The Zombies & Pretty Things (1968 UK Mono) | Psychedelic Rock | Vinyl Stream

Morning stream. Today we are spinning the definitive twin pillars of 1968 British psychedelia, presented in their legendary, hard-hitting original UK mono mixes. 00:00 Intro 08:37 Zombies mono starts 47:45 Pretty Things mono starts 01:28:48 Close 01:30:06 RIP my great dog Roky wo of the most essential UK albums of 1968, both in original mono. First up is the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle on CBS, then straight into the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow on Columbia. The Zombies had already broken up by the time Odessey and Oracle came out. They recorded it at Abbey Road in 1967 and split before it was released. Colin Blunstone's voice is the thing that holds the whole record together, and Rod Argent's keyboard arrangements give it a density unusual for pop music of the period. The mono mix packs everything into a tighter space and changes how the harmonies land. "Time of the Season" became the hit, but it charted after the band was already gone. S.F. Sorrow is a different kind of record entirely. The Pretty Things came out of the British R&B scene - rawer and bluesier - and by 1968 they had pushed into something much darker. This is a concept album following a fictional character named Sebastian F. Sorrow through birth, war, loss, and death. It came out in December 1968, before Tommy, and has a legitimate claim to being the first rock opera. Dick Taylor, who was an early member of the Rolling Stones before the Pretty Things formed, is on guitar throughout. The record wasn't a commercial success when it came out and it took years to get the reputation it has now among collectors. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ Full vinyl rips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn #TheZombies #ThePrettyThings #SFSorrow #OdesseyAndOracle #MonoVinyl #PsychedelicRock #BaroquePop #AbbeyRoad #1968Rock #VinylRip #VinylPiper #MorningStream