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British drummer, songwriter and singer. Born 29th November 1944, Colchester, Essex, UK.

Alder began his drumming career in local Colchester blues-mod R&B band Dane Stephens And The Deep Beats (Dane Stephens aka Doug Orde), which evolved into The Fairies: Alder (drums); John Acutt (guitar); Mick Weaver (rhythm guitar & fiddle); John Fred Gandy (bass).



ALBUMS


Tomorrow
Permanent Dream
2023, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Pop Rock
Bedstars / Twink
I Am So Changeable / Fear The Unknown
2019, 7", Single, Ltd, Spl, Genjing Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock
The Fairies
Get Yourself Home (The Early Years)
2018, CDr, Think Pink 50th, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Mod
The Pretty Things
Singapore Silk Torpedo Live At The BBC & Other Broadcasts
2018, ,
Blues Rock
The Pretty Things
The French EPs 1964-69
2017, Box, RSD, Comp, Ltd + 4x7", EP, RE + 7", EP, Comp, Madfish, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Psychedelic Rock
The Pretty Things
Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky
2015, Box, Comp, Ltd + 11xCD, Album, RE, RM + 2xCD, Comp, Snapper Music, ,
Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
The Pretty Things
S.F. Sorrow Live In London
2012, ,
Psychedelic Rock
The Pretty Things
The Pretty Things / Get The Picture?
2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + Comp, Ltd, Madfish, ,
Garage Rock/Classic Rock/Rock & Roll
The Pretty Things
Emotions & Singles A's & B's
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Snapper Music, Recall 2cd, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Pop Rock/Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock
The Pretty Things
The BBC Sessions
2003
Tomorrow
50 Minute Technicolour Dream
1998, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rhythm & Blues
The Electric Banana
Blows Your Mind
1997, ,
Psychedelic Rock
The Pretty Things
Unrepentant - The Anthology
1994
The Pretty Things
Electric Banana
1990, CD, Comp, Repertoire Records, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rhythm & Blues
The Pretty Things
Out Of The Island
1987
The Pretty Things
Cries From The Midnight Circus: The Best Of The Pretty Things 1968 - 1971
1986
The Pretty Things
Let Me Hear The Choir Sing
1984, ,
Beat/Rhythm & Blues
The Pretty Things
Real Pretty
1976
The Pretty Things
Baron Saturday
1969, 7", Columbia
The Pretty Things
Progress
1967
The Pretty Things
Get The Picture?
1965
The Pretty Things
The Singles A's & B's
The Pretty Things
Get A Buzz - The Best Of The Fontana Years
,
Rhythm & Blues
The Pretty Things
Amsterdam 1969
2020, 7xFile, FLAC, RE, RM, Unofficial, 16-, Not On Label, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock
Tomorrow
50 Minute Technicolour Dream
2014, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rhythm & Blues
The Pretty Things
S. F. Sorrow
2000, ,
Psychedelic Rock

APPEARANCES +


Various
Deviation Street (High Times In Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975)
2023, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Grapefruit Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Acid Rock/Blues Rock/Experimental/Krautrock/Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Space Rock
Twink
Think Pink V
2023, CD, Album, Explore Rights Management, ,
Alternative Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Eddie Piller
British Mod Sounds Volume 2 (The Freakbeat & Psych Years)
2023, ,
Garage Rock/Mod/Psychedelic Rock
Twink
The Best Of Twink: You Reached For The Stars
2022, ,
Prog Rock/Experimental/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Breakthrough (Underground Sounds Of 1971)
2021, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Esoteric Recordings,
Ken Fox & Knock Yourself Out
Ken Fox & Knock Yourself Out
2020, ,
Alternative Rock/Rock & Roll
Twink (4), Zion De Gallier
10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box / Geraldine
2019, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, RM, S/Edition, Misty Lane Records
Twink
Brand New Morning / Dreams Turn Into Rainbows
2019, 7", Ltd, Gare Du Nord Records
Various
Psychedelic Paradise
2019, CD, Comp, Psych-Out Records, Offbeat (3), Menhir Records
Pink Fairies*
The Polydor Years
2019, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Co, Retroworld
Various
Heavy Nuggets Vol. V
2019, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock
Twink (4) And The Technicolour Dream
Sympathy For The Beast
2019
Twink (4) With Moths & Locusts And Heavy Friends
Think Pink IV: Return To Deep Space
2019
Tyler, The Creator
Igor
2019, ,
Contemporary R&B/Neo Soul
Various
2000 Light Years From Home (UK Rock Trips Out 1967-1970)
2017, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Twink
Sound Of Silk: Demos & Rarities
2017
Various
I'm A Freak, Baby... (A Journey Through The British Heavy Psych And Hard Rock Underground Scene 1968-72)
2016, ,
Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
David Gilmour & Friends
2015, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,
Various
Pretty Vacant (Mojo Presents 15 Pre-Punk Nuggets)
2015, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Punk/Hard Rock/Pub Rock/Garage Rock
Twink (4) & The Technicolour Dream*
Think Pink II
2015, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
The Lysergics
The Lysergics
2015, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Spirits Burning & Bridget Wishart
Make Believe It Real
2014, ,
Space Rock/Ambient/Prog Rock/Electro
Various
Heavy Nuggets Vol 2 (15 Hard Rock Gems From The British Underground)
2013, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Hard Rock/Prog Rock
Twink
Think Pink
2013, ,
Experimental/Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Twink (4) And The Technicolour Dream
You Reached For The Stars
2013, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Various
Sorrow's Children
2012, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Sproatly Smith
The Minstrel's Grave
2011
Various
All The Young Dudes
2009, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Hard Rock/Glam
The Pretty Things / Philippe DeBarge
The Pretty Things / Philippe DeBarge
2009, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Various
Rare Mod (A Collection Of 60s' Underground Rhythm'N'Blues, Psych & Soul)
2009, ,
Beat/Mod/Soul
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple
2008, ,
Pop Rap/Soul
Various
Maximum Freakbeat
2008, ,
Beat/Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Heavy Nuggets (Mojo Presents 15 Lost British Hard Rock Gems 1968-1973)
2007, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine, ,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Various
Real Life Permanent Dreams (A Cornucopia Of British Psychedelia 1965-1970)
2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Castle Music, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Beat/Garage Rock/Folk Rock/Mod/Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Hard Rock
Various
Cries From The Midnight Circus (Ladbroke Grove 1967-78)
2007, ,
Space Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Hard Rock/Blues Rock/Country Rock
Rollins Band
Do It
2007, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Post-Hardcore
Various
Hammond Heroes - 60s R&B Organ Grooves
2005, CD, Album, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Blues Rock/Theme/Rock & Roll/Jazz-Rock/Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues
Rollins Band
Hot Animal Machine • Life Time
2003, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + Comp, Recall 2cd, 2.13.61 Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Post-Hardcore
Various
Monster CD No. 1
2003, CD, Comp, Smplr, Rock & Folk, ,
Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Britpop
Rollins Band
Hard Volume • Insert Band Here
2003, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE + Comp, Recall 2cd, 2.13.61 Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock
The Jigsaw Seen
We Women
2003, CD, Single, Gat, Vibro-Phonic Recordings, ,
Power Pop
Pretty Things*
SF Sorrow / Resurrection (SF Sorrow Live At Abbey Road)
2003
Rollins Band
Audio Airstrike Consultants 1986-1988
2001, Box, Comp, RM + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Artisan Recordings, 2.13.61 Records, 3AM, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Post-Hardcore
Various
Mojo Presents Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers
2001, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Nuggets II (Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969)
2001, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Mod/Beat
Various
Lock, Stock...The TV Series
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin, EMI, ,
Soundtrack
The Tyde
Once
2000
Pretty Things*
Latest Writs The Best Of... Greatest Hits
2000, ,
Beat/Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Rollins Band
Life Time
1999, ,
Hard Rock/Alternative Rock
Rollins Band
Insert Band Here (Live In Australia 1990)
1999, ,
Alternative Rock/Hard Rock
Various
Psychedelia At Abbey Road (1965 To 1969)
1998, CD, Comp, Mono, EMI, EMI, ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Pink Fairies*
Uncle Harry
1998, ,
Classic Rock
Lightning Seeds
Sugar Coated Iceberg
1997
Various
Psychedelic Generation
1996, CD, Comp, Nectar, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock
Run On
Run On
1994, 7", Single, Ltd, Cle, Ajax Records (2)
Various
The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 3 1965-1970
1993, CD, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd., ,
Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Back On The Road
1988, ,
Blues Rock/Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Classic Rock/Beat/Pop Rock
Various
The British Psychedelic Trip Vol. 2 1966-1969
1986, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Various
60's Back Beat
1985, ,
Pop Rock/Beat
Various
Not Just Beat Music 1965-1970
1982, LP, Comp, See For Miles Records Ltd.
Electric Banana*
The Sixties
1980, LP, Comp, Butt,
Tomorrow (2) Featuring Keith West
Tomorrow
1976, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock
Pretty Things*
S.F. Sorrow And Parachute
1975, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock
Pink Fairies*
Pink Fairies
1975, ,
Prog Rock
The Pretty Things / Medicine Head
Stereo Pop Special-54
1973, LP, Transcription, BBC Transcription Services
Pink Fairies*
Never-Neverland
1971, ,
Hard Rock
The Aquarian Age*
10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box
1968, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Pretty Things*
S.F. Sorrow
1968, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Rock Opera/Prog Rock
Various
The R&B Scene
Various
Broken Dreams - Hopes And Glories Of British Rock 1963 - 1969 Vol. 2
Various
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Volumes 1-11
2015, 11xCD, Comp, RM, Unofficial, Rubble (2), ,
Psychedelic Rock/Folk/Jazz-Rock/Experimental
The Aquarian Age*
10,000 Words In A Cardboard Box
2015
Various
Pebbles Box
2012, 10xLP, Comp, RE, Unofficial + Box, Ltd, Num, BFD Records, ,
Garage Rock/Folk Rock/Surf/Psychedelic Rock/Beat
Various
Maximum R'n'B
2009, ,
Beat/Rhythm & Blues
Various
English Freakbeat Vol:3 (16 British Beat-Pop Pounders ££)
1997, ,
Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Beat
Tomorrow (2) Featuring Keith West
Tomorrow
Twink
Think Pink
Pink Fairies*
Neverneverland
,
Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Pebbles Vol. 6 (The Roots Of Mod)
,
Beat/Garage Rock/Rhythm & Blues/Mod
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple
,
Pop Rap/Soul