Stupefied: The Twink (Pretty Things, Pink Fairies) Playlist

Twink, far right, with Tomorrow

This week's edition of the Stupefied Playlist© is brought to us by a true legend of the UK's sixties psychedelic underground, Twink! Otherwise known to his mother as John Charles Edward Alder, Twink has seen action recording with such luminaries as Tomorrow, The Pretty Things, The Pink Fairies, Syd Barrett, and Stars, amongst others. 

As a fully paid up groover in the scene around Ladbroke Grove, and after taking part in the legendary UFO club in central London (ground zero for UK psych) as a member of Tomorrow, Twink was asked to join The Pretty Things, and took part in the recording of their now-classic album, S.F. Sorrow. As a solo musician, his first album, Think Pink, included musical support from Mick Farren (of the Deviants, see his playlist here), and Steve Peregrin Took (of Tyrannosaurus Rex) - this led to the formation of the initial Pink Fairies line-up.

An aside: Legendary record producer, and UFO Club founder, Joe Boyd, was obviously inspired by the title of Tomorrow's most well-known song, "My White Bicycle," when he entitled his 2006 memoir, White Bicycles – Making Music in the 1960s. It's an excellent book, by the way.

Over the years, there have been many reunions of his bands, in different combinations, and under different names. He's also collaborated with a few folks like Nik Turner of Hawkwind - they released a live album back in the mid-90's as The Hawkfairies. For a good idea of his lengthy discography, have a look at his Wikipedia page here.

Never far from a recording studio, you can keep up with, and say hello to the man, 

on his Facebook page. 

Thank you, Twink!

01. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS - THE BEATLES

02. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER - THE BEATLES

03. INSTANT KARMA - PLASTIC ONO BAND

04. MY SWEET LORD - GEORGE HARRISON

05. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER - JIMI HENDRIX

06. HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO - THE YARDBIRDS

07. LA WOMAN - THE DOORS

08. WHY - THE BYRDS

09. WHITE RABBIT - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

10. EXPECTING TO FLY - BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

11. UM UM UM UM UM UM - MAJOR LANCE

12. MY GUY - MARY WELLS

13. WALKING THE BOOGIE - JOHN LEE HOOKER

14. MY BABE - LITTLE WALTER

15. GOIN' DOWN SLOW - HOWLIN' WOLF

16. SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN - CHUCK BERRY

17. BLUE MOON - ELVIS PRESLEY

18. JUST A DREAM - JIMMY CLANTON

19. PEACE TRAIN - YUSUF ISLAM/CAT STEVENS

20. REVOLUTION - THE BEATLES