What a Bunch of Sweeties is a 1972 album by the UK underground

UK underground

The Underground was a countercultural movement in the United Kingdom linked to the underground culture in the United States and associated with the hippie phenomenon. Its primary focus was around Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill in London...

 group Pink Fairies

Pink Fairies

Pink Fairies were an English rock band active in the London underground and psychedelic scene of the early 1970s. They promoted free music, drug taking and anarchy and often performed impromptu gigs and other agitprop stunts, such as playing for free outside the gates at the Bath and Isle of Wight...

.

Twink had left the band before the recording of this album. Former The Move

The Move

The Move, from Birmingham, England, were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any success in the United States....

 guitarist Trevor Burton 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 '69 following the loss of vocalist Mick Farren.

The sleeve came in a gatefold cover by Edward Barker

Edward Barker (cartoonist)

John Edward Barker was an English cartoonist, best known for his work in International Times and The Observer in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the comic strip "The Largactilites" . He was described as "the wittiest and most idiosyncratic cartoonist to emerge from the British...

, 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 "Pigs Of Uranus" are taken from a Gilbert Shelton

Gilbert Shelton

Gilbert Shelton is an American cartoonist and underground comix artist. He is the creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, Philbert Desanex, Not Quite Dead, and the cover art to The Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street.He graduated from Lamar High...

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

The Ventures

The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling...

 song, and there's a cover version of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' "I Saw Her Standing There

I Saw Her Standing There

"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....

". "Marilyn" features a drum solo. A single from the album "I Saw Her Standing There/Pigs Of Uranus" was released in Germany with a pic sleeve of an earlier version of the group.

Before its release guitarist Paul Rudolph left the band and was briefly replaced by Mick Wayne (ex Junior's Eyes

Junior's Eyes (band)

Junior's Eyes was a British group led by guitarist Mick Wayne , which recorded one album and is notable for acting as David Bowie's backing band during 1969.-Beginnings:...

) for an unsuccessful tour and a single "Well Well Well/Hold On" and also a Radio 1 session. Rudolph's departure was generally viewed as a disaster brought about by disparate drug habits & 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

1. "Prologue" (Pink Fairies) - 1:21
2. "Right on, Fight on" (Pink Fairies) - 7:59
3. "Portobello Shuffle" (Pink Fairies) - 4:24
4. "Marilyn" (Pink Fairies) - 5:34
5. "The Pigs of Uranus" (Pink Fairies/Shelton) - 3:27
6. "Walk Don't Run" (Smith) - 9:13
7. "I Went Up, I Went Down" (Pink Fairies) - 8:22
8. "X-Ray" (Pink Fairies) - 3:08
9. "I Saw Her Standing There
   I Saw Her Standing There
   "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....
   
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   , Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   ) - 3:09

2002 CD Bonus Tracks

10. "Going Down" (Previously Unreleased) - 5:39
11. "Walk Don't Run (First Version)" (Previously Unreleased) - 10:32

the cover was designed by Pennie Smith who went on to become staff photographer for frendz ,but gained legendary status with her picture s of the clash ,including the cover of London Calling

Personnel

• Paul Rudolph
  Paul Rudolph (musician)
  Paul Fraser Rudolph is a guitarist,bassist, singer, and cyclist. He made his mark in the UK underground music scene, and then as a session musician, before returning to Canada to indulge his passion for cycling...
  
  – Guitar and Vocals
• Duncan Sanderson – Bass
• Russell Hunter – Drums

with

• Trevor Burton – Guitar ("Right On, Fight On" and "Portobello Shuffle")

External links

• Collectable Records - Original cover