The Pretty Things |
Rosalyn / Big Boss Man¹ Duncan-Farley (2:21) / Dixon-Smith (2:39) Fontana 1916, 7/64 UK |
Don't Bring Me Down / We'll Be Together Dee (2:09) / May-Stax-Taylor (2:09) Fontana 1941, 11/64 T20 |
Honey, I Need / I Can Never Say Button-Smithling-Taylor (1:58) / Pretty Things (2:35) Fontana 1508, 3/65 T20 |
The Pretty Things | |
Fontana SRF-67544 | |
5/65 [UK: 3/65] T20 | |
Side One | ||
Honey, I Need | Button-Smithling-Taylor | 1:58 |
Rosalyn | Duncan-Farley | 2:20 |
13 Chester Street | Pretty Things | 2:20 |
I Can Never Say | Pretty Things | 3:00 |
Unknown Blues | Pretty Things | 2:35 |
The Moon Is Rising | Reed | 2:30 |
Side Two | ||
Don't Bring Me Down | Dee | 2:09 |
Road Runner | McDaniel | 3:13 |
We'll Be Together | May-Stax-Taylor | 2:09 |
Judgement Day | Pretty Things | 2:45 |
Big City | Duncan-Klein | 2:30 |
Pretty Thing | McDaniel | 1:39 |
Note: See blue note for differences in US & UK albums
Cry To Me¹ / I Can Never Say Bert-Russell (2:51) / Adap by Pretty Things (2:45) Fontana 1518, 7/65 UK |
Midnight To Six Man / Can't Stand The Pain May-Sterling-Taylor (2:19) / Graham-May-Taylor (2:40) Fontana 1540, 12/65 UK |
Get The Picture? | |
Fontana TL 5280 [UK] | |
N/R [UK: 12/65] | |
Side One | ||
You Don't Believe Me | Graham-May-Morrell-Page | 2:24 |
Buzz The Jerk | May-Taylor | 1:55 |
Get The Picture | May-Taylor | 1:56 |
Can't Stand The Pain | Graham-May-Taylor | 2:42 |
Rainin' In My Heart | Moore-West | 2:33 |
We'll Play House | Aldo-Gandy-May-Taylor | 2:34 |
Side Two | ||
You'll Never Do It Baby | Fox-Smith | 2:29 |
I Had A Dream | - | 2:59 |
I Want Your Love | Dee-Tarr | 2:18 |
London Town | Russell | 2:28 |
Cry To Me | Russell | 2:53 |
I'm Gonna Find A Substitute | Turner | 2:59 |
Note: This album, and their third—Emotions, not released in the US til the CD era.
Most of #1, portions of this, the third, and some UK 45s were released in 1976 on the 2-lp set: Vintage Years (see last note).
Come See Me / £. s. d. Barnes-Jackson-Tubbs (2:45) / May-Taylor (2:26) Fontana TF-688 [UK], 4/66 UK |
Come See Me / Judgement Day Barnes-Jackson-Tubbs (2:45) / arr The Pretty Things (2:45) Fontana 1550, 6/66 |
The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream(4/29/67) |
Talkin' About The Good Times / Walking Through My Dreams May-Taylor-Waller (3:42) / May-Povey-Taylor-Waller (3:36) Laurie 3458, 7/68 |
Private Sorrow / Balloon Burning May-Povey-Taylor-Waller (3:51) / May-Povey-Taylor-Waller (3:46) Rare Earth 5005, 7/69 |
S F Sorrow | |
Rare Earth RS-506 | |
10/69 [UK: 12/68] | |
It inspired Townshend's Tommy. Because of the delay in the US release, many thought that SF Sorrow was a copy of Tommy. |
Side One | ||
S F Sorrow Is Born | May-Taylor-Waller | 3:08 |
Bracelets | May-Taylor-Waller | 3:37 |
She Says Good Morning | Alder-May-Taylor-Waller | 3:20 |
Private Sorrow/Balloon Burning | May-Povey-Taylor-Waller | 7:34 |
Death | Alder-May-Taylor-Waller | 3:07 |
Side Two | ||
Baron Saturday | May-Taylor-Waller | 3:57 |
The Journey | Alder-May-Taylor-Waller | |
I See You | May-Taylor-Waller | 8:26 |
Well Of Destiny | Alder-May-Povey-Smith-Taylor-Waller | |
Trust | May-Taylor-Waller | 2:46 |
Old Man Going | Alder-May-Povey-Taylor-Waller | 3:05 |
Loneliest Person | Alder-May-Taylor-Waller | 1:26 |
Note: Released in the UK in December, 1968—well before that album 'bout the deaf, dumb and blind kid
Isle of Wight Festival of Music(8/30/69) |
Parachute | |
Rare Earth RS-515 | |
9/70 [UK: 6/70] UK | |
Side One | ||
Scene One The Good Mr Square She Was Tall, She Was High |
May-Waller May-Waller |
4:29 |
In The Square | May-Waller | 1:54 |
The Letter/Rain | May-Waller | 4:07 |
Miss Fay Regrets | May-Waller | 3:24 |
Cries From The Midnight Circus | May-Waller | 6:25 |
Side Two | ||
Grass | May-Waller | 4:18 |
Sickle Clowns | May-Waller | 6:32 |
She's A Lover | May-Waller | 3:28 |
What's The Use | May-Waller | 1:42 |
Parachute | Smith-Waller | 3:48 |