“Fly to the Moon on the curve of a spoon”
Complete Studio Albums 1965-2020
MADFISH
THE PRETTY THINGS are the character actors of British rock – a Brian Glover or Richard E Grant to the Michael Caine or Roger Moore of the Stones/Beatles/Who. While the Pretties occasionally got the chance to play the leading man, their usual role has been as craggy-faced secondary players, present at many of the key moments in British music – friends of the Stones, covered by Bowie, signed to Led Zeppelin’s own label, shared a manager with Pink Floyd – and always delivering noteworthy moments when it was their cue before returning to the shadow of the big shots.
Madfish’s limited-edition box of the 13 studio albums recorded by The Pretty Things between 1965 and 2020 offers a chance to
