The Pretty Things - S.F.Sorrow 41st Anniversary

Mythological cult, anarchist, psychedelic '60's survivors The Pretty Things are set to perform their fabled Rock Opera - S. F. Sorrow - at major UK venues early in 2009. S.F. Sorrow, is the missing masterpiece in the great trilogy of seminal '60's psychedelic albums, & was recorded at Abbey Road in 1967 alongside The Beatles masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper's & Piper At The Gates of Dawn, by The Pink Floyd. Whilst The Beatles & The Floyd's albums were both an instant success, it has taken more than 40 years for S.F. Sorrow to achieve the recognition it so richly deserves.

Now fully acknowledged as the first ever Rock Opera (& the inspiration for The Who's Tommy which was recorded a full year later) the album has become a mainstay of psychedelic culture, and appears regularly in the "Best 100 albums of all time" charts. It has been a seminal influence on many major artists, ranging from The Who, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, The Lightning Seeds (who had a hit with a cover of the title track), The White Stripes & most recently Noel Gallagher, who recently admitted "nicking" Baron Saturday to re-work for a new song on the current Oasis album……..
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