Ptooff!
Encyclopedia
Ptooff!—self-described on the inside cover as the deviants underground l.p.—is the 1967 debut album by the UK underground
group The Deviants (originally known as The Social Deviants).
Mick Farren
and Russell Hunter had met 21 year old millionaire Nigel Samuel who funded the £700 required for this recording. Eight thousand copies were sold on their own Impressario label via mail order through the UK Underground press
, such as Oz
and International Times
, before being picked up and released by Decca Records
. It was re-released in the mid-1980s by Psycho
.
The cover came in a 6-panel foldout with extensive notes, including a review by John Peel
: "There is little that is not good, much that is excellent and the occasional flash of brilliance". There are two quotations in the cartoon
drawing that fills three panels; one of them, "When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city shake!!" is adapted from a quote in Plato
's Republic.
Ptooff! was re-issued on CD in 1992 by Drop Out Records as #DOCD1988.
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 The Deviants (originally known as The Social Deviants).
Mick Farren
Mick Farren
Michael Anthony 'Mick' Farren is an English journalist, author and singer associated with counterculture and the UK Underground.-Music:...
and Russell Hunter had met 21 year old millionaire Nigel Samuel who funded the £700 required for this recording. Eight thousand copies were sold on their own Impressario label via mail order through the UK Underground press
Underground press
The underground press were the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other western nations....
, such as Oz
Oz (magazine)
Oz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963 and 1969 in Sydney, Australia and, in its second and better known incarnation, became a "psychedelic hippy" magazine from 1967 to 1973 in London...
and International Times
International Times
International Times was an underground newspaper founded in London in 1966. Editors included Hoppy, David Mairowitz, Pete Stansill, Barry Miles, Jim Haynes and playwright Tom McGrath...
, before being picked up and released by Decca Records
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
. It was re-released in the mid-1980s by Psycho
Psycho Records
Psycho records is a UK record label that released the records of some artists such as Majors, The Foundations, comedian Jimmy Jones and Killermeters in the 1970s...
.
The cover came in a 6-panel foldout with extensive notes, including a review by John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
: "There is little that is not good, much that is excellent and the occasional flash of brilliance". There are two quotations in the cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
drawing that fills three panels; one of them, "When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city shake!!" is adapted from a quote in Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
's Republic.
Ptooff! was re-issued on CD in 1992 by Drop Out Records as #DOCD1988.
Side 1
- "Opening" (Sid Bishop, Mick Farren, Russell Hunter, Cord Rees, Steve Sparks) - 0:08
- "I'm Coming Home" (Sid Bishop, Mick Farren, Russell Hunter) - 5:59
- "Child of the Sky" (Farren, Cord Rees, Hammond) - 4:32
- "Charlie" (Sid Bishop, Mick Farren) - 3:56
- "Nothing Man" (Mick Farren, Moore) - 4:21
Side 2
- "Garbage" (Sid Bishop, Mick Farren, Russell Hunter) - 5:36
- "Bun" (Cord Rees) - 2:42
- "Deviation Street" (Mick Farren) - 9:01
Personnel
- Mick FarrenMick FarrenMichael Anthony 'Mick' Farren is an English journalist, author and singer associated with counterculture and the UK Underground.-Music:...
– 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
External links
- Collectable Records - Original cover