Pink Fairies - 'Finland Freakout 1971' (Major League Product
Mike Reed | USA | 04/26/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Great-sounding archive live performance from the Pink Fairies. Gig took place on August 21, 1971 at the Finland Turku Rock Festival. My only complaint is this vintage show should've been a bit longer - but that's okay. Live recording you get here has that 'like you are there' sound. Starts off with their powerful Beatle's cover "Tomorrow Never Knows", then "The Snake" followed the UK psychedelic punkster's classic - the twenty-minute ripping "Uncle Harry's Last Freakout" and the set closer, their homage the the surf legends The Venture's thirteen-minute "Walk Don't Run". Line-up was strictly a trio - Paul Rudolph-guitar & vocals, Duncan Sanderson-bass and Russell Hunter-drums. So highly recommended, I often get dizzy just thinking about it."
The Apocalypse comes to Turku
lawzlo | 05/20/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Recorded live at the Turku Rock Festival, it's awesome that they made this available. Wild, heavy, out-of-control jams of 'Uncle Harry's Last Freakout' (off their first album) and 'the Snake' (their [first?] single), as well as surf-rock standard 'Walk, Don't Run' and Beatles psychedelic classic 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. I don't think either the Ventures or the Fabs had ever been butchered quite this uniquely (or massacred quite this brilliantly).
Don't expect a clean, sanitized, melodious or finessed performance. Expect a band that sounds like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tripping out and smashing planets at random. With feedback.
Proto-punk? Proto-metal? God only knows. I'm just glad they put this out. How about a release of their performance *outside* the Isle of Wight Music Festival? If such a recording exists..."