TOP Orig 1968 FREAKBEAT = THE PRETTY THINGS SF SORROW PSYCH BEATLES EPIC LP
$
89
$ 89
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Dec 26, 2021
Sold Date
Dec 21, 2021
Start Date
25
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USA
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- ORIGINAL 1968 MINTY CLEAN FIRST PRESS
- RARE "DOME" COVER FIRST PRESSING!
1968 ORIGINAL FIRST ROCK OPERA
PSYCH/ROCK MASTERPIECE ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
- THE PRETTY THINGS
"S.F. SORROW"
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- USA - Rare Earth Records - RS 506
Getting harder to find by the day .... - TOP~MOST !
- Near MINT ~ EVERYWHERE
Original 1968 first -GATEFOLD- pressing vinyl in specially designed DOME gatefold cover of the British masterpiece psychedelic that went over the heads of the masses until too many years later when lightbulbs starting going off in collectors heads ... now everyone needed a copy...
The remarkable British masterpiece psychedelic went over the heads of the masses until too many years later when light-bulbs starting going off in collectors heads ... then everyone wanted a copy !
The history of rock is littered with lost masterpieces and opportunities missed, but few seem to have been as cursed as - "SF Sorrow."
- You would think that an album recorded at Abbey Road, at the height of British psychedelia, featuring Norman Smith in the producer’s seat, could do no wrong. After all, Smith had worked on Sgt. Pepper and produced Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
- Unfortunately, line-up problems and label problems delayed and buried the project. It should be remembered as a classic, however. Smith and the Pretty Things went to great lengths experimenting in the studio, layering overdubs of odd instruments at odd speeds. What makes this all so much more than the "kids in the candy store" overkill so endemic to the era is the subtlety with which the effects are handled and the fact that the songwriting is first rate. The album was conceived as a rock opera, and inspired Pete Townshend (unfortunately!) to write Tommy. Luckily, the songs are songs first, and the opera concept merely unites the album. While it’s possible to follow the story of a man’s life, from birth to love, war, madness and death, it’s handled more as poetry, less as libretto. The first track, SF Sorrow is Born, is a mild introduction. Over a mainly acoustic guitar groove we are introduced to our protagonist. The trumpet fanfares and phased out backing vocals and handclaps at the end hint that the Pretties are no longer an R+B band. Next Bracelets oF Fingers brings in the psych elements more fully, with medieval guitars and wah-wah meeting choral vocals extolling the virtues of wanking. She Says Good Morning is a syncopated seventh chord groove, which builds to a fantastic fuzz climax. Private Sorrow brings back the pastoral acoustic guitar, mellotron and recorder and finally decays under organ chords. Balloon Burning brings back the rock and fuzz and a wild, exhilarating guitar solo. Following is Death, a Baltic sounding pastoral track with fantastic bass riffs sliding around bouzouki and punctuated by gongs and chants. Baron Saturday takes us back to the syncopated rock, here punctuated by keyboard chords, mellotron glissando's and an array of shakers and hand-claps. All of this builds up to a percussion workout, spinning around the stereo field as more and more delay threatens to dissolve into feedback. There’s a brief, teasing interlude of mellotron and acoustic guitar before we’re back into the song for another chorus. The Journey starts in acoustic mode, and devolves into an echoing rock workout. Snippets of the rest of the album pop in and out like auditory hallucinations as the guitars and delay build, only to stop suddenly with an acoustic chord signaling the beginning of I See You. Deep fuzz lays underneath and the chorus swells with more tremolo chorale and mellotron orchestration. As the guitar leads interlace a voice intones, ever more hysterically with sped up tape until it all snaps and Well of Destiny begins. This piece is abstract, with tremolo and delayed piano and guitar bouncing back and forth in an ever rising game of tag until a forceful guitar riff comes over the top obliterating it all as the fever builds to an abrupt end. Trust is a circling, layered canon, relatively stripped down and a welcome respite. Old Man Going rocks like early period Sabbath and again builds and builds to two cathartic moments, the fuzzy guitar solo and the point of collapse. Finally we’re left with the folky Loneliest Person, a wistful coda of voice and guitar alone. The album had everything going for it, and like The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society and The Zombies’ Odyssey and Oracle somehow missed out on canonization. The sound represents the apex of British style psych, and the songwriting is on a par with the best bands of the time. There’s more to discover with each listen and each discovery is rewarding.
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Side 1
"S.F. Sorrow is Born" – 3:12
"Bracelets of Fingers" – 3:41
"She Says Good Morning" – 3:23
"Private Sorrow" – 3:51
"Balloon Burning" – 3:51
"Death" – 3:05
Side 2
"Baron Saturday" – 4:01
"The Journey" – 2:46
"I See You" – 3:56
"Well of Destiny" – 1:46
"Trust" – 2:49
"Old Man Going" – 3:09
"Loneliest Person" – 1:29
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: solid/collectible "EX" (excellent) to M-
- The specially designed DOME gatefold cover is solid & clean all over ...
- It has NO delete marks - unusual for this overlooked deleted LP in the day - still with bright original colors, having no split seams, no bends, no writing ... worthy collection copy ~ upgrade !
- The vinyl: Rated: near M- super clean so plays with fantastic clear audio ... flowing with CLEAN audio both sides ...has clean Rare Earth labels
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- THE PRETTY THINGS
"S.F. SORROW"
- THE PRETTY THINGS
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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