Compiled by the two original members of the band, and sourced from the BBC archives, this Double LP covers numerous songs from the 1960s & 1970s period, including smash hits such as ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ and ‘Midnight To Six Man’ with later classic album tracks ‘Defecting Grey’, ‘S.F. Sorrow Is Born’, ‘Singapore Silk Torpedo’, ‘Dream / Joey’ and other Pretty Things favorites. These sessions were recorded by the world renowned broadcasting organisation for radio and TV, and this album explores as election of the group’s BBC Radio One output, from popular shows such as 1960s ‘Saturday Club’, ‘Top Gear’, then on to the later ‘Peel Sessions’ and ‘Sounds Of The 70s’, amongst others.
SIDE 1 (Mono recordings)
- Big Boss Man
- Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Road Runner
- Big City
Pretty Things Sessions - Saturday Club, 10/1964
- Sitting All Alone
- Buzz The Jerk
- Midnight To Six Man
Pretty Things Sessions - Saturday Club, 05/1966
SIDE 2 (Mono recordings)
- L.S.D.
Pretty Things Sessions - Saturday Club, 05/1966
- Turn My Head
- Defecting Grey
- Walking Through My Dreams
Pretty Things Sessions - Top Gear, 03/12/1967
- S.F. Sorrow Is Born
- She Says Good Morning
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Top Gear, 17/11/1968
- Balloon Burning
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Top Gear, 21/10/1968
SIDE 3 (Mono recordings, except track 3 in Stereo)
- Cries From The Midnight Circus
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - BBC Sounds Of The 70s, 11/09/1970
- Sickle Clowns
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - BBC Dave Symonds Sounds Of The
70s, 06/07/1970
- Peter / Rip Off Train
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Sounds Of The 70s, 27/08/1973
- Cold Stone
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Top Gear, 15/05/1971
- Summertime
Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Mike Harding, 29/06/1971
- Circus Mind
Radio Flashes with Vivian Stanshall, 14/08/1971
SIDE 4 (Stereo recordings)
- Singapore Silk Torpedo
- Bridge Of God
BBC In Concert - John Peel, 06/01/1975
- Belfast Cowboys / Bruise In The Sky
BBC In Concert - John Peel, 24/07/1975
- Dream / Joey
John Peel, 17/07/1975
