The Pretty Things: The Things Hit Back!
Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 20 February 1965
ONE ACCUSATION that can't be levelled against the Pretty Things is that they're dull. In fact this wild-sounding, and equally wild-looking group are one of the most interesting beat groups on the scene.
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