PRETTY THINGS-Parachute,1970y. US 1-st (RS 515) Edit.( Near Mint.) Class
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Description
The Pretty Things
Profile:
English (initially) R&B and Beat band from London, formed in 1963.
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
The Pretty Things ?– Parachute
Label:
Rare Earth ?– RS 515, Rare Earth ?– R 515
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1970
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Classic Rock
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Tracklist
Scene One 4:29 A1.1 The Good Mr. Square A1.2 She Was Tall She Was High - A2 In The Square 1:54 A3 The Letter / Rain 4:07 A4 Miss Fay Regrets 3:24 A5 Cries From The Midnight Circus 6:25 B1 Grass 4:18 B2 Sickle Clowns 6:32 B3 She's A Lover 3:28 B4 What's The Use 1:42 B5 Parachute 3:48Credits
- Design – Hipgnosis (2)
- Engineer – Nick Webb, Tony Clark
- Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
- Producer – Norman Smith
Notes
Label variant from The Pretty Things - Parachute and The Pretty Things - Parachute.Unipak jacket.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1, label): HS-1765-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2, label): HS-1766-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1, etched): R?S?-?5?1?5? HS-1765-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1, stamped): Z?4?R?S?-?3?2?4?0?-?1? ?D?
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2, etched): R?S?-?5?1?5? HS-1766-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2, stamped): Z?4?R?S?-?3?2?4?1?-?1? ?D?
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