The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things 1965

Artist: The Pretty Things
From: England
Album: The Pretty Things
Release Year: 1965
Genre: Garage Rock, R&B
Duration: 34:41
Format: MP3 CBR 320
Archive size: 77 MB (from 3% on recovery)

Hard rhythm and blues debut of Londoners The Pretty Things. The group was founded in 1963. Dick Taylor, a student at Sidcup Art College (Kent), began his musical career with Little Boy Blue and Blue Boys, where Keith Richards and Mick Jagger performed with him. When Brian Jones joined the band as a guitarist, Taylor switched from guitar to bass, and the band became known as The Rolling Stones. A few months later, Taylor left the Stones and enrolled at London Central School of the Arts, where he met Phil May. Together they formed The Pretty Things: Taylor picked up the guitar again, and May became the vocalist playing the harmonica. The composition also included rhythm guitarist Brian Pendleton, bass player John Stax and professional drummer Viv Prince, who had previously played in jazz bands, as well as in the band Carter-Lewis & the Southerners along with Jimmy Page. The band initially performed the garage rhythm and blues, consonant with The Rolling Stones, but much tougher; then English psychedelia, classic and hard rock, and finally (later), even music close to punk and the new wave. The first two albums of The Pretty Things (1965), as well as hit singles: Rosalyn (1964 - the first single in the history of garage rock), Don't Bring Me Down (1964), Honey I Need (1965), Midnight to Six Man ( 1965) are considered classics of early English rock; concept plate S.F. Sorrow (1968) claims to be the first rock opera, and Rolling Stone magazine awarded the title of best album of the year with Parachute (1970). Records of the mid-1970s were released on the Swan Song label of Led Zeppelin. In the mid-60s, The Pretty Things was one of the leading teams in the early English rock scene, trendsetters for uncompromising stage openness, and heroes of scandalous chronicles (according to the results of a tour of New Zealand in August 1965, she is still forbidden to enter this country) . Having survived numerous changes in the composition and several breakups, they record and perform with concerts to this day, having the title of patriarchs of an independent rock scene. I present the debut album (English version) (# 6 in the UK Albums Chart), which contains mainly covers of rock and roll standards ...

British version:
01. Roadrunner (Ellas McDaniel) - 3:10
02. Judgement Day (Bryan Morrison, arr. by the Pretty Things) - 2:44
03. 13, Chester Street (The Pretty Things) - 2:18
04. Big City (Jimmy Duncan, Alan Klein) - 1:59
05. Unknown Blues (The Pretty Things) - 3:45
06. Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (Ellas McDaniel) - 3:00
07. Honey, I Need (Smithling, Dick Taylor, Button) - 1:57
08. Oh Baby Doll (Chuck Berry) - 2:59
09. She's Fine She's Mine (Ellas McDaniel) - 4:21
10. Don't Lie to Me (Chuck Berry) - 3:50
11. The Moon Is Rising (Jimmy Reed) - 2:31
12. Pretty Thing (Willie Dixin) - 1:36

- Phil May (Phillip Arthur Dennis Wadey) - vocals, harmonica
- Dick Taylor (Richard Clifford Taylor) - guitar
- Viv Prince (Vivian St.John Prince) - drums
- Brian Pendleton - rhythm guitar
- John Stax (John Edward Lee Fullegar) - bass
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- Booby Graham - producer  



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