Price: £275.00
Format: Boxset - vinyl
Artist: The Pretty Things
CatNo: SMABX1231
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The Pretty Things The Complete Studio Albums 1965- Boxset
For the first time in one set, the complete studio album recordings of The Pretty Things
 
Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, encompassing the bands’ raucous self-titled 1965 debut, the conceptual Psychedelic brilliance of S.F. Sorrow and more reflective latter day output such as Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood, this deluxe 13 LP box set contains the entire Pretty Things studio output. 
 
All albums have been remastered for vinyl and feature replica original artwork. Each album comes with an individual, album specific 4-page insert with rare photographs and original single sleeves (with words from Mike Stax, Dick Taylor and Mark St. John).
 
Housed in a deluxe slipcase style box, the set also includes an exclusive pull-out print of the band in their prime.  
 
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“The Pretty Things were the biggest influence on us... they invented garage bands.” - Joey Ramone
 
“The Pretty Things completely bent my head.” - Noel Gallagher
 
“The Pretty Things made the Stones look tame.” - David Gilmour
 
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Led by founding vocalist and guitarist Phil May & Dick Taylor, The Pretty Things, iconic 1st wave R&B cult heroes, created some of the most exciting and innovative records of the sixties, early seventies and beyond. Winners of the very first Mojo Hero Award, the band have been a massive success and a huge influence on artists as diverse as David Bowie, Aerosmith, The Ramones, Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols, The White Stripes, Kasabian and many, many more. 
 
Invaluable to the development of British music, The Pretty Things have been a critical success who site their outrageous behaviour, incandescent stage performances and astonishing catalogue of remarkable, ground-breaking recordings as fundamental in the creation of their own work. Still recordings until the passing of Phil May two years ago, this set follows the bands’ journey until those final recordings in 2020.
 
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Contents
 
The Pretty Things (1965)
Get The Picture? (1965)
Emotions (1967) 
S.F. Sorrow (1968) 
Parachute (1970)
Freeway Madness (1972) 
Silk Torpedo (1974) 
Savage Eye (1976) 
Cross Talk (1980) 
… Rage Before Beauty (1999) 
Balboa Island (2007) 
The Sweet Pretty Things (Are In Bed Now, of Course…) (2015) 
Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood (2020)
The Pretty Things (1965)
 
A 1 Road Runner 3:11
A 2 Judgement Day 2:46
A 3 13 Chester Street 2:22
A 4 Big City 2:01
A 5 Unknown Blues 3:48
A 6 Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 3:03
 
B 1 Honey, I Need 1:59
B 2 Oh Baby Doll 3:01
B 3 She's Fine She`s Mine 4:24
B 4 Don't Lie To Me 3:53
B 5 The Moon Is Rising 2:33
B 6 Pretty Thing 1:38
 
Get The Picture? (1965)
 
A 1 You Don't Believe Me 2:22
A 2 Buzz The Jerk 1:55
A 3 Get The Picture? 1:54
A 4 Can't Stand The Pain 2:41
A 5 Rainin' In My Heart 2:30
A 6 We'll Play House 2:33
 
B 1 You`ll Never Do It Baby 2:26
B 2 I Had A Dream 2:58
B 3 I Want Your Love 2:16
B 4 London Town 2:26
B 5 Cry To Me 2:51
B 6 Gonna Find Me A Substitute 2:57
 
Emotions (1967)
 
A 1 Death Of A Socialite 2:41
A 2 Children 3:01
A 3 The Sun 3:06
A 4 There Will Never Be Another Day 2:19
A 5 House Of Ten 2:49
A 6 Out In The Night 2:40
 
B 1 One Long Glance 2:52
B 2 Growing In My Mind 2:19
B 3 Photographer 2:07
B 4 Bright Lights Of The City 3:02
B 5 Tripping 3:22
B 6 My Time 3:05
 
S.F. Sorrow (1968)
 
A 1 S.F. Sorrow Is Born 3:06
A 2 Bracelets 3:43
A 3 She Says Good Morning 3:26
A 4 Private Sorrow 3:54
A 5 Balloon Burning 3:53
A 6 Death 3:08
 
B 1 Baron Saturday 4:03
B 2 The Journey 2:48
B 3 I See You 3:58
B 4 Well Of Destiny 1:49
B 5 Trust 2:52
B 6 Old Man Going 3:12
B 7 Loneliest Person 1:32
 
Parachute (1970)
 
A 1 Scene One 1:48
A 2 The Good Mr. Square 1:27
A 3 She Was Tall, She Was High 1:36
A 4 In The Square 1:55
A 5 The Letter 1:39
A 6 Rain 2:14
A 7 Miss Fay Regrets 3:28
A 8 Cries From The Midnight Circus 6:28
 
B 1 Grass 4:20
B 2 Sickle Clowns 6:36
B 3 She's A Lover 3:32
B 4 What`s The Use 1:45
B 5 Parachute 3:52
 
Freeway Madness (1972)
 
A 1 Love Is Good 6:53
A 2 Havana Bound 3:57
A 3 Peter 1:27
A 4 Rip Off Train 3:18
A 5 Over The Moon 4:31
 
B 1 Religion's Dead 4:14
B 2 Country Road 4:48
B 3 Allnight Sailor 1:57
B 4 Onion Soup 3:49
B 5 Another Bowl? 2:54
 
Silk Torpedo (1974)
 
A 1 Dream 1:08
A 2 Joey 5:35
A 3 Maybe You Tried 4:20
A 4 Atlanta 2:41
A 5 L. A. N. T. A. 2:24
A 6 Is It Only Love 5:05
 
B 1 Come Home Momma 3:41
B 2 Bridge Of God 4:57
B 3 Singapore Silk Torpedo 5:12
B 4 Belfast Cowboys 6:55
 
Savage Eye (1976)
 
A 1 Under The Volcano 6:02
A 2 My Song 5:09
A 3 Sad Eye 4:29
A 4 Remember That Boy 5:02
 
B 1 It Isn't Rock'n'Roll 3:58
B 2 I'm Keeping 3:58
B 3 It`s Been So Long 5:04
B 4 Drowned Man 4:23
B 5 Theme For Michelle 1:46
 
Cross Talk (1980)
 
A 1 I'm Calling 4:07
A 2 Edge Of The Night 3:20
A 3 Sea Of Blue 3:14
A 4 Lost That Girl 2:50
A 5 Bitter End 3:17
 
B 1 Office Love 4:12
B 2 Falling Again 3:20
B 3 It`s So Hard 3:15
B 4 She Don't 4:08
B 5 No Future 4:29
 
… Rage Before Beauty (1999)
 
A 1 Passion Of Love 3:22
A 2 Vivian Prince 5:15
A 3 Everlasting Flame 3:46
A 4 Love Keeps Hanging On 8:55
 
B 1 Eve Of Destruction 3:03
B 2 Not Givin' In 4:02
B 3 Pure Cold Stone 5:47
B 4 Blue Turns To Red 4:01
B 5 Goodbye, Goodbye 2:45
B 6 Goin' Downhill 4:12
 
C 1 Play With Fire 4:07
C 2 Fly Away 4:31
 
D 1 Mony Mony 4:45
D 2 God Give Me The Strength (To Carry On) 6:03
 
Balboa Island (2007)
 
A 1 The Beat Goes On 4:10
A 2 Buried Alive 3:35
A 3 Livin` in My Skin 3:56
A 4 (Blues For) Robert Johnson 8:00
 
B 1 All Light Up 4:30
B 2 Pretty Beat 2:52
B 3 Mimi 2:34
B 4 The Ballad Of Hollis Brown 6:28
B 5 Feel Like Goin` Home 2:43
 
C 1 In The Beginning 4:42
C 2 Dearly Beloved 4:59
 
D 1 Freedom Song 4:46
D 2 Balboa Island 4:42
 
The Sweet Pretty Things (Are In Bed Now, of Course…) (2015)
 
A 1 The Same Sun 3:23
A 2 And I Do 3:34
A 3 Renaissance Fair 1:54
A 4 You Took Me By Surprise 2:35
A 5 Dark Days 4:42
 
B 1 Turn My Head 3:43
B 2 Greenwood Tree 4:18
B 3 Hell, Here And Nowhere 4:56
B 4 In The Soukh 2:32
B 5 Dirty Song 5:12
 
Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood (2020)
 
A 1 Can`t Be Satisfied 3:04
A 2 Come Into My Kitchen 4:17
A 3 Ain't No Grave 3:58
A 4 Faultline 4:22
A 5 Redemption Day 5:22
 
B 1 The Devil Had A Hold Of Me 4:16
B 2 Bright As Blood 4:44
B 3 Love In Vain 4:17
B 4 Black Girl 2:37
B 5 To Build A Wall 4:25