The Pretty Things

 

Artist:  The Pretty Things
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Garage Rock, R&B, Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Original line-up:

Dick Taylor:   Guitar
Phil May:  Vocals, Harmonica
Brian Pendleton:  Rhythm Guitar
John Stax:  Bass
Pete Kitley:  Drums

Classic line-up:

Dick Taylor:  Guitar
Phil May:  Guitar
Brian Pendleton:  Rhythm Guitar
John Stax:  Bass
Skip allen:  Drums

and 

Dick Taylor:  Lead Guitar, Vocals
Phil May:  Vocals
Jon Povey:  Organ, Sitar, Mellotron, Percussion, Vocals
Wally Waller:  Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Piano
Skip Alan:  Drums

The Pretty Things are an English Rock Band  from London, formed in 1963, consisted of Dick Taylor (Guitar), (fellow Sidcup Art College student with Keith Richards, and Mick Jagger), Phil May (Vocals, Harmonica), Brian Pendleton (Rhythm Guitar), John Stax (Bass) and Pete Kitley (Drums), replaced by Viv Andrews and then by Viv Prince on Drums.   The band's name took from Willie Dixon's song "Pretty Thing".  Their most commercially successful period was the mid-1960s. 

Title:  Freeway Madness (2023) 

Genre:  Garage Rock, R&B, Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Label:  Madfish/Snapper Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Love Is Good (6:53)

 2.  Havana Sound (5:57)

 3.  {Peter (1:27)

 4.  Rip Off Train (3:18)

 5.  Over The Moon (4:31)

 6.  Religion's Dead (4:14)

 7.  Country Road (4:48)

 8.  Allnight Sailor (1:57)

 9.  Onion Soup (3:49)

10. Another Bowl? (2:54)

Bonus Tracks:

11. Religion's Dead (Live At The Luyceum 1973) (4:48)

12. Havana Bound (Live At The Luyceum 1973) (4:20)

13. Love Is Good (Live At The Luyceum 1973) (6:43)

14. Onion Soup (Live At The Luyceum 1973) (8:28)

Personnel:

Phil May:  Lead Vocals
Pete Tolson:  Lead, Acoustic Guitars
Jon Povey:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Stuart Brooks:  Bass
Skip Alan:  Drums

Additional Musicians:

Gordon Huntley:  Pedal Steel Guitar on "Country Road"

Wally Waller:  Vocals on "Over The Moon"

Don Harper:  Viola

Billy Reid:  Violin

Johnny Van Derrick:  Violin

Peter Willison:  Cello

Freeway Madness is  t he sixth studio album by Pretty Things, originally released on December 1972 by Warner Bros., remastered and reissued on May 30, 2023 by Madfish/Snapper Music, includes 8 Page Booklet.