Steve Peregrine’s Took Shagrat – Lone Star (1970-1971)

If you’re not familiar with the name Steve Peregrine Took, he was the other half of the duo of Marc Bolan’s T.Rex’s first couple of albums. I don’t believe Took ever released an ‚actual’ LP. This release, like his two others, is a compilation. Seven tracks were recorded between April, 1970 to 1971. The first four cuts are acoustic songs, „Amanda”, „Strange Sister”, „Still Yawning, Still-Born” and „Beautiful Deceiver”. The sound quality of these songs is very good. The three remaining tunes are what I dug the most about Lone Star. First there’s „Peppermint Flickstick”, a totally hip psychedelic number with great guitar riffs, the straight-ahead rocker „Boo! I Said Freeze” and „Steel Abortion”, which to me sounds like a semi-rough (but listenable) Pink Fairies demo. Certainly no masterpiece here, but if you’re a collector, completist or a die hard fan of lesser known psych, then you should get something good out of this CD.


Steve Peregrine Took – guitar, acoustic guitar & vocals, Larry Wallis – bass & backing vocals, Dave Bidwell – tambourine and Phil Lenoir – drums. Even though Took passed on in 1980, I’ve wondered what sort of music he might’ve made since then. Last I heard of him was that Nik Turner had him in the Inner City Unit as a sit-in bongo player. Might possibly appeal to some fans of the Deviants, Pretty Things, Syd Barrett and the Ramones. — Mike Reed (Aural Innovations #35)


~Enjoy~