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The Pretty Things: SF Sorrow | CD review

The Pretty Things seemed determined to avoid success at all costs. But they did one thing most of their 60s peers couldn't: break away from R&B to make a psychedelic masterpieceIn 1969, the Pretty Things performed their recently released album SF Sorrow in its entirety live. Or rather they didn't: unable to work out how to reproduce its complex patchwork of sounds on stage, they opted to mime to backing tapes. Miming an entire gig would probably have spelled disaster anyway, even had the whole ...

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The Pretty Things: SF Sorrow | CD review

Guardian Music — The Pretty Things seemed determined to avoid success at all costs. But they did one thing most of their 60s peers couldn't: break away from R&B to make a psychedelic mast... more info