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History

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occasionally joined the band for gigs and contributes to a couple of tracks, otherwise the band is the same line up stranded in San Francisco as The Deviants in 1969 after they sacked vocalist

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. The sleeve came in a gatefold cover by Edward Barker, the front showing a box full of goodies mostly taken from roadie Boss Goodman's personal collection of underground badges etc., the inner gatefold a cartoon strip. The lyrics for "The Pigs of Uranus" are taken from a

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comic strip '' Wonder Warthog versus the Pigs from Uranus''. "Walk Don't Run" is a cover of

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percussionist)

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and guitarist Mick Wayne (ex

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, Wayne, Sanderson and Hunter split from Took and formed a new version of the Pink Fairies for an unsuccessful tour and a single "Well Well Well/Hold On" and also a Radio 1 session, before replacing Wayne with

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(formerly of Took's 1970 band Shagrat). Rudolph's departure was generally viewed as a disaster brought about by disparate drug habits and visa problems but the trio reunited in 2009 to re-record "Do It!" from their first single for the Boss Goodman tribute CD ''Portobello Shuffle''.

Track listing

#"Prologue" (Pink Fairies) - 1:21 #"Right On, Fight On" (Pink Fairies) - 7:59 #"Portobello Shuffle" (Pink Fairies) - 4:24 #"Marilyn" (Pink Fairies) - 5:34 #"The Pigs of Uranus" (Pink Fairies,

) - 3:27 #"Walk Don't Run" (

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; arranged by Pink Fairies) - 9:13 #"I Went Up, I Went Down" (Pink Fairies) - 8:22 #"X-Ray" (Pink Fairies) - 3:08 #"

" (

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) - 3:09

2002 CD Bonus Tracks

"Going Down" (Previously unreleased) - 5:39 #"Walk Don't Run" (First version) (Previously unreleased) - 10:32

Personnel

;Pink Fairies * Paul Rudolph – guitar, vocals *Duncan Sanderson – bass *Russell Hunter – drums ;with *

– guitar (2, 3) ;Technical *Frank Owen - engineer *

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- design

References

External links

Collectable Records
- Original cover {{Authority control 1972 albums Pink Fairies albums Polydor Records albums