Keep it Together! Cosmic Boogie with the Deviants and the Pink Fairies
“If Reg Presley and The Troggs could make hit records, surely anyone could. Our only mistake was that we neglected to write Wild Thing.”
—Mick Farren, from his Introduction
This is the remarkable story of London’s communal bands of the 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of two of its most crucial exponents.
Fuelled by amphetamine psychosis the DEVIANTS and PINK FAIRIES were bands of the people, gate-crashing festivals and playing for free on a flatbed truck, and on some days sharing a bill with Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead. Keep It Together! tells of the underground movement that was key in shaping a London that had been swinging but was quickly moving toward more brutish territory. It is a tale that includes the Pretty Things, Hawkwind, MC5, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Edgar Broughton Band, Motorhead and a host of other influential bands and pilled-up geezers desperate for a revolution. Or at the very least Top of the Pops.
Introduction ‘The Ladbroke Grove’, by Mick Farren, the Deviants.
“Vividly captures the spirit of the times”–Record Collector
“This is British amphetamine psychosis music and if you don’t like it you can f*ck off and listen to your Iron Butterfly albums”–Mick Farren of The Deviants in Vancouver
“Keep It Together! is far from a litany of mega-successes; rather, it’s the story of a mob of reprobates that made every mistake imaginable and seemed destined for self-immolation but somehow, against all odds, keep coming back for one more try.”–Ken Shimamoto, I94bar.com
Very Fine copy in paper wraps, this is one of the first printing numbered copies, #367 of the limited first printing with the bonus cut CD Pink Fairies LIVE at Grantchester Meadows 1971 sold with the early printings of the book, scarce!
Publisher : Headpress Ltd.; First Edition (March 1, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 190048661X
ISBN-13 : 978-1900486613
Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
$ 125.00
