Pretty Things - Copenhagen Beat Festival 1970 CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
SKU
23-LCCD 5142
“Fresh from the famed Phun City festival with the Pink Fairies, Deviants and MC5, this incredibly rare performance by The Pretty Things sees the band in their post S.F. Sorrow phase with Skip Alan and Jimi Hendrix’s young protégé - teenage genius Peter Tolson (ex- Eire Apparent).
With a powerful social message, pastoral hymns and hard rocking mayhem, Parachute was about to take to the stage and diminish any misgivings about the new line-up. Captured beautifully by DRTV, this is a stunning document of those most eloquent underdogs in their prime.
This is not some mere retrospective commodity; this is the Pretty Things live and unleashed over 50 years later in an increasingly ugly world. A prized performance from Copenhagen Beat Festival, K.B. Hallen, København, Denmark, 22nd August 1970.”
“Many fans believe the brief May 1970-May 1971 incarnation of The Pretty Things to be their best period. Musically it only provided four new recordings plus the great Slow Beginnings which can be found on the Live At BBC CD.
When Pete Tolson joined the band his impetus and attack took the Parachute and SF Sorrow songs into a new dimension - revved up, vicious and raw. Whilst the mixing and sound quality isn't Norman Smith level this set of songs provides the memory of this great period and those who were not able to see the band during this 13 month period are in for a treat.”-Alan Lakey
- LabelLondon Calling
- UPC5053792514212