Kings of Oblivion

Infobox Album
Name = Kings Of Oblivion
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Pink Fairies


Released = June 1973
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length =
Label = Polydor Records
Producer = David Hitchcock
Reviews =
Last album = "What a Bunch of Sweeties" (1972)
This album = "Kings of Oblivion" (1973)
Next album = "Live at the Roundhouse 1975" (1975)

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"Kings Of Oblivion" is a 1973 album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies.

Paul Rudolph had quit the group on the release of "What a Bunch of Sweeties", his replacement being Mick Wayne. This new three piece recorded one single, "Well, Well, Well"/"Hold On", but Sanderson and Hunter were unhappy with the musical direction Wayne was taking the band. Convincing Larry Wallis to join the group as a second guitarist, they then sacked Wayne passing songwriting and singing duties onto the inexperienced Wallis. [ [http://www.arsydd.btinternet.co.uk/lazfe.html Forced Exposure # 11, winter 1987] – Larry Wallis interview by Nigel Cross]

The album was named after a line from a David Bowie track on Hunky Dory. The cover, by Edward Barker, parodied the popular flying ducks ornaments of the time but with flying pigs instead, pigs having become an ident for the band. An inner foldout sheet contained individual portraits of the group members in their chosen scenes of oblivion.

After this album the group continued touring, but Wallis, who wanted to be in "a very slick two guitar rock band", was at odds with Sanderson and Hunter's attitude of being "content to get up and jam for ten minutes". Eventually he would leave to join Lemmy in the first incarnation of Motörhead.

Track listing

#"City Kids" (Wallis/Sanderson)
#"I Wish I Was A Girl" (Wallis)
#"When's The Fun Begin" (Wallis/Mick Farren)
#"Chromiun Plating" (Wallis)
#"Raceway" (Wallis)
#"Chambermaid" (Wallis/Sanderson/Hunter)
#"Street Urchin" (Wallis);Bonus Tracks
#"Well, Well, Well" (Single Version) (Wayne)
#"Hold On" (Single Version) (Wayne/Sanderson/Hunter)
#"City Kids" (Alternate Mix)
#"Well, Well, Well" (Alternate Mix)

Personnel

*Larry Wallis – Guitar and Vocals
*Duncan Sanderson – Bass
*Russell Hunter – Drums

References

External links

* [http://www.collectable-records.ru/groups/pink%20faries/kings.htm Collectable Records] - Original cover