The Pretty Things

Rock 

The Pretty Things: Last Shot at America

May 11, 2025May 13, 2025 Jon Hart 0 Comments David Bowie, Dick Taylor, Mark St. John, Phil May, Skip Alan, The Grog Shop, The Pretty Things, The Ramones, The Who

An excerpt from Jon Hart’s book Unfortunately I Was Available

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Rock Stones 

Salt of the Earth: Keith Richards at 80

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 80th birthday, Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Ron Wood, The New Barbarians, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, The X-Pensive Winos

Why the unkillable Rolling Stones guitarist still endures

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Britpop Glam Pop Rock 

Everything’s Alright: David Bowie’s Pin Ups at 50

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Aynsley Dunbar, Bryan Ferry, David Bowie, John Lennon, Mick Ronson, Mick Woodmansey, Pin Ups, Pink Floyd, The Easybeats, The Kinks, The Merseys, The Pretty Things, The Who, The Yardbirds, Van Morrison

A look back at the Duke’s little-loved covers album, and the great songs that inspired it

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Bruce Music Journalism Rock Soul 

Bruce Springsteen: The Last Civil War Widow and the Happy Death of Minstrelsy

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Captain Beefheart, Chuck Berry, Columbia Records, Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Little Richard, Neurosis, Only The Strong Survive, Sleep, The Alarm, The Beatles, The Clash, The Kinks, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones

Is the latest Boss album the final straw for a certain kind of cultural appropriation in rock?

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Pop 

Connecting The Dots With The (Original) Chicks!

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1965, Cat Stevens, Modern Harmonic, New Zealand, Sundaz, The Chicks, The Pretty Things, The Sound Of The Chicks

An exclusive chat with Suzanne Donaldson about the history of New Zealand’s pop pioneers and the first-ever U.S. edition or their classic LP The Sound Of The Chicks

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Records Rock 

The Pretty Things Take A Final Bow

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Dick Taylor, Frank Holland, John Stax, Jon Povey, Led Zeppelin, Pete Tolson, Records, SF Sorrow, Skip Alan, Swan Song, The Final Bow, The Pretty Things, Vinyl, Wally Waller

Where to start when looking to dive into one of the most rewarding and unsung catalogs in British Rock

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Psychedelics Rock 

LISTEN: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 David Bash 0 Comments A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966, David Bowie, Grapefruit/Cherry Red, The Action. The Hollies, The Animals, The Creation, The Creation. 2020, The Moody Blues, The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds, Various Artists. A Slight Disturbance In My Mind: The British Proto-Psychedelic Sounds of 1966

Check out A Slight Disturbance In My Mind inside; box set out now on Grapefruit Records

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Classical Dance Disco Folk Funk Glam jazz Pop Radio Rock Soul 

POP TOP 40: Top LPs & Tapes for the Week Ending February 22, 1975

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 T.A. Inskeep 2 Comments Average White Band, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Grand Funk, Igor Stravinsky, Linda Ronstadt, Minnie Ripperton, Passport, Phoebe Snow, the Doobie Brothers, The Ohio Players, The Pretty Things, Three Dog Night, Tony Orlando

45 years ago, these albums were flying out of America’s record stores

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