The Pink Fairies : Kings of Oblivion

Kings Of Oblivion

 is a 1973 album

 by the 

UK underground group

The Pink Fairies

Paul Rudolph had
 quit the group

 on the release of 

What a Bunch of Sweeties, 

thus briefly

 deactivating the band. 

Duncan Sanderson 

and

 Russell Hunter 

formed a new band

 with

 Steve Peregrin Took

 and guitarist

 Mick Wayne, 

before splitting

 from Took

 and reactivating

The Pink Fairies

 with

 Wayne 

as singer/guitarist. 

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 

(formerly of Took's 1970 band Shagrat)

 to join the group

 as a second guitarist, 

they then sacked Wayne

 passing songwriting 

and singing duties

 onto the

 inexperienced Wallis. 

The album was named after 

a line from a 

David Bowie 

track titled

 "The Bewlay Brothers".

 The cover,

 by Edward Barker,

 parodied the popular 

flying ducks ornaments 

of the time but with

 flying pigs instead,

 pigs having become

 a motif 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 LIST

1. "City Kids" (
2. "I Wish I Was a Girl" 
3. "When's The Fun Begin?" 
4. "Chromium Plating" 
5. "Raceway"
6. "Chambermaid" 
7. "Street Urchin" 

 BONUS TRACKS

8. "Well, Well, Well" (Single version)
9. "Hold On" (Single version) 
10. "City Kids" (Alternate mix) 
11. "Well, Well, Well" (Alternate mix) 

Personnel

• Larry Wallis – guitar, vocals
• Duncan Sanderson – bass, vocals
• Russell Hunter – drums

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