PRETTY THINGS Parachute V Rare Orig 1970 Harvest Prog Psych LP No EMI press
£
30
$
40
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Pretty Things
Parachute
Very Rare original UK LP released on Harvest Records in 1970. 1st UK pressing on the Green label with NO 'EMI box, comes in a laminated gatefold sleeve.
Matrix No's
Side One - SHVL 774 A-2
Side Two - SHVL 774 B-2
If S.F. Sorrow is the Pretty Things' Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and Yellow Submarine wrapped in one, then Parachute is their more succinct White Album and Abbey Road. It's not just a time line comparison. The Pretties made this fascinating LP in the same studio as the Fab Four, London's Abbey Road, with Beatles engineer Norman Smith producing. "The Good Mr. Square" replicates the three-part harmony the Beatles were so proud of on "Because." Two songs later, the group assembles a brief, interconnected three-song suite like the famous ones on side two of Abbey Road. Bassist Wally Allen's vocals on tracks such as "Sickle Clowns" have the same throaty, mad anguish that John Lennon exhibited on "Yer Blues" and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." If S.F. Sorrow is hard rock grandeur, then Parachute is its more bitter twist, the dream dying and the witching hour upon us. Yet, if this isn't as much of a triumph, the creative neurons are still firing throughout a multi-varied, cohesive LP. Like S.F. Sorrow, it's a surprisingly palatable concept LP. This time the topic is a generation caught between the conflicting calls of (rural) peace, love, and boredom, and (urban) sophistication, sex, and squalor in a harsh world. Somehow the departure of the band's main creative force, Dick Taylor, didn't diminish the writing and inspired variety. Allen stepped up big time into the collaborator role with singer Phil May. The harmonies remain a strong point on an otherwise rock-inclined record, and the nasty edge of perfectly balanced bombast in the best songs have been a lost art ever since.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1. Scene One
1.1. The Good Mr. Square
1.2. She Was Tall She Was High
2.1. In The Square
2.2. The Letter
2.3. Rain
3. Miss Fay Regrets
4. Cries From The Midnight Circus
Side Two
1. Grass
2. Sickle Clowns
3. She's A Lover
4. What's The Use
5. Parachute
-
Released on Harvest Records in 1970
-
Catalogue Number SHVL 774
-
Record is in Vg condition (some surface marks and scratches)
-
Sleeve is in Ex condition
***All Items must be paid for within 7 days***
-
POSTAGE RATES WITHIN THE UK: -
-
FIRST 7" IS £1.50 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 7" ADD 50p
-
FIRST 10" IS £2.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 10" ADD 50p
-
FIRST 12" IS £2.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 12" ADD 50p
-
FIRST LP IS £2.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP ADD 50p
-
FIRST CD IS £1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CD ADD 50p
price rating
