The Velvet Underground - Run Run Run

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Ladbroke Grove

From the mid - sixties to around the time punk broke. Ladbroke Grove was the epicenter of the UK underground.

"Country music isn't nothing but three chords and the truth." - Hank Williams



Everything happened in Ladbroke Grove in the sixties and seventies. I mean it was just nice and I happened to live in Ladbroke Grove and it all happened around me. You couldn’t actually move for bloody Rock and Roll bands” - Michael Moorcock


So let's not talkeof love and flowers And things that don't explode - Urban Guerilla

'In 1969 my world collided with the likes of Paul Rudolph, Duncan Sanderson and Russell Hunter, and for the next two years we felt like we could inherit the earth. Pretty large aspirations for four hippies from Ladbroke Grove. Remember, this was the dawn of stadium rock, with bands like Led Zeppelin rearing it's ugly head. The era of rock gods, inflated ticket prices, and total inaccessibility for fans. We wanted to tear it all down. Pick by pick. The thought of our fans PAYING to see us was incomprehensible. We played only for free, after all money was the root of all evil, right? We waved two fingers at corporate rock by setting up and playing OUTSIDE of huge rock events. Why pay? We'll give it to you for free. We bewitched people from the entry gates at the Isle of Wight and Bath. We got naked at Phun City, played benefits for the underground press, rocked a gay pride rally, and helped organize the very first Glastonbury Festival. We shamelessly promoted ourselves by spray painting our name on the sides of express coaches that crossed country. We influenced everyone, from Hawkwind to the Sex Pistols. We were the peoples' band. Long live rock'n'roll." -Twink (Pink Fairies)







The Deviants - Ptooff! (1967)


Pink Fairies -Kings of Oblivion (1973)



Hawkwind, - Hawkwind (1970)

The Deviants - Ptooff!

1. Opening - 0.05

2. I'm Coming Home - 5:52
3. Child Of The Sky - 4:25
4. Charlie - 3:50 5. Nothing - 4:22
6. Garbage - 5:32 7. Bun - 2:35
8. Deviation - 9:08

Mick Farren – Lead vocals, piano.
Sid Bishop – Guitar, sitar.
Cord Rees – Bass, Spanish guitar.
Russell Hunter – Drums, backing vocals.
Duncan Sanderson, Stephen Sparks, Jennifer Ashworth - Vocals & mumbling.





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Ladbroke Grove

Pink Fairies - Kings of Oblivion

1. City Kids - 3:45
2. I Wish I Was A Girl - 9:41 3.
3.When's The Fun Begin ? - 6:13
4. Chromium Plating - 3:48
5. Raceway - 4:08
6. Chambermaid - 3:18
7. Street Urchin - 7:07

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

Ladbroke Grove

Hawkwind – Hawkwind

1. Hurry on Sundown - 4:50
2. The Reason Is? -3:30
3. Be Yourself - 8:09
4. Paranoia – Part 1- 1:04
5. Paranoia – Part 2 - 4:11
6. Seeing It as You Really Are - 10:43
   
7. Mirror of Illusion - 7:08

bonus tracks

1. Bring It On Home - 3:18
2. Hurry On Sundown" (Hawkwind Zoo demo) - 5:06
3. Kiss of the Velvet Whip (aka "Sweet Mistress of Pain ) - 5:28
4. Cymbaline - 4:04

Dave Brock – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Nik Turner – saxophone, flute, vocals
Mick Slattery – guitar (bonus tracks)
Huw Lloyd-Langton – guitar, vocals
John A. Harrison – bass guitar, vocals
Dik Mik Synthesizer
Terry Ollis - Drums

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