By Barry Miles
From the depths of London's secret UNDERGROUND headquarters, fully equipped with complex electronic machinery, a 20th century bohemia illicitly recorded, furtively edited at great cost to one and all, deviously distributed and designed, you are holding in your hands a prime over-ripe example of a gratuitously obscene, rockin' stompin', post-psychedelic, neo-Rock'n'roll, UNDERGROUND freak record. Woven by flower-children in caves of amber, silver and Ba'lbeck brown, muttered, incanted and shrieked over in ghetto penthouses and smooth publicity offices, got together and spewed forth into your hot little pudsies. Hurrah! Hurrah!
    Running in underground channels and small rivulets, grooved and warm from constant playing, tended, fondled and nourished by paranoid afficionados at secret mystic rites, is that noble music - ROCK 'N' ROLL! A world of matrix numbers and 'rare black wax', Cobra 78s and deleted Sun recordings of priceless worth, Rock'n'roll is OF THE ESSENCE. The philosopher's stone: in the early 50s Britain came under the celestial influence of American Music. The Alchemical principle of the tenth sphere: 'Spera decima - spera suprema qua fit motus de occidente ad orientum et est principium motus'. Like the Ancient Order of Horsemen (existing alongside Christianity all that time and still extant) Rock'n'Roll remains after all the trials, the catalyst of transmutation from base music to the sublime. The 'orgonome' of modern music. Mix Dylan with the British Art-Schooi scene of Pretty Things, The Who, early Stones, Eel Pie Island, pilled- up Mods rioting, and the emergence from the cocoon of the incredible Chelsea loon.
    So here you go with Mick so mean and nasty or deeply philosophic pondering on the meaning of life, Sid on 'interference guitar', Russ amazing everyone on drums, and Sandy picking up on vibrations that started before he was born.
MILES
By John Peel
The first international Times, read following flight from fascism in America, told of the ordeals suffered by the Social Deviants returning from work in soul-torn regions of Outer London. UFO was alive, alarming and well in Tottenham Court Road and their posters sometimes boasted in smallish letters, the self-same Social Deviants. long scrawls in red ink travelled across 3 I/2 miles of North Sea to tell an audience of the better things in London. These latter come from Mick Farren and, following the hastily legalised rape of Radio London that August, The Deviants played at The Marquee with the sadly-defunct Shiva's Children in something the promoters called "The Perfumed Garden Show". Several coffees later The Deviants and I travelled on the Flight to lowlands Paradise in Utrecht in which several thousand bewildered people heard a minimum of three bands, playing simultaneously, all night. Since then Mick has become so good a friend that it is difficuft to judge the group with objectivity. When it was noised abroad that The Deviants were to record an LP I hoped that it would be good but feared that it would not he so. There have been personnel and personality changes since The Marquee. Then they were loud, enthusiastic, repetitive, manic and not very good. On this LP there is little that is not good, much that is excellent and the occasional flash of brilliance. The Underground is a shifting, undefinable and vital force - the same is true of The Deviants.   
JOHN PEEL 
By The Deviants

'TAKE A LOOK AT A GREAT PAINTING, OR A POLAROID SNAPSHOT. DOES IT HAVE A MESSAGE? A SONG IS A PICTURE. YOU SEE IT; MORE ACCURATELY, YOU SEE IT, TASTE IT, FEEL IT.  A SONG IS AN EXPERIENCE. THE GUY WHO WRITES THE SONG AND THE GUY WHO SINGS IT EACH FEEL SOMETHING; THE IDEA IS TO GET YOU TO FEEL THE SAME THING, OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT iT IS.'PAUL WILLIAMS FROM "BOB DYLAN, A COLLECTION" BLOSSOM MUSIC LTD. 'YOU NEVER TURNED AROUND TO SEE THE FROWNS ON THE JUGGLERS AND THE CLOWNS WHEN THEY DiD TRICKS FOR YOU, YOU NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT IT AIN'T NO GOOD YOU SHOULDNT LET OTHER PEOPLE GET YOUR KICKS FOR YOU.' FROM "LIKE A ROLLING STONE" BOB DYLAN, BLOSSOM MUSIC LTD. 'BARGER: THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. I DON'T WANT TO D0 ANYTHING ELSE. YOU D0 WHAT YOU WANT, OR AT LEAST YOU FOOL YOURSELF INTO THINKING THAT YOU DO, AND I DO WHAT I WANT. THE DIFFERENCE IS, I'M NOT FOOLING ANYBODY. I KNOW THAT THIS IS ME. NOTES: WHAT DOES THE CLUB CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY? BARGER: NOTHING.' FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH SONNY BARGER IN NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND (UPS). 'THE AUTOMOBILE IS ESCAPE AT LAST: RIMBAUD'S SANDALS OF THE WIND ARE REPLACED BY JAMES DEAN'S BIG RACING PORSCHE. AND THE SUPREME ESCAPE IS DEATH JUST AS THE ABSOLUTE IS DEATH, JUST AS THE SUPREME INDIVIDUALITY IS DEATH.' FROM "THE STARS" EDGAR MORIN (EVERGREEN). 'FROM THESE CONTRARIES SPRING WHAT THE RELIGIOUS CALL GOOD AND EVIL. GOOD IS THE PASSIVE THAT OBEYS REASON. EVIL IS 'THE ACTIVE' SPRINGING FROM ENERGY.' WILLIAM BLAKE "MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL". 'PRISONS ARE BUILT WITH THE STONES OF LAW, BROTHELS WITH BRICKS OF RELIGION.'WILLIAM BLAKE "MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL". 'CUANDO MERDA TIVER VALER POBRE NASCE SEM CUL' - TRANS: 'IF SHIT BECOMES VALUABLE THE POOR WILL BE BORN WITHOUT ARSEHOLES’ (SAYING).  THE FUGS MAKE ALL SORTS OF POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT OBSOLETE.' ELIZABETH HARDWICK (ED. N.Y. REVIEW OF BOOKS). T00 MUCH DHARMA SPOILS THE KARMA.' MARCO (LEADER OF MARCO'S TRIBE). 'HAVE YOU EVER HEARD YOURSELF MOVE?' RICHARD BRAUTIGAN. 'LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOUR READERS THAT THE NEWS OF THE WORLD BELIEVES THAT UNAUTHORISED DRUG-TAKING IS A MENACE IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY. WE BELIEVE THAT THOUSANDS OF PARENTS ARE RIGHTLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK IN KEEPING THIS DISTURBING SITUATION UNDER CONTROL. WE SHALL CONTINUE TO HELP THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN.' STAFFORD SOMERFIELD, EDITOR NEWS OF THE WORLD IN A LETTER TO THE TIMES JULY 5TH 1967. 'THE WIND BLEW, AND THE TRUMPETS SANG, AND THE ARROWS WHINED; BUT SUN NOW CLIMBING TOWARDS THE SOUTH WAS VEILED IN THE REEKS OF MORDOR, AND THROUGH A THREATENING HAZE IT GLEAMED, REMOTE, ASULLEN RED, AS IF ITWERETHE ENDING OF THE DAY, OR THE END MAYBE OF All THE WORLD OF LIGHT. AND OUT OF THE GATHERING MIRK THE NAZGUL CAME WITH THEIR COLD VOICES CRYING WORDS OF DEATH, AND THEN ALL HOPE WAS QUENCHED.' TOLKEIN "THE RETURN OF THE KING" (VOL.3 "THE LORD OF THE RINGS"). 'OPEN UP YER EYES AN' EARS AN' YER INFLUENCED AN' THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT'. BOB DYLAN "MY LIFE IS A STOLEN MOMENT'.'WE ARE NOW IN A SITUATION IN WHICH WE ARE MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLE INSTRUMENTS OF ONE NATION: WE CONSTITUTE AT THIS MOMENT THE HOPE OF UNREDEEMED AMERICA. TODAY All EYES - THOSE OF THE POWERFUL OPPRESSORS AND THOSE OF THE HOPEFUL - ARE FIXED ON US. ON OUR FUTURE ATTITUDE, OUR CAPACITY TO RESOLVE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS, DEPENDS TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE GROWTH OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA, AND EACH STEP WE TAKE IS OBSERVED BY THE EVER WATCHFUL EYES OF THE POWERFUL OPPRESSOR AND BY THE OPTIMISTIC EYES OF OUR AMERICAN BROTHERS'. REMINISCENCES BY CHE GUEVARA. 'LIKE ANY OTHER BOY OF 20, ELVIS IS DEVOTED TO HIS PARENTS, HAS FAVOURITES AMONG PEOPLE, PREFERS CERTAIN STYLES AND COLOURS IN CLOTHES, LIKES VARIOUS SPORTS, AND PURSUES A FEW HOBBIES.' FRIEDA BARTER IN RECORD WHIRL. 'SO THEN I'M FREE' SAID K. DOUBTFULLY. 'YES' SAID THE PAINTER, 'BUT ONLY OSTENSIBLY FREE, OR MORE EXACTLY, PROVISIONALLY FREE.' KAFKA "THE TRIAL". 'BUT AS THEY DRAGGED HIM FREE FROM THE TWISTED WRECK, WITH HIS DYING BREATH THEY HEARD HIM SAY, TELL LAURA I LOVE HER.' "TELL LAURA I LOVE HER" RICKY VALLANCE. 'ALL THE PROFOUND THOUGHTS OF HYGENE AND THE ART OF HEALING ARE LIKE THE EFFORTS OF A MECHANIC, WHO HAVING STOPPED ALL THE VALVES OF AN OVERHEATED ENGINE SHOULD INVENT SOMETHING TO PREVENT THIS ENGINE FROM BURSTING.' LEO TOLSTOY. 'I AM ASHAMED TO THINK HOW EASILY WE CAPITULATE TO BADGES AND NAMES, TO LARGE SOCIETIES AND DEAD INSTITUTIONS. WE OUGHT TO GO UPRIGHT AND VITAL, AND SPEAK THE RUDE TRUTH IN ALL WAYS.' EMERSON. 'THERE IS NOT A POPULAR MAGAZINE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WOULD DARE TO PRINT A CHILD'S THOUGHT ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS WITHOUT COMMENT.'THOREAU. 'IS IT THEN SO GREAT A SECRET, WHAT GOD AND MANKIND AND THE WORLD ARE? NO! BUT NONE LIKE TO HEAR IT; SO IT RESTS CONCEALED.',GOETHE. 'ALL THE REGULATIONS OF MANKIND ARE TURNED TO THE END THAT THE INTENSE FEELING OF LIFE MAY BE LOST IN CONTINUAL DISTRACTIONS.'NIETZSCHE. "SINCE ADAM AND EVE ATE THE APPLE, MAN HAS NEVER REFRAINED FROM ANY FOLLY OF WHICH HE WAS CAPABLE.' "HISTORY OF THE WORLD" BERTRAND RUSSELL. 'IF A PERSON DOES NOT FIT HIS BODY HE'S IN TROUBLE.' TULI KUPFERBERG. 'NOT EVERYONE WHO HAS A BODY WILL ADMIT IT.'TULI KUPFERBERG. 'BAD DANCING IS CALLED LIFE.' TULI KUPFERBERG. 'MAN IS 1/5 MIND AND 6/5 BODY.'TULI KUPFERBERG. 'A FOOL AND HIS BODY ARE SOON PARTED.' TULI KUPFERBERG. 'THOSE WHO WILL NOT DANCE WILL HAVE TO BE SHOT.' TULI KUPFERBERG. 'THE UNIVERSE IS A NEW FLOWER.'ALLEN GINSBERG. 'TASTE MY MOUTH IN YOUR EAR.' PETER ORLOVKSY. 'I'M NOT INTERESTED IN CONTRACTING YOUR HORRIBLE CONDITION.' BURROUGHS. 'THE PLANET DRIFTS TO RANDOM INSECT DOOM.' BURROUGHS. 'I CAN FEEL THE HEAT CLOSING IN, FEEL THEM OUT THERE MAKING THEIR MOVES, SETTING UP THEIR DEVIL DOLL STOOL PIGEONS...' "NAKED LUNCH' BURROUGHS. THE JUDGE: 'EVERYTHING INDICATED THAT YOU HAVE, IN SOME UNSPEAKABLE MANNER UH... ASSIMILATED THE DISTRICT SUPERVISOR. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO PROOF. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU BE CONFINED OR MORE ACCURATELY CONTAINED IN SOME INSTITUTION, BUT I KNOW OF NO PLACE SUITABLE FOR,A MAN OF YOUR CALIBRE. I MUST RELUCTANTLY ORDER YOUR RELEASE.' "NAKED LUNCH" BURROUGHS. 'JUNK IS NO GOOD BABY!' BRION GYSIN. 'SOME TURNED-ON INDIVIDUAL TRIED TO STEAL PART OF MY AURA.' CHET HELMS. 'I'M NOT AFRAID OF CALLING ANYTHING I DO AN ART FORM.' PETE TOWNSHEND. 'THEY'RE ALL QUEERS…TWO YEARS IN THE ARMY WOULD STOP ALL THOSE DRUG PARTIES.' AT LAW COURTS. 'LET'S MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE ARE LIVING IN SOMETHING OF A POLICE STATE.' MICK FARREN. 'THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL NEVER GIVE UP WHAT THEY HAVE WITHOUT A STRUGGLE.' FRITZ TEUFEL. 'MAN IS GOD'S BEST FRIEND.'WALTER BOWART. 'THE END MOVE IN POLITICS IS ALWAYS TO PICK UP A GUN.' BUCKMINSTER FULLER. 'EDUCATION NARROWS AND RESTRICTS MENTAL ACTIVITY.'ARTHUR BROWN. 'YOU CANNOT BE MOHAMMED - YOU CAN BE YOURSELF.' MICHAEL ABDUL-MALIK. 'WE'RE DANGEROUS, YOU'D BETTER GET REINFORCEMENTS.'ALEX STOWELL. 'IF YOU DIE YOU GOTTA BE BURIED,' JOHN LEE HOOKER. 'AT FIRST IT'S HARD TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT.' RUSS HUNTER. 'WE'VE GOT PAPER BOMBS'. BILL BUTLER. 'I CAN STAY UNDERWATER FOR FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES.' CAPTAIN BEEFHEART.