THE PRETTY THINGS

The Complete Studio Albums: 1965-2020 MADFISH Thirteen priceless vinyls from always-the-bridesmaid rock chameleons. The Pretty Things should have been far bigger than they actually were. Emerging from the early 60s R&B scene, guitarist Dick Taylor served as a founding Rolling Stone before bailing for art school. He was soon induced to form the Things by vocalist Phil May, who allegedly boasted ‘the longest hair in Britain’. The Things initially set outrageous for their own good. And too impatient. When success as the gritty blues hooligans captured awesome hit single Rosalyn) proved unsustainable, they embarked on a series of reinventions: some predictably ’67’s Emotions); some influential (the following year’s psych essential S.F. and some, despite maintaining quality, outwardly desperate. With the harmony-laced American Zeppelin endorsed near-glam swagger of Swansong label duo…