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* NamesTheSame: Sort of; Music/{{Queen}} also has members named May and Taylor.
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* ChannelHop: During their original British career, the Pretties recorded for Creator/{{Fontana|Records}}, Creator/{{EMI}} (specifically the [[Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords Columbia]] and Creator/{{Harvest|Records}} imprints), [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], Swan Song, and Warner Bros. again before their breakup. (In America, the "Talkin' About the Good Times" single was licensed to Laurie and the ''Music/SFSorrow'' and ''Parachute'' albums appeared on Rare Earth, a Creator/{{Motown}} subsidiary that specialized in PsychedelicRock.) After their reunion in 1999, their new work appeared on various indie labels; meanwhile, they regained control of their catalog and licensed it to Snapper Music, who in turn sublicensed it to various reissue specialists (including Creator/ShoutFactory).

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* ChannelHop: During their original British career, the Pretties recorded for Creator/{{Fontana|Records}}, Creator/{{EMI}} (specifically the [[Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords Columbia]] and Creator/{{Harvest|Records}} imprints), [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], Swan Song, and Warner Bros. again before their breakup. (In America, the "Talkin' About the Good Times" single was licensed to Laurie and the ''Music/SFSorrow'' and ''Parachute'' albums appeared on Rare Earth, a Creator/{{Motown}} subsidiary that specialized in PsychedelicRock.) After their reunion in 1999, TheNineties, their new work appeared on various indie labels; meanwhile, they regained control of their catalog and licensed it to Snapper Music, who in turn sublicensed it to various reissue specialists (including Creator/ShoutFactory).
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* ChannelHop: During their original British career, the Pretties recorded for Creator/{{Fontana|Records}}, Creator/{{EMI}} (specifically the [[Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords Columbia]] and Creator/{{Harvest|Records}} imprints), [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], Swan Song, and Warner Bros. again before their breakup. (In America, they licensed the "Talkin' About the Good Times" single to Laurie and the ''Music/SFSorrow'' and ''Parachute'' albums to Rare Earth, a Creator/{{Motown}} subsidiary that specialized in PsychedelicRock.) After their reunion in 1999, their new work appeared on various indie labels, while their catalog was handled by various reissue specialists (including Creator/ShoutFactory).

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* ChannelHop: During their original British career, the Pretties recorded for Creator/{{Fontana|Records}}, Creator/{{EMI}} (specifically the [[Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords Columbia]] and Creator/{{Harvest|Records}} imprints), [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], Swan Song, and Warner Bros. again before their breakup. (In America, they licensed the "Talkin' About the Good Times" single was licensed to Laurie and the ''Music/SFSorrow'' and ''Parachute'' albums to appeared on Rare Earth, a Creator/{{Motown}} subsidiary that specialized in PsychedelicRock.) After their reunion in 1999, their new work appeared on various indie labels, while labels; meanwhile, they regained control of their catalog was handled by and licensed it to Snapper Music, who in turn sublicensed it to various reissue specialists (including Creator/ShoutFactory).
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* ChannelHop: During their original British career, the Pretties recorded for Creator/{{Fontana|Records}}, Creator/{{EMI}} (specifically the [[Creator/EMIColumbiaRecords Columbia]] and Creator/{{Harvest|Records}} imprints), [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros.]], Swan Song, and Warner Bros. again before their breakup. (In America, they licensed the "Talkin' About the Good Times" single to Laurie and the ''Music/SFSorrow'' and ''Parachute'' albums to Rare Earth, a Creator/{{Motown}} subsidiary that specialized in PsychedelicRock.) After their reunion in 1999, their new work appeared on various indie labels, while their catalog was handled by various reissue specialists (including Creator/ShoutFactory).
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** Since the Pretties' first album was ignored in the US, the American branch of Creator/FontanaRecords passed on ''Get the Picture?'' and ''Emotions''. Neither album received an American release until the Pretties, who had regained control of their recordings, reissued their entire catalog in 1998.

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** Since the Pretties' Pretty Things' first album was ignored in the US, the American branch of Creator/FontanaRecords passed on ''Get the Picture?'' and ''Emotions''. Neither album received an American release until the Pretties, who had regained control of their recordings, reissued their entire catalog in 1998.

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* LateExportForYou: Since the Pretties' first album was ignored in the US, the American branch of Creator/FontanaRecords passed on ''Get the Picture?'' and ''Emotions''. Neither album received an American release until the Pretties, who had regained control of their recordings, reissued their entire catalog in 1998.

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* LateExportForYou: LateExportForYou:
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Since the Pretties' first album was ignored in the US, the American branch of Creator/FontanaRecords passed on ''Get the Picture?'' and ''Emotions''. Neither album received an American release until the Pretties, who had regained control of their recordings, reissued their entire catalog in 1998.1998.
** ''Music/SFSorrow'''s US release had a much shorter delay -- six months instead of several decades -- but it hurt the Pretty Things' career. By the time the world's first RockOpera was released Stateside, Music/TheWho's ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' was already out, leading Americans to assume that the Pretties had stolen the very concept they originated! At least people eventually realized the truth.

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* CreatorBacklash: The band hates ''Emotions,'' mainly because of [[ExecutiveMeddling the orchestration added by their record label]].

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* CreatorBacklash: The band hates hated ''Emotions,'' mainly because of [[ExecutiveMeddling the orchestration added by their record label]].label]].
* LateExportForYou: Since the Pretties' first album was ignored in the US, the American branch of Creator/FontanaRecords passed on ''Get the Picture?'' and ''Emotions''. Neither album received an American release until the Pretties, who had regained control of their recordings, reissued their entire catalog in 1998.
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* BigNameFan:
** Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up signing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.
** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Music/PinUps'', and used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.

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** Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up singing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.

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** Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up singing signing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.
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** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', and used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.

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** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', ''Music/PinUps'', and used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.
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* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Did six album covers for the Pretties.
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** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', and has used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.

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** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', and has used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.



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* {{Big Name Fan}}s: Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up singing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.

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* {{Big Name Fan}}s: BigNameFan:
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Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up singing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.America.
** Music/DavidBowie did two Pretties songs on his CoverAlbum ''Pin-Ups'', and has used the phrase "Pretty Things" in several song titles and lyrics.
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* {{Big Name Fan}}s: Music/LedZeppelin, particularly [[Music/TheYardbirds Jimmy Page]], who collaborated with The Pretty Things in TheSixties. The Pretties wound up singing with Zep's Swan Song Records in the mid-Seventies, and their two albums for the label, ''Silk Torpedo'' and ''Savage Eye'', were their most commercially successful in America.
* CreatorBacklash: The band hates ''Emotions,'' mainly because of [[ExecutiveMeddling the orchestration added by their record label]].
* Creator/{{Hipgnosis}}: Did six album covers for the Pretties.
* NamesTheSame: Sort of; Music/{{Queen}} also has members named May and Taylor.

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