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Originally Posted by Ulysses
I knew it! I said you were sat in the studio stuffing your face with Toblerone. Is there a caravan parked outside Pure FM full of souvenirs of London?
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A day in the life
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Originally Posted by Ulysses
I never know what to think of the Pretty Things. On the one hand I think they get too much credit, particularly for S.F. Sorrow but, at the same time, I don't think they get enough credit! I think that comes from the fact that even in England they seem to be a band that is only known by 'afficiandos' or people who have picked-up S.F. Sorrow from yet another band name-checking it - even though none of those bands actually sound like S.F. Sorrow made an impression on them in the first place.
As you say yourself, they beat the early Stones at their own game on their early records and yet how many people who were around during the 1960s are that familiar with them. It seems history really is written by the victors and big-lipped Dartford boys.
I wonder whether they should be filed away with Les Fleur de Lys as one of those bands that perhaps ultimately suffered because of various line-up changes? Both bands created great music at every change they went through but perhaps they were never able to create enough traction for anything to really stick before they'd changed yet again?
Whilst Taylor's guitar playing always gets mentioned on anything about the Pretty Things, for me, some of the musical highlights on the early material actually come from Viv Prince's occasionally ferocious drums.
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Was Viv Prince the same drummer who came to recordings "slightly" intoxicated and being violently sick between takes? If so it might not have been him drumming as he usually was well out of it.
I agree with you about this band, they are shockingly undervalued, I started with SF Sorrow and loved it but have quickly moved to their more accomplished R&B period, I find it a lot more engaging, but that Phillippe Debarge lost album aint bad from 69.
I think they are a bit better than Les Fleur De Lys though, but only just.
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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream
^Great review, that album surely deserves an entry in here. One of my favorite tracks on that album:
And very enjoyable extra songs of course, other than Rosalyn, I really like to listen to Don't bring me down and Get yourself Home.
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Cheers Number9, these reissues with extra tracks of The Pretty Things sixties output have really highlighted what a cracking band they were back then.