Latest Writs, Greatest Hits: The Best of Pretty Things
by The Pretty Things
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1 January 2000
- Label: Snapper Music
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:11:27
- Community rating: 3.59/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Johnnie Dee, Frank Holland, John Charles Alder, Dick Taylor, Viv Prince, Gordon Edwards, J.J. Jackson, Jack Green, Victor Unitt, Bill Farley, Ellas McDaniel, Brian Pendleton, Mark St. John, John Povey, Pete Tolson, Ian Stirling, Reg Norman, Asa Jones, Andy Pearce, Wally Waller, John Stax, Pierre Tubbs, Jimmy Duncan, Sidney Barnes, Stuart Brooks, Skip Alan, Phil May
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A nineteen-track survey of The Pretty Things, from their mid-1960s rhythm and blues singles to the psychedelic era of 'S.F. Sorrow'. The sequencing underlines the band's unusual arc, contemporaries of the Stones who moved further into progressive rock than their peers.
Genres
Descriptors: drugs, guitars, rhythmic, fuzz, retro
Tracklist
- Come See Me (2:42)
- Don't Bring Me Down (2:12)
- Defecting Grey (4:31)
- SF Sorrow Is Born (3:14)
- 拢SD (2:27)
- All Light Up (4:31)
- Midnight To Six Man (2:21)
- Remember That Boy (5:05)
- Rosalyn (2:20)
- Singapore Silk Torpedo (5:11)
- Old Man Going (3:07)
- Vivian Prince (5:15)
- Roadrunner (3:14)
- Talkin' About The Good Times (3:45)
- Summertime (4:31)
- Tripping (3:26)
- Havana Bound (3:53)
- Cries From The Midnight Circus (6:29)
- Bitter End (3:13)
Credits
- Wally Waller - bass, vocals, written-by
- Mike Stax - compiled by
- Alison Peat - compiled by [with help from]
- Nicola O'Donegan - compiled by [with help from], sleeve notes [spelling and punctuation]
- Frank Holland - guitar, vocals, written-by
- John Povey - keyboards, vocals, written-by
- Dick Taylor - lead guitar, written-by
- Mark St. John - performer, written-by
- Andy Pearce - mastered by
- J.J. Jackson - written-by
- Pierre Tubbs - written-by
- Sidney Barnes - written-by
- Johnnie Dee - written-by
- Ian Stirling - written-by
- Bill Farley - written-by
- Jimmy Duncan - written-by
- John Charles Alder - written-by
- Ellas McDaniel - written-by