THE PRETTY THINGS - Emotions - 1967 CLASSIC Garage Pop
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Hard to find 1967 PRETTY THINGS CLASSIC
THE PRETTY THINGS
EMOTIONS
...UK - Fontana - 6438 215
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Hard to find masters 70's repro of 1967 classic PRETTY THINGS....
The pretty things 3rd album, originally released in may of 1967, is one that they themselves are still pissed off about, even to this day.
From the start, it was to be a departure from the raucous r&b sounds of the first two albums, what with the pretties developing their songwriting skills and beginning to write more and more lyrics about the swinging London scene in which they lived.
However, in a fateful decision made halfway through the recording sessions, their record company, Fontana, in a misguided attempt to create a more "progressive" sound, overdubbed arrangements to most of the songs. NOT what the Pretty Things had been about. Fontana wanted hit records, and to them, arrangements by outside producers on the new Pretty Things album was the way to go about getting them more respectable. The Lp is by no means a loss and contains more than a few wonderful songs. Listening to it, you come to realize that this was never meant to have the raw punk sound of the first two albums nor the full-blown psychedelia of S.F. Sorrow, which was to follow a year later. No, with or without the elaborate arrangements imposed upon them by their record label, this was to be a softer, more introspective album, an album in which the lyrics were written before the music was.
Many of the songs have a certain wistful quality, especially evident if you listen to the album all the way through. You will also notice flashes of early psychedelia on a few songs, most notably the lyrics of growing in my mind and the rolling drums and snippets of conversation heard on "Children".
Emotions also happens to contain one of the best ever Pretty Things songs, the hauntingly beautiful "The Sun".
Some interesting tidbits: the opening track, "Death Of A Socialite", is about the same subject that the Beatles song A Day In The Life is. the car crash, in fact, happened on the road that guitarist Dick Taylor lived on. The Pretty Things somehow managed to sneak the word "sh*t" onto the song "Photographer". This might not sound like a big deal these days, but 40 years ago it was just not done. The song "Tripping" is about their friend Donovan. "House In The Country" is a Kinks song they were forced to cover in Fontana's desperate attempts at a hit single since the record company felt that the Pretty Things own material wasn't "commercial" enough.- Death Of A Socialite
- Children
- The Sun
- There Will Never Be Another Day
- House Of Ten
- Out In The Night
- One Long Glance
- Growing in My Mind
- Photographer
- Bright Lights Of The City
- Tripping (3:26) / My Time
CONDITION: The cover is EX (excellent), solid!!
The vinyl very glossy surface, M- sweet!
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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