S. F. Sorrow is the fourth album by the English rock band Pretty Things. Released in 1968, it is known as one of the first rock operas ever released. S... 14 KB (1,285 words) - 05:57, 10 January 2024 |
record was packaged as a double LP with their previous album S.F. Sorrow titled S.F. Sorrow and Parachute and issued on the UK label Harvest on the Harvest... 6 KB (448 words) - 21:15, 25 December 2023 |
 | the band's main lyricists. He was the primary lyricist for the album S.F. Sorrow. Born Philip Wadey in Dartford, Kent, he was raised by his aunt and uncle... 7 KB (555 words) - 16:07, 21 January 2024 |
 | shorter concept albums Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (Small Faces, 1968) and S.F. Sorrow (The Pretty Things, 1968). Author Jim Cullen states: "The concept album... 31 KB (3,332 words) - 06:10, 31 January 2024 |
 | albums, including the debut The Pretty Things (UK Albums Chart #6) and S. F. Sorrow (being one of the first rock operas), four EPs and 15 UK singles, including... 41 KB (4,034 words) - 06:51, 9 April 2024 |
 | rock opera sub-genre". Neil Strauss of The New York Times wrote that S.F. Sorrow (1968) by The Pretty Things is "generally acknowledged as the first rock... 21 KB (2,289 words) - 10:40, 26 February 2024 |
 | Nosul). Baron Saturday, who represents Baron Samedi, appears in the album S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things, where he takes the titular character on a trip... 18 KB (2,038 words) - 03:39, 27 April 2024 |
producer. He was a member of Pretty Things on their most famous records, S.F. Sorrow and Parachute. Wally Waller was born Alan Edward Waller in Barnehurst... 6 KB (591 words) - 08:46, 18 April 2024 |
first academic paper. In the Pretty Things's psychedelic 1968 album, S.F. Sorrow, the song "Baron Saturday" features the lyrics: "'neath a sky of milk/You're... 13 KB (1,602 words) - 08:51, 13 April 2024 |
McCoys – Hang On Sloopy The Kinks – You Really Got Me The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin Bob Dylan – The Times They... 7 KB (612 words) - 23:18, 5 February 2024 |
album is the second rock opera by The Pretty Things, the first being S.F. Sorrow (1968), and follows the story of an unnamed protagonist throughout major... 4 KB (239 words) - 21:26, 25 December 2023 |
and Jon Povey. He participated in the making of their classic album S.F. Sorrow. He was also a member of this group when it appeared in the Norman Wisdom... 25 KB (2,913 words) - 09:37, 10 April 2024 |
 | Rock Album Covers". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 8 December 2014. Thorgerson, S: Hipgnosis • Walk Away René, page 87. Paper Tiger, 1978. Sweeting, Adam (18... 28 KB (1,200 words) - 04:27, 14 April 2024 |
Person" is a cover of a Pretty Things composition from their 1968 album S.F. Sorrow. The lead single, "The Gypsy Faerie Queen", was released on 14 September... 15 KB (1,120 words) - 10:30, 15 April 2024 |
Formby from "Mr Wu's a window cleaner now" and 'aaah aaah' portion of "S.F. Sorrow Is Born" by the Pretty Things "Is Yours Working Yet?" – Alfred Hitchcock... 9 KB (626 words) - 02:20, 2 November 2022 |
 | album, several months before Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, S.F. Sorrow and Tommy were issued. However, The Mindbenders’ release With Woman in... 23 KB (1,544 words) - 15:59, 19 January 2024 |
 | the Pretty Things in 1969, after the release of their concept album S.F. Sorrow. The band released a few more albums without Taylor and disbanded in... 5 KB (379 words) - 04:01, 6 April 2024 |
 | Among such groups, the Pretty Things abandoned their R&B roots to create S.F. Sorrow (December 1968), the first example of a psychedelic rock opera. The US... 88 KB (9,857 words) - 17:30, 10 April 2024 |
David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 238. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Strong, Martin C. (2000)... 22 KB (273 words) - 18:35, 17 February 2024 |
 | Greatest Show on Earth (Harvest Heritage compilation) The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow/Parachute (Harvest Heritage double reissue) Kevin Ayers – Joy of a Toy/Shooting... 24 KB (908 words) - 09:49, 25 December 2023 |
heaviest-sounding songs ever released by a major band. The Pretty Things' rock opera S.F. Sorrow, released in December, featured "proto heavy metal" songs such as "Old... 167 KB (18,801 words) - 22:01, 24 March 2024 |
Twink joined the Pretty Things in order to complete their concept album, S.F. Sorrow, before forming the Pink Fairies. Junior sometimes played bass with Jeff... 9 KB (901 words) - 14:49, 23 August 2023 |
released, predating story-driven concept albums such as the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow (December 1968), the Who's Tommy (April 1969) and the Kinks' Arthur (September... 18 KB (2,169 words) - 20:40, 7 March 2024 |
 | "One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies seen tells if one will... 11 KB (1,209 words) - 04:31, 3 February 2024 |
 | while noting a subset of the form in rock operas such as Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow (1968) and the Who's Tommy (1969). According to Neil Strauss, the "album-rock... 94 KB (11,026 words) - 21:33, 20 April 2024 |
Day Artist Album 20 Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow... 6 KB (372 words) - 16:22, 25 April 2024 |
Pretty Things. It is a complete performance of their 1968 rock opera S.F. Sorrow, recorded thirty years later in Abbey Road Studios. Resurrection was... 5 KB (268 words) - 22:01, 1 July 2023 |
Get the Picture? (1965) Emotions (1967) S.F. Sorrow (1968)... 8 KB (1,097 words) - 15:03, 28 December 2023 |
as inspiration the music of The Kinks' Ray Davies, The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, The Doors' The Doors and Strange Days, and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell... 67 KB (5,048 words) - 16:47, 10 April 2024 |
List of concept albums (section F) Planet (2007) Porcupine Tree – The Incident (2009) The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow (1968) Primus – Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble... 232 KB (16,798 words) - 07:38, 26 April 2024 |