The Pretty Things - The Psychedelic Years 1966 - 1970

The Pretty Things are an English rock band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". Their most commercially successful period was the mid-1960s, although they continue to perform to this day. David Bowie covered two of their songs on his album Pin Ups. After a few years of outdoing the Rolling Stones at their own game, Messrs. May and Co., clearly affected by their love of swinging London nightlife and all that went with it, injected their primal R&B roots with added spice (as Mike Stax, "numero uno Los Pretty Things fan," points out in his excellent liner notes). "Can't Stand the Pain" (from the 1965 Get The Picture album) has "a remarkably effective mood with a sense of a dreamy disembodiment that foreshadows what was yet to come with the arrival of psychedelia." By April 1966, B-side "LSD," yet another controversial shot in the Pretty Things' canon, helped pioneer the "freakbeat" sound, whilst the media's attacks on the Pretties slack, druggy values were foremost to the changing times - in fact, the record was a play on words about the English economy and not a celebration of the merits of LSD usage. However, the band was clearly well-aware of LSD and its effects, and over the coming months further musical explorations that were to steer the band away from their earlier tough R&B sound were to occur. After the rather well-thought inclusion of these two late 1965 and early 1966 tracks, the rest of this double CD focuses on output that was recorded across the 1967 to 1970 psychedelic era.

CD 1
1. Scene One (1:51)
2. She Says Good Morning (Live 1969) (3:44)
3. Talkin' about the Good Times (3:44)
4. L.S.D. (2:27)
5. Old Man Going (3:09)
6. My Time (3:09)
7. SF Sorrow Is Born (3:14)
8. Trust (2:46)
9. October 26 (4:57)
10. There Will Never Be Another Day (2:28)
11. Mr Evasion (3:31)
12. Death (3:09)
13. Can't Stand the Pain (2:41)
14. The Journey (2:43)
15. I See You (Live 1998) (6:11)
16. Well of Destiny (Live 1998) (2:49)
17. Alexander (Live 1969) (2:55)

CD 2
1. Defecting Grey (Single Version) (4:32)
2. In the Square / The Letter / Rain (6:02)
3. Walking through My Dreams (3:39)
4. Bracelets of Fingers (3:40)
5. Growing in My Mind (2:19)
6. Baron Saturday (Live 1998) (4:43)
7. She's a Lover (3:29)
8. Bright Lights of the City (3:03)
9. Blue Serge Blues (3:53)
10. Children (Alternate Version) (3:02)
11. One Long Glance (2:54)
12. Private Sorrow (3:50)
13. Balloon Burning (3:48)
14. The Sun (with Strings) (3:04)
15. Grass (4:21)
16. What's the Use (1:45)
17. Parachute (3:50)
18. Loneliest Person (1:25)

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