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- The various eras spanned by the band’s work could give the uninitiated pause, however, ranging from the PTs’ mid-‘60s British R&B romps and the unbridled psych-rock of 1968’s S.F. Sorrow to the hard rock ‘70s when the band was signed to Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records label, and beyond into the 21st century.
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Feb 10, 2024 · Formed in London in 1963, The Pretty Things were part of the original wave of British R&B bands alongside their friends and contemporaries The Rolling Stones. As the 60s and 70s progressed, they delivered a string of classic albums – most notably 1968’s landmark concept album SF Sorrow - without ever getting the massive breakthrough the ...
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Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing", and active in their first incarnation until 1971.
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Get the Picture?(1965) The Pretty Things’ sophomore effort and the band’s second album in less than a year found the PTs relying less on American blues standards in favor of exploring their own growing songwriting chops. The results were inconsistent, but impressive nonetheless as the band delivers a blistering set that ranges from jangly ballad “Y...
Balboa Island(2007) The band’s 21st century “comeback” album, Balboa Islandwas the first PTs release in almost eight years, and only their second album in over a quarter-century. The classic trio of May, Taylor, and Waller are all in the saddle alongside old friends like keyboardist Jon Povey and drummer Skip Alan, as well as the “new guy,” guitari...
Greatest Hits(2017) If all you want is a taste of the Pretty Things to whet your appetite, you can’t do better than this 2017 release. Although the band didn’t have “greatest hits,” as such, they did enjoy a modicum of commercial success in the U.K. during the early ‘60s, and charting singles like “Rosalyn,” “Don’t Bring Me Down,” and “Cry To Me” a...
May 6, 2019 · May soldiered on, making another fascinating proto-prog song suite, Parachute, in 1970, before reconfiguring The Pretty Things as a hard rock band. Now, with S.F. Sorrow rehabilitated as one of the great British albums of the late 1960s, both May and Taylor have set aside their disappointments.
Feb 16, 2015 · With The Pretty Things about to release a deluxe, career spanning box set, due out on the 23rd of February, we present a special feature on the band which includes interviews with both Phil May and Dick Taylor. Michael Halpin takes up the story…
May 18, 2020 · Before Led Zeppelin, The Who or even the Rolling Stones arrived on the scene, British band the Pretty Things were the acknowledged perpetrators of mayhem, outrage and general carnage.
Mar 30, 2023 · A Dartford Grammar schoolmate of Mick Jagger, Dick Taylor quit the larval Rolling Stones when he was relegated from guitar to bass. At Sidcup Art College, he teamed up with pioneering long-hair May to form the sardonically named The Pretty Things.
