The Pretty Things - The Pretty Things [UK version. 5 bonus tracks] (1965)

Year: March 1965 (CD 1990)
Label: Fontana Records (UK), 846 054-2
Style: Garage Rock, Rhythm and Blues
Country: London, England
Time: 47:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 205 Mb

Fontana Records booked two days worth of recording sessions with Pretty Things for their debut album. 30 minutes into the first recording session, the original producer, Jack Baverstock, the head of the label, quit over the band's behavior and alcoholism, and was subsequently replaced by the more sympathetic Bobby Graham in order to salvage the sessions.
The band's playing was noted for being exceptionally loud for the time period, with their performance on "Road Runner" being described as being "about as raw and loud as British rock & roll ever got up to that time" by AllMusic. The final three minutes of "Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" is composed of feedback and distortion held together by a repeated bass guitar rhythm; the use of such elements was considered unusual for the time.
A third of the album's compositions were written by American blues and rock and roll musician Bo Diddley, and the rest of the album's performances were inspired by his works, with AllMusic saying that the band's cover of Chuck Berry's "Oh, Baby Doll" sounded like it was performed in Bo Diddley's style. "13 Chester Street", a homage to a house that Pretty Things shared with the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, is musically a cross between the Stones and a lead influenced by Slim Harpo. The album includes a cover of "Pretty Thing", written by Willie Dixon, which the band was named after.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Things_(album))

01. Road Runner (03:18)
02. Judgement Day (02:50)
03. 13 Chester Street (02:24)
04. Big City (02:05)
05. Unknown Blues (03:52)
06. Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (03:05)
07. Honey, I Need (02:05)
08. Oh Baby Doll (03:04)
09. She's Fine She's Mine (04:28)
10. Don't Lie to me (03:55)
11. Moon Is Rising (02:38)
12. Pretty Thing (01:40)
13. Rosalyn (bonus track) (02:27)
14. Big Boss Man (bonus track) (02:42)
15. Don't Bring Me Down (bonus track) (02:13)
16. We'll Be Together (bonus track) (02:12)
17. I Can Never Say (bonus track) (02:35)

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