torsdag 3 oktober 2019

The Pretty Things - Get the Picture (Deras 2:a Album UK 1965 + Många bonusspår)


200:- (24-Bit Limited Remaster Edition. Gruppens 2:a album som har 6 bonusspår, bl.a: "Come See Me", "L.S.D.","Midnight to Six Man". Mycket bra album, lite råe rock än vad som var vanligt 1965.)

The Pretty Things' second album, Get the Picture? (released December 1965), has not only been remastered from original session tapes so the group sounds like their amps are practically right in your lap, but it's also been expanded to 18 songs with the addition of tracks cut for singles and EP releases from the same sessions. 


That's enough to recommend it even to casual fans -- this is now a record that's just a few notches short of Rolling Stones level in the charisma department, and pretty tough any way you want to look at it. On "Rainin' in My Heart," they sound exactly like the Stones from the same era, missing only the little harmonica flourish that might have been added on the break. 


The liner notes go into the history of the group during this period in delightful detail, and the histories of various songs, most particularly "L.S.D.," which, amazingly, was cut as a demo and never redone for release, but just put out the way it was. In their good moments here, the Pretty Things approach Rolling Stones' territory, and even in their off moments, they're flying at the same level as the Kinks' album tracks.

01. "You Don't Believe Me" (Phil May, Bobby Graham, Jimmy Page, Willie Morrell) – 2:24
02. "Buzz the Jerk" (May, Dick Taylor) – 1:55
03. "Get the Picture?" (May, Taylor) – 1:56
04. "Can't Stand the Pain" (May, Taylor, Graham) – 2:42
05. "Rainin' in My Heart" (James Moore, Jerry West) – 2:33
06. "We'll Play House" (May, Taylor) – 2:34
07. "You'll Never Do It, Baby" (Brian Smith, Terry Fox) – 2:29
08. "I Had a Dream" (Jimmy Witherspoon) – 2:59
09. "I Want Your Love" (Johnnie Dee, Johnny Tarr) – 2:18
10. "London Town" (Tim Hardin) – 2:28
11. "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 2:53
12. "Gonna Find Me a Substitute" (Ike Turner) – 2:59

Bonus Tracks
13. "Get a Buzz" (May, Taylor, Brian Pendleton, John Stax, Skip Alan)– 4:02
14. "Sittin' All Alone" (May, Taylor) – 2:49
15. "Midnight to Six Man" (Taylor, May) – 2:21
16. "Me Needing You" (May, Taylor) – 1:58
17. "Come See Me" (Pierre Tubbs, J.J. Jackson, Sidney Barnes) – 2:41
18. "L.S.D." (May, Taylor) – 2:27