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Staying with some of the "bad boys" of The British Invasion. Wildly popular and influential in their native UK, The Pretty Things were relegated to the more-or-less/ also-ran category. And it stuck with them for the better part of their careers - which was a shame because it wasn't true. The Pretty Things were true originals and, as legend has it, The Pretty Things and The Rolling Stones were very much in competition with each other even to the point of members crossing over briefly into each others bands.

With all that in mind - here is the rundown of what's up on the player tonight.

The Pretty Things - BBC Saturday Club - Jan. 8, 1966

1. Sitting All Alone
2. Midnight To Six Man
3. Buzz The Jerk
4. L.S.D.

The end of the week is coming. Play this one loud and get ready for Friday Night.

Probably one of the most influential and star-studded bands of the 1960's no doubt would have to be The Yardbirds. Aside from British Blues legends like John Mayall who hosted a virtual who's who in the British Blues movement, The Yardbirds were proving grounds for some of the greatest guitarists in Rock. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at one time or another were in The Yardbirds - in the case of Beck and Page, both were in the band together for a brief time, even though Page was enlisted to take over Bass guitar duties after the departure of original bassist Paul Samwell-Smith.

They did several sessions for the BBC, from the period 1964-1966, and tonight's session comes from the February - May 1966 period, with the session in May being the last to feature both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page sharing lead guitar duties. Beck would leave shortly after to form The Jeff Beck Group and enter another chapter with another star-studded band.

Tonight's set consists of three songs which were featured on the Saturday Club series.

The Yardbirds – at the BBC
1. Shapes of Things (rec. 2/66)
2. The Sun is Shining (rec. 5/66)
3. Over Under Sideways Down (rec. 5/66)

I don't have to tell you, but I will anyway - play loud.

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