The Pretty Things - Get The Picture 1965

Artist: The Pretty Things
From: England
Album: Get The Picture?
Release Year: 1965
Genre: Garage Rock, Mod, Soul, R&B
Duration: 46:21
Format: MP3 CBR 320
Archive size: 101.3 MB (from 3% on recovery)

Their second album. In the USA, this group along with The Yardbirds and Them had a huge impact on garage groups such as MC5 and The Seeds. In the early work of The Pretty Things, hard blues rock dominated, consonant with the things of Bo Diddy (they borrowed their name from his song of the same name in 1955) and Jimmy Reed. The group, famous for its unbridled behavior on and off the stage (following a New Zealand tour in August 1965, the local parliament decided to ban the band’s entry into the country for life) and “sharp” texts, also created 'Midnight to Six Man' ( November 1965) - programmatic statement by mods. Starting from this album, Phil May and Dick Taylor bring their own compositions to the group's repertoire. During the recording process, the scandalous drummer Viv Prince left the band and producer Bobby Graham performed his parts ... Viva Prince belongs to the glory of the first British rock celebrity arrested for drug possession, and he was also an example of scenic and off-stage behavior taken by his fan and follower, member of The Who, Keith Moon. Prince was replaced by Skip Alan ...

01. You Don't Believe Me (Jimmy Page, Bobby Graham, Phil May, Willie Morell) - 2:22
02. Buzz The Jerk (Phil May, Dick Taylor) - 1:53
03. Get The Picture? (Phil May, Dick Taylor) - 1:54
04. Can't Stand The Pain (Phil May, Dick Taylor, Bobby Graham) - 2:39
05. Rainin' In My Heart (Jerry West, James Moore) - 2:30
06. We'll Play House (John Charles Alder, Fred Gandy, Phil May, Dick Taylor) - 2:32
07. You'll Never Do It Baby (Brian Smith, Terry Fox) - 2:26
08. I Had A Dream (Jimmy Witherspoon) - 2:57
09. I Want Your Love (Johnny Dee, Jack Tarr) - 2:15
10. London Town (Dick Taylor) - 2:26
11. Cry To Me (Bert Russell) - 2:51
12. Gonna Find Me A Substitute (Ike Turner) - 2:57
Bonuses:
13. Get A Buzz (The Pretty Things) - 3:59
14. Sittin' All Alone (Dick Taylor, Ian Stirling, Phil May) - 2:47
15. Midnight To Six Man (Dick Taylor, Ian Stirling, Phil May) - 2:18
16. Me Needing You (Dick Taylor, Ian Stirling, Phil May) - 1:56
17. Come See Me (Pierre Tubbs, J.J.Jackson, Sydney Barnes) - 2:39
18. L.S.D. (Phil May, Dick Taylor) - 2:25


- Phil May (Philip Arthur Dennis Wadey) - vocals, harmonica
- Dick Taylor (Richard Clifford Taylor) - guitar
- Bryan Pendleton - guitar
- John Stax (John Edward Lee Fullagar) - bass
- Viv Prince (Vivian Martin Prince) - drums
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- Skip Alan (Alan Ernest Skipper) - drums (13-18)
- Bobby Graham (Robert Francis Neate) - drums, producer
- Glyn Johns - producer


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