Oh You Pretty Things: Glam Queens & Street Urchins Oh You Pretty Things: Glam Queens & Street Urchins CD

Three CD set. In the teenage wastelands of grey early Seventies 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. We focus on the twin central strands of Glam Rock: the cerebral and the visceral, with the artier, experimental element of the scene joined by the Ladbroke Grove street rockers and the Steve Marriott-channelling chirpy Cockney geezer street urchins, many of whom had been to drama school and knew how to strike a pose. 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 - housed in a clamshell box that contains a 40-page booklet of amazing photos and incredible stories - assembles all these and more to act as the definitive primer of a relatively short-lived but glorious musical and pop-cultural phenomenon.

1. Pyjamarama û Roxy Music 2. Ma-Ma-Ma Belle û Electric Light Orchestra 3. Barbecutie - Sparks 4. Joey (Single Version) û Pretty Things 5. Tumble With Me û The Hollywood Brats 6. Rolling With My Baby (Single Version) - Silverhead 7. Teenage Archangel û Be-Bop Deluxe 8. On The Ball - Streak 9. Once Bitten Twice Shy 10. (Album Version) û Ian Hunter 11. Kerb Crawler 12. (Single Version) - Hawkwind 13. Payroll - Brutus 14. Bright Lights û England's Glory 15. Andy Warhol û Dana Gillespie 16. Blue Movie Star - Rococo 17. White Light White Heat û Mick Ronson 18. Send Me The Bill For Your Friendship û Duncan Browne 19. Powerman û The Kinks 20. Up In The Air û Bearded Lady 21. The Prettiest Star û Simon Turner 22. The Cops Are Coming ûHeavy Metal Kids 23. Glittery Obituary û Blackfoot Sue 24. Street Urchin û Pink Fairies 25. Take Me Bak 'Ome - Slade 26. Little Darling û Thin Lizzy 27. Cat's Eyes - Zior 28. Satellite Of Love û Lou Reed 29. Gun û John Cale 30. Lady Easy Action - Despair 31. Shame Shame Shame û The Hammersmith Gorillas 32. B-Movie Bedtime (Demo Version) û Doctors Of Madness 33. Gimme Some Skin û Iggy ; The Stooges 34. Rat Crawl û Third World War 35. Give Yourself A Chance û Agnes Strange 36. Chance Meeting û Bryan Ferry 37. The Purple Speed Queen û Curved Air 38. Earthling - Jobriath 39. Big Day û Phil Manzanera Featuring Eno 40. Around And Around - Slowload 41. Strange Movies û The Troggs 42. Rosie's Coming To Town - Rosie 43. Queenage Baby û Wayne County 44. Sweet Transvestite û Tim Curry 45. The Six Teens - Sweet 46. Personality Crisis û New York Dolls 47. I'm Waiting For The Man û Tina Harvey 48. Small Town, Big Adventures û John Howard 49. Space Ace û Brett Smiley 50. The Dancer û Leo Sayer 51. Peaches (What's It All About?) - Richmond 52. Going Home - Strawbs 53. I Love You For Your Mind (Not Your Body) - A Raincoat 54. The Monk û Rupert Hine 55. All I Wanna Be - Rusty 56. The Browns - Duffy 57. Last Chance û The Winkies 58. Ragman û Hard Stuff 59. Dog Meat û Flamin' Groovies 60. Dozy Dora - Bullfrog 61. Little Girl - Spiv 62. Not Fade Away (Single Version) - Fumble 63. High School Dropout û Crushed Butler 64. Dodgem Dude (Demo Version) û Michael Moorcock ; The Deep Fix 65. Hollywood Nites û Kim Fowley 66. King Of The Night Time World û Hollywood Stars 67. The Last Of The Teenage Idols û The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 68. Saturday Gigs û Mott The Hoople