Resurrection (The Pretty Things album)

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 at Abbey Road Studios.

History

Resurrection was recorded on September 6, 1998, in Abbey Road Studio 2. The concert was performed in front of a small audience of family and friends and was broadcast live on the Internet. There were so many people attempting to watch the show online that the server crashed.

The Pretty Things line-up at that time included members who had recorded the original album in the same studio, except for Twink, who was replaced by long-time Pretty Things member Skip Alan (who had been with the group during the first half of the original album sessions). Mark St. John, the band's manager, and Dov Skipper, Skip Alan's son, provided percussion, while Frank Holland contributed guitar and vocals. Guest Arthur Brown narrated the interludes between the songs, which did not appear in the original album, and David Gilmour played lead guitar on five songs. ^[2]

The concert was first released on CD in a limited edition in 1999, followed by 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Pretty Things

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

Guests

• 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

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