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The Pretty Things - BBC Seventies (2024)

Posted By: ciklon5
The Pretty Things - BBC Seventies (2024)

The Pretty Things - BBC Seventies (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:50:24 | 548 / 250 Mb
Genre: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Musically, the Pretty Things were one of the toughest and most celebrated artists to rise from the Beat/British Invasion era, and among the very best British R&B bands of the '60s. Commercially, they were often seen as also-rans, more talked about than listened to, especially outside Great Britain, since many of their most important albums were never released elsewhere until decades after the fact. Their cult was drawn to either their vicious early records, where they sometimes seemed like a meaner version of the Rolling Stones, or to their 1968 psychedelic touchstone S.F. Sorrow.

The Pretty Things - Parachute (Deluxe) (2010)

Posted By: ciklon5
The Pretty Things - Parachute (Deluxe) (2010)

The Pretty Things - Parachute (Deluxe) (2010)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:27:34 | 543 / 197 Mb
Genre: Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Pop Rock / Acid Rock

Deluxe 40th anniversary 2CD edition of the classic album. Rolling Stone magazine's album of the year 1970 - remastered with bonus and new tracks. The Pretty Things created some of the most exciting and innovative records of the late sixties and early seventies. Last year the band were awarded the Hero award at the Mojo Honours and the band have been name checked over the years by an array of artists ranging from The Clash, David Bowie and Aerosmith through to The Libertines and Kasabian.

Pretty Things - Live at Rockpalast 1998, 2004, 2007 (Deluxe Version) (2014)

Posted By: ciklon5
Pretty Things - Live at Rockpalast 1998, 2004, 2007 (Deluxe Version) (2014)

Pretty Things - Live at Rockpalast 1998, 2004, 2007 (Deluxe Version) (2014)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:52:01 | 395 Mb / 1,2 Gb
Genre: Rock / British Invasion / British Psychedelia / Rock & Roll / Psychedelic Pop / Freakbeat

ROCKPALAST is a legendary live music TV show hosted in Germany by the WDR channel. It was first broadcast in 1974 and has become a pan-European television institution. It has its own fan club and online forum, and in four decades, it has become a trademark of quality viewing and listening.

The Pretty Things - The Psychedelic Years 1966-1970 (2001)

Posted By: gribovar
The Pretty Things - The Psychedelic Years 1966-1970 (2001)

The Pretty Things - The Psychedelic Years 1966-1970 (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 688 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 280 MB | Covers - 7 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Snapper Music SMD (CD 344)

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…

The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) [Reissue 2009]

Posted By: gribovar
The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) [Reissue 2009]

The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things (1965) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 161 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 115 MB | Covers - 26 MB
Genre: Blues Rock, Garage Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Madfish (SDPCD 115)

The Pretty Things' debut LP was a legendary exercise in anarchy - 30 minutes into the two days' worth of sessions, their original producer, Jack Baverstock (the head of the label, no less), walked out, and was eventually replaced by a slightly more sympathetic personality in the hopes of salvaging something from the efforts of the band, who, whatever their shortcomings in decorum or sobriety, were on their third successive charting single. The resulting album, made under the coordination (if not control) of drummer-turned-producer Bobby Graham, made the early work of the Rolling Stones - rivals and one-time bandmates to the Pretty Things' Dick Taylor - sound more like the work of the Beatles: very calculated, lightweight, and…genteel. The Pretty Things is recorded with practically every song and instrument pushing the needle into the red (i.e., overload)…

Philippe Debarge with The Pretty Things - Rock St. Trop [Recorded 1969] (2017)

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Philippe Debarge with The Pretty Things - Rock St. Trop [Recorded 1969] (2017)

Philippe Debarge with The Pretty Things - Rock St. Trop [Recorded 1969] (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 302 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 119 MB | Covers - 117 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Madfish (SMACD1078)

A 2017 remaster of Rock St. Trop, the fascinating 1969 collaboration between The Pretty Things and Philippe Debarge (an eccentric wealthy playboy from France).
In late August 1969, Phil May and Wally Waller were flown to St. Tropez by Philippe Debarge and taken to the DeBarge family estate - a magnet for the rich and famous of the era, from politicians to film and rock stars. DeBarge had serious money and wanted to make a serious album, with him as front man. Philippe had done his research and knew exactly who he wanted to make that album with The Pretty Things…

The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (Live at Indigo at the O2) (2019)

Posted By: ciklon5
The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (Live at Indigo at the O2) (2019)

The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (Live at Indigo at the O2) (2019)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:05:03 | 804 / 284 Mb
Genre: Rock / British Invasion / British Psychedelia / Rock & Roll / Psychedelic Pop / Freakbeat / Label:
Madfish

The legendary cult heroes' final electric performance, recorded at the O2 Indigo London in December 2018. Celebrating 55 years of the greatest band most people have never heard of, The Final Bow captures The Pretty Things at their rocking and unique best across 3 sets of classic tracks featuring guest appearances from David Gilmour and Van Morrison…

The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (2019)

Posted By: v3122
The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (2019)

The Pretty Things - The Final Bow (2019)
2xDVD-9: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR | LinearPCM, 2 ch
Rock, Blues, Rhythm & Blues | 02:25:16+01:30:00 | ~ 13.12 Gb

The legendary cult heroes' final electric performance, recorded at the O2 Indigo London in December 2018. Celebrating 55 years of the greatest band most people have never heard of, The Final Bow captures The Pretty Things at their rocking and unique best across 3 sets of classic tracks featuring guest appearances from David Gilmour and Van Morrison…

The Pretty Things - Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky (2015) Re-up

Posted By: v3122
The Pretty Things - Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky (2015) Re-up

The Pretty Things - Bouquets From A Cloudy Sky (2015)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
13CD | Snapper Music, SMABX1029 | ~ 4567 or 1993 Mb
Scans | Box Art(png) -> 2480 Mb
Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Pop Rock / Acid Rock

It is a hefty box in every sense: 13 CDs, supplemented with two DVDs, accompanied by a gorgeous hardcover book and a variety of tchotchkes, including a poster that traces the twisted family trees and time lines of the band and, just as helpfully, replicas of legal documents that explain why the group didn't retain rights to its recordings for years…

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) [2003, Snapper Classics SDPCD 109, Stereo]

Posted By: v3122
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968) [2003, Snapper Classics SDPCD 109, Stereo]

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2003 | Snapper Classics SDPCD 109 | ~ 308 or 134 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 25 Mb
Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Who could ever have thought, going back to the Pretty Things' first recording session in 1965 – which started out so disastrously that their original producer quit in frustration – that it would come to this? The Pretty Things' early history in the studio featured the band with its amps seemingly turned up to 11, but for much of S.F. Sorrow the band is turned down to seven or four, or even two, or not amplified at all (except for Wally Allen's bass – natch), and they're doing all kinds of folkish things here that are still bluesy enough so you never forget who they are, amid weird little digressions on percussion and chorus; harmony vocals that are spooky, trippy, strange, and delightful; sitars included in the array of stringed instruments; and an organ trying hard to sound like a Mellotron…

The Pretty Things & Friends - Rockin' The Garage (1994)

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The Pretty Things & Friends - Rockin' The Garage (1994)

The Pretty Things & Friends - Rockin' The Garage (1994)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2010 | Floating World FLOATM6073 | ~ 232 or 83 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 4.24 Mb
Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

Live archive release from the British rockers. Recorded in 1992. They roar through a collection of classic material including 'Louie Louie', 'I Want Candy' and '96 Tears'. Lending a hand are some of their musical friends including members of the Inmates and Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum.

The Pretty Things - Rage Before Beauty (1999)

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The Pretty Things - Rage Before Beauty (1999)

The Pretty Things - Rage Before Beauty (1999)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | Repertoire Records, REP 4936 | ~ 441 or 153 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 33 Mb
Blues Rock, Rock & Roll | Remastered

Rage Before Beauty is by far the best of the latter-day Pretty Things albums. If you're already a fan, you'll hear all the things you love about the band. But fans and newcomers to the Pretties will be pleasantly surprised how much power these guys still display…

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

Posted By: v3122
The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)

The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1968)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1998 | Snapper Music, 155652 | ~ 184 or 135 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 123 Mb
Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock | Remastered | Mono

Who could ever have thought, going back to the Pretty Things' first recording session in 1965 – which started out so disastrously that their original producer quit in frustration – that it would come to this? The Pretty Things' early history in the studio featured the band with its amps seemingly turned up to 11, but for much of S.F. Sorrow the band is turned down to seven or four, or even two, or not amplified at all (except for Wally Allen's bass – natch), and they're doing all kinds of folkish things here that are still bluesy enough so you never forget who they are, amid weird little digressions on percussion and chorus; harmony vocals that are spooky, trippy, strange, and delightful; sitars included in the array of stringed instruments; and an organ trying hard to sound like a Mellotron…

Pretty Things - Latest Writs The Best Of...Greatest Hits (2000) Re-up

Posted By: v3122
Pretty Things - Latest Writs The Best Of...Greatest Hits (2000) Re-up

Pretty Things - Latest Writs The Best Of…Greatest Hits (2000)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Snapper Music, SMACD823 | ~ 404 or 177 Mb | Scans
Blues Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Classic Rock

For whatever reason, Pretty Things failed to make significant inroads in the U.S. when the window of opportunity was open widest. Perhaps the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Animals more than fulfilled the quota for invading bad boys. Maybe their sophomoric (and less than artistic) obsession with drugs played a role, though that's doubtful, given the preponderance of mind-altering substance cheerleading by '60s bands. Like the Stones, Pretty Things incorporated garage, R&B, and psychedelia into their aggressive style of rock & roll…

The Pretty Things - Still Unrepentant (2004)

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The Pretty Things - Still Unrepentant (2004)

The Pretty Things - Still Unrepentant (2004)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | Repertoire, REP 4937 | ~ 989 or 378 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 14 Mb
Blues Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rock & Roll

If there's a band that deserves a good compilation, it's the Pretty Things. Thankfully, Snapper has the rights to the band's entire catalog, and has done an excellent job of remastering individual albums. This best-of is derived from that remastered material and does the Pretty Things proud with an extensive and exhaustive trawl through the group's archives…