"Think Pink" - Twink (1970 - Rei 2020)
"Think Pink" is the debut album by Twink and is a UK stoner-psych square that is fuzzy, spacey, and trippy. Twink was the pseudonym for psych drummer John Alder. Alder had played with many psych bands like The Pretty Things and Tomorrow and others in the late 60s, the early 70s. And some of these musicians from the psych community sit in on this album. It's all a heady-cool mix.
The music has a "let's get high, go in the studio and mess with some heads" vibe all through it. However, the musicianship is really top-notch and the ideas never overstay their welcome. I don't hear too much about this album, but I really like it. It hits the spot. Quenches the psych thirst, for sure.
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Favorites include the solid psych gem..."Ten Thousand Words in a Cardboard Box.” The groovy stone-rocker..."Tiptoe On The Highest Hill." And the floaty..."Suicide."
My copy is the Think Pink 50th Anniversary reissue that was released in 2020. The album was pressed in Canada and includes a 12x12 pink lyric insert and a download card. Sounds excellent. Also, "10,000 WORDS IN A CARDBOARD BOX" is printed in the deadwax. Original copies are hard to come by and can pull $200 plus when they do. This reissue serves its purpose nicely.
Hype Sticker
Lyrics sheet insert
Think Pink 50th label
Cat #
2343-032
SIDE A DEADWAX
10,000 WORDS IN A CARDBOARD BOX A I.S.D.
SIDE B DEADWAX
10,000 WORDS IN A CARDBOARD BOX B
“Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box” - Twink / "Think Pink" (1970)
TRACKS:
A1 "The Coming of the Other One" 3:51
A2 "Ten Thousand Words In A Cardboard Box" 4:30
A3 "Dawn Of Magic" 1:44
A4 "Tiptoe On The Highest Hill" 5:19
A5 "Fluid" 4:08
B1 "Mexican Grass War" 5:30
B2 "Rock An' Roll The Joint" 2:32
B3 "Suicide" 4:26
B4 "Three Little Piggies" 3:15
B5 "The Sparrow Is A Sign" 2:24
PERSONNEL:
Twink - vocals; drums (A1, A2, A4, A5, B2, B5) acoustic guitar (B3)
Paul Rudolph - guitars (A2, A4, B3, B5) vibraphone (B3) vocals (B4) percussion (B4) bass (B5) chimes (B5)
Steve Peregrin Took - vocals (A1, B4, B5) percussion (B1, B2, B4) pixie horn (A1) guitar (B5)
John "Junior" Wood - bass (A2, A4, B3)
Silver - vocals (A5, B2, B4) percussion (B4)
John Povey - sitar (A1), mellotron (A2, A4, B3)
Dave "Boss" Goodman - vocals, percussion (B4)
John "Honk" Lodge - bass (A5, B2)
Victor Unitt - guitars (A5, B2)
Wally Allen - piano (A5)
Viv Prince - drums (B1)
Mick Farren - vocals (B2) producer
Good stuff.
Casey Chambers
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