviants Paul Rudolph (guitar and vocals), Sandy Sanderson (bass), Russell Hunter (drums) and the recently ex-Pretty Things drummer and vocalist, Twink. At their first gig at The Roundhouse, April 5, 1970, they were met with thunderous applause before they had even played a note, and their continued support from the London underground press helped their already heavy underground credentials, dubbing them as “The People’s Band.” Their first single, “The Snake”, is -- I won’t mince words here -- complete punk rock for 1970, and seven years before its time. John Lydon once referred to The Pink Fairies as his “favourite of the old wave rock bands” and once you hear “Never Never Land” or “The Snake” single, you’ll understand why. Paul “Black George” Rudolph commands his Baby Gibson Les Paul effortlessly into virgin, un-navigated realms of controlled noise from pure silk to raw power as Tony Iommi, Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend (circa “Live At Leeds”) all take roost in his head and the complete abandon of his dosed-up guitar guides the whole ensemble into a series of abandoned freak and rolls previously unheard of in England.

The album opens with “Do It”, the inflammatory, Twink-penned anthem that was the B-side of the previously mentioned “The Snake” single, here remixed and with an additional opening acoustic intro. It takes off into a get-off-yer-ass blistering rock out, Rudolph’s stunningly raw guitar builds and builds into a blinding coda that kicks everyone’s ass twice. Twink’s other tracks (“Heavenly Man”, “Wargirl” and “The Dream Is Just Beginning”) are quieter forays by comparison, but in no way any less addled.

“Say You Love Me” and “Teenage Rebel” are but two further examples of the tight but raw rock’n’roll that get spilled out at high speed, with Rudolph’s gruff vocals bayed over the ensuing loud, stomping free festival stomp-outs. An extended double-drum solo bridges into “Uncle Harry’s Last Freak Out”, their free festival closer. Running anywhere from 10-30 minutes live, it’s a little brief here at a mere 10 minutes 49 seconds but no less raw or hectic. The double-drumming builds up a buffalo stampede in the background that drowns out Sanderson’s polite bass, but Rudolph’s guitar is too over the place, far too loud, and rocketing from speaker to speaker with stereo panning to meet a similar fate. It’s also filtered through Binson Echorec, distortion, wah-wah and infused with such a spirit of going for it that the surprise synthesizer chord that breaks in gets you every time, bursting in like a manic pixie throwing fairy dust right between your eyes. It then starts up again, but the echo unit is still on so high a setting that it captures every single wisp of riffing and amplifies it into a freight train running through your head. It can only settle down from here so it does with Rudolph intoning: “Everyone should be so happy/Everyone could be so merry/You and me could be so fairy…” After taking itself way down, it begins to rise slightly, where every small strum across the guitar bridge is a huge riff across the sky, the Binson on far too high. Before the other three Fairies know it, Rudolph is storming across the heavens in a chariot, and they’re holding onto the back of his black t-shirt for dear life, cause the echo is causing all his frenetic riffing to sound like hundreds of Rudolphs playing at once and they can barely keep up. But they relax as all smears into a single mandied and echoed haze-out.

Gradings

Top & Bottom Edges:EXCELLENT ....Straight, clean and looking unworn.

Right Edge(s), and Type: Clean, mostly very sharp with barely any wear and both guaranteed untrimmed. Record entered on these edges.

Spine and Text:EXCELLENT.... solid and square with no wear, text is near perfect and unworn, very bold and clear.

Corners:  All retain excellent shape.

The Inner Sleeve:Excellent

Vinyl Condition/Visual Grading: VERY GOOD... very clean, shiny, intense black and quite solidly pressed

Album Played For Grading: I play ALL records in there entirety from the beginning to end in the studio to check ,this record is in Very Good condition ,there are a few crackles here and there but overall sound quality is Very Good ...

Sound Quality and Audio Grading:  Strong, distortion-free sound, all frequencies are sharp and clear - sound quality is very high with a wide dynamic range and very full, detailed sound. Both channels here are clean and sharp, This record has been played and has been well stored and looked after within a non-smoking environment. Overall, this is a very fine copy – records, cover and inners – high recommendation is merited.

After Final listening there is a jump on track 1

Shipping & Packaging

UK
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2nd class recorded : £4.75
1st class : £5.00
1st class recorded : £6.00

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