THE PRETTY THINGS Parachute LP HARVEST 1970 UK orig 1st press+foc+ster HIPGNOSIS
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THE PRETTY THINGS
PHIL MAY, WALLY ALLEN, JOHN POVEY, SKIP ALLAN, PETER TOLSON
Seminal British R&B band that never broke big, despite talent to spare
and a notable psychedelic masterpiece in 1968's S.F. Sorrow.
Of all the original British Invasion groups, perhaps none were as underappreciated
in the United States as the Pretty Things. Featuring the hoarse vocals of Mick Jagger-lookalike Phil May
and the stinging leads of guitarist Dick Taylor (who actually played in early versions
of the Rolling Stones with Jagger and Keith Richards), the Pretties recorded a clutch
of raunchy R&B rockers in the mid-'60s that offered a punkier, rawer version of the early Stones sound
"PARACHUTE"1970 LP HARVEST RECORDS STEREO SHVL 774
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL COPY 1ST PRESSING
without boxed EMI Logo and with 'MADE IN GT BRITAIN' at 6 o'clock on the label
[First pressings do not have the boxed EMI logo anywhere on the label].
Released in a fully laminated (front & rear) + gatefold cover + company inner
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: HARVEST - YELLOW/GREEN LABEL and un-boxed 'EMI' - BLACK/GREEN TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear): SHVL 774 (1E 062 o 04406)
Catalog on labels: SHVL 774 (SHVL.774A / SHVL.774B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): SHVL 774 A-2 H 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): SHVL 774 B-2 L 1
Other / Runout (Side B only, Stamped, scratched out): 744
On labels: "Made in Gt. Britain" (on the labels appears at 6 o'clock)
?1970 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 8 o'clock circa)
Produced by Norman Smith
top rim text reads "The Gramophone.......reserved"
bottom rim text reads "Unauthorized.....prohibited"
Rights Society / Publishing: Lupus Music Co. Ltd., Initial Music
On Inside Sleeve: Cover Design and Photographs by Hipgnosis
Recorded at E.M.I. Studios Abbey Road
? 1970
E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd)
Made and Printed in Great Britain
On Back Sleeve: File under POPULAR : Pop Groups
stereo
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: Scene One: a) THE GOOD MR. SQUARE b) SHE WAS TALL, SHE WAS HIGH
IN THE SQUARE - THE LETTER - RAIN - MISS FAY REGRETS
CRIES FROM THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
Side B: GRASS - SICKLE CLOWNS - SHE'S A LOVER
WHAT'S THE USE - PARACHUTE
grading
RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
If S.F. Sorrow is the Pretty Things' Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and Yellow Submarine wrapped
in one, then Parachute is their more succinct White Album and Abbey Road.
It's not just a time line comparison. The Pretties made this fascinating LP in the same studio
as the Fab Four, London's Abbey Road, with Beatles engineer Norman Smith producing.
"The Good Mr. Square" replicates the three-part harmony the Beatles were so proud of on "Because."
Two songs later, the group assembles a brief, interconnected three-song suite like the famous ones
on side two of Abbey Road. Bassist Wally Allen's vocals on tracks such as "Sickle Clowns"
have the same throaty, mad anguish that John Lennon exhibited on "Yer Blues"
and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." If S.F. Sorrow is hard rock grandeur, then Parachute is its more
bitter twist, the dream dying and the witching hour upon us. Yet, if this isn't as much of a triumph,
the creative neurons are still firing throughout a multi-varied, cohesive LP.
Like S.F. Sorrow, it's a surprisingly palatable concept LP. This time the topic is a generation
caught between the conflicting calls of (rural) peace, love, and boredom,
and (urban) sophistication, sex, and squalor in a harsh world...(AllMusic)
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