Resurrection (The Pretty Things album)

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1999 live album by Pretty Things

Resurrection

Live album by

Pretty Things

Released| January 26, 1999 (1999-01-26)
Recorded| September 6, 1998
Studio| Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre| Psychedelic rock
Length| 59:23
Label| Snapper
Producer| Norman Smith
Pretty Things chronology
| Out of the Island
(1987)  | Resurrection
(1999)  | ... Rage Before Beauty
(1999)

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Resurrection is a live album by the English rock band Pretty Things. It is a complete performance of their 1968 rock opera S.F. Sorrow, recorded thirty years later in Abbey Road Studios.

## History

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Resurrection was recorded on September 6, 1998, in Abbey Road Studio 2. The concert was given in front of a small audience of family and friends and was broadcast live on the Internet.

The Pretty Things consisted at that point of the same line-up who had recorded the original album in the same studio, except for Twink, who was replaced by long-time Pretty Things member Skip Alan. Mark St. John, the band's manager, and Dov Skipper, the son of Skip Alan, provided percussions, and Frank Holland contributed guitar and vocals. Guest Arthur Brown read the narrative interludes between the songs, which did not appear in the original album, while David Gilmour played lead guitar on some songs.[2]

The concert was first released on CD in a limited edition in 1999, then in a 2-CD edition with S.F. Sorrow in 2003. That same year, a DVD of the performance was released under the title S.F. Sorrow Live at Abbey Road.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Introduction"|  | 1:47
2.| "Narration"|  | 1:08
3.| "S.F. Sorrow Is Born"| Phil May, Dick Taylor, Wally Waller| 3:10
4.| "Narration"|  | 0:23
5.| "Bracelets of Fingers"| May, Taylor, Waller| 3:48
6.| "Narration"|  | 0:32
7.| "She Says Good Morning"| May, Taylor, Waller, Twink| 4:35
8.| "Narration"|  | 0:43
9.| "Private Sorrow"| May, Taylor, Waller, Jon Povey| 3:36
10.| "Narration"|  | 2:10
11.| "Balloon Burning"| May, Taylor, Waller, Povey| 3:51
12.| "Narration"|  | 0:06
13.| "Death"| May, Taylor, Waller, Povey, Twink| 3:05
14.| "Narration"|  | 0:30
15.| "Baron Saturday"| May, Taylor, Waller| 4:20
16.| "Narration"|  | 0:44
17.| "The Journey"| May, Taylor, Waller, Twink| 2:42
18.| "Narration"|  | 2:00
19.| "I See You"| May, Taylor, Waller| 6:11
20.| "Well of Destiny"| May, Taylor, Waller, Povey, Twink, Norman Smith| 3:00
21.| "Narration"|  | 0:10
22.| "Trust"| May, Taylor, Waller| 2:46
23.| "Narration"|  | 0:19
24.| "Old Man Going"| May, Taylor, Waller, Povey, Twink| 5:21
25.| "Narration"|  | 0:09
26.| "Loneliest Person"| May, Taylor, Waller, Twink| 1:40
27.| "Band Introductions / Applause"|  | 0:38

## Personnel

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### Pretty Things

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* Phil May – vocals
* Dick Taylor – guitar, vocals
* Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
* Wally Waller – bass, vocals
* Skip Alan – drums
* Frank Holland – guitar, vocals

### Guests

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* Mark St. John – percussion
* Dov Skipper – percussion
* Arthur Brown – narration
* David Gilmour – guitar on "She Says Good Morning", "I See You", "Well of Destiny", "Trust" and "Old Man Going"

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ * Povey, Glenn (2007). Echoes : The Complete History of Pink Floyd. 3C Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9554624-1-2.

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Pretty Things

* Phil May
* Dick Taylor
* Skip Alan
* Jon Povey
* Wally Waller

* Pete Kitley
* Brian Pendleton
* John Stax
* Viv Andrews
* Viv Prince
* Twink
* Victor Unitt
* Pete Tolson
* Stuart Brooks
* Gordon John Edwards
* Jack Green
* Simon Fox
* Joe Shaw
* Dave Wintour
* Dave Wilki
* John Clark
* Kevin Flanagan
* Perry Margouleff
* Doede Ter Veld
* Roelf Ter Veld
* Bertram Engel
* Frank Holland
* Mark St. John
* Steve Browning
* Hans Waterman
* Barkley McKay
* Jack Greenwood
* George Woosey

Studio albums|

* The Pretty Things
* Get the Picture?
* Emotions
* S. F. Sorrow
* Parachute
* Freeway Madness
* Silk Torpedo
* Savage Eye
* Cross Talk
* ... Rage Before Beauty
* Balboa Island
* The Pretty Things/Philippe DeBarge
* The Sweet Pretty Things (Are in Bed Now, of Course...)
* Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood

Live albums|

* Resurrection
* The Final Bow

Extended plays|

* Rainin' in My Heart

Singles|

* "Rosalyn"
* "Don't Bring Me Down"
* "Honey I Need"
* "Road Runner
* "Midnight to Six Man"
* "Come See Me"

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* Discography

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