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. A one-off reunion concert featuring all five previous members of the group was organised by Ted Carroll, head of

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. At the time of this gig, former member Paul Rudolph was also playing bass for

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was playing guitar for

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. The tapes were licensed from Douglas Smith for release in 1982, although only part of the concert was issued, the rest being deemed unsuitable for public consumption. It was pressed on pink vinyl with a cover by long-standing collaborator Edward Barker featuring a pig which had become the band's ident. The track "Going Down" is a cover of the

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song, but was erroneously credited to

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on the original release. The actual concert included many live favourites from the Pink Fairies history not represented on the LP. Other songs performed at the concert included "Do It", "3/5 Mile in 10 Seconds", "The Snake", "Street Urchin" and "Bye Bye Johnny". Poor recording quality led to an abbreviated release. This was in truth the 2nd reunion of the year, the first having taken place in Feb 16 without the presence of Twink and generally considered the better of the two among fans despite the Fairies non-headlining status at the earlier gig. Demand was so high that those locked out attempted to burn down the doors of the venue. The stage was 'enhanced' by a large polystyrene Mandrax tablet erected by the road crew and the distribution to the crowd of many cannabis 'joints'. Such was the reaction that the trio of Wallis/Sanderson/Hunter went on to tour at length after the second concert, Wallis juggling his commitment to Motorhead. The CD edition consists of ''Live at the Roundhouse 1975'' with the EPs ''

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'' (1984; recorded in 1982) and ''Twink and the Fairies'' (1978), in that order, as bonus tracks. "Twink & The Fairies" in fact a wholly unrelated project, the only other 'fairy' being Sanderson on bass for "Do It 77".

Track listing

;Vinyl #"City Kids" (Wallis, Sanderson) #"

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) #"Uncle Harry's Last Freakout" (Sanderson, Rudolph, Hunter) #"Going Down" (

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) ;CD reissue bonus tracks ::''

'' (recorded 1982) #

"As Long As The Price Is Right" #"Waiting For The Lightning To Strike" #"Can't Find The Lady" #"No Second Chance" #"Talk of The Devil" #"I Think It's Coming Back Again" ::''Twink and the Fairies'' (1978) #

"Do It 1977" (Twink & The Fairies) #"Psychedelic Punkeroo" (Twink & The Fairies) #"Enter The Diamonds" (Twink & The Fairies)

Personnel

;Pink Fairies * Paul Rudolph – guitar, vocals *

– guitar, vocals *Duncan Sanderson – bass, vocals *Russell Hunter – drums * Twink – drums, vocals

References

{{Pink Fairies Pink Fairies albums 1982 live albums