Episode 173. The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow

The U.K. band The Pretty Things created what is arguably, the first concept album with a storyline, "S.F. Sorrow". In other words, the first rock opera. They began the recordings in 1967, but the album was released a year by their label EMI. The Summer of Love was over, and the concept was too new for rock audiences to take in, and so the album sold poorly. Over the decades, the album as gained a huge following, and the record is new assessed as a true classic. Also... If you would, ple...