Emotions !
The Pretty Things
480 €
Estimated vinyl value [2026 Valuation]
Technical Identification Sheet
| RELEASE NUMBER (Discogs ID) | 1229810 |
| Excel File Row | 314 |
| Date Added to Archive | 27/09/2026, 14:08:56 |
| Pressing Year | 1967 |
| Pressing Type (Press) | 1ST |
| Country of Pressing | UK |
| Record Label | Fontana |
| Stereo / Mono | MONO |
| Catalogue Number | TL 5425 |
| Barcode | N/A |
| Matrix / Runout Side A | 687951 1L▽ 1 420 1 1 2 |
| Matrix / Runout Side B | 687951 2L▽ 1 420 1 1 1 |
| Sleeve Condition | EX+ |
| Media Condition | EX+ |
| Inner Sleeve Condition | EX+ |
| Genre | Experimental/Psychedelic Rock |
| External Link | View Original Release ↗ |
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Story & Background
"Emotions!", The Pretty Things' third album from 1967 on Fontana, represents a controversial turning point in their discography, the result of considerable external pressures. The label, eager to capitalise on the pop-psychedelic boom and to mitigate their wild and uncompromising reputation, imposed a radical stylistic change of direction. Orchestral arrangements and baroque sounds were introduced, with external producers shaping the sound to make it more accessible to the general public, but profoundly alienating the band's artistic core. This commercial pressure culminated in the frustration of Dick Taylor, co-founder and original guitarist (and already a member of the early Rolling Stones), who felt betrayed by the forced artistic direction. His profound dissatisfaction was such that, although he recorded his parts, he left the band shortly after the album's release, marking the end of their most purely R&B era. "Emotions!", for many critics and purists of the original sound, remains a "difficult" record, a reflection not of their true rebellious spirit, but of the commercial expectations of the era, a necessary compromise before the psychedelic rebirth with "S.F. Sorrow".
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Official Tracklist
- A1 - Death Of A Socialite
- A2 - Children
- A3 - The Sun
- A4 - There Will Never Be Another Day
- A5 - House Of Ten
- A6 - Out In The Night
- B1 - One Long Glance
- B2 - Growing In My Mind
- B3 - Photographer
- B4 - Bright Lights Of The City
- B5 - Tripping
- B6 - My Time
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