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Discography To avoid confusing the issue too much this will be a selective discography to cover all the work Brian did with the Pretty Things, as well as taped music recorded during his time with So What! There are obviously many Pretty Things compilations/collections but rather than refer to these I will refer to the two albums the band cut while he was a member along with any singles (such as Progress) that were not covered by either of those LPs. There may be other tracks I have not covered, possibly issued abroad; I would be happy to stand corrected! The tracks in italics refer to the additional tracks added to the CD re-issues of the two original albums and the italic text beneath that refers to the bonus film footage featured on each CD. With the Pretty Things
The Pretty Things Released early 1965 on Fontana 1.Roadrunner 2.Judgement Day 3.13 Chester Street 4.Big City 5.Unknown Blues 6.Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut 7.Honey, I Need 8.Oh Baby Doll 9.She's Fine She's Mine (Brian believed to have played bass on this track) 10.Don't Lie To Me 11.The Moon is Rising 12.Pretty Thing 13.Rosalyn 14.Big Boss Man 15.Don't Bring Me Down 16.We'll Be Together 17.I Can Never Say 18.Get Yourself Home CD features a video clip of the most recent band line up walking around and playing Rosalyn
Get The Picture Released by Fontana late 1965 1.You Don't Believe Me 2.Buzz The Jerk 3.Get The Picture? 4.Can't Stand The Pain 5.Rainin' In My Heart 6.We'll Play House 7.You'll Never Do It Baby 8.I Had A Dream 9.I Want Your Love 10.London Town 11.Cry To Me 12.Gonna Find Me A Substitute 13.Get A Buzz 14.Sittin' All Alone 15.Midnight To Six Man 16.Me Needing You 17.Come See Me 18.LSD CD features their 15-minute movie “Pretty Things On Film” which includes the tracks Midnight To Six Man, Can't Stand The Pain, Me Needing You and LSD. Released as singles and not featured on the above albums: A House In The Country (Summer 1966, b-side Me Needing You) Progress (Winter 1966, b-side Buzz The Jerk) Both the above single A-sides feature as bonus tracks on the CD edition of the Pretty Thing's third album, Emotions. Brian was still with the band when rehearsals began for this LP but left before any recording was done. With So What! So What! - Live at The Bull Released on tape in 1992 availability uncertain 1.Shotgun Blues 2.Chicago 3.Black Magic Women 4.The Midnight Hour So What! - Live at The Exchange Released on tape in 1992 availability uncertain 1.Shotgun Blues 2.You Can't Keep A Good Man Down 3.My Baby Left Me 4.Heaven's Door Film Footage Based on my private collection: The Blokker Festival I own a DVD called Pretty Things 1966-1981 which is of extremely poor quality, to the extent that I can hardly bear to look at most of it. The 'best' clip is of the band playing at the Blokker Festival in 1965 (so even the CD title is wrong). For this footage it was just about worth buying, from my point of view mostly to see Brian but also the rest of the band in their heyday and in particular Viv Prince's drumming expertise. The band are featured playing: Honey I Need Don't Bring Me Down Big Boss Man (plus closing credits as the Dutch TV station, innundated with complaints, closed the programme down) Roadrunner (partial) Rosalyn (partial), Brian plays slide guitar centre stage (briefly!) For more info, see the “Big Time” section. There is other footage featuring Brian, but better copies of some of it can be obtained/seen elsewhere (and is mentioned below with a *) and the remainder, which seems to be Dutch television appearances, is of particularly bad quality. As of 05/03/06 it is possible to see footage of the Blokker festival by clicking here. From the BBC series “Sound of the Sixties” * The Pretty Things perform “Midnight To Six Man” in a clip from a programme called “A Whole Scene Going”. I consider the recording to be of very good quality for its time. Brian features fairly prominently (see the “Pressures” section). The Series is available to buy on CD/DVD. You can also see it by clicking here. “Pretty Things On Film” * As mentioned above, this 15 minute gem available on the CD version of Get The Picture features the band playing Midnight To Six Man (in the studio), Can't Stand The Pain (while the band 'caper' around) and Me Needing You and LSD, performed live on film but overdubbed by studio takes, much to Brian's disgust. Again, see the “Pressures” section for more info. “Don't Look Back” Brian appears in this Bob Dylan documentary for a good 5-10 minutes; like “Pretty Things On Film” if you are a Pendleton fan this is a must-see. If you listen carefully you can hear him talking but sadly he is not in the credits. I have asked the Internet Movie Database to include Brian in the cast list and so join several other musicians who already appear on their record of the movie as an "uncredited appearance". See the “Big Time” section for more info. Beat Club Footage The Pretties played here in April 1966. The tracks played are Raining In My Heart Roadrunner and Midnight To Six Man. Big City I think this is from Shindig (please correct me if I'm wrong); Brian is standing close to a very dishevelled-looking Viv Prince. To view click here. Hopefully more footage of Brian will come to light as time progresses. |
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