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Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens & Street Urchins 1970-1976 - 3CD
Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens & Street Urchins 1970-1976 - 3CD
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3 Cds - UK Import
In the teenage wastelands of grey early 70s Britain, where the musical landscape was dominated by introspective singer-songwriters and dour rock bands, the emergence of the outrageous, androgynous, peacock-plumaged Glam Rock scene provided a vital spark in the dark. Sadly the genre was quickly hijacked by the backroom hustlers of the British music industry and their mutton-dressed-as-glam pop idol marionettes.
However, "Oh! You Pretty Things" ignores such lightweight fripperies to concentrate on the real deal. Incorporating huge British bands (Roxy Music, Slade, Sweet, Mott The Hoople, etc.) and the leading US acts on the scene (New York Dolls, Jobriath, Lou Reed, Iggy & The Stooges), this four-hour anthology of prettiest stars, prima ballerinas and real cool traders covers all bases.
Some acts were defined purely by glam, others (ELO, Strawbs, Thin Lizzy) merely paid the neighbourhood a fleeting visit, while the likes of Despair and England's Glory would only find their niche after the more streetwise element of glam mutated into punk. Big hits, inexplicable misses, seminal glam texts, cult classics, key album tracks, alternative versions and even a clutch of previously unreleased but essential recordings: "Oh! You Pretty Things" assembles all these and more to act as the definitive primer of a relatively short-lived but glorious musical and popcultural phenomenon.
In the teenage wastelands of grey early 70s Britain, where the musical landscape was dominated by introspective singer-songwriters and dour rock bands, the emergence of the outrageous, androgynous, peacock-plumaged Glam Rock scene provided a vital spark in the dark. Sadly the genre was quickly hijacked by the backroom hustlers of the British music industry and their mutton-dressed-as-glam pop idol marionettes.
However, "Oh! You Pretty Things" ignores such lightweight fripperies to concentrate on the real deal. Incorporating huge British bands (Roxy Music, Slade, Sweet, Mott The Hoople, etc.) and the leading US acts on the scene (New York Dolls, Jobriath, Lou Reed, Iggy & The Stooges), this four-hour anthology of prettiest stars, prima ballerinas and real cool traders covers all bases.
Some acts were defined purely by glam, others (ELO, Strawbs, Thin Lizzy) merely paid the neighbourhood a fleeting visit, while the likes of Despair and England's Glory would only find their niche after the more streetwise element of glam mutated into punk. Big hits, inexplicable misses, seminal glam texts, cult classics, key album tracks, alternative versions and even a clutch of previously unreleased but essential recordings: "Oh! You Pretty Things" assembles all these and more to act as the definitive primer of a relatively short-lived but glorious musical and popcultural phenomenon.
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