S. F. Sorrow

1968 studio album by Pretty Things / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

S. F. Sorrow is the fourth album by the English rock band Pretty Things. Released in 1968, it is known as one of the first rock operas ever released. Based on a short story by singer Phil May, the album is structured as a song cycle telling the story of a main character "Sebastian F. Sorrow", from his birth, through love, war, tragedy, madness, and his disillusionment with old age.

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S. F. Sorrow
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Studio album by
Pretty Things
Released20 December 1968 (1968-12-20)[1]
Recorded1967 – September 1968
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length40:59
LabelColumbia
ProducerNorman Smith
Pretty Things chronology
Emotions
(1967)		 S. F. Sorrow
(1968)		 Parachute
(1970)
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