Jul 16, 2013

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, 

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

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